Sisi's Vienna
The six-part Netflix series "Die Kaiserin" (The Empress) celebrated its world premiere on September 29, 2022, and makes use of lavish images to focus on the challenges faced by Sisi at the strict Viennese court.
The new novel "Sisi" by Karen Duve deals with Empress Elisabeth's escape from the conservative conventions of imperial life in Vienna.
Above all, of course, the two residences where visitors can walk so wonderfully in Sisi's footsteps: Schönbrunn Palace and the Imperial Palace. When the keen traveler Sisi was in Vienna, she lived here with her husband, the children and a giant royal household. Schönbrunn Palace Park is also home to the Imperial Coach Collection; an area of the exhibition is dedicated specially to the Austrian empress. New at the palace is a virtual reality experience: In an immersive 24-minute film, visitors are brought closer to the history of Schönbrunn, the Habsburgs generally, and the tragic life of the former empress.
Nowadays, the Sisi Museum is housed in the Imperial Palace, or more accurately in the former Imperial Apartments. Numerous exhibits from her life (such as her first milk tooth) are exhibited there. Also situated in the Imperial Palace complex is the Church of the Augustinian Friars, where Sisi married Emperor Franz Joseph on 24 April 1854. Just around the corner, in the Volksgarten, a monument of Sisi can be found tucked away in a secluded corner, which is all the more beautiful for this quiet location. The former imperial rose garden impresses each year with a riotous display of over 400 different kinds of rose.
Sisi's taste can best be sampled on Kohlmarkt at the former imperial and royal court confectioner Demel: The purple-colored violet ice cream is offered here, which even the super-slim Sisi was unable to resist.
The last journey that Sisi embarked upon ended in the Capuchin Crypt: She was murdered by an assassin in Geneva in 1898. She was laid to rest in Vienna, alongside her husband and her son, Crown Prince Rudolf.
The films starring Romy Schneider made the Austrian empress world famous. The trilogy's title also led to her name being written with a double-S: "Sissi". The original furniture used in the film can also be seen in the Vienna Furniture Museum in direct comparison with a number of film clips in a range of languages.
Video about Empress Elisabeth of Austria
Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn)
Schönbrunner Schlossstraße1130 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-7%
Additional information on the offer: Classic Pass: 29€ instead of 31€ (incl. audio guide) / Sisi Ticket (Grand Tour / Schönbrunn Palace; Sisi Museum; Vienna Furniture Museum): 37€ instead of 40€ (incl. audio guide)
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-7%
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Opening times
- daily, 09:30 - 17:00
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Last entry: 16:15 h
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps
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Car parks Main entrance
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Parking spaces for people with disabilities
at main entrance portal (Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse, 3 parking spaces), Meidlinger Tor (2 parking spaces), close to Kavalierstrakt as well as Valerietrakt (2 parking spaces) and Fürstenstöckl (1 parking space)
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Parking spaces for people with disabilities
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Elevator available
- Door 90 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Free wheelchair rental – contact attendant at main portal (3 wheelchairs) or at Hietzinger Tor and at Meidlinger Tor (1 wheelchair each). Supplemental devices available for the visually impaired. Tours for visitors with with disabilities or special needs on request. Museum Sign Language Guide available in ÖGS and IS for the Imperial or Grand Tour, prior reservation recommended, further information: https://www.schoenbrunn.at/en/visitor-information/barrier-free-access/
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Comments
Access to all exhibition rooms: no steps. Freight elevator for extra wide wheelchairs: door width: 160 cm, cabin depth: 220 cm, cabin width: 156 cm.
Visitors' center in the Gardetrakt by the main gate, stepless access, door width: approx. 144 cm, wheelchair-accessible restroom can be reached by wheelchair platform lift – platform 110/140 cm, door width: 90 cm in the corridor area and 94 cm to the outdoors, accessible from outside with a Euro-Key.
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Main entrance
Imperial Palace (Hofburg)
Heldenplatz1010 Vienna
Imperial Carriage Museum Vienna (Kaiserliche Wagenburg Wien)
Schloss Schönbrunn1130 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-8%
Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 12€
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-8%
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Opening times
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15 March
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30 November
- daily, 09:00 - 17:00
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01 December
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14 March
- daily, 10:00 - 16:00
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15 March
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30 November
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Accessibility
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Special tours for people with special needs on request. More information: kunstvermittlung@khm.at or Tel. +43 1 525 24-5202
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Comments
Main entrance: steps (more than 3 cm), double doors (each 68 cm wide), entrance to the collection: double swinging doors, total width 130cm, exhibition area: flat floors, wheelchair-accessible. Second floor area reachable via steps (width 128 cm, 12 steps, landing, then 155 cm, 10 steps, handrail on both sides of the steps, 100 cm high). Restroom outside Coach Collection.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Sisi Museum
Michaelerplatz1010 Vienna
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Comments
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Entrance via Batthyanytor/Michaelerkuppel
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Vienna City Card
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-7%
Additional information on the offer: Entrance: 15€ instead of 16€ / Guided Tours: 19€ instead of 20€ / Sisi Ticket (Schönbrunn palace, Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments & Silver Collection & Imperial Furniture Collection: 37€ instead of 40€
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-7%
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Opening times
- daily, 09:30 - 17:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps
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Elevator available
- Door 80 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
Access to the exhibition rooms: elevator to the 2nd floor, access to restaurant / café: 1 step.
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Main entrance
Church of the Augustinian Friars (Augustinerkirche)
Augustinerstraße 31010 Vienna
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Opening times
- Mo, 07:30 - 17:30
- Tu, 07:30 - 19:15
- We, 07:30 - 17:30
- Th, 07:30 - 19:15
- Fr, 07:30 - 17:30
- Sa, 09:00 - 19:30
- Su, 09:00 - 19:30
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High mass: Sunday and holidays 11 am; Herzgruft ["Crypt of Hears"]: Tours after high mass, Sundays and by appointment
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- 3 Steps (Double swinging doors)
- Ramp 150 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
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Comments
Access to Loretto Chapel: 5 steps.
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Main entrance
Volksgarten
Volksgarten, Burgring1010 Vienna
- www.bundesgaerten.at
- +43 1 813 59 500 (Bundesgärten Wien)
Demel K. & K. Hofzuckerbäckerei
Kohlmarkt 141010 Vienna
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Opening times
- daily, 10:00 - 00:00
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors115 cm wide)
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Elevator available
- Door 75 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Main entrance
Capuchin Crypt (Kapuzinergruft) Imperial Crypt
Tegetthoffstraße 21010 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-19%
Additional information on the offer: Standard ticket price: 8€
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-19%
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Opening times
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- Tu, 10:00 - 18:00
- Mo, 10:00 - 18:00
- Th, 09:00 - 18:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 18:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 18:00
- Su, 10:00 - 18:00
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1 and 2 November: 10.00 am - 2.00 pm, 24 and 31 December: 10.00 am - 4.00 pm.
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Guided tours
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Wednesday - Saturday
- 2 pm (German)
- 3.30 pm (English)
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Automatic sliding doors142 cm wide)
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Elevator available
- Door 90 cm wide
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Further information
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Comments
Access to all exhibition rooms: no steps, except 3 steps to the tomb of emperor Franz Joseph and to the burial vault chapel.
The touching of objects is not permitted due to reasons of preservation.
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Main entrance
Vienna Furniture Museum
Andreasgasse 71070 Vienna
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Vienna City Card
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-8%
Additional information on the offer: Entrance per Person: 10,50 instead of 11,50 / Sisi Ticket (Vienna Furniture Collection, Schönbrunn Palace, Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments & Silver Collection) 37€ instead of 40€ with the Vienna City Card
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Your benefit with the Vienna City Card:
-8%
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Opening times
- Tu, 10:00 - 17:00
- We, 10:00 - 17:00
- Th, 10:00 - 17:00
- Fr, 10:00 - 17:00
- Sa, 10:00 - 17:00
- Su, 10:00 - 17:00
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also open on: 18.4.2022 (Easter Monday), 6.6.2022 (With Monday)
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Accessibility
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Main entrance
- no steps (Double swinging doors180 cm wide)
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Elevator available
- Door 90 cm wide
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Further information
- Seeing eye dogs allowed
- Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
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Special offers for people with disabilities
Seeing-eye dogs permitted. Guided group tours for wheelchair users on request.
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Comments
All areas accessible via elevator. Elevator 3rd-5th floor.
Lifting platform to the first floor: door width: 83 cm, cabin depth: 117 cm, cabin width: 75 cm. Access to the restaurant / café: no steps.
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Main entrance
