Freud & the Viennese soul

View of the Volksgarten and Parliament at the Ringstrasse in Vienna

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Freud & the Viennese soul

A dream that changes everything. Dreamed by one of the greatest thinkers of the 20th century. Sigmund Freud's interpretation of dreams celebrated its 120th anniversary in 2020. And the new Netflix series "Freud" and the reopening of the Sigmund Freud Museum were anticipated with at least as much excitement in 2020. Vienna dives into Freud's life, the Viennese soul, and provides deep insights.

Sigmund Freud

In the footsteps of Sigmund Freud – with VIENNA/NOW

Berggasse 19 is known as the birthplace of psychoanalysis. The Sigmund Freud Museum is located here today.

Sigmund Freud's study in the newly renovated Sigmund Freud Museum

Reopening of the Sigmund Freud Museum

Vienna's most famous address has opened its doors again after 18 months of refurbishment and remodeling. The rooms in which Sigmund Freud lived...

ORF/Netflix series "Freud"

Trials and tribulations – in a series

Never before has the superstar of psychoanalysis been seen like this: The new ORF/Netflix series "Freud" shows us a young Sigmund Freud on a...

Portrait Katharina Adler

Dora reloaded

"Dora's Case" is one of Freud's most famous cases. Hidden behind the pseudonym is his former patient, Ida Adler. If you would like to learn more...

Portrait photo of Sigmund Freud, around 1906

Sigmund Freud Superstar

There's currently no getting around Sigmund Freud: "His" museum in Vienna is being reopened, and a Netflix series about the young Freud has been...

Sigmund Freud in his study with chow, 1937

Freud: his life in pictures

He was an archaeologist of the human condition. That's one way of describing Sigmund Freud. For a little insight into his more than extraordinary...

Stationery set with the portrait of Sigmund Freud

On a shopping spree with Freud

Freud would doubtless have had a lot to say on the topic of shopping and the satisfying of subconscious desires. But we'll leave that for another...

Picture of the first page of Sigmund Freuds "The Interpretation of Dreams"

Selected tips

Sigmund Freud characterized not only art but also literature as a muse. We have compiled the top 8 book tips by, with, and about the founding...

Freud's glasses in the Sigmund Freud Museum, Vienna

Sigmund Freud Tour Vienna

Experience Vienna in the footsteps of Sigmund Freud. The Sigmund Freud Tour Vienna leads through his life via 20 stops.

Viktor Frankl Museum

A museum is dedicated to the world-famous founder of logotherapy and existential analysis, Viktor E. Frankl, in the 9th district.

Viktor E. Frankl

Behind every crisis is an opportunity

The theory of meaning of the neurologist and psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl is currently more topical than ever. Frankl's ideas and his...

Old Jewish gravestones

Sensational discovery at one of Vienna’s Jewish cemeteries

Centuries-old gravestones were uncovered in the ninth district’s Jewish cemetery in 2013, prompting speculation that the site may be one of...

House number plaque, Freudplatz 1

International psychotherapy conference to return to Vienna in 2023

The World Congress for Psychotherapy will be returning to Vienna – its inaugural host – for its tenth instalment in 2023. 4,000 scientists and...