View of the Volksgarten and Parliament at the Ringstrasse in Vienna

Sights from A to Z

An overview of Vienna's main sights from A to Z at a glance.

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Academy of Fine Arts, Picture Gallery

The Picture Gallery in the building erected by Theophil Hansen on Vienna's ...
Albertina exterior view

Albertina

The Albertina not only has the largest and most valuable graphical ...
Albertina modern, exterior shot

Albertina modern

Vienna has a new museum for modern and contemporary art. And what a museum ...
Anker Clock

Anker Clock

This clock (built 1911 - 1914) was created by the painter and sculptor Franz ...

Archives of the Austrian Resistance

The Archives of the Austrian Resistance (AAR) deal with the gruesome Nazi past.
Augarten

Augarten Vienna Porcelain Manufactory

Founded in 1718, the Vienna Porcelain Manufactory is the second-oldest in ...
Az W – Austrian Architecture Museum

Az W – Architekturzentrum Wien

The Austrian Architecture Museum (Az W) is Austria's only architecture ...

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Portal of the Bank Austria Kunstforum

Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien

The Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien is housed in an impressive city center ...
Beethoven Museum, interior shot, bust of Beethoven on pallets

Beethoven in Vienna

Vienna was the focal point of Ludwig van Beethoven's life for more than 35 ...
Exterior shot of Belvedere 21

Belvedere 21

The Belvedere 21 museum is not only highly interesting from an architectural ...
View of Gustav Klimt's painting Adele Bloch Bauer II

Belvedere: Gustav Klimt's Adele Bloch-Bauer II is back

Klimt's masterpiece Adele Bloch-Bauer II is back and will be on display at ...

Burgtheater

The theater was built from 1874 to 1888 according to designs by Gottfried ...
Butterfly House in the Burggarten

Butterfly House

The Palm House in Burggarten is considered one of the most beautiful art ...

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Caskets in hall, casket with crown and orb

Capuchin Crypt (Imperial Crypt)

The Imperial Crypt under the Capuchin Church is dedicated to members of the ...
Grave at St. Marx Cemetery

Cemetery of St. Marx

This cemetary, laid out in the 18th century, has preserved the appearance of ...
Cemetery of the Nameless

Cemetery of the Nameless

Buried here are people who were washed up by the Danube between 1840 and 1940.
Central Cemetery church of St. Karl Borromäus

Vienna Central Cemetery

The cemetery is one of the most magical places in Vienna. Waiting to be ...
St. Charles' Church

St. Charles Church

The mighty green dome of the radiant Karlskirche (Church of St. Charles) ...
Church of the Augustinian Friars

Church of the Augustinian Friars

In the former Court Church – today highly considered because of its church ...
Wotruba church

Church of the Most Holy Trinity (designed by Fritz Wotruba)

The church on St. George's Hill at the edge of the Vienna Woods was the only ...
City Hall

City Hall

Friedrich von Schmidt, who had been the architect of the Cathedral of ...
Interior view of the Clock Museum

Clock Museum

Three thousand timepieces are ticking for your pleasure in a former palace.
Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower

Collection of Anatomical Pathology in the Madhouse Tower – NHM

The museum is housed in the so-called Fool's Tower. This ...
Collection of Arms and Armor

Collection of Arms and Armor

The artfully decorated arms, suits of armor and saddles in the Armory in the ...
Interior shot of the Museum of Crime

Crime Museum

Visitors of the Crime Museum should have good nerves: here, the most ...

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Danube Tower – outside view

Danube Tower

252 meters high, two fast lifts, 35 seconds up: the observation terrace of ...
Woman with a blindman's stick

Dialogue in the Dark

Anyone who has ever wanted to know how blind people perceive the world now ...
Exhibition view

Dom Museum Wien

The Dom Museum Wien right next door to St. Stephen's Cathedral shows ...

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Ephesus Museum

Ephesus Museum

The greatness and splendor of antique Ephesus (Turkey) come to life in the ...

Esterházy: Year-round cultural offering

The culture on offer at Esterházy in Burgenland includes exciting adventures ...

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Austrian Film Museum

Austrian Film Museum

The Austrian Film Museum in the Albertina at the southern point of the ...
Exterior view of the Fire Brigade Museum with historic fire fighting appliances

Fire Service Museum

The headquarters of Vienna's professional fire service on Hof Square also ...
Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art

The Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art, which is housed in the ...

Viktor Frankl Museum

An interactive museum is dedicated to the world-famous founder of ...
Sigmund Freud's study in the newly renovated Sigmund Freud Museum

Sigmund Freud Museum

Vienna's most famous address opened its doors again in 2020 after 18 months ...

Ernst Fuchs Museum

In the years 1886 to 1888, Otto Wagner built the opulent white villa ...
Funeral Museum

Funeral Museum

The Funeral Museum at Vienna's Central Cemetery gives insights into the ...
Biedermeier chairs

Vienna Furniture Museum: The Emperor's Couch

How the emperor once lived: the former furniture of the Habsburgs is ...

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Geymüllerschlössel Manor House

The Geymüllerschlössel is one of the few places in Austria where you can ...
Giant ferris wheel

Giant Ferris Wheel

The Giant Ferris Wheel in the Prater is one of Vienna's symbols. Almost 65 ...
Globe Museum

Globe and Esperanto Museum

At the renovated Palais Mollard, you can view the only Globe Museum in the ...
Schönbrunn Palace park with view of the Gloriette

The Gloriette

The Gloriette stands on higher ground in Schönbrunn Palace park and offers a ...

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Heidi Horten Collection

A new museum hotspot for Vienna: Since 2022, Heidi Goëss-Horten´s ...
Hermes Villa in the Lainz Game Reserve

Wien Museum Hermes Villa

Experience the history of the Hermes Villa, the former summer residence of ...
Imperial Palace at the Heldenplatz

Hofburg and Heldenplatz

Splendor and glory in the heart of the inner city: Marvel at the private ...

Hofburg Vienna

Where the imperial family once lived, today one can find 300 events with up ...
Side view of Schloss Hof

Schloss Hof

Schloss Hof, formerly the country residence of Prince Eugen of Savoy and ...
Entrance portal

House of Austrian History

A hundred years after the founding of the First Republic, the new House of ...
House of Music, virtual conductor

House of Music

In Vienna's interactive sound museum, the world of music is to be discovered ...
anemone clown

House of the Sea

The House of the Sea shows fresh and salt water fish from around the world. ...
Hundertwasserhaus

Hundertwasser House Vienna

The Hundertwasser House in Vienna is one of Austria’s architectural ...

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Immersium:Wien – up close and personal with dinosaurs

In Immersium:Wien, exhibits come to life thanks to state-of-the-art ...
A peak inside the Imperial Apartments

The Imperial Apartments

Empress Elisabeth and Emperor Franz Joseph once lived and worked here. ...
Golden imperial carriage

Imperial Carriage Museum

The Imperial Carriage Museum in the palace park of Schönbrunn Palace ...
Milan centerpiece

Imperial Silver Collection

The Imperial Silver Collection in the Imperial Palace provides insights into ...

Imperial Treasury Vienna

The most important treasury in the world, in Vienna's Imperial Palace, is ...
Islamic Center / Mosque

Islamic Center - Mosque

The mosque was built from 1975 to 1979 with funds donated by the former king ...

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Jewish Museum

Jewish Museum

The Jewish Museum on Dorotheergasse provides an overview of the history and ...
Josephinum, exterior shot, façade

Josephinum

The Josephinum museum of medical history owns a world-famous collection and ...
Judenplatz Museum

Museum Judenplatz Vienna

Judenplatz is considered a singular place of remembrance; it combines three ...

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Klimt villa

Klimt Villa

Gustav Klimt used a villa in the 13th Viennese district as a studio from ...
Wiener Konzerthaus, façade

Wiener Konzerthaus

Music lovers experience lively musical variety at the first-class music ...
Kuffner Observatory

Kuffner Observatory

Take in a lecture and a tour of the historic observatory and, weather ...

Kunsthalle Wien

The Kunsthalle Wien presents a very high standard of contemporary art in the ...
Kunst Haus Wien. Museum Hundertwasser, exterior view

Kunst Haus Wien

Colorful areas, irregular forms, many grown over with lush green plants: ...
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, exhibition hall

Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien (Art History Museum)

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum) was built in 1891 near the ...
Salt cellar 'Saliera' by Benvenuto Cellini

Kunstkammer Vienna

More than 2,100 valuable objects, which were collected by the emperors and ...
Interior shot of the Künstlerhaus in Vienna

Künstlerhaus

The Künstlerhaus was built on Karlsplatz in 1868. The Künstlerhaus has shone ...

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Ferry tower in Laxenburg Castle Park

Laxenburg Castle Park

Experience, sense, and enjoy history and garden art – that's what Laxenburg ...
MQ Libelle, Leopold Museum

Leopold Museum

Hundreds of masterworks of Austrian modern art collected by the passionate ...
Ballroom in Liechtenstein City Palace

Liechtenstein City Palace

After extensive renovations, the Liechtenstein City Palace shines with a new ...

Liechtenstein Garden Palace

Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a magnificent Baroque building with adjacent ...

Literature Museum

The Literature Museum of the Austrian National Library presents the history ...

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Madame Tussauds, Sisi Uncovered Experience

Madame Tussauds

The world-famous waxworks museum Madame Tussauds is the highlight of the ...
The MAK - Austrian Museum of Applied Arts

MAK - Museum of Applied Arts

Design is one of the main features of the MAK. The museum shows furniture, ...
Maze with Schönbrunn Palace in the background

The maze at Schönbrunn

In the old days, the Imperial family walked through these winding hedges. ...
View of the main niche of St. Vergilius Chapel

Medieval Vergilius Chapel

The Vergilius Chapel next to St. Stephen’s Cathedral is one of the ...
Metro Cinema

Metro Kinokulturhaus

The new home of Austrian and international film shows retrospectives and ...
West view of St. Michael's Church

St. Michael's Church

Not long after Mozart's death, his "Requiem" was first performed in this church.
Mozart Memorial Burggarten

Mozart in Vienna

Experience Mozart in Vienna: In his footsteps at original surroundings and ...
Exhibition room in the Mozarthaus

Mozarthaus Vienna

Though Mozart lived at a dozen different addresses in Vienna, the only ...
mumok, Museum of Modern Art, exterior shot, MuseumsQuartier

mumok - Museum of Modern Art

The mumok - Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation Vienna in the ...

Museum in the Scots Abbey

Vienna's oldest abbey is home to a museum filled with valuable treasures.
Exhibition view

musa Museum Start Gallery Artothek

musa hosting the collection of the Cultural Department of the City of ...
Three women in an inclined position

Museum of Illusions

This extraordinary museum has holograms, stereograms and optical illusions ...
Karl Marx Hof, exterior view, park

A Museum in the Laundry Room

"Red Vienna in the Laundry Room" deals with the history of the city of ...

Museum of Military History

The Museum of Military History examines the history of the Habsburg Monarchy ...
Vienna Museum of Technology

Museum of Technology

The Vienna Museum of Technology offers extraordinary insights into the world ...
MuseumsQuartier

MuseumsQuartier

Vienna's sensational art area near the Imperial Palace draws visitors not ...
Musikverein

Musikverein

The Musikverein is Vienna's most famous center for classical music. Going to ...
Mythos Mozart - Room "Mozart's Genius"

Mythos Mozart

Vienna's new Mozart experience "Mythos Mozart" promises the world's only ...

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Austrian National Library State Hall

Grand Hall of the Austrian National Library

Europe's largest Baroque library houses over 200,000 historic books on its ...
Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna, Dinosaurs

Naturhistorisches Museum Vienna (Natural History Museum)

The history of the earth and the breathtaking variety of nature can be ...

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Church of St. Leopold

Otto Wagner's Church at Steinhof

The Church of St. Leopold, also known as the Kirche am Steinhof, is an ...
Otto Wagner Pavilion, Karlsplatz

Otto Wagner's Stadtbahn Pavilions

Otto Wagner, the pioneering architect of Vienna's Art Nouveau era, was the ...
Hietzing Court Pavilion

Otto Wagner Court Pavilion Hietzing

Emperor Franz Joseph I opened the first city rail lines in 1898. Otto Wagner ...

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Palm House Vienna

Palm House: Welcome to the jungle

The Palm House in the palace park at Schönbrunn is the largest of its kind ...
Papyrus Museum

Papyrus Museum

Immerse yourself in the daily life of old Egypt – at the museum with the ...
Parlament

Parliament and Palais Epstein

The Parliament building on Vienna's Ringstrasse boulevard is one of the most ...
Room inside the OstLicht Gallery

Photos in the WestLicht and OstLicht

Eight hundred valuable historic cameras and special cameras as well as ...
Exterior shot of Vienna Planetarium in the Prater

Vienna Planetarium

At the Vienna Planetarium, you will find the most modern star projector in ...
Tea service made of porcelain

Porcelain Museum in the Augarten

A museum in the former imperial pleasure building in the Augarten ...
Austrian Post Savings Bank by Otto Wagner

Austrian Post Savings Bank

Otto Wagner, one of Vienna's leading architects at the turn of the previous ...
Giant Ferris Wheel in the Prater

Prater

An amusement park for many, place of nostalgic dreams for some, oasis of ...
Prater Museum

Prater Museum

The Prater Museum shows mementos of the old Wurstelprater amusement park, ...

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Gondola of the Rax cable car

Into the Viennese Alps on the Rax cable car

Straight as a die up the Rax: The Rax cable car takes its guests up to the ...
Old tram set

"Remise" Transport Museum

The new Transport Museum of Wiener Linien was created in the former Erdberg ...
Palais Epstein

Vienna's Ringstrasse

Vienna's Ringstrasse is 5.3 kilometers long. Long enough to provide space ...
Interior view of the Roman Museum

Roman Museum

A journey through time, back to the Vienna of ancient times – is what the ...

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Side view of Schloss Hof

Schloss Hof

Schloss Hof, formerly the country residence of Prince Eugen of Savoy and ...

SchokoMuseum

On a trip into the sweet world of chocolate, visitors learn interesting ...
Exhibition room at the House of Music dedicated to Arnold Schönberg

Schönberg in Vienna

The Arnold Schönberg Center manages the estate of the founder of twelve-tone ...

Schönbrunn Palace

The former summer residence of the Habsburgs impresses with imperial ...
Rockhopper Penguin

Schönbrunn Zoo: Baby, Baby, Baby!

Whether among the penguins, pelicans, jellyfish, orangutans, giraffes, or ...
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Center

An apartment museum for a real Viennese pioneer: Architect Margarete ...

Secession: 125 years

In 1897, Gustav Klimt and a number of other artists quit the conservative ...
Shoe Museum

Vienna Shoe Museum

From the riding boots of Emperor Franz Joseph to the authentic ...
Sisi Museum

Sisi Museum

Beautiful and celebrated Empress Elisabeth has long since become a cult ...
Scene VR-Film Sisi view of the Kaisersaal

Sisi's amazing journey: virtually through Vienna

Want to dive into the eventful life of Empress Sisi in an unusual way? The ...
Spanish Riding School

Spanish Riding School

The Spanish Riding School and its world-famous Lipizzaners offers the ...
Vienna State Opera

Vienna State Opera

The Vienna State Opera offers a diverse program of operas and ballet works. ...
St. Stephen’s Cathedral

St. Stephen's Cathedral

St. Stephen's Cathedral is the symbol of Vienna and also the very center of ...
House of Strauss - Strauss Hall

New: House of Strauss

The House of Strauss now features a museum about the Waltz King in the ...
Strauss Monument

Johann Strauss Monument

Edmund Hellmer's golden Strauss Monument is the most popular photographic ...
Jewish synagogue

Synagogue

The Jewish City Temple was built in the years 1825-26 by Josef Kornhäusel, ...

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Theatermuseum, outside

Theater Museum

In the 17th-century Baroque Palais Lobkowitz, near the Imperial Palace, they ...

The Third Man Museum

The Third Man Museum is a meeting place for people interested in film and a ...

Time Travel through Vienna

In Vienna city center, go on a virtual journey through the history of Vienna ...
Globe of the earth and heavens by Christian Haiden from the year 1570

Treasury of the Teutonic Order

The Order of Teutonic Knights subdued the territory later known as East ...

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University of Vienna

University of Vienna

The University of Vienna was opened in 1884. Today, you can take a guided ...
UNO-City

UNO City

The Vienna International Centre (VIC), known locally as UNO City, is one of ...

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Votive Church

After two decades of renovation, the Votive Church shines in new splendor. ...

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Weltmuseum Wien

Weltmuseum Wien

The Weltmuseum Wien on Heldenplatz shows valuable treasures from around the ...
Werkbund Estate

Werkbund Estate

The Werkbund Estate combines the great architects of the pioneering age of ...

Wien Museum

After a multi-year renovation and extension project, the Wien Museum on ...

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Two boys with hands full of colour

ZOOM Children's Museum

The ZOOM Children's Museum is all about questioning, touching, exploring, ...