What is an ideal day in Vienna? Ask 5 people, and you’ll get 5 different answers, depending on the company. A family running to catch up with their toddler at the Prater doesn’t want to see a couple drinking coffee around the Ringstrasse; neither do they want to see a solitary wanderer with no idea … Continued
Most people plan on exploring the cool places in Vienna with the same list of places to explore. By the second or third day, that list is finished, and Vienna, it turns out, has a great deal left to say. We are not using “Hidden gem” here loosely. Almost nothing in this article is a … Continued
Vienna in the early morning has a particular kind of quiet. Light catches the façades along the Ringstrasse before the trams start running, and for a few minutes the Hofburg’s courtyards look almost the way they must have looked to whoever first walked through them. This is a city built to be looked at slowly, … Continued
Just when you step off a tram at the Ring, Vienna announces itself. The Burgtheater’s curved facade, the gold-tipped spires of the Rathaus, wide boulevards built for carriages long before they carried cars. This is a city designed to be looked at, not walked past with your head down and a map open on your … Continued
Vienna is a city of history, giant buildings & slow traffic. You can venture around this city on foot, by public transport, on a bicycle, on a sightseeing bus, or on a traditional tour. The motorised electric car has an older face to all the streets of Vienna: a private, open-sided ride around the city … Continued
There is no denying, Vienna is enchanting. However, this is your first time coming to this place; it can be welcoming & overwhelming. Streets are tidy, the centre is easy to walk around, there is good public transport, and many of the major sights are within reach, appearing on the same map. The ideal solution … Continued
You’re in Vienna for a short trip but still want to explore the most authentic Kaffeehaus. What would you do, where should you actually go? It’s a harder question than it looks, because the instinctive answer, go to the most famous one, isn’t quite right, and it never entirely was. Vienna doesn’t rank its coffee … Continued
Different visitors answer differently: what is “Vienna Old Town” exactly? All of these are correct, but can be confusing. Vienna’s historic center isn’t one destination to visit but rather an assortment of buildings that, after sitting on top of each other for the past 2,500 years, can be easily reached by taking a stroll through … Continued
You are in Vienna & this magical city won’t disappoint you anywhere. For the people who feel shopping therapy is the best therapy, this is your ultimate guide to best shopping in Vienna. Now, the more useful question isn’t “where’s the best shopping street in Vienna”, it’s which district matches your budget, your interests, and … Continued
Vienna’s own tourist board suggests that this city has over 100 museums; and if you doubt the ‘small district collections’, the specialist archives and so forth, some registries hit the nail on the head and count well over half that. The art of visiting is not to see as much as possible, it’s to see … Continued