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Viennese Modernism

Discover the Vienna of Gustav Klimt, Sigmund Freud, Otto Wagner et al.

Day 1

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...

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

Wien Museum Karlsplatz

The history of Vienna is documented here, from the first settlements to the present day. Furthermore, some valuable paintings by Gustav Klimt are...

Secession

Secession

Klimt's famous Beethoven frieze can be seen in this Art Nouveau building, with its striking golden dome of leaves.

Day 2

Waiting room with original furniture in the Sigmund Freud Museum

Sigmund Freud Museum

Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis, lived and worked at Berggasse 19 for almost 50 years. Nowadays, the former apartment and consulting...

Upper Belvedere, rear

Upper Belvedere

The Upper Belvedere is not only an overall Baroque work of art but also the home of world-famous artworks, including Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss".

Leopold Museum

Leopold Museum

The Leopold Museum houses the biggest collection of Egon Schiele artworks in the world as well as hundreds of masterpieces of Austrian modernism.

Day 3

Otto Wagner Pavilion, Karlsplatz

Otto Wagner Pavilion

A city rail station designed by Otto Wagner in the Art Nouveau style, which nowadays houses a permanent exhibition on the life and work of the...

Austrian Post Savings Bank by Otto Wagner

Austrian Post Savings Bank

This building, set just back from the Ringstrasse boulevard, is Otto Wagner’s masterpiece and one of the most important pieces of architecture of...

View of the Otto Wagner building on the Danube Canal

Otto Wagner Schützenhaus

Nowadays, Viennese cuisine is served in the Art Nouveau building designed by Otto Wagner and originally planned as part of a lock and weir...

Arnold Schönberg

Arnold Schönberg Center

The Arnold Schönberg Center manages the estate of the famous composer, music theoretician, poet, inventor and painter of the Vienna Modernism...

Café Central

Café Central

It is one of the most beautiful coffee houses in Vienna. But you'll need a little patience because there are often long lines of visitors outside...