Places to visit in Vienna, Austria
44 places to visit in Vienna, Austria, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Heldenplatz, Historic Centre of Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Vienna volume.
9 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 20 Famous places to visit · 15 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Vienna (9)
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Heldenplatz
A large public square in front of the Neue Burg wing of the Hofburg in Vienna, with equestrian statues of Prince Eugene of Savoy and Archduke Charles. In March 1938 Hitler addressed crowds here after the annexation of Austria.
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Historic Centre of Vienna
The old core of the Austrian capital, a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. It holds Baroque palaces, the Gothic cathedral and the grand 19th century buildings of the Ringstrasse, reflecting centuries as the seat of the Habsburg court.
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Kunsthistorisches Museum
An art museum on the Ringstrasse in Vienna, topped by an octagonal dome and opened in 1891 to hold the Habsburg collections. It displays major works by Bruegel, Vermeer, Rubens and Titian, and has a large Egyptian and Near Eastern collection.
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Mozarthaus Vienna
Mozart's home from 1784 to 1787, a few steps from St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna's old town. It is the only one of his Viennese residences that survives, and it is now a museum about his life and music.
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Natural History Museum Vienna
A large museum facing the Kunsthistorisches Museum across Maria Theresa Square, opened in 1889. Its collections include the Venus of Willendorf, a figurine about 30,000 years old, and a hall of dinosaur skeletons.
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Plague Column
A Baroque Holy Trinity column on the Graben, a pedestrian street in central Vienna. Emperor Leopold I vowed to build it during the plague of 1679, and it was completed in 1693.
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Schönbrunn Palace
The main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, in Vienna's 13th district, with 1,441 rooms and extensive gardens. The present Baroque palace was built under Empress Maria Theresa in the 18th century, and Emperor Franz Joseph was born and died here.
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St. Stephen's Cathedral
The Gothic mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna, standing in the middle of the old city. Its roof of glazed multicoloured tiles and the 136 metre south tower are famous, and the Romanesque west front dates from the 13th century.
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Vienna Ringstrasse
A circular boulevard of about 5.3 kilometres around the old city, laid out from 1857 on the site of the former city walls. It is lined with the Opera, Parliament, City Hall and museums, and trams run along its length.
Famous places to visit in Vienna (20)
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Albertina
An art museum in a Habsburg palace at the south end of the Hofburg in Vienna. Its print room holds about 65,000 drawings and a million prints, and its rooms show works from Dürer to Picasso.
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Austrian National Library State Hall
The Austrian National Library occupies part of the Hofburg, and its Baroque State Hall is the grand showpiece. Built in the early 1700s, this hall is lined with some 200,000 old volumes and decorated with ceiling frescoes by Daniel Gran.
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Austrian Parliament Building
The seat of the two houses of Austria's parliament, on the Ringstrasse in Vienna. Designed by Theophil Hansen in a Greek Revival style, it opened in 1883, and a statue of Athena stands before it.
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Belvedere
A Baroque complex of two palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere, linked by formal gardens and built for Prince Eugene of Savoy in the early 18th century. It is now an art museum, home to Gustav Klimt's The Kiss.
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Burgtheater
Austria's national theatre, a company founded in 1741, now housed in a building on the Ringstrasse that opened in 1888. It is one of the leading German language stages, with painted ceilings in the grand staircases by Gustav Klimt and others.
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Café Central
A traditional Viennese coffeehouse at Herrengasse 14, set in a vaulted hall on the ground floor of the Palais Ferstel. It was a gathering place for writers and thinkers in the early 20th century, and still serves coffee and cakes under its arches.
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Hofburg Palace
The former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty, in the centre of Vienna. It was begun in the 13th century by Ottokar II of Bohemia and expanded many times, serving as the imperial winter residence. Today it also houses the Austrian president's offices.
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Hundertwasserhaus
A municipal apartment block in Vienna's third district, completed in 1985 from the ideas of the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Its wavy floors, bright colours, uneven facade and trees growing from the windows make it one of the city's most photographed buildings.
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Imperial Crypt
The burial vault of the Habsburgs beneath the Capuchin Church in Vienna, founded in 1618. More than 140 members of the dynasty rest here in ornate sarcophagi, including Maria Theresa and Emperor Franz Joseph.
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Karl-Marx-Hof
A huge municipal housing complex in Vienna's Döbling district, stretching over a kilometre and built between 1927 and 1930. It is the best known example of Red Vienna social housing and was shelled during the civil war of 1934.
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Karlskirche
A Baroque church on Karlsplatz in Vienna, dedicated to Saint Charles Borromeo and begun after the plague of 1713. Its green dome stands between two columns carved with scenes from the saint's life, and a lift takes visitors up into the dome.
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Musikverein
A concert hall in Vienna's Innere Stadt, opened in 1870, home of the Vienna Philharmonic. Its Golden Hall is known for its acoustics, and the New Year's Concert is broadcast from here to millions of viewers.
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Prater
A public park of about six square kilometres in Vienna's second district, with meadows, woodland and long avenues. It includes the Wurstelprater amusement park, with its famous giant Ferris wheel, and was once an imperial hunting ground.
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Secession Building
An exhibition hall for contemporary art in Vienna, completed in 1898 by Joseph Maria Olbrich as a manifesto of the Vienna Secession. It is crowned by a dome of gilded laurel leaves, and holds Gustav Klimt's Beethoven Frieze.
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Spanish Riding School
An institution in the Hofburg in Vienna devoted to classical dressage and the training of Lipizzaner horses, an art it has preserved for centuries. Its performances take place in a white Baroque riding hall completed in 1735, under crystal chandeliers.
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Vienna Central Cemetery
One of the largest cemeteries in Europe, opened in 1874 in Vienna's eleventh district and covering about 2.4 square kilometres. Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and Johann Strauss are commemorated in a row of honorary graves, and the grounds are wide enough to cross by tram.
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Vienna City Hall
The Gothic Revival town hall of Vienna, designed by Friedrich von Schmidt and finished in 1883. Its central tower is about 98 metres tall, and the square in front hosts a film festival in summer and a Christmas market in winter.
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Vienna State Opera
A Renaissance Revival opera house with 1,709 seats, the first major building on the Ringstrasse, opened in 1869. It stages performances almost every evening of the season, and hosts the annual Vienna Opera Ball.
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Votive Church
A neo-Gothic church on the Ringstrasse in Vienna, built after the failed assassination attempt on Emperor Franz Joseph in 1853. Its twin spires reach about 99 metres, and it was consecrated in 1879 to mark the emperor's silver wedding.
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Wiener Riesenrad
A Ferris wheel 64.75 metres tall at the entrance of the Prater amusement park, built in 1897. It is among the oldest Ferris wheels still turning, and was featured in the 1949 film The Third Man.
Hidden gems in Vienna (15)
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Augarten
A public park of 52.2 hectares in Leopoldstadt, Vienna's second district. It contains the city's oldest Baroque garden, and it is also home to the Vienna Boys' Choir and a porcelain manufactory.
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Donauinsel
A narrow artificial island of about 21 kilometres between the Danube and the New Danube in Vienna. It was built for flood control, and now has beaches, cycle paths and a large open air festival each summer.
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Donauturm
A tower in the Donaupark in Vienna, opened in April 1964. At 252 metres it is the tallest structure in Austria, with a viewing platform and revolving restaurants high above the city.
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Gasometer
Four brick gasholders in Vienna's Simmering district, built from 1896 to 1899 for the city gas works. Converted in 1999 and 2001, they now hold apartments, shops, offices and a concert hall.
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Haus der Musik
The first museum of sound and music in Austria, opened in Vienna in 2000. Across about 54,000 square feet, interactive and multimedia exhibits introduce the world of music, from early sounds to the great Viennese composers.
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Kahlenberg
A hill of 484 metres on the northern edge of Vienna, at the end of the Vienna Woods. A terrace gives views over the city and the Danube, and the Battle of Vienna in 1683 was fought on its slopes.
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Karlsplatz
A square on the border of Vienna's first and fourth districts, beside the Karlskirche. Two pavilions by Otto Wagner stand at the underground station, and the Musikverein and the Technical University are close by.
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Lainzer Tiergarten
A wildlife preserve of 24.5 square kilometres in the south west corner of Vienna, with 80 percent of it woodland. It dates to 1561, when Ferdinand I created it as a fenced hunting ground for his family.
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Leopold Museum
A museum of modern art in a white limestone block in the MuseumsQuartier, opened in 2001. It holds the world's largest collection of paintings by Egon Schiele, along with works by Klimt and Kokoschka.
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MAK Museum of Applied Arts
An arts and crafts museum at Stubenring 5 in Vienna's first district, founded in 1863. Besides its traditional focus on crafts and design, it places special emphasis on architecture and contemporary art, with a historic Ringstrasse building.
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Museum of Military History
The leading museum of the Austrian armed forces, housed in the Arsenal in Vienna and opened in 1891. It shows weapons, uniforms and vehicles, including the car in which Archduke Franz Ferdinand was shot in 1914.
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MuseumsQuartier
An arts and culture complex in Vienna's seventh district, opened in 2001 on the site of the former imperial court stables. It combines historic Baroque buildings with modern museum architecture over 114,310 square metres.
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Naschmarkt
A popular fruit and vegetable market in Vienna along the Wienzeile, about 1.5 kilometres long. It was originally called the Aschenmarkt and took its present name around 1820, and today it also has many restaurants.
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Schönbrunn Zoo
A 17 hectare zoo within the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, founded in 1752 and counted as the oldest zoo still in operation. Its animals live in historic Baroque pavilions and modern enclosures.
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Theater an der Wien
A historic theatre on the Linke Wienzeile in Vienna's Mariahilf district, completed in 1801. Beethoven's only opera, Fidelio, premiered here in 1805, and today the house is a leading stage for opera.
Collecting in Vienna
What are the best places to visit in Vienna?
LOQAH lists 44 places in Vienna. The best known include Heldenplatz, Historic Centre of Vienna, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Mozarthaus Vienna and Natural History Museum Vienna. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Vienna?
44, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Vienna?
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