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81 verified places and 339 missions to truly experience Vienna. Must-sees: Schönbrunn Palace, Belvedere Palace, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg Imperial Palace. Best known for: Culture, Food & drink, Leisure.

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CultureSchönbrunn PalaceSchönbrunn Palace, the former summer residence of the Habsburgs, lets visitors walk through its Baroque state…CultureBelvedere PalaceThe Belvedere Palace is a Baroque complex made up of two palaces, the Upper and the Lower, connected by…CultureSt. Stephen's CathedralSt. Stephen's Cathedral stands on Stephansplatz in the centre of Vienna and is notable for its multicoloured…CultureHofburg Imperial PalaceThe Hofburg Imperial Palace, located in the centre of Vienna, was the winter residence of the Habsburg…CultureKunsthistorisches Museum ViennaThe Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna occupies a palace on the Ringstraße, decorated with marble, stucco, gold…CultureVienna SecessionThe Vienna Secession is a contemporary art exhibition building and a key monument of Viennese Jugendstil.CultureAlbertinaThe Albertina is a museum in the centre of Vienna where visitors can explore one of the largest graphic art…CultureVienna Ring RoadVienna's Ringstraße is a 5.3 km circular boulevard surrounding the city's historic centre.CultureNatural History Museum ViennaThe Natural History Museum Vienna is a large natural history museum housed in a historicist palace from 1889…CultureSt. Charles's ChurchSt. Charles's Church, known as the Karlskirche, is a masterpiece of Viennese Baroque located on Karlsplatz.LeisureSchönbrunn ZooSchönbrunn Zoo covers 17 hectares within the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna and forms part of a…CultureHundertwasserhausSocial housing block in the Landstraße district, built between 1983 and 1985 according to ideas by…CultureVienna Central Cemetery (Zentralfriedhof)One of the largest cemeteries in Europe, opened in 1874 in the Simmering district.LeisurePraterThe Prater is an extensive public park in the Leopoldstadt district where visitors can walk along the…CultureMusikvereinHome of the Vienna Society of Friends of Music, opened in 1870 to a design by Theophil Hansen in the…CultureImperial Crypt (Kapuzinergruft)Pantheon of the House of Habsburg beneath the Capuchin church, on Neuer Markt, in use since 1633.CultureVotive Church (Votivkirche)Neo-Gothic church on Rooseveltplatz, built by Heinrich von Ferstel as a thank-offering after the failed…NatureDanube Island (Donauinsel)Artificial island about 21 kilometres long between the Danube and the Neue Donau canal, built between 1970…CultureBelvedere GalleryBaroque palace complex built by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt for Prince Eugene of Savoy in the early 18th…CultureMuseum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum)The Heeresgeschichtliches Museum is in the Arsenal complex, in Vienna's 3rd district (Ghegastraße).LeisureDonaukanalArtificial arm of the Danube that skirts Vienna's historic centre.CultureDanube TowerThe Danube Tower, located in Vienna's Donaupark, is Austria's tallest structure at 252 metres and offers an…CultureSecession BuildingExhibition building designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich and opened in 1898 as the home of the Vienna Secession…CultureVienna State OperaVisitors to the Vienna State Opera can tour a Neo-Renaissance building with a historic façade, a grand…LeisureGasometersFour large brick gas holders in the Simmering district, built between 1896 and 1899.CultureMAKMuseum of Applied Arts on the Stubenring, founded in 1864 and housed since 1871 in a neo-Renaissance building…CultureMuseumsquartierLarge cultural complex in the former imperial stables (Hofstallungen), converted and opened in 2001.CultureReichsbrückeBridge over the Danube linking the districts of Leopoldstadt and Donaustadt.LeisureVolksoperTheatre at Währinger Straße 78, opened in 1898 as the imperial jubilee theatre and turned into the Volksoper…LeisureErnst Happel StadiumAustria's national stadium, located in the Prater in Vienna and opened in 1931.CultureStadttempelVienna's main synagogue, at Seitenstettengasse 4, in the Bermudadreieck district.Food & drinkCafé CentralHistoric Viennese café housed in the Palais Ferstel, on Herrengasse, open since 1876.CultureHeldenplatzLarge open square of the Hofburg, bounded by the Neue Burg and the Burggarten.NatureKahlenberg484-metre hill at the edge of the Vienna Woods, in the Döbling district, with one of the best views of the…CultureKugelmugelKugelmugel is a spherical house about 8 metres in diameter in Vienna's Prater, at Antifaschismusplatz 1, in…CultureLeopold MuseumThe Leopold Museum, located in Vienna's MuseumsQuartier, holds one of the largest collections of Austrian…CultureKarl-Marx-HofEnormous municipal housing block in the Döbling district, designed by Karl Ehn and built between 1927 and…LeisurePrater Ferris Wheel (Riesenrad)Giant Ferris wheel in the Prater amusement park, opened in 1897 for the jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph and…CulturePestsäuleBaroque Trinity column erected on the Graben in memory of the plague epidemic of 1679, which caused thousands…CultureEsperanto MuseumA museum dedicated to the international language Esperanto, part of the Austrian National Library.CultureVienna Technical MuseumLarge museum of technology and industry at Mariahilfer Straße 212, near Schönbrunn Palace, opened in 1918.CultureStephansplatzStephansplatz is the geographical centre of Vienna and is home to St.CultureUraniaBuilding of 1909-1910 by the architect Max Fabiani, beside the Donaukanal, at the start of Uraniastraße.CultureSt Michael's Church (Michaelerkirche)Church of medieval origin on Michaelerplatz, opposite the entrance to the Hofburg, founded around the 13th…CultureSt Peter's Church (Peterskirche)Baroque church built between 1701 and 1733 on the site of older churches, in the historic centre near the…LeisureKärntner StraßePedestrian street linking St Stephen's Square with the State Opera and one of the main shopping arteries of…CultureGrabenPedestrian street and one of the most elegant in the historic centre, very close to St Stephen's.CultureKirche am SteinhofChurch of St Leopold, designed by Otto Wagner and built between 1904 and 1907 on the grounds of the former…CultureMozarthaus ViennaHouse at Domgasse 5, next to St Stephen's Cathedral, where Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lived between 1784 and…CulturemumokMumok (Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien) is a museum of modern and contemporary art located in…CultureSigmund Freud MuseumAt the Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna, visitors walk through the former apartment and consulting rooms where…CultureHermesvillaImperial villa built between 1882 and 1886 for Empress Elisabeth, Sissi, by the architect Carl von Hasenauer…Food & drinkNaschmarktThe Naschmarkt is Vienna's most popular street market, located on Wienzeile above the Wien River, stretching…CultureTheater an der WienTheatre opened in 1801 by Emanuel Schikaneder, the librettist of The Magic Flute.CultureAugustinian ChurchGothic church of the 14th century next to the Hofburg, on Augustinerstraße.CultureMaria-Theresien-PlatzMaria-Theresien-Platz is a large public square in Vienna linking the Ringstraße with the Museumsquartier.CulturePostsparkassePostal Savings Bank building, on Georg-Coch-Platz, designed by Otto Wagner and built between 1904 and 1906…CultureVolkstheaterA Vienna theatre opened in 1889 in the Neubau district, near the MuseumsQuartier.NatureLainzer TiergartenIn the Lainzer Tiergarten, visitors follow extensive trails and running paths through woodland, where it is…CultureVienna Imperial TreasuryThe Vienna Imperial Treasury is located in the oldest part of the Hofburg Palace, entered via the…NatureStadtparkVienna's Stadtpark is an extensive urban park crossed by the Wien River, where visitors can follow paved…NatureVolksgartenVienna's Volksgarten is an extensive 9-hectare public park combining a rose garden with around 400 varieties…LeisureAllianz StadionFootball stadium of SK Rapid Wien, in the Hütteldorf district, west of Vienna.CultureWeltmuseum WienEthnographic museum housed in the Neue Burg, on Heldenplatz. It brings together collections from the…NatureSchönbrunn Palm HouseThe Schönbrunn Palm House is a large iron-and-glass greenhouse in the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, where…CultureSchwarzenbergplatzAt Schwarzenbergplatz, visitors find the large equestrian statue of Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg…LeisureKonzerthausConcert hall at Lothringerstraße 20, opened in 1913 and designed by Fellner & Helmer.CultureHaus der MusikAt the Haus der Musik, visitors explore rooms dedicated to great composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn…CultureTheater in der JosefstadtTheatre in the Josefstadt district, founded in 1788 and considered one of the oldest theatres in Vienna still…CultureKursalon HübnerAt the Kursalon Hübner, visitors can attend frequent concerts, especially performances by the Alt Wien…NatureBurggartenIn the Burggarten, visitors stroll through historic gardens originally designed for the royal family after…NatureRathausparkRathauspark stretches out in front of Vienna's City Hall and is divided into two symmetrical sections, each…Food & drinkBrunnenmarktA street market in the Ottakring district, considered the longest in Vienna.Food & drinkCafé HawelkaCafé on Dorotheergasse, right in the centre, opened by Leopold and Josefine Hawelka in 1939.Food & drinkCafé LandtmannCafé opened in 1873 on the Ring, between the Burgtheater and the City Hall, next to the University.Food & drinkCafé PrückelCafé on the Stubenring, on Vienna's Ring, with a 1950s-style interior that keeps its tables, chairs and lamps…Food & drinkCafé SacherCafé of the Hotel Sacher, behind the State Opera. The hotel opened in the 19th century and is the home of the…Food & drinkCafé SperlHistoric café on Gumpendorfer Straße, open since 1880 and with decor from that time: marble tables, bentwood…Food & drinkDemelConfectioner's and café founded in the 18th century and supplier to the imperial court, with the label k.u.k.Food & drinkFiglmüllerRestaurant in the Wollzeile area, near St Stephen's Cathedral, famous throughout the city for its Wiener…Food & drinkZum Schwarzen KameelVenue on Bognergasse, in the centre, which began centuries ago as a spice shop and today works as a gourmet…

Frequently asked questions

What to see in Vienna in one day?

If you only have one day, start with the essentials: Schönbrunn Palace, Belvedere Palace, St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg Imperial Palace and Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna.

What can you see for free in Vienna?

No entry fee: St. Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna Ring Road, Prater, Stephansplatz, Naschmarkt and Maria-Theresien-Platz.