Ringstrasse tour

View of the Volksgarten and Parliament at the Ringstrasse in Vienna

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Ringstrasse tour

You can experience the most beautiful boulevard in the world on foot or on board the Vienna Ring Tram.

View of Urania on the Danube Canal

Urania

The wonderful Art Nouveau building on the Danube Canal houses an observatory, a cinema, a restaurant, an adult education center and a puppet...

Columned hall at the MAK Austrian Museum of Applied Arts

MAK - Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna

In this museum for design, you can see precious handcrafted artworks of the Wiener Werkstätte, bentwood furniture by Thonet and highlights of Art...

Stadtpark and Art Nouveau

Stadtpark

The Stadtpark was opened in 1862 as Vienna's first public park. It has more monuments and sculptures than any other park - the famous golden...

Johann Strauss Monument

Johann Strauss Monument

Edmund Hellmer's golden Strauss Monument in the Stadtpark is the most popular photographic subject in Vienna. At its unveiling in 1921, the...

Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera is one of the leading establishments for opera in the world. Internationally renowned performers and directors enjoy...

Couple in Burggarten in front of Palmenhaus

Burggarten

The Burggarten is situated on the Ringstrasse and is laid out in the English style. It is also home to the Palm House, one of the most beautiful...

Imperial Palace

Imperial Palace (Hofburg)

Castle complex and former residence of the Habsburgs in the Old City. Extended from the Middle Ages to the 20th century, the Imperial Palace now...

Couple lying on the meadow in front of the Museum of Fine Arts

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)

With its collection of important works and the world's largest Bruegel collection, the KHM is one of the most significant art collections in the...

Look at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Art History Museum Vienna) from the roof terrace of the Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

The biggest meteorite collection in the world, a digital planetarium, the Stone Age Venus of Willendorf, animated dinosaurs and many other...

Palais Epstein

Palais Epstein

Palais Epstein, situated in the immediate vicinity of Parliament, is one of the most important palaces on Vienna's Ringstrasse and was planned by...

Parliament, exterior shot with the Pallas Athena fountain in the foreground

Parliament

The parliament building built in forms of Greek architecture from 1873 to 1883, was designed by Theophil Hansen. Today, it is the seat of the...

Roses in the Volksgarten

Volksgarten

The Volksgarten is located on the Ringstrasse and is laid out in the French Baroque style and in the form of an English park. It also has a rose...

View across Vienna's Ringstrasse, with the Natural History Museum, Parliament and City Hall

Vienna City Hall

Vienna City Hall is Vienna's most important non-religious building in the Neo-Gothic style. It is the official seat of the Mayor and the meeting...

Wien, Burgtheater, Stephansdom

Burgtheater

The building on the Ring was built between 1874 and 1888 according to plans by Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer and remains one of the...

University

University of Vienna

In 1884, Emperor Franz Joseph I opened the main building of the University of Vienna on the Ringstrasse, designed according to plans by Heinrich...

Votivkirche von außen (Seitenfront)

Votive Church

Construction on the second-tallest church in Vienna began in 1856 as a symbol of gratitude for an unsuccessful assassination attempt on Emperor...

Exterior view of the Vienna Stock Exchange

Vienna Stock Exchange

Designed by Theophil Hansen, the Stock Exchange building on the Ringstrasse was officially opened in 1877.

Ringturm

Ringturm

The 73 meter-tall tower on the Schottenring was constructed between 1953 and 1955 as a symbol of reconstruction after the Second World War.

Yellow tram at the Ringstrasse in Vienna

Sightseeing by tram

Vienna's most important sights can be viewed in total comfort from a tram: The Vienna Ring Tram and the historic streetcars of the Tramway Museum...