Where collections make history

Prunksaal der Österreichischen Nationalbibliothek

Where stars love to come to

Vienna State Opera

A metropolis with a »World Museum«

Feather headdress used in Mesoamerica

Where the waltz king still reigns

Johann Strauss Sohn's statue at the Wiener Stadtpark

Where the contemporary meets the past

Haas-Haus and St. Stephan's Cathedral

Where you can change your point of view

roof of St. Stephan's Cathedral

Where Sisi and Franzl spent their summers

Schönbrunn Palace

Where Harry Lime met Holly Martens in »The Third Man«

Riesenrad/Wiener Prater

Where Mozart was fired

Mozart's statue in the Burggarten

Where you can taste the original Viennese coffee

Café Schwarzenberg

Where you can admire Tizian and Bruegel

Kunsthistorisches Museum

Where trees may grow out of windows

Hundertwasserhaus

Where the Habsburgs resided for more than 600 years

Hofburg

Where you can enjoy this year’s wine, music and Viennese coziness

Heuriger in Grinzing

Where you can travel in the old style

a tour with the »Fiaker«

Where the Danube is exceptionally blue

Donau-City, DC Tower

Where the coffee house is part of the culture

Café Central

Where Gustav Klimt kisses the muse

Belvedere Palace

Cemeteries

Cemeteries “The beautiful corpse” was for the Viennese, with their macabre sense of humour, the only suitable conclusion to life. Elaborate and expensive funerals were an important aspect of Viennese culture. Hence the reusable coffin with the trap door, which “reform Emperor” Josef II introduced for reasons of frugality and practicality, had to be retracted! […]

Central Cemetery

Central Cemetery In 1874 Viennese citizen Jakob Zelzer was the first to be buried in the newly-opened Central Cemetery. Today this cemetery with more than 3 million graves is the largest in Europe (only Hamburg-Ohlsdorf is larger in area). Besides countless normal citizens the cemetery has the largest number of graves of celebrities: Musicians such […]

St. Marx Cemetery

St. Marx Cemetery One of the very few Biedermeier cemeteries from the first half of the 19th century can be found in Vienna. In the St. Marx Cemetery interments were carried out well into the 1880’s. The most famous person to be buried here was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The approximate location of his grave is […]

Imperial Crypt

Imperial Crypt The vault under the Capuchin Church was originally intended as a burial place for Emperor Matthias and his wife Anna. Today more than 140 members of the House of Habsburg are interred here. Among them you will find Emperor Franz Joseph and his beautiful Elisabeth, as well as Maria Theresa and her beloved […]

Hietzing Cemetery

Hietzing Cemetery Very close to Schoenbrunn Palace this cemetery is located in the elegant neighbourhood of Hietzing. A number of renowned personalities are buried here, including composers Alban Berg and Gottfried von Einem, the playwright and poet Franz Grillparzer and his “eternal bride,” the painter Gustav Klimt, the architect Otto Wagner and the director of […]

Grinzing Cemetery

Grinzing Cemetery Located in a noble district near the Vienna Woods and the “Heurige”, the many mausoleums and elaborate tombs in this cemetery bear witness to the wealthy and prominent members of Viennese society who are buried here. Laid out in terraces with a lovely view of Vienna, the cemetery is the final resting place […]