© Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de · CC BY-SA 3.0 deSchönbrunn PalaceHietzingSchönbrunn Palace stands in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. It was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers and takes its name from an artesian well that once supplied the court. The Baroque palace has 1,441 rooms and has been a major tourist attraction since the mid-1950s. Its history and vast gardens… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0BelvedereWienSchloss Belvedere stands in Vienna’s third district, Landstraße, at the south-eastern edge of the historic centre. The complex was built as the summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy in the early eighteenth century. Two Baroque palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere, form the heart of the ensemble, joined by an… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 3.0 atHofburg PalaceInnere StadtThe Hofburg is the former imperial palace of the Habsburgs in central Vienna. It began as a thirteenth-century castle built by Ottokar II of Bohemia and grew into a vast complex of wings, courtyards and state rooms. The palace served as the winter residence of the Habsburg emperors, while Schönbrunn Palace was their… read moreOpen place
© Arne Müseler · CC BY-SA 3.0 deErnst-Happel-StadionLeopoldstadtErnst-Happel-Stadion stands in Vienna’s second district, Leopoldstadt, inside the Prater park. Built between 1929 and 1931 for the second Workers’ Olympiad, it was designed by German architect Otto Ernst Schweizer. Originally called Praterstadion, it became Ernst-Happel-Stadion in 1992 after the Austrian footballer… read moreOpen place
© Richard Hopkins · CC BY 2.0Austrian National LibraryWienThe Austrian National Library stands in the Neue Burg wing of Vienna’s Hofburg palace. Its origins reach back to the fourteenth century, when Duke Albert III gathered books from Viennese vaults and founded an imperial library. The Habsburgs enlarged the collection over centuries, adding works such as the 1368 golden… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0KarlskircheWiedenThe Karlskirche stands in Vienna’s Karlsplatz, a Baroque church dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo. It occupies the border between the Wieden district and the Innere Stadt, the city centre. The church was commissioned after the plague of 1713 by Emperor Charles VI, who vowed to build it as thanks for the saint’s… read moreOpen place
© Georges Jansoone · CC BY 2.5VindobonaWienVindobona was a Roman military camp on the Danube where modern Vienna stands. The Romans chose the spot because the river marked the empire’s northern border. Around the year 100 they built a fort of about twenty hectares for six thousand soldiers. The camp’s unusual shape still shapes streets such as Graben and… read moreOpen place
© C.Stadler/Bwag · CC BY-SA 4.0Votive ChurchAlsergrundThe Votivkirche stands on the Ringstraße in central Vienna, a neo-Gothic cathedral built from white sandstone. It occupies a broad square now called Sigmund Freud Park, facing the boulevard rather than standing directly on it. The church was commissioned after an 1853 assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph,… read moreOpen place
© BambooBeast · CC BY-SA 3.0DonauturmDonaustadtThe Donauturm stands in the Donaupark in Vienna, a 252-metre concrete tower built for the 1964 International Garden Show. It is Austria’s tallest structure and the 61st tallest tower in the world. Two high-speed lifts carry visitors to the viewing platform at 150 metres in 35 seconds. The tower also has 779 steps,… read moreOpen place
© Kasa Fue · CC BY-SA 4.0MuseumsQuartierNeubauThe MuseumsQuartier in Vienna’s seventh district stands on the site of the former imperial court stables. The Baroque stables once housed hundreds of horses and carriages before later serving as trade fair buildings. Today the complex mixes these historic structures with modern museum architecture across 114,000… read moreOpen place
