Cathedral, Lookout

St. Stephen's Cathedral, Stephansdom in German, is the most important Catholic church in the city, the most important Viennese Gothic building and one of the main symbols of Vienna. It is located right in the centre of Vienna on Stepanhsplatz and, as the tallest of the buildings within the city centre, is already visible from a distance. [btn "Book a hotel in central Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid…

Palace, Museum

The Hofburg is a complex of palaces in the centre of Vienna comprising 16 wings and 17 courtyards, which has served as the seat of Austrian monarchs since the 13th century until today, as well as several museums, the National Library and the Imperial Treasury. The Hofburg complex is one of the most visited places in Vienna and an ideal starting point for tourists. [btn "Book a hotel in central Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna…

Museum, Historic building

The Kunsthistorisches Museum (KHM) in Vienna is one of the largest and most important of its kind in Europe. Its extensive art collections are rivalled only by the world's greatest museums. The works here cover a vast period from ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome to the Baroque period. [btn "Top hotels in central Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-viden-khm-museum] Museum collections The…

Museum, Historic building

The well-known Natural History Museum, known in German as the Naturhistorischces Museum, is the largest museum in Austria and one of the most important of its kind in the world, especially due to the scale but also the uniqueness of some of the exhibits. If you are interested in nature and science, then you should definitely come here. [btn "Book your hotel in Vienna in advance" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html…

Town Hall

The Rathaus, Vienna's city hall, is one of Vienna's landmarks and the most prominent building in the Austrian capital. It is the seat of Vienna's mayor, the city council and the regional governor of the state of Vienna. [btn "View the best hotels in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=viden-rathaus] Architecture and history After many of the existing suburbs were annexed to Vienna after…

Historic building, Parliament

One of the largest palaces in Vienna is the Austrian Parliament, which houses both the Federal and National Councils. The entire Parliament complex is actually made up of two mirror-connected buildings. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-viden-parlament] Architecture and history The Palace of the Parliament is one of the most important monuments of…

Church

The Baroque church of St. Charles Borromeo, known as the Karlskirche, is one of Vienna's most striking monuments. The church stands on Vienna's Karlsplatz (Charles Square) and was built between 1715 and 1737 during the reign of Charles VI as a token of gratitude for the end of the plague epidemic. [btn "Top 10 best hotels in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-viden-karlskirche] …

Church

The Votive Church, Votivkirche in German, is an important Roman Catholic sanctuary in the centre of Vienna and the second highest church in the city. This is why it often appears in photos or promotional material of Vienna. [btn "Find the cheapest hotels in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-viden-votivkirche] Architecture and history It is impossible not to notice that the…

Castle, Garden, Botanical garden, Zoo

Schönbrunn is a Baroque castle with extensive gardens, with which it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the most visited monuments in Austria. The magnificent castle grounds, the beautiful flower beds with thousands of flowers, the zoo in the park and the greenhouses with exotic plants make it easy to visit Schönbrunn for a day. [btn "The 10 best hotels in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/landmark/at/schonbrunn-palace1.cs.html?aid…

Castle, Garden

The Belveder Castle complex is a beautiful complex of two Baroque palaces, stables, orangery and extensive gardens. Belveder in Vienna was built as a summer residence for Prince Eugene of Savoy, one of the most important military leaders in modern European history and generalissimo of the Austrian Habsburg armies. [btn "Accommodation in central Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-viden…

Historic building

The unadorned structure of the Art Nouveau Pavilion with its golden dome made up of some 3,000 gilded laurel leaves is one of Vienna's many symbols and has been a source of amusing controversy ever since it was built. Due to the specific shape of the dome, the pavilion is often nicknamed the "golden cabbage" among Viennese, but more often simply as "Art Nouveau". [btn "The 10 best hotels in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna…

Modern Building, Historic factory

Head to the edge of the Simmering district during your Vienna tour, where you can admire the sensitive renovation of a former industrial site that is now used for housing and commercial services. These are four enormous gasometers, which were built between 1896 and 1899 during Vienna's booming development. When gas was replaced by natural gas in the 1980s, the tanks began to deteriorate. [btn "Find cheap accommodation in Vienna" https://www…

Cemetery

Vienna's central cemetery, opened in 1874, the Zentralfriedhof, is one of the most magical places in the city and is definitely worth a visit. With an area of over 2 square kilometres it ranks 3rd in Europe after the cemeteries in Hamburg and London and is the resting place for over 3 million deceased. [btn "The cheapest accommodation in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at/vienna/vienna-centre.cs.html?aid=2380460;label=p-viden…

Church

For one of Vienna's main Art Nouveau landmarks, head to the free-access psychiatric hospital grounds in the west of the city, where the beautiful St Leopold Church on the Steinhof stands. The building was completed in 1907 to a design by Otto Wagner, a member of the Vienna Secession movement. For this reason the church is often known as the Otto-Wagner-Kirche. [btn "The cheapest accommodation in Vienna" https://www.booking.com/district/at…