Vienna
Vienna is the capital of Austria and lies on the Danube and at the crossing from the easternmost foothills of the Alps to the Pannonian lowland. The city of Vienna has about 1.85 million inhabitants and is also a federal state, which is completely surrounded by Lower Austria.
| Vienna | ||
| state | Austria | |
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| resident | 1,840,573 (2016) | |
| height | 151 m, 542 m | |
| tourist information web | www.Vienna.info | |
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district
Vienna is divided into 23 municipal districts.
- inner city (1st district)
- Leopoldstadt (2nd district)
- highway (3rd district)
- Wadi (4th district)
- Margaret (5th district)
- Mariahilf (6th district)
- New construction (7th district)
- Josefstadt (8th district)
- Alsergrund (9th district)
- Favorites (10th district)
- Simmering (11th district)
- Meidling (12th district)
- Hietzing (13th district)
- Penzing (14th district)
- Rudolfsheim-five-house (15th district)
- Ottakring (16th district)
- Hernals (17th district)
- Currency (18th district)
- Döbling (19th district)
- Brigittenau (20th district)
- Floridsdorf (21st district)
- Donaustadt (22nd district)
- Liesing (23rd district)
The districts are located in two concentric circles around the first district of 'Innere Stadt', the actual historical Vienna, the "inner districts" 2 to 9 form a first circle outside the ring road, the districts 10 to 19 a second outside the belt. The districts 21 and 22 are located on the other side of the Danube and are therefore called "Transdanubia" by Viennese people. The 23rd district is the remnant of the "GrossWien", which during the Nazism also included 97 municipalities in Lower Austria, 80 of which returned to Lower Austria in 1954.
In 1850, the inner districts were formed by the conurbation of the suburbs around Vienna. From 1858 on, the historic city walls were cut and the ring road around the old town opened in 1865 was built. Until 1875, the Danube was previously settled in a vast landscape. Between 1890 and 1906, a number of suburbs were built on both banks of the Danube: e.g. Sievering, Grinzing, Nussdorf, Floridsdorf, Strebersdorf, Stammersdorf and Jedlersdorf. In the northwestern outlying districts are the traditional heuringies, which are frequented by tourists. The Grinzing district, located in the 19th district, leads to the Höhenstraße (high road), which leads to the Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg mountain - two recreational areas, as well as viewpoints, which offer a wide view of the city area (and, in clear weather, to the Little Carpathians in Slovakia).
The districts are either named or numbered, e.g. 13th district, The Thirteenth, in writing also Vienna 13 or (obsolete) Vienna XIII. The numbers are on each road sign in front of the street name. They are the second and third digits of the zip code, from 1010 for the 1st district to 1230 for the 23 district.
background
- Vienna is the political, economic, cultural and spiritual center of Austria. With 23 districts, the capital is the largest city in the country in terms of area and population - just under a quarter of Austria’s inhabitants live in Vienna and just under a third of the city’s inhabitants; The seat of the National Council and the Federal Council, the President of the Confederation, the Federal Government, all central authorities of the Confederation, all major diplomatic representations of foreign states, and the seat of various international organizations, such as OPEC and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), as well as the third UN city. In December 2001, at the request of the Republic of Austria, Vienna’s city center was included in the UNESCO World Heritage List, but in July 2017 it was added to the Red List because of a controversial construction project on the Heumarkt.
- The neighboring municipalities are located in the Land of Lower Austria:
- wine district: Langenzersdorf on the Danube (there is a direct railway connection), Hagenbrunn, Gerasdorf, Deutsch-Wagram, Aderklaa, Raasdorf (there is direct railway connection), Groß-Enzersdorf
- industrial district: fish on the Danube, Schwechat on the Danube (location of Vienna-Schwechat airport), Lanzendorf (direct railway connection), Leopoldsdorf, Vösendorf, Brunn am Berg (direct railway connection), Perchtoldsdorf, Kaltenleutgiving, Breitenfurt near Vienna, Laab in the forest, Purkersdorf (direct rail link), Gaba litz, Mauerbach, Klosterneuburg on the Danube
- Name: At the Celtic time, Vienna was called "Vindumina", which means as much as Waldbach. The Roman name Vindobona is probably derived from this. It is not clear whether the name "Vienna" comes directly from the Celtic-Roman name. Over the centuries, the name was abolished to Vienna. The English name Vienna or the oral variant Wean can be derived from older versions as well as the district name "Wieden" (see also several western Slavic variants Vídeň/Viedeň/Wideń). In neighboring countries, some names are common and have nothing to do with Vienna or Vindobona. The Hungarian name Bécs originated in the 11th century in a Hungarian settlement on the territory of the present 3rd district and has also been incorporated in Serbian and Croatian (Beć). The Slovenian name Dunaj is the same as for the river Danube.
- Landscape: Vienna is one of the three million towns along the Danube (beside Budapest and Belgrade). This river is very important for the identity of the city, although the main stream is well away from the center. The city center is accessible from the Danube Canal. The river Wienflugen flows into the Danube Canal and numerous other streams, most of which are now channeled. In the west of Vienna, the Viennese forest - the easternmost foothills of the Alps - dominates the city image. In the south, the mighty gravel terraces are a city-sculpture, while in the east the flat Marchfeld and the Danube meadows are. In the north of the city is the Vienna Gate, a close breakthrough valley of the Danube.
- Understanding: For tourists, Vienna likes to be antiquated and emphasizes the cultural heritage of Habsburgs, Sisi and Mozart. If you stick to the main attractions, you will easily get a feeling of silence and sneezing that is not quite true. Vienna is also a very modern, dynamic and multicultural city, which is difficult to discover if you are staying for a short time. It is definitely a good idea to dive into the neighborhoods, away from the 1st district.
arrival
by train
It operates daily direct trains from Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Zurich, Prague, Warsaw, Moscow (not daily), Bratislava, Budapest, Belgrade, Bucharest, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Rome, Milano, etc.
It pays to search the various web pages of the railway companies for savings offers (e.g. ÖBB-Sparstrasse), as this way significant savings are possible (e.g. Munich-Vienna from 29 Euro, Budapest-Vienna from 13 Euro).
In addition to ÖBB, Vienna is also served by the following private railway companies, which are more favorable than ÖBB when comparing the regular price:
- Western railway: Salzburg-Linz-Wien Westbahnhof or Salzburg-Linz-Wien Hauptbahnhof-Wien Praterstern
- Regiojet: Prague-Brünn-Wien Central Station
railway stations
- 3 Vienna Hauptbahnhof : At the Südtiroler Platz on the grounds of the former Südbahnhof (Südtiroler Platz U1 station - Hauptbahnhof). The U1 takes you to the city center (U1 direction Leopoldau) in 5 minutes (2-3 stops). At the eastern exit of the main train station you will find a tram line D which leads to the ring, passing Belvedere. Bus 13A takes you very easily to the western central districts (4th to 8th). Several S-Bahn lines, some of which are underground, connect the main railway station with city and regional destinations. Opened in 2012 for regional services, the main railway station has been served by all international and national long-distance trains since the end of 2015.
- 2 Wien Meidling ; Almost all long-distance trains that go to Vienna Central Station also stop at the station of Meidling. The train station outside the city center can be reached by S-Bahn (city rail), U6 metro line, Wien-Baden local train, tram line 62 and some bus lines (7A, 15A). If you are traveling in the western districts of Vienna, it may be cheaper to get off at Meidling instead of at the main station.
- 3 Vienna Westbahnhof ; Close to Mariahilfer Strasse, one of Vienna's major shopping streets. From there, take the underground U3 in 10 minutes (3-5 stops) in the center (U3 direction Simmering). The U6, which reaches the inner districts tangential, also has a station here. Trains from Salzburg run by the private railway company Westbahn to the Westbahnhof; from ÖBB only regional trains to Linz or Sankt Pölten since December 2015. If you are coming from the west to Vienna, you can change trains in St. Pölten and continue to the Westbahnhof to reach the western city districts faster than you can get by train via Meidling or the main railway station.
regional transport hubs
Regional trains also stop at different suburban stations, which means that, depending on the destination in Vienna, there is no need to travel to the central station:
- Stadlau (U2) or Simmering (U3) on the Vienna-Bratislava St.s route.
- 4 Hütteldorf (S45, U4): Regional and regional express trains from Linz and St. Pölten and trains from Westbahn. No longer a long-distance service since the end of 2015.
- Floridsdorf (U6), Praterstern (U1, U2), Wien Mitte (Landstraße, U3, U4): S-Bahn trains and regional trains from Vienna’s Neustadt, Baden, Mödling, Mistelbach, Gänserndorf, Hollabrunn, Hainburg, Airport etc.
- Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof, Spittelau (U4, U6) and Heiligenstadt (U4): trains from Klosterneuburg or the Waldviertel.
By bus
There are two bus stations in Vienna, the Vienna International Bus Terminal (VIB) is located at the underground station Erdberg, reachable by the line U3, the bus station Bustterminal Vienna at the Stadion subway station, close to the Ernst Happel stadium, reachable by the line U2, which is VIB also included in the Vienna Lines Quick Connection Plans. The bus stations in Erdberg and at the stadium are served by the bus companies Eurolines, Flixbus and HELLÖ. Some connections also operate from the bus stops at the main railway station, at the western station and at the Gumpendorfer Strasse.
- 5 Vienna International Bus Terminal (Erdberg bus station), 3rd, Erdbergstraße 200a (U3 Erdberg). Tel: +43(0)900 128 712 (payable), e-mail: [email protected]. U.A. Eurolines, Flixbus Opened: 6:30-21.
- 6 Bus Terminal Vienna (Stadion Center), 2nd, Olympiaplatz 2 (U2 stadium). Tel: +43(0)810 4001 11. U.A. Orangeways, Student Agency, MyFernbus Opened: 6:30-21.
By ship
Vienna is connected by the Danube to numerous cities in Europe.
- TwinCityLiner. Tel: +43 (0)1 727 100, Fax: +43 (0)1 727 102 91. The TwinCityLiner is a public passenger ferry that runs daily between Vienna and Bratislava. The feeder in Vienna is located at Schwedenplatz. The ships run from the end of March to the end of October. In 2019, a new ship was acquired and modernization was carried out.
- There is also a regular boat service to Budapest, which leaves from the center of the mexican.
- Danube cruises and excursion boats usually arrive in the area of Mexicoplatz on the Danube. Private boats and yachts can land in the Kuchelau or the Danube marina.
On the street
| distance | |
| Munich | 436 km |
|---|---|
| Prague | 307 km |
| Budapest | 243 km |
| graz | 187 km |
| Linz | 186 km |
| Brno | 134 km |
| Bratislava | 72 km |
| iron city | 57 km |
Vienna is reached by motorways from all directions. A ring road around the city - which, however, consists of numerous motorways and not just a single road, as in Berlin or Rome - is largely completed; only the crossing of the Danube and the encircling eastward is not yet complete. Depending on the destination in the city, different approaches are available.
- From the west from St. Pölten (Linz, Salzburg):
- Center and west of Vienna: A1 to the end of the motorway in Vienna Auhof
- North and North-East: S33 - Danube Bridge Traismauer - S5 to Stockerau - A22
- South and south-east: A1 to the node Steinhäusl, continue via A21 to the Vösendorf node and then via A23 or S1 depending on the destination.
- From the north-west from Korneuburg (Prague, Krems) via the A22 to Vienna:
- Center: North Bridge, B227
- North, North West, West: Over North Bridge and Belt
- South, Southwest: A22 to the junction of the A23 motorway
- Transdanubia and districts 2, 20.: Local access roads from the A22
- From the north from Wolkersdorf (Brno): A5 to Eibesbrunn node
- North and North-West Vienna and 21st district: B7 Brünner Strasse and further over Nordrücke and Gürtel
- Other objectives: S1 and S2 to Prater node, from there fine distribution A23, B227, B221
- From the east from Bruck an der Leitha (Bratislava, Budapest):
- Southwest: A4 to junction Schwechat and continue via the S1 to Vösendorf, from there A2 and A23 - Altmannsdorfer Ast
- Other objectives: A4 to the end at the Prater node, fine distribution over the belt, the Danube canal or the A23.
- From the south from Mödling (Graz, Eisenstadt): A2 to the Vösendorf node.
- West of Vienna: A23 Altmannsdorfer Ast, continue via Altmannsdorfer Strasse and Grüner Berg
- Center: Exit Triester Strasse, continue on Triester Strasse and Wiedner Hauptstraße
- Other objectives: A23 South-east
Also the Vienna city highways (southeast tangente A23, Danube motorway A22, Nordbrücke) are subject to a toll. See the Austrian article. The motorways in and around Vienna, in particular the A2, the A22 and the A23, are heavily frequented on weekdays by professionals,
parking
The hotel is located in the center of Vienna. Almost all urban areas are short-distance: In the districts 1-11, 12, 15 and 19 and 20, in full, in parts of the 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, and 20th districts there is a short parking zone all day, from 9-22h. In the inner city (1st district within the ring road) as well as in some inner districts (including Neubau and Josefstadt), there is a great lack of parking during the week despite the short parking zone. In the (still) non-parking areas (13th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd), it is also extremely difficult to find a car park in densely populated areas and in the vicinity of high-quality public transport. You can leave your car unlimited here, but you will have to fight for parking lots not only with residents but also with numerous commuters. In addition, there are numerous local parking areas (e.g. on business roads or around subway stations) throughout the city, including in the outlying districts. As of May 2018, the parking fees for all toll-free short parking areas in Vienna are: 30 minutes: 1,05 €, 60 minutes: €2.10, 90 minutes: €3.15, 120 minutes: €4.20. Parking houses, underground garages and private parking spaces are subject to different rates.
The parking tickets are not automatically valid on purchase in Vienna, unlike in cities where parking tickets are purchased at ticket machines, the date and time must be recorded with ballpoint pens on the parking ticket. The date shall be entered in the appropriate columns on the parking certificate in the format DD-MM-YYYY, the time shall be ticked, for which the parking certificates shall indicate the number of spaces between 00 and 23 per hour and, for the minutes, boxes 15, 30, 45 and 60. It is therefore necessary to always carry a functioning ball point in the vehicle. panels and blue floor markings (sometimes only available when entering the district)! Short-stay parking is not available on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays. Some main shopping streets have different regulations, for example a short parking zone for which there is a charge on Saturday morning. The short-distance parking zone does not apply to motorcycle drivers (motorcycles, scooters and mofas), single-lane vehicles can park free of charge in the designated parking areas of the entire city area, but a maximum parking period of two hours applies.
Attention: Some public parking spaces are reserved for residents of the district ("with parking glue for the district"), these regulations are generally valid from Monday to Sunday 00:00 until 24:00.
Tickets for Vienna must be purchased in advance and are not available at vending machines. Shops include:
- in trafics (tobacco shops)
- in advance sales of the Vienna lines at some of the metro stations and in the customer center in Erdberg
- at ticket machines on the Vienna lines at all Vienna metro stations
- at the ARBÖ and ÖAMTC
- in post offices
- at service stations
- for some vending machines
- At the municipal central bank and in other municipal coffers
There are numerous garages available for a fee in the city center (prices start at ?2 an hour and start at ?15 a day). Many hotels also offer parking spaces that cost around 20 euros per 24 hours.
A good choice are park and ride facilities on the outskirts of the city, near metro and S-Bahn stations. It is also possible to park your car for a few days at a relatively reasonable price and to continue with your journey by subway or S-Bahn:
- Line U1: Leopoldau, Aderklaaer Straße, Altes Landgut, Neulaa, Oberlaa
- Line U2: Danube bridge
- Line U3: Kendlerstraße, Erdberg
- Line U4: Hütteldorf, Spittelau
- Line U6: Seven herders, Perfect Road, Spittelau
- S-Bahn: Leopoldau (S1, S2, S7), Hütteldorf (S45, S50, S80), Liesing (S2, S3, S4), Ottakring (S45)
Other P+R systems are located in the Lower Austrian area of Vienna, which are not served by the Vienna Metro, but by regional trains, regional buses and S-Bahn trains, but, unlike the P+R facilities in Vienna, are generally free of charge.
By plane
The Vienna-Schwechat airport is located about 20 km southeast of Vienna’s city center in the municipality of Schwechat. Here is a large hub of Austrian Airlines (Lufthansa Group) and Laudamotion. Many other major European airlines fly to Vienna from their hubs.
A good alternative is the airport Bratislava, about 70 km east of Vienna. It is served mainly by low-cost airlines such as Ryanair. From there, there are direct bus connections to Vienna (Erdberg or Stadion) every hour - ticket price per direction is approximately 10-15 Euro; journey time 60-90 min.
Vienna-Schwechat airport is very well connected by public transport to the city of Vienna. The following options are available:
- OV: fare 4,10 € (pre-1,70 + Vienna Core Zone 2,40); as at 6/2018). With this ticket, the journey can be continued on all public transport within Vienna (core zone Vienna), it is not valid on the airport buses ("VAL") and in the City Airport Train ("CAT"). If you already have a ticket for the core area of Vienna (formerly "Zone 100"), you only have to pay the ticket for the single journey "VOR" from the border of the core zone of Vienna, which costs 1.70 € (stand 6/2018).
- By S7 you can reach some important public transport links, such as Vienna Mitte-Landstraße (22 minutes) or Praterstern (about 25 minutes). The S7 runs between 5:30 am and 11:00 pm every half hour.
- by long-distance trains from ÖBB to the main railway station or to Meidling station; journey time of approximately 20-30 minutes; during daytime connections are approximately hourly.
- CAT - City Airport Train: Ferry to Vienna Mitte station without a stop (about 16 minutes by car). Trains run every half hour, costs: €12, back and forth €21 (at the machine) and €19 (online); Status: 6/2018). However, the fastest connection between the city and the airport is only 5-10 minutes faster than the S7 and the tickets do not entitle you to travel with the public in Vienna. However, you can check in and check in baggage at the CAT terminal in Vienna Mitte for many airlines 24 hours before departure. Whether this justifies the price difference is at the discretion of each traveler.
- Bus connections from and to the airport are available with the Vienna Airport Lines, timetables and information from the Postbus and Eurolines operators. 8 euros per direction.
- Morzinplatz (near Schwedplatz; It takes about 20 minutes to reach the hotel and operates every 30 minutes at night).
- Kagran, UNO-city, stadium (approximately 20 minutes driving time, operating hours approximately 5-24 hours)
- West station. Town hall, gate of the Scots (approximately 35 minutes driving time, operating hours approximately 5-24 hours)
- car or taxi: Take the A4 East motorway and exit at the airport; from the city center, depending on traffic, it takes about 25-40 minutes to get there. The price varies depending on the taxi. There are several operators, which call themselves almost all airport taxi: www.airportdriver24.ator www.vienna-airporttaxi.at, airport taxi.Vienna from 20 euros; or www.Vienna-airportdriver.at from 23 euros.
mobility
public transport
The designation of public transport in Vienna initially seems complicated, but in fact mostly follows a clear logic. The names of the lines are still based on the 1907 numbering system, which was introduced for the tramway at the time and has now been extended to buses and even regional buses in the surrounding area. The system of 1907 is, of course, a little watered down today, but still recognizable, due to the numerous changes in line lines in recent decades:
- Letter lines refer to through lines, which are tramways that comprise two radial branches and cross the center. There are still tramways D and O of these. other such transit lines are now numbered 1 and 2.
- Numbers 1 to 20 are circular or tangent lines, they travel a part of a circular arc around the city center. Lines 1 and 2 are now transit lines (see above).
- Line numbers from 21 are radio lines, they start near the center (not always at the ring) and drive to the outskirts of the city. At the "Direction Line", which is roughly the road axis from Schwedenplatz via the Reichsbrücke, the 20 lines start and the numbering increases counterclockwise until the 90s. This is how you can see the part of Vienna where the line goes - for example, the 40s lines in the northwest, the 60s lines in the southwest, the 70s lines in Simmering or the 80s and 90s lines in the eastern Danube city.
- Motorcycles follow this numbering system and receive a letter suffix (e.g. 13A or 92B)
- Night buses shall have the corresponding daily line number (even if they deviate in part during the course) with a preceded N (e.g. N31)
- Regional buses are given a three-digit number, the first being the external zone (the larger the terminal is the farther from Vienna) and the second two digits are followed by the number system.
In short, it can be summed up in this way:
- Line designation (letter or one to two digits): tram
- Line name single to double-digit number with letter suffix: bus
- Line name, one- and two-digit number with prefix N: night bus
- Line designation: regional bus
The whole of Vienna, as well as some small areas, forms the core area of Vienna in the transport network of the East Region (VOR). All of them in this traffic network, which covers the Vienna metropolitan area within a radius of approximately 60-80 km, can travel on the same tickets (even long-distance trains), with a few exceptions such as CAT and airport buses.
A single ticket or zone in the VOR costs 2.40 € at the machine, 2.60 € in the vehicle, a single ticket (2 single journeys) costs 4.80 €. A strip allows you to travel in one direction until you reach the destination within the city limits. The 24-hour card costs: 8,00 €, 48 hours: 14,10 € and 72 hours: €17.10. Children under the age of 6 travel for free. (status: 9/2014) Only available as a mobile ticket via the smartphone app is the ticket "1 day Vienna" for €5.80 valid on the calendar day (and until 01:00 the following day) in the core area of Vienna. (status: 6/2018) ・ interesting is also the "Vienna Card", which costs 17,00 € for 24 hours, 25 € for 48 hours or 29 € for 72 hours and at the same time offers various discounts. For a stay of 4 days or more, we recommend a weekly ticket of 17,10 €, which is only valid on Monday. It is also possible to use all public transport during the period from Monday to Sunday.
Tickets for public transport are available in Vienna at the following points of sale:
- At fixed ticket machines in the Vienna line subway stations, at ÖBB train stations and at most of the Vienna-Baden local train stations
- In the pre-sales offices of the Vienna lines as well as in the customer center in Erdberg
- In the customer center of the East Region Transport Network in the West Station
- In Trafiken
- On mobile ticketing machines in the vehicles of the local railway in Vienna-Baden, in trams and partly in buses
- For bus drivers in buses which do not have a ticket machine
Note:
- Only single tickets are available in the trams of the Vienna lines, other tickets can only be purchased through the other sales channels.
- Tickets are valid at the subway stations from the ‘lock’ pass, while the subway stations without a valid ticket are considered to be a black ticket.
In general, it is recommended to download the application "Qando" of the Vienna Transport Companies, which calculates routes from the current location (or the chosen starting point) to the endpoint and takes into account delays and current intervals. In the metro network as well as the express train network the service is usually within a few seconds, outside of this usually within a few minutes. More and more bus lines (tram lines are generally always equipped with real-time monitors) will issue the intervals in real time. Qando covers not only Vienna, but also the surrounding area of Vienna (VOR) and is therefore an enormously helpful tool for every Vienna traveler, which is also installed almost always on every smartphone by the Viennese themselves. Qando works on Android and iOS natively, on all other phones it is at the address m.qando.at. Qando also shows the footpath. Under normal conditions, despite footpaths, you arrive at the destination at the time Qando displays. Although Qando uses little data and routes can also be downloaded in the WLAN, the use of a data tariff is recommended especially for visitors from other countries.
subway
There are 5 metro lines. Each subway line is assigned a characteristic color to facilitate orientation in the stations:
- U1 (red) from Oberlaa (Therme Wien) via Reumannplatz, Karlsplatz, Stephansplatz and Kagran to Leopoldau
- U2 (purple) from Karlsplatz via museum quarter and town hall to the stadium and further to the seaside city
- U3 (orange) from Ottakring via Westbahnhof, Mariahilfer Straße, Stephansplatz to Simmering
- U4 (green) from Hütteldorf via Karlsplatz, Schönbrunn and Landstraße / Wien Mitte to Heiligenstadt
- U6 (brown) from Siebenhirten and Alt-Erlaa via Philadelphia Bridge / Wien Meidling station, Westbahnhof and Michelbeuern / General Hospital to Floridsdorf
- The missing U5 is to be built between Karlsplatz and Altem AKH by 2020.
The underground trains run from 5:00 to 0:30. In the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, all underground lines are served continuously at the 15-minute interval. During the rush hour (7-22 hours), trains usually run at a 3-6 minute interval, and at special events (such as football matches) they are much shorter.
Bicycles are allowed on the underground from Mon - Fri 9:00 - 15:00 and from 6:30 pm, on weekends and public holidays all day long.
Information points of the Vienna lines can be found, for example, in the Westbahnhof (U3, U6, S-Bahn), Schottentor (U2) Karlsplatz (U1, U2, U4), Praterstern (U1, U2, S-Bahn) and the customer center of the Vienna lines in Erdberg (U3), next to Vienna International Bus Terminal (VIB) In addition, there is a customer office of the East Region Transport Association (VOR) in the Westbahnhof.
On the website of the Vienna Underground (not the official website of the Vienna Lines!) you can find information on the city’s attractions, buildings and architecturally interesting buildings, listed by the Vienna Metro lines and their stations. In addition, a separate page deals with art in Vienna’s underground stations.
subway
The S-Bahn (also called "express train") is operated by ÖBB. Check schedules from the ÖBB timetable information (official website of the operator) or from the Vienna express train. The S-Bahn (city rail) is blue on the Viennese lines.
- Especially the S-Bahn line between Meidling and Floridsdorf is very useful as a fast city crossing. Single-digit line numbers branch on the outer line and travel together on the main line, supplemented by numerous regional trains. This results in a dense interval during the day, approximately every 3-5 minutes a train arrives. Major stations are Meidling (U6), Hauptbahnhof (U1), Wien Mitte (Landstraße, U3, U4), Praterstern (U1, U2), Handelskai (U6) and Floridsdorf (U6). You only have to pay attention to the S-Bahn line S7, which runs from Floridsdorf to the airport and further to Wolfsthal and leaves the main line after the Rennweg station.
- Another interesting tourist line is the S45, the so-called suburban line (Hütteldorf-Handelskai). It is a good day trip through the northwestern outskirts (14th and 16th-20th) and most of the route, including most of the train stations, was designed by Otto Wagner in Art Nouveau style.
The Viennese S-Bahn (city rail) intervals are different, while on the main line between Meidling and Floridsdorf there is a dense interval between 30 minutes of the main daily service and 50 minutes of weekends and public holidays, some other lines run every 15 or 30 minutes. From the change of schedule in December 2019, the S-Bahn line between Vienna Foridsdorf and Vienna Meidling to Mödling (NÖ) and the suburban line S45 (Wien Hütteldorf - Wien Handelskai) will be operated at 30-minute intervals during the nights before Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays.
trams
There are currently 28 tram lines in Vienna. The plans at the stops show the starting point on the left and the final point on the right. Display panels are mounted at busy stops to indicate when the next tram will arrive. On all lines, low-floor wheelchair-accessible vehicles are also used, but the distribution of these cars leaves much to be desired. While some lines (e.g. 43, 44, 46) operate almost entirely low-floor, on other lines, waiting times of up to 45 minutes on a low-floor vehicle are expected. The waiting time on the next low-floor car is shown on the mentioned displays with a wheelchair symbol. If the next car is a flooding, the display changes every few seconds between the next train and the next low-floor.
There are a few lines of interest for tourists:
- D: Alfred-Adler-Straße - Hauptbahnhof - Schloss Belvedere - Schwarzenbergolatz (Hochirschbrunnen) - Kärntner Ring (Staatsoper) - Burgring (Museums and Hofburg) - Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring (Parliament) - University Ring (Rathaus, University, Burgtheater) - Schottentor - Berggasse (Sigmund Freud-museum) - Nussdorf, Beethovengang
- 1: Prater Hauptallee - Löwengasse (Hundertwasser House) - Franz-Josefs-Kai - Schottenring - University Ring - Burgring - Karlsplatz, Oper - Matzlinsdorfer Platz - Stefan-Fadinger Platz
- 2: Dornbach - Ottakringer Strasse - Josefstädter Straße - Parliament - Burgring - Opernring - Kärntner Ring (Hotel Imperial) - Schubertring - Parkring (Stadtpark with Johann-Strauss monument) - Stubenring (Postsparkasse von Otto Wagner) - Franz-Josefs-Kai - Taborstraße - Friedrich-Engels Platz
- 38: Schottentor (University) - Nussdorfer Strasse (Schubert's Birthhouse) - Grinzing: This line goes to the classic Viennese Heurigenort, from where you can continue to Kahlenberg by bus 38A (which can also be climbed at the U4 station in Heiligenstadt). It offers a superb view of the city.
- 49: Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring - Neubau - Fuenhaus - Breitensee - Baumgarten - Hütteldorf: Although this line does not open up any classic sights, it does offer a good cross-section of the city along its route from the ring road through an old suburb (Spittelberg), the Bobo suburb (new building), the Arbeitervorstadt (15th district) to the noble residential district of Hütteldorf.
The combination of these lines makes it easy to reach most of Vienna's sights.
- The local train Wien-Baden (called the "Badner Bahn" in the popular sense) is a special case of the tram. It starts at the Opera and goes as far as Meidling as a tram, then as a full-length train to Baden. It is convenient for trips to the SCS shopping center and for trips to Baden. Note: The station Vösendorf/Shopping City Süd is located in the municipality of Vösendorf in Lower Austria and therefore outside the core area of Vienna, so a second ticket must be issued for the section between stations Vösendorf-Siebenhirten (candle border) and Vösendorf/Shopping City Süd.
If you want to take a sightseeing tour by tram, you can also do this with the Vienna Ring Tram, which takes you around the Ring around the Old Town in about half an hour. This trip will explain the sights with the help of LCD screens and headphones in several languages, optionally also in the Vienna Dialect. Tickets cost 7 € for a trip or 9 € for a journey with as many interruptions as you like within a day. Alternatively, you can make the round-about with the combination of lines 1 and 2 with a normal ticket, just without tourist information. Unfortunately, the Vienna Ring Tram is "behind" at times, which means that spoken texts do not correspond to the current position of the car, which means that the sights (buildings, etc.) can no longer be seen.
buses
Vienna has a quite dense network of bus lines, mostly operated by the Vienna lines or on behalf of the Vienna lines, partly also by other entrepreneurs. On almost all lines buses run on LPG using more modern diesel; There are also electric buses in the city center. The timetables at the stops (as with the trams) show the starting point of the line on the left and the end point on the right.
Some bus and tram lines are also shorter than the end of the day from 0.30 a.m. Night buses run between 1:00 am and 4:30 am every half hour, and more frequently at weekends.At night, buses run by the nightline, marked by an N. The normal tickets and fares are also valid there. The Viennese lines provide online and in the customer and information points the Nightline network plans on weekdays, nightline on Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays as well as nightline, all lines and stations.
The most interesting tourist routes are:
- The Citybus lines 1A (Stephansplatz - Schottentor), 2A (Schwarzenbergplatz - Oper - Graben/Petersplatz - Stephansplatz - Schwedenplatz) and 3A (Schottenring - Concordiaplatz - High Markt - Stephansplatz - Stubentor) pass through the narrow lanes leave of the first district. They are less suitable for getting to the sights quickly, as it is usually quicker to walk. But they are well suited when the legs make sleep.
- 13A: Alser Straße/Skodagasse - Hauptbahnhof; practical cross-connection through the inner western districts, approximately halfway between U2 and U6.
- 38A: Heiligenstadt - Grinzing - Am Cobenzl - Kahlenberg - Leopoldsberg The view over the whole of Vienna from Kahlenberg and Leopoldsberg is fantastic.
- 48A: Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring - Ottakring - Baumgartner Altitude - Getting to the Art Nouveau hospital area with famous church, designed by Otto Wagner and now named after the architect (Otto-Wagner Hospital)
Regional buses have a three-digit line name without letter suffix. However, these are important for tourism only and are of no importance for urban mobility. Regional buses can also be used in principle with normal tickets, but as they cross the city boundaries, additional external zones can be paid. It is best to ask the driver about the fare to be paid, and to buy the ticket from him.
car
In principle a car is not necessary in Vienna itself. The public transport network is very dense and practically every place can be reached within three quarters of an hour from anywhere, from areas close to the center such as the 2nd, 9th and 20th. within a maximum of 30 minutes. Parking is limited in most of the city (see arrival). For excursions to the nearby area of Vienna, a car is only available if the destination is not reachable by the express train (transport network Ostregion - VOR). This is the wine district, where almost all the railway lines have been closed, as the train has hardly been used any more.
car sharing
If you only need a car temporarily, you can use one of the car-sharing services, all of which require prior registration and a personal consultation in one of the service centers. For short-term tourists, this service is only exceptionally interesting. An exception is the company DriveNow, which has branches in several European cities. If you are already registered in one of the cities, you can also activate the service for Vienna:
- Denzel DriveNow (free floating)
- Free floating Car2Go
- ZipDrive (fixed locations)
It is important to note that most of the city is not allowed to travel around the city. After a few minutes of operation, a credit card will be used to settle the bill.
taxi
Vienna offers countless taxi ranks. Taxis can also be waved at the side of the road (if the taxi sign is lit, it is free) or ordered by telephone (journey time usually less than 5 minutes). Taxi fares are billed within the city via meter, the previous agreement of the fare is not allowed and is only made when traveling in the surrounding area. If you are traveling beyond the city limits, you will have to pay for the empty taxi back to the city limits, as Viennese taxis are not allowed to pick up passengers outside the city.
Taxis are a good option, even if they are expensive, especially at night when public transport is not available. Even short distances already cost around 10 euros.
bicycle
- Main article: Cycling in Vienna
citybike
- Bike Citybike Vienna (free bike)
The bicycles are free in the first hour; 2. It is 1 € per hour and 3 € per hour. hourly € 2 and € 4 per hour (as of May 2012). You have to register at a terminal to use it, either an Austrian bank card (maestro card) or a credit card (VISA, MasterCard or JCB), a one-time registration fee of 1 €. The user interface at the terminal is clear. Alternatively, you can purchase a CitybikeCard, but it takes about 3 weeks to send it. Note: a credit card or ATM card entitles you to use only a bicycle. So you can't activate 2 or 3 bicycles with a card. For further bicycles you have to buy the CitybikeCard (for rent).
Information on bicycle transport in the Vienna lines as well as ÖBB trains can be found below in the section cycling.
There is a lot to do on foot and walking in the city or in one of the parks and gardens is a good idea.
For more information:
Transport interconnection and tariffs:
- East Region Transport Network, Vienna Roadmap
transport undertaking:
- Vienna lines (bus, tram, metro)
- ÖBB express trains, local and long-distance trains
- Lokbahn Wien-Baden
Other:
- Information platform on the subject of rapid rail
- Private page on Vienna subway
sights
prospects ...The Vienna map (21,90 €, booth 2014), which allows you to use all public transport for 72 hours and to get discounts of 10-20% at museums, sights, city tours, etc. It can be purchased in hotels, tourist information (Albertinaplatz) or at the shops of the Vienna lines. However, it is only worth it if you want to visit several of the discounted attractions. It is also important to check whether the reductions are not available elsewhere. For example, you cannot get an additional discount on the already cheaper combination ticket of Vienna's Giant Ferris Wheel and Tiergarten Schönbrunn. On the other hand, the discount applies to the even cheaper combination ticket Tierpark, Palmenhaus and Desert House.
Guided tours on foot, by bus, bike or electric scooter are offered by several organizers. The tours of the Vienna City Guide and the Vienna Association are recommended for example. Not every day, you can visit the unusual sights with the Unknown Vienna team’s own guided tours. Very different proposal: Vienna Podcast, a comprehensive video tour guide that leads to well-known but also unknown places of the Danube metropolis.
If you're in Vienna more often than not, or if you're in Vienna for at least a week, you might also want to take advantage of the Niederösterreich-Card. This is an annual ticket (April 1st - March 31st) that allows free entry (some with discount) to museums and sights in Vienna as well as all of Lower Austria. It costs 54,- € for adults (2014). Available in RaiffeisenBanken in Vienna/NÖ as well as Trafiken and Online.
Excursion destinations in Vienna alone:
- Lower Belvedere (otherwise: 11 €, supplement 8 € for upper Belvedere) - Army History Museum (HGM) - House of Music (saved 11,00 €) - Austrian National Library (Prunksaal, Globe Museum, Papyrusmuseum, Esperantomuseum) (saved 12,00 €, 7 days CombiTicket) - Spanish Houses ule MorgenArbeit (saved 14,00 €) - Vienna Ring Tram (saved 7,00 €) - Wiener Giant Wheel (saved 9,00 €) and much more. some things once, other things like the HGM can be visited as often as you like). The listed items alone will get the purchase price out.
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- 1 Schloss Schönbrunn (ÖV: U4 Hietzing or Schönbrunn). Baroque World Heritage with large gardens. Interesting guided tours of the imperial family in the castle. The magnificent baroque garden (admission free) allows for extensive and relaxing walks. Opened: The castle is open every day: April u. June: 8.30 - 17.30, July & August: 8.30 - 18.30, Sept. and Others Oct.: 8.30 - 17.30, Nov. - March: 8:30 to 17:00. Price: Imperial tour with audio guide (35 min): 11,50 €, Grand Tour (50 min): 14,50 € with guide 16,50 €. Children 6 - 18 years: 8,50 € / 9,50 € / 11,- €. park: Irrgarten & Labyrinth: 4,50 €, Gloriette Views Terrace: 3,- €, Kronprinzengarten 3,- €. (prices until March 2015).
- 2 Hofburg (location: 1. district, on the ring road in the area of Herdenplatz, close to station Volkstheater and Herrengasse). The seat of the President of the Swiss Confederation is also home to the National Library in another part of the building.
- The Treasury is located in a part of the castle. OV: U3 Herrengasse
- 3 Belvedere Castle (Situation: 3rd district, between Schwarzenbergplatz and Südbahnhof. OV: D (Belvedere Palace), 71 (Lower Belvedere Palace)). Baroque park with two castles. Built in the 18th century (by the architect Johann Lucas von Hildebrandt, on behalf of the aristocrat Prince Eugen of Savoy), the castles now house world-class museums with collections of art (from the Middle Ages to contemporary art). A botanical garden with some exotic plants invites you to take a walk in the park.
- 4Schloss Neubau (OV: 73A Schloss Neuhaus). The Imperial Castle of the Habsburgs until the construction of Schönbrunn is a little dull but worth seeing.
Religious buildings
churches
- 5 Stephansdom. The best way to get to Stephansplatz is by underground lines U1 and U3. A small spiral staircase gives access to the top of the tower with a nice view (but only through 4 windows; adults (€ 4.50).
- 6 Karlskirche, Kreuzherrengasse 1 (U1, U2 and U4, Karlsplatz). One of the most beautiful baroque churches in the country.
- 7 St. Peterskirche (OV U1 and U3 Stephansplatz or U3 Herrengasse). Baroque church on St. Peter’s Square
- 8 Votivkirche (OV U2 Schottentor). Neo-Gothic church. Rooseveltplatz
- 9Maria am Gestade (public: 1A, 3A Schwertgasse). Gothic Church, Salvatorgasse
- 10 Ruprechtkirche, Ruprechtsplatz 1 (OV: U1, U4 Sweden). Built around 1200, it is the oldest church in Vienna still in its basic structure, the
- 11 church at Steinhof (OV 48A Otto Wagner Hospital). (Church of St. Leopold) - built between 1904 and 1907 according to the designs of Otto Wagner - is considered to be one of the most important buildings of Viennese Art Nouveau. 14., at the site of the "Baumgartner Height Social Medical Center"
- 12Wotrubakirche (public: 60A Kaserngasse). (The Church of the Holy Trinity) - built in 1974 to 1976 according to designs by Fritz Wotruba and Fritz Gerhard Mayr in a brutalistic style from 152 raw concrete blocks. An important representative of modernist architecture in Vienna. 23., corner Ryergasse/Georgsgasse,
Other
- 13 Islamic Center. Built between 1975 and 1979 by architect Richard Lugner on behalf of the Saudi King Faisal ibn Abd al-Aziz. minaret 32 m, dome diameter 20 m. 21., at the pile 3; OV: U6 New Danube
- 14 city temples. The main synagogue of Vienna, built in 1825 in a classical style, is the only Jewish temple that was not destroyed during the Reich War Night in 1938. 1., side-stettengasse 4; OV: U1, U4 Sweden's
- 15 Peace Pagoda. Buddhist Stupa (26 m high), built in 1982 and 1983 by Japanese monks of the Nipponzan Myōhōji Order. Centrally Buddha figure Buddha Shakyamuni, 7 reliefs with scenes from the life of the founder of religion Siddhartha Gautama. 2., Schörgenhauslände (banks of the Danube), about 200 m north of the branch of the port access road and the side port road. OV: 79A or 79B (from Donaumarina), green-rise bridge.
Spanish open school
The Spanish Riding School in the Hofburg, Michaelerplatz 1, A-1010 Vienna, is the Mecca for friends of Dressage Sports. Evening shows with high entrance fees. Unfortunately, the show room with its auditorium is completely unsuitable for public shows. There are only a few places and most of them don't have the balustrade to see much of the inside. If you want to order tickets, you should be aware that the cheap places offer a really bad view and only the very expensive tickets allow you to see the whole room. We recommend that you visit the cheaper morning work, usually daily from 10 am to 12 pm. It is possible to find out whether this sport is interesting at all. You can watch the morning work from 10 a.m., but it is not always recommended to be on time. At the beginning it is often completely overcrowded, many have to stand. From about 10.45 onwards, the first people realize that they find the whole thing rather boring and go. From 11.15 you will have the choice of seat. Films and photography are prohibited and the staff closely monitors this.
art museums
In total, Vienna has more than 300 museums and collections.
- 16 Academy of Fine Arts, 1010 Vienna, Schillerplatz 3. Opened: Tue till Ten to 6 p.m.
- 17 Albertina, 1010 Wien, Albertinaplatz 1. Opened: daily from 10 am to 6 pm and from 10 am to 9 pm.
- Oberes Belvedere, 1030 Vienna, Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 27. Opened: daily from 10 am to 6 pm.
- Unteres Belvedere, 1030 Vienna, Rennweg 6. Opened: daily from 10 am to 6 pm and from 10 am to 9 pm.
- 18 Art History Museum, 1010 Vienna, Maria-Theresien-Platz. Opened: Tue till Sun 10 am till 6 pm and 10 pm till 9 pm.
- 19 Liechtenstein Museum, 1090 Vienna, Fürstengasse 1. The Garden Palace and the Prince’s Art Collection are only open and open for visitors to visit in the context of guided tours and events.
- 20 Museum of Applied Arts, 1010 Vienna, Stubenring 5. Opened: Tue till Sun 10 am till 6 pm, Ten till 10 pm.
museums of modern art
the 21 museum is located on the eastern edge of the 7th district opposite art and natural history museum, once "imperial courtyards", then exhibition palace and now museum quarter. With a focus on the 20th and 21st centuries, it houses several institutions, such as the Leopold Museum and the Museum of Modern Art (Mumok), some of which are also available free of charge (e.g. The courtyard is ideal for relaxing in summer, as well as free Wi-Fi internet access.
- 22 Kunsthalle Wien, 1070 Vienna, Museumsplatz 1. Opened: daily from 10 am to 7 pm and 10 pm to 10 pm.
- 23 Leopold Museum, 1070 Vienna, Museum Square 1. An impressive collection of Klimt, Schiele, Kokoschka, Gerstl and Wisinger-Florian. Opened: Mon, Mi until Sun 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
- 24 MUMOK Museum Modern Art Foundation Ludwig Wien, 1070 Vienna, Museum Square 1. Opened: daily from 10 am to 6 pm and 10 pm to 9 pm.
Other museums of modern art:
- 25 Bank Austria Kunstforum, 1010 Wien, Freyung 8. Opened: daily from 10 to 19, from 10 to 21.
- TBA21, 1020 Vienna, Scherzergasse 1a. Opened: Mi and Thu 12 to 5 p.m., Fri until Sun 12 to 7 p.m.
- Kunst Haus Wien Museum Hundertwasser, 1030 Vienna, Untere Weissgerberstraße 13. Opened: daily from 10 am to 7 pm.
- 26 Künstlerhaus, 1010 Wien, Karlsplatz 5.
- 27 Belvedere 21, 1030 Wien, Arsenalstraße 1. Austrian art of the 20th and 21st centuries in an international context.
- 28 Secession, 1010 Vienna, Friedrichstraße 12. Opened: Tue till Ten to 6 p.m.
other museums and exhibition houses
- 29 capuchin. The former burial place of the Austrian ruling family of the House of Habsburg, also known as the Imperial Tomb, serves as a museum and displays, in addition to partially enriched sarcophagi, further documents concerning the individual persons. The opening hours are daily from 10:00am to 6:00pm, guided tours are also offered and last about 1.5 hours.
- Pathological - Anatomical Museum. (Narrenturm). The so-called Narrenturm was founded in 1784 under Emperor Josef II. was built as a psychiatric hospital. In the Narrenturm there is a museum with many preparations and objects. address: Old General Hospital, Spitalgasse 2. The access to the Narrenturm is in the Van Swieten street, but you can also reach the Narrenturm via the courtyards of the former General Hospital)
- 30 House of Music. A modern, interactive adventure museum in the center of Vienna, which invites its visitors to a musical journey. On 5,000 m², the fascinating world of music is heard and visible in real and virtual spaces. infotainment, entertainment and entertainment - these three principles go through the HOUSE OF MUSIC. Experience and experience are combined as impressively as pleasure.
- 31 Arnold Schönberg Center. Since 1998, the Arnold Schönberg Center has been the central repository of Schönberg’s estate and a public cultural center in Vienna. At the center, exhibitions on Schönberg’s life and work, the reconstruction of his working room from Los Angeles, a library on topics of the Vienna School, as well as concert series, lectures, workshops and symposia provide a deeper insight into Schönberg’s work.
- 32 Sigmund Freud Museum. A museum where Sigmund Freud's documents are mainly displayed (some of the furniture is available); the famous couch is missing).
- Jewish Museum, Dorotheengasse 11. permanent exhibition on Jewish history and religion and various temporary exhibitions Opened: Sa-Do 10-18, Fri 10-14.
- DOW Documentation Archive of the Austrian Resistance, Old Town Hall, Wipplinger Str. 6-8, steps 3 (1st floor). Various exhibitions focusing on: Resistance and persecution, exile, Nazi crimes and current exhibitions, e.g. on the Neo-Nazi scene - also worth seeing for tourists who want to experience not only the beautiful Vienna. Wide archive, great library and special collections. Opened: Mon-Thu 9-17.
art
- 33 Vienna Secession
- Austrian Postsparkasse
- Church at Steinhof
- Looshaus am Michaelerplatz
- Loosbar/Amercian Bar
- Nussdorfer lock
- You can also visit the U6 and U4 station structures designed by Otto Wagner.
ring
In 1857, Emperor Franz Joseph ordered the demolition of the old city walls. It is a beautiful avenue, with a length of about 5 km, and it includes the 1st inner city district. This historic old town has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2001. Along this ring road numerous private and public buildings were built, called the Ringstrasse Palais. There are also several large parks (city park, castle garden, Volksgarten) on the Ring. When traveling on the Ring by tram line 1 or 2 (see Ringstraße under activities below), you will get a nice impression of these buildings in a short time, even in bad weather.
The ring road is divided into several sections
- Stub ring: From Urania to Stubentor subway station, Radetzky monument, Museum of Applied Arts
- Parking ring: From the Stubentor to the Stadtpark
- Schuber ring: From the town park to the Schwarzenberplatz
- Carinthian Ring: From Schwarzenbergplatz to Kärntner Straße, Café Schwarzenberg, Hotel Imperial, Grand Hotel, Hotel Bristol, Opernpassage to Karlsplatz subway station
- Opera ring: Vienna State Opera, Goethe Monument, Hotel Le Meridien,
- Burgring: Burggarten with Mozart monument, Maria-Theresien-Platz, Kunsthist. Museum, natural dog. Museum, New Castle, Heroes' Square, Outer Castle
- Dr. Karl-Renner-Ring: Palais Epstein, Volkstheater underground station, parliament, Volksgarten
- university ring: City Hall Square with City Hall, Josef-Meinrad Square, Burgtheater, Café Landtmann, University
- bulkhead ring: subway station Schottentor, Rooseveltplatz with Votivkirche, Federal Police Directorate, Hotel Hilton Plaza, Former Stock Exchange, Deutschmeister monument
The Franz-Josefs-Kai connects the Schottenring with the Stubenring from the subway station and thus closes the ring.
Modern architecture
- The Vienna of Interwar: Between 1921 and 1933, the city's social democratic government built some 65,000 homes and many other social infrastructure, such as schools, bathrooms, or homes. For the time being, and also for the economic situation, this was revolutionary in both quantitative and qualitative terms. For the first time, poor people were offered access to high-quality sanitary facilities and housing shortages and overcrowding were reduced. The architectural styles range from art deco to modernism. Examples of this period include:
- Karl-Marx-Hof
- Rabenhof
- residential park
- company settlement
- amalipool
- conference
- Fire hall at central cemetery
See also Wikipedia: Rotes Vienna and the permanent exhibition in the laundry (Karl-Marx-Hof, 19., Halteraugasse 7, open 13-18 and Sun 12-16, admission 3 euros)
- 34 Hundertwasser House - Built in 1985 by artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. Designed by the City of Vienna as a municipal building, which includes standard rental apartments, the Hundertwasser House established the style of fantastic realism. Location: corner Kegelgasse/ Löwengasse, 3rd district. You can reach us by tram line 1, stop Hetzgasse. If you are interested in Hundertwasser, you can visit several other Hundertwasser buildings in the immediate vicinity as well as the district heating plant of the city of Vienna in the Spittelau (U6, U4).
- Gasometer (underground station Gasometer Linie U3) - The four former gas reservoirs of the Vienna-Simmering municipal gas plant were built in 1896. They were important representatives of the historic brick industrial architecture and were among the largest gas meters in Europe. They were in operation until the 1970s and should be demolished after they were closed; were then converted into residential and commercial use. The four architects Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelblau, Manfred Wehdorn, and Wilhelm Holzbauer designed their own city within the city's historic gas-meter brick outer shell, filling it with flats, offices, a shopping center, a cinema, a concert hall, and a student residence. Guided tours of architectural and technical experts are offered for visitors.
- DonauCity, UNO-City and conference center (U1 station Kaisermühlen): The monumental United Nations building was built on the site of a former wild settlement (Bretteldorf) in 1978 and the conference center in 1984. From 1995 onwards, the DanubeCity was built with numerous modern residential and office buildings. It also houses the currently highest building in Austria, the DC-Tower (250 m, completed in 2015).
- Seaport Aspern (U2 Seestadt): On a former flight field, a new district is being built for about 20,000 inhabitants. The first houses were settled in 2014 and are planned to be completed in 2025. For the first time, such a large project was not planned in a uniform way, but rather the individual houses were awarded and designed individually. Here the Viennese architecture draws all the registers of the state of the art; an 80 m high wooden tower is also planned.
- Wotruba Church
memorial
Vienna describes itself as the world capital of music, and there is plenty of evidence for this throughout the city. Be it the monuments of famous composers, the stars with their names on the floor in front of the opera and the underground station at Karlsplatz, memorial boards at the sites of their creation. There are the world famous Vienna Philharmonic, the Viennese songboys, the Walzer by Johann Strauss, the walking paths of the old champions invite you to stroll, but there is also the modern music scene with electric sounds, and there is for the Walk of Stars in the old gas meters.
- 35 Mozarthaus, 1010 Wien, Domgasse 5,. Tel: (0)1 5121791 (Mozarthaus Vienna), (0)1 5058747-0 (Vienna Museum), Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Daily from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- 36 Schubert Birthhouse, 1090 Vienna, Nussdorfer Strasse 54. Tel: (0)1 3173601, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Di-So 10-13 and 14-18, closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12, Easter and Pentecost Monday.
- 37 Schubert Dortmund, 1040 Vienna, Chain Bridge Gasse 6. Tel: (0)1 5816730, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Sunday and holiday 14-18 hours, closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12. and Easter and Pentecost Monday and other holidays falling on a Monday.
- 38 Johann Strauss flat, 1020 Wien, Praterstraße 54. Tel: (0)1 2140121, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Di-Do 14-18 hours, Fri-So and Holiday 14-18 hours, Closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12. and Easter and Pentecost Monday and other holidays falling on a Monday.
- Beethoven Eroicahaus, 1190 Vienna, Döblinger Hauptstraße 92. Tel: (0)1 3691424, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: 15-18 hours and on request tel. 5058747-0, closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12.
- Beethoven Pasqualatihaus, 1010 Vienna, Mölker Bastei 8. Tel: (0)1 5358905, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Di-So and public holidays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12. and Easter and Pentecost Monday and other holidays falling on a Monday.
- Beethoven Apartment Heiligenstadt, 1190 Vienna, Probusgasse 6. Tel: (0)1 3705408, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Di-So and public holidays 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. to 6 p.m., closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12. and Easter and Pentecost Monday and other holidays falling on a Monday.
- Central Cemetery, 1110 Vienna, Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234 (reachable by tram line 6 and 71, stop Central Cemetery 2.Tor). Honorary graver group 0 grave 54 Antonio Salieri, group 32A grave 10 Hugo Wolf, grave 15 Johann Strauss father, grave 26 Johannes Brahms, grave 27 Johann Strauss son, grave 28 Franz Schubert, grave 29 Ludwig van Beethoven, grave 31 Franz von Suppé tomb 35 Karl Millöcker, tomb 42 Eduard Strauss, tomb 44 Josef Strauss, tomb 49 Christoph Willibald Gluck, tomb 55 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, group 32C Grab 1 Carl Michael Ziehrer, tomb 16 Franz Schmidt, grave 20 Wilhelm Kienzl, Grab 21A Arnold Schönberg, tomb 24 Robert Stolz, tomb 38 Egon Wellesz, tomb 41 Franz Salmhofer, tomb 45 Hilde Konetzni, tomb 49 Lotte Lehmann, group 40 tomb 64 Falco, tomb 146 Fatty George, grave 172 Carl Dönch, tomb 174 Erich Kunz, tomb 176 Ljuba Welisch, further graves group 15c series 2/tomb 18 Hermann Leopoldi, group 16a Ludwig Kettel, group 31a series 12 tomb 10 Emmerich Kalman, group 33g grave 1 Ernst Krenek , tomb 27 Leonie Rysanek, tomb 71 Alexander Zemlinsky, tomb 78 Willi Boskovsky, group 41a Franz Bösendorfer, group 47b Gvocation Karl Zeller, group 79 series 41 tomb 22 Hermann Dostal, Alte Arkadengarten Eberhard Guardist.
- Brahms monument, 1040, Resselpark, near Lothringerstraße.
- Gluck monument, 1040, Argentinierstraße 6/corner Kreuzherrengasse, in the park.
- Haydn Monument, 1060, Mariahilferstraße 55-59, in front of the Mariahilfer Church.
- Mozart monument, 1060, Burggarten, southwest area, close to Ring.
- Beethoven monument, 1190, Beethovengang, near Kahlenberger Strasse 69.
- Beethoven monument, 1190, Heiligenstädter Park, east side.
Archeological museums and excavations
- Museum of Natural History - Prehistoric Department, 1010 Vienna, Burgring 7, entrance to Maria Theresien-Platz. Tel: (0)1 52177, Fax: (0)1 5235254. includes the famous Venus of Willendorf, finds from the Hallstatt era. Opened: Do until Mon 9 to 18.30, Mi 9 to 21 am, Di closed, 1st January and 25th December.
- Museum of Art History - collection of antiques, 1010 Vienna, Burgring 5, entrance to Maria Theresien-Platz. Tel: (0)1 52524, Fax: (0)1 52524. includes the famous youth from Magdalensberg. Opened: Tue closed until Sun 10 am till 6 pm, 10 pm till 9 pm, Mon closed, 1 January and 25 December.
- Castle - Ephesosm Museum, 1010 Vienna, Herdenplatz, tel. 52524. Fax: (0)1 52524. Since 1895 Austrian archeologists have been digging free in Ephesos. Until 1906, numerous high-quality radio objects were brought to Vienna, which are currently exhibited at the Ephesos Museum, including Parthesis, Amazone from the Artemisionaltar, the bronze statue of an athlete and the boy with the fox gans, as well as architectural samples and sculptures from Samothrake. Opened: Mon, Mi until Sun 10 am to 6 pm, Di closed.
- 39 ViennaMuseum, 1010 Vienna, Karlsplatz. Tel: (0)1 5058747-0, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. This means free access to the permanent exhibition, including a comprehensive archeological collection of ancient history, Roman times, international migration and the Middle Ages Opened: open: Di to So and Holiday, closed from 9:00am to 6:00pm: January 1, May 1, December 25.
- 40 Roman Museum, 1010 Vienna, Hoher Markt 3. Tel: (0)1 5355606, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. redesigned chay rooms over the legion camp Vindobona. Opened: open: Di to So and Holiday, closed from 9:00am to 6:00pm: January 1, May 1, December 25.
- Roman remains Am Hof, 1010 Vienna, Am Hof (fire brigade). Tel: (0)1 5058747, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. currently closed for renovation
- 41 Virgilkapelle, 1010 Vienna (Stephansplatz subway station). Tel: (0)1 5135842, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201. can only be seen from the outside.
- excavations Michaelerplatz, 1010 Vienna, Michaelerplatz. Tel: (0)1 5058747-0, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. at all times freely accessible, remnants of the Roman suburb, medieval and modern remains
streets and squares
It is highly recommended to take a stroll around Vienna, especially with little money or time, and to make the neighborhoods work. In the city center, these are the roads:
- Kärntner Strasse - Stephansplatz - Graben - Kohlmarkt - Herdenplatz - Rathausplatz
- On the courtyard, minorite, Franciscan
- The Schwarzenbergplatz is almost completely built by the ring road construction. The high-beam fountain with the Red Army's honor monument is the southern end of the square.
Outside the city center:
- Spittelberg: Medieval quarter in 7th district (Spittelberggasse, Schrankenbergasse, St. Ulrichs Square)
- SoHo Ottakring: Brunnengasse-Yppenplatz. Around the two street markets vibrant, multicultural neighborhood in the founding town with frequent events
- Carmelite district: Trendy area in 2nd district with market and many Bobo shops.
park
There are large parks in the inner city, especially along the ring road. Most of them were built on the former Glacis:
- 42 town park
- 43 castle garden
- 44 public garden
- 45 town hall park
- 46 Resselpark. (Karlsplatz)
Outside the center, the following parks are always worth a trip:
- 1 Prater (OV: U1 U2 crates; U2 exhibition-prater, Krieau, stadium; 1 main path; 77A, 80A). Exactly 250 years ago, the imperial hunting ground was released to the public. In the Prater there is a large amusement park (sausage parlor), one of Vienna's landmarks, the Giant Ferris Wheel. The urban areas are mostly natural recreational areas with forests and meadows. A large number of leisure facilities (stadium, horse races, etc.) are located on the outskirts.
- 47 Augarten (OV: U2 Taborstraße). Major baroque garden in 2nd district.
- 48 Schönbrunner Schlosspark (OV: U4 Schönbrunn and Hietzing (access to castle and zoo); 8A Gatterhölzl (access Gloriette).). The imperial park around Schönbrunn Castle offers baroque landscape architecture as well as numerous sightseeing opportunities such as zoo, palm house, desert house, castle and irrigation garden. admission to the park free of charge.
- 49 Hirschstettner Blumengarten (OV: 26 Spargelfeldstraße). The "performance show" of the Stadtgartenamt with numerous theme gardens and a large playground, as well as a small zoo (turtles, wild cats, petting zoo). Opened: Open from April to October. Price: free.
- 50 Donaupark (OV: U1 Old Danube). The former garden exhibition (WIG 64) with theme gardens, the Donauturm, a car park, a large playground.
- 51 Schlosspark Pötzlinsdorf (OV: 41 Pötzlinsdorf). The founding-time adventure park with pavilions, panoramic paths and petting zoo on the edge of the Vienna Woods.
- 2 Lainzer Tiergarten. Huge woodland in the 13th district with large wild populations of black and brown wild. You can go hiking for hours.
monuments
With a few hundred small and large monuments in the city, the district tour guides are particularly important. As a result, only a few truly prominent specimens are listed:
- Plague column
- Prince Eugen and Archduke Karl am Heldenplatz
- Johann Strauss monument in the town park
- Memorial of the Republic at the Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring
- Memorial for Dr. Karl Lüger at Lügerplatz
- naval column and Teghettoff monument on the Prater
- Maria-Theresia Monument at Maria-Theresien-Platz between museums
- Red Army Hero Monument on Schwarzenberg Square
- A monument against fascism at Helmut Zilk Square (opposite Albertina). Alfred Hrdlicka, 1988-1991
- Holocaust Memorial at Jewish Square
art in public space
- Graffiti on the Danube Canal: Between the Augarten Bridge and the Franzensbrücke bridge, both sides of the walls were opened by the official authorities for graphic artists and some really beautiful works of art were created. In the middle of the Leopoldstädter side (between Schwedenbrücke and Aspernbrücke bridge) there is the Agora, an open-air studio and exhibition space for sculptors and sculptors.
Vienna for Literary Friends
- 1Austrian National Library, 1010 Vienna, Josefsplatz 1 or Heldenplatz Middle entrance. Tel: (0)1 53410247.
- Old forge, Literary Quartier, 1010 Vienna, Schönlaterngasse 9. Tel: (0)1 5128329.
- 2literary house, 1070 Vienna, Seidengasse 13 and Zieglergasse 26A respectively. Tel: (0)1 52620440.
- Vienna Library (in the town hall).
- Main library of the Municipal Books of Vienna', 1070 Vienna, Urban Loritz-Platz 2a. Tel: (0)1 4000-84500. Opened: From Monday to Friday 11 to 7 p.m.
- 52 hero
- vortex
- Goethe Monument, 1010, Goethegasse/corner Opernring.
- Schiller Monument, 1010, Schillerplatz (in the middle).
- 53 Anastasius Green Monument, 1010, Schillerplatz (in the park on the right side of the Academy of Fine Arts).
- 54 Nikolaus-Lenau Monument, 1010, Schillerplatz (in the park on the left side of the Academy of Fine Arts).
- 55 Grillparzer monument, 1010, Volksgarten (southern junction to Ringstrasse).
- 56 Raimund monument, 1070, Weghuberpark (corner Neustiftgasse/Museumsstraße, before Museumsstraße 7).
- monument to Stifter, 1140, Sofienalpenstraße (about 1 km from Mauerbachstraße).
- Saar monument, 1190, Wertheimsteinpark (upper half of the park, eastern part).
miscellaneous
- Old bullets: Remaining of fortifications from the Prussian-Austrian War in 1866
activities
sightseeing
ring
As a first approach to historic Vienna, it is advisable simply to enter one of the "ring lines" (tram lines D, 1, 2 or 71) at any station and (with a change of one or two times) to take a round along the ring road around the 1st district and to let the historic buildings and parks to work on the left and right of the splendid street from the second half of the 19th century . It takes about half an hour to drive around. To drive clockwise, change line 1 from line 1 to line 2 at Schwedenplatz and the "Burgring" or "Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring" from line 2 to line 1 to continue on the ring (opposite direction). A ticket or a net card of the Vienna lines is required.
If you want to travel the same route free of charge and with explanations, you can take the Vienna Ring Tram from Schwedenplatz to a full round over the Ring. Daily ferry from 10 to 19:00 each at :00 and :030, duration approximately 25 min, fare 10 €, under 15 years 5 € (2019). There is an audio guide with numerous foreign languages and a Viennese dialect and child-friendly explanations. More info Tel. +43 (1) 7909 121; e-mail [email protected]
Fiaker
A typical Viennese Fiaker, a historic coach, makes a trip through the city especially fun. There are several departure stations at tourist points in the center. A 20-minute old tour in an original (or original) two-lane carriage costs 55 €, a 40-minute tour costs 80 € (2012), while the Fiaker explains the main attractions.
Big parking places for Fiaker are at Stephansplatz and Heroes Square. Here you can start your journey without prior arrangement.
However, it must also be said that a ride in a swing helps a shop based on the suffering of countless horses. In principle, horses are sensitive animals of escape and are not built on asphalt for noisy, air-polluted roads and continuous running. Often the animals have 12 hours of layers, stay in the sun for hours and are inadequately housed. This should be borne in mind by anyone who booked such a trip.
Hop on Hop off Touren
Tourist buses with audio guides in various languages run on a total of six routes through the city area and reach secluded sights such as the UNO city as well as places in the surrounding area (including the monastery of Klosterneuburg). A 24-hour ticket costs from 25 euros and includes a walk with a guide. You can get in and out as often as you like. Combi tickets for a boat trip on the Danube Canal. Tickets are cheaper online than directly on the buses. You can compare here
navigation
- From April to the end of October the DDSG boat trips take place on the Danube and Danube Canal. Entry points are on 7Schwedenplatz and at Reichs8 bridge. Day ticket €26 (2019).
- National park boat: From May 2nd to October 26th boat trips are organized by the National Park of the Danube. You drive to the visitor center in Lobau, you get a guided one hour walk through the Au and then you return. Departure daily at 9:00 am at the landing stage at the Danube Canal near the Salztorbrücke bridge (bank of the 1st district), duration 4 1/2 hours, 12 € adults, 6 € children from 6 to 15 years (2019). Children under 6 free. Registration required: Tel.: +43 1 4000-49495, e-mail: [email protected]
Vienna with children
- 57 Tiergarten Schönbrunn, 1130 Wien (U4: Station Hietzing, trams 10, 58, 60, bus 15A, 51A, 56B, 156B, car park (FREE): at the Seckendorff-Gudent-Way, access via Elisabeth-Allee (entrance to Tyrolean Gardens). Tel: (0)1 8779294-0, Fax: (0)1 8779641, e-mail: [email protected]. Animal garden: open January 9 to 16.30, February 9 to 17.00, March 9 to 17.30, April to September 9 to 18.30, October to the end of summer 9 to 17.30, November and December 9 to 16.30, desert house: January to April 9 to 17:00, May to September 9 to 18:00, October to December 9 to 17:00,
- 58 House of the Sea, 1060 Vienna, Esterhazypark, Fritz-Grünbaum-Platz 1. Tel: (0)1 5871417, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: daily from 9 am to 6 pm and from 9 am to 9 pm.
- 3 Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel, Riesenradplatz 1, 1020 Vienna. Tel: (0)1 72954300, Fax: (0)1 7295430-20, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: January and February 10 to 19:45, March to April 10 to 21:45. May to September 9 to 23:45, October 10 to 21:45, November and December 10 to 19:45, 24 December 10 to 15:15, 31 December 10:00 to 21:45.
- Pratermuseum, 1020 Vienna, Oswald-Thomas-Platz 1 (Planetarium, near the Giant Ferris Wheel). Tel: (0)1 7267683, Fax: (0)1 5058747-7201, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: open Di until 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., Fri until Sun and public holidays 14 a.m. to 6 p.m., closed: 1.1, 1.5, 25.12. and Easter and Pentecost Monday and other holidays falling on a Monday.
- 4 Butterlinghaus, 1010 Wien, Burggarten (Karlsplatz/Oper subway station, tram 1,2,D,J,: Burgring station, 200 m from the State Opera, 100 m from the Albertina). Opened: April - October: From Monday to Friday 10 to 16:45, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays 10 to 18:15, November to March: daily from 10:00 to 15:45.
- 5 Vienna Prater, 1020 Vienna (subway line U1 Station Praterstern , subway line U2 - station Praterstern or exhibition-prater, express train S1, S2, S3, S7, S15: Vienna Nord station, tram lines 0 and 5: Station Praterstern and motorway line 80A: Station. The last metro will take you back to the city center shortly after midnight). Opened: 15 March to 31 October daily from 10 am to 24 pm, individual establishments are open all year round.
- 59 Technical Museum Wien, 1140 Wien, Mariahilfer Strasse 212 (opposite Schönbrunn Palace, reachable by tram line 52 or 58 stop Penzinger Strasse, line 10 stop Johnstraße/Linzer Strasse, bus 10A stop Johnstraße/Linzer Strasse or 55 7A stop Anschutz, U3 Station Johnstraße or U4 Station Schönbrunn, each 10 minutes walk. APCOA garage next to the museum (for a fee), Linzer Straße entrance with special rate for museum visitors). Tel: (0)1 89998-0, e-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Monday to Friday 9 am to 6 pm, Sa, Sun and Holidays 10 am to 6 pm, closed on 1 January, 1 May, 1 November, 25 and 31 December.
- 60 ZOOM Children's Museum, 1070 Vienna, MuseumsQuartier, Museumsplatz 1 (reachable by subway U2 Station MuseumsQuartier or U3 Station Volkstheater, tram line 49 Volkstheater Station and bus line 2A Station MuseumsQuartier or line 48A Volkstheater station, PKW: underground parking in front of the museum). Tel: (0)1 5247908, Fax: (0)1 5247908-1818, e-mail: [email protected]. Reservation recommended for all programs. Reservations are required for group bookings with more than 10 children and for workshop subscriptions at ZOOM Atelier and ZOOM Lab. Opened: From Monday to Friday 8:00 to 4:00 p.m., Sa, So, Holiday and during the holidays: 9:30 - 15:30.
Walking in and around Vienna
- Urban hiking trails from the Forestry and Agricultural Organization of the City of Vienna (MA 49)
- 6 Lainzer Tiergarten type , a largely preserved area of the Vienna Woods with native flora and fauna. The visit is recommended during the twilight, as the animals (wild boar, deer ...) are more active at that time. Tel. 80431-69, Access to Lainzer Tor, Gütenbachtor, Laaber Tor, Pulmugen Gate, Nikolaitor and Sankt Veiter Tor. Opened: 7 to 16 January: 9 am to 5 pm (Hermesvillapark only). Access only at Lainzer Tor), 17 to 30 January: 9 a.m. to 5.30 p.m. (Hermesvillapark only). Access only at Lainzer Tor), 31 January to 27 February: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., 28 February to 28 March: 9 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., 29 March to 10 April: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 11 April to 30 April: 8 a.m. to 8.30 p.m., 1 May to 9 August: 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., 10 a.m. to 23 August: 8 a.m. to 8.30 p.m., 24 August to 6 September: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 7 to 20 September: 8 a.m. to 7.30 p.m., 21 September to 4 October: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m., 5 to 24 October: 8 a.m. to 6.30 p.m., 25 October to 2 November: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., 3 November to 23 December: 9 am to 5 pm (Hermesvillapark only). Access only at Lainzer Tor), 24-31 December 2009: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (entrance only at the Lainzer Tor, Nikolaitor and St. Veiter Tor). Map: http://www.wien.gv.at/umwelt/wald/erholung/lainzertiergarten/übersicht.html
- Kahlenberg
- Leopoldsberg
- hermannskogel
- Hameau
- jubilee
- Bisamberg
- Maurer Wald
- Laaer Berg
- sofienalpe
- counselor
- Danube Island
- lobby
Regular events
- January to March: ball season. In addition to the world-famous opera ball, there are dozens of balls - from noble to shabby. They are usually organized by professional groups (coffee shop, police ball, etc.) or ethnic groups (Croatians, Ukrainians, etc.); a good alternative event is also the homeless ball. See http://www.ballkalender.cc/ballkalender-wien.php for a detailed program
- February-March: ice room: ice skating at City Hall Square
- mid-April: Long night of city works. You get an insight into how urban infrastructure works, such as canal, public transport, funeral or water supply.
- End of April: Every weekend, the Q202 Atelier Circuit takes place, where you will have the opportunity to visit local and creative workshops (among others photographers, artists, fashion designers). Also many art installations in public space. Exact dates and places (spread over almost all of Vienna, mainly in the districts 2. and 20.) see homepage.
- 1 May: March on the Ringstrasse and at the Town Hall Square (morning) and Praterfest with concerts on the Kaiserwiese (afternoon evening)
- mid-May: Wienissimo Food Festival at the Town Hall Square
- Mid May to June: Vienna Week
- End of May: Long night of museums
- Mid/end of June: Danube Island Festival on the Danube Island, organized by the SPÖ. The largest open-air festival in Europe (up to 2 million visitors) offers numerous concerts and other events of all kinds and styles free of charge.
- July/August: Culinary and Film Festival at Town Hall Square
- End of August: Gürtel Nightwalk - numerous concert stages and other special events at the Student Trail between Lerchenfelder and Döblinger Belt.
- early September: Vote festival at the Jesuit meadow in the Prater organized by the KPÖ
- early/mid September: Town festival organized by the ÖVP
- mid-September: Mistfest at Mistplatz Hernals (Richthausengasse). You can find out about the services offered by urban waste disposal, information on prevention and separation of waste for adults and children. There are many activities for children, plus a flea market and a raffle with objects that other people have thrown away.
- September-October: Vienna's Prater
- October: Viennale - Vienna Film Festival
- October 26: performance of the German army at Heroes Square
- mid-November to about nine years: Various Christmas, Advent and Winter Markets
- 31 December: silver path
Changing dates:
- On Tramwayday (alternately in one of the garages of the Vienna Lines) you will get an insight into public transport. New vehicles are presented, and there are often other attractions such as a metro driving simulator.
culture
cabinet
- Kabarett Niedermair, 1080 Vienna, Lenaugasse 1a. Tel: (0)1 4084492.
- klettenheimers KleinKunstCafe, 1080 Vienna, Lederergasse 17. Tel: (0)1 4025478.
- Panorisse, 1170 Vienna, Rosensteingasse 39. Tel: (0)1 4853870.
- Orpheum, 1220 Vienna, Steigenquasse 94b. Tel: (0)1 4811717.
- Spectacle, 1050 Vienna, Hamburgerstraße 14. Tel: (0)1 5870653.
- Theater am Alsergrund, 1090 Vienna, Löblichgasse 5-7. Tel: (0)1 3104633.
- Theater Kabarett Simpl, 1010 Vienna, wool line 36. Tel: (0)1 5124742.
- 7 Vindobona, 1200 Vienna, Wallensteinplatz 6. Tel: (0)1 5124742.
classical concerts
- Vienna Hofburg Orchestra, Hofburg, Festsaal/Redoutensaal, Vienna 1010. Tel: +43 1 5872552, Fax: +43 1 5874397, e-mail: [email protected].
- Musikverein, 1010 Wien, Karlsplatz 6. Tel: (0)1 5058190. Daily's register: 1010 Vienna, Bösendorferstrasse 12, Mon to Fri 9 am to 8 pm, Sat 9 am to 1 pm
- Konzerthaus, 1030 Vienna, Lothringerstraße 20. Tel: (0)1 242002. day's register From Monday to Friday 9 to 19.45, Saturday 9 to 13.00 and from 45 minutes before the start of the performance,
- Arnold Schönberg Center, 1030 Vienna, Zaunergasse 1-3. Tel: (0)1 7121888. day's register From Monday to Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and from 30 minutes before the start of the performance,
- Schönbrunner Schlossorchester, Schönbrunn Orangerie/Grosse Galerie, 1130 Vienna, Schönbrunner Schlossstraße. Tel: (0)1 8125004.
- Vienna Imperial Orchestra, Imperial Hall, Vienna 1010, Am Beethovenplatz 1. Tel: (0)1 9250751.
- Salonorchester Alt-Vienna, Kursalon, Lannersaal, 1010 Wien, Johannesgasse 33. Tel: (0)1 5125790.
- Viennese Residenzorchester, Palais Auersperg, 1010 Vienna, Auerspergstraße 1. Tel: (0)1 8172178.
- Vienna Waltzer Concerts, Palais Palffy, Vienna, 1010, Josefsplatz 6. Tel: (0)1 5139870.
- Mozart Ensemble Wien, Deutschordenshaus, 1010 Wien, Singerstrasse 7. Tel: (0)1 5139870.
- Sunday concerts in the Liechtenstein Museum, 1090 Vienna, Fürstengasse 1. Tel: (0)1 3195767-252.
- Orgelmusik in St.Peter, 1010 Vienna, Petersplatz 6. Opened: Mon to Fri 15, Sat and So 20. Price: free.
- Music and theater, concert hall of the Vienna Sängerknaben, Vienna 1020, Am Augartenspitz 1 (former: Obere Augartenstraße 1E). Tel: (0)1 3478080. cash opening: Mon - Fri (weekdays) from 16:00 to 18:00, Fridays 17:30 concerts of the Viennese songboys
musical
- Raimundtheater, 1060 Vienna, Wallgasse 18. Tel: (0)1 588885. Opened: Di to Sat 7:30 p.m., 6 p.m.
- Ronacher, 1010 Vienna, rope site 9. Tel: (0)1 588885. Opened: Mon, Di, Thurs until Sat 7.30 p.m., 6 p.m.
opera
- 8 State Opera, 1010 Vienna, Opernring 2. Tel: (0)1 51444-2250. Opened: July and August.
- Theater an der Wien, 1060 Vienna, Vienna. Tel: (0)1 58885.
- Volksoper, 1090 Wien, Currency inger Strasse 78. Tel: (0)1 51444-2250. Opened: July and August.
- Vienna Chamber Opera, 1010 Vienna, Fleischmarkt 24. Tel: (0)1 5120100-77.
- Marionette Theater Schloss Schönbrunn, 1130 Vienna, Schloss Schönbrunn, Hofratstrkt. Tel: (0)1 8173247. Opened: Mon, Mi, Fri and Sat 7 p.m., So 4 p.m.
theater
- 9 Burgtheater, 1010 Vienna, University Ring 2. Tel: (0)1 51444-4140.
- Akademietheater, 1030 Vienna, Lisztstr. 1.
- Casino at Schwarzenbergplatz, 1030 Vienna, Am Schwarzenbergplatz 1.
- Theater in Josefstadt, 1080 Vienna, Josefstädter Strasse 24-26.
- Kammerspiele, 1010 Vienna, Rotenturmstraße 20.
- Volkstheater, 1070 Vienna, Neustiftgasse 1. Tel: (0)1 52111-400.
Other events
Viennese underground stars
At the Vienna Metro Stars musicians of various genres perform at the metro stations Westbahnhof, Praterstern, Karlsplatz, Stephansplatz, Neubaugasse and Spittelau. The events are officially approved by the Vienna lines. Information about the locations and times can be found on the website of the Vienna Lines
sport
ice
- Vienna Icefing Club, 3rd district, Lothringerstraße 22
- Wilhelminenberg ice rink (only part of the season)
- Viennese ice room at the town hall (only part of the season)
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- Optimal possibilities on the car-free 21 km long Danube Island (Donauinsel U1 station, Donaustadtbrücke U2 station, Neue Danube U6 station, expressways, trams and buses).
- Friday Nightskating Vienna with the Green Vienna in the summer on various routes.
jogging
- Danube Island
- counselor
- Schlosspark Schönbrunn
cycling
A bicycle planner can be found on the website of the Vienna Bike Agency at http://www.fahrradwien.at/routenplaner/
A student cyclist with information on cycling in Austria, cycling safety, legal regulations on cycling and addresses of various cycling organizations, associations, clubs was published by the Austrian University of Applied Sciences (ÖH) in cooperation with the ARGE Radlobby. In addition to an issue for the whole of Austria [→], there are other city-specific issues for Graz, Linz, Salzburg and Vienna. The cyclistIn Vienna contains information addresses and a section of the cycling paths of the Vienna city center.
Cyclists in public transport
In the Vienna subway, bikes can be taken on weekdays from 9 am to 3 pm and from 6.30 pm, Saturdays from 9 am and Sundays and holidays all day long. Since the price increases of the Vienna lines on 1 May 2012, bicycles have been transported free of charge, previously a half-price ticket had to be removed. For reasons of space, trams and buses are only allowed to transport collapsible bicycles and scooters, often referred to in Austria as scooters.
On ÖBB’s fast and regional railway lines as well as PRE-lines, bicycles can be taken and transported all day long and costs 2.90 euros. The "bicycle ticket" must be purchased at the ticket office or ticket office before you arrive.
swimming
→ See the thematic article Baths in Vienna
With a few dozen beaches, outdoor pools and indoor pools, many managed by the city of Vienna, the city of Vienna is also a good summer destination. The largest beach in Vienna and one of the largest in Europe is the Foie de Gose. However, other bathrooms offer a lot to bathe enthusiasts. Here is a small selection of highlights:
indoor pool
- Amalfi Pool, 1100, Reumannplatz 23. Tel: (0)1 607 47 47. The Art Deco building is one of the highlights of the "Vienna of the Red"
- Jörgerbad, 1170, Jörgerstraße 42-44. Tel: (0)1 406 43 05. The oldest urban bath opened in 1914 and was top-modern for those days. It has a glass roof that can be opened.
- Dianabad, 1020 Vienna, Lilienbrunngasse 7-9. Tel: (0)1 2198181, Fax: (0)1 2198181-44, e-mail: [email protected]. Private indoor swimming pool with huge sauna landscape and children's experience world. Opened: daily from 10 am to 8 pm.
- Therme Wien (former spa center Oberlaa), 100 Vienna, Kurbadstraße 10. Spa with wellness offer
- Stadthallenbad, Vienna 1150, Vogelweidplatz 15. Tel: (0)1 98100, Fax: (0)1 98100-446. In addition to normal bathing activities, the water sports center (competition and training center). Opened: Monday, Friday 8 to 21.30, Di, 6.30 to 21.30, May 8 to 17, Saturday 7 to 21.30, Sun and Holidays 7.00 to 18.30, closed 1 January, 1 May, 24.25 and 31 December. .
combination bath
- Theresienbad, 1120, Hufelandgasse 3. Tel: (0)1 813 44 35.
- Hietzing, 1130, Atzgersdorfer Strasse 14. Tel: (0)1 804 53 19.
- Döbling, 1190, Geweygasse 6-10. Tel: (0)1 318 01 40.
Summer baths/outdoor pools
The bathing season of the municipal swimming pools starts on 2 May and ends on a Sunday in mid-September. In good weather, it is possible to decide spontaneously on an early start of the season or on a late end of the season. The 2020 bathing season starts late on 29 May 2020 and ends on 20 September due to the COVID 19 pandemic. Only limited numbers of visitors are allowed. Whether a visit to the spa pays off can be found at the Vienna City’s spas: https://www.wien.gv.at/spezial/baederampel/
- Congress Spa, 1160, Julius-Meinl-Gasse 7a. Tel: (0)1 486 11 63. The functional wooden architecture of the interwar period is listed as a historical monument.
- Krapfenwaldlbad, 1190, Krapfenwaldgasse 65-73. Tel: (0)1 320 15 01. City bath for the Haute Volée Vienna. Located on the mountain, the lawn offers a great view of the city.
- Beach Gänsehäufel, 1220, Moissigasse 21. Tel: (0)1 269 90 16. One of Europe's largest urban swimming pools, with one kilometer of beach, numerous other leisure activities and a large nudist area,
- Badeschiff Wien, 1010 Vienna, On the Danube Canal Land (between Schwedenbrücke and Urania, accessible via U1/U4 Schwedenplatz, tram lines 1, 2, 21, N, After midnight numerous night buses at Schwedenplatz, taxi rank: Rotenturmstraße/Schwedenplatz). It is a trendy meeting, often with evening shows, where the small swimming pool "swimming" along the Danube canal is rather in the background. Opened: Pool open from 10:00am to 8:00pm.
- Stadionbad, 1020 Vienna, Meiereistraße. Large lawn for sunbathing, water slide and training and competition center for water sports.
- Schönbrunner Bad, 1130 Vienna, Schönbrunner Schlosspark. Tel: (0)1 8175353, e-mail: office@schönbrunnerbad.at. Located in the castle park, it is the Nobel Spa in Vienna. Opened: daily April, May, September 8.30 to 19.00, June, July and until 15.August 8.30 to 22.00, 16 to 30 August 8.30 to 20.00.
Free bathing
Apart from the institutionalized baths with infrastructure and leisure facilities, bathing and bathing can be done as a bathing enthusiast on the New Danube, the Alte Danube, the Lobau and numerous other natural waters without seasonal and entry restrictions.
purchase
shopping streets
For shopping in Vienna, the following shopping streets are recommended:
- 1., 1Kärntner Strasse (accessible with U1, 1A, 2A, 3A) - tends to be elegant and expensive
- 1., 2Kohlmarkt and subsequently digging and golden quarters (cloth hoods) (accessible by U1, 1A, 2A, 3A), the Nobelmeile Viens - shipstores of various very expensive and elegant brands.
- 6. and 7., 3 Inner Mariahilfer Strasse (reachable with U2, U3, 2A, 13A, 14A) - the Vienna shopping street, which offers everything for the "normal consumer".
- 7., 4Neubaugasse (reachable with U3, 13A, 14A, 48A, 49) - many small shops, second-hand stores (mostly in the area between Mariahar street and castle street).
- 12., 5Meidlinger Hauptstraße (reachable by U4, U6).
- 15., 6Outer Mariahilfer Strasse (accessible via U3, U6, 5, 6, 9, 18, 52, 58) - the part of the marina located outside the belt A short walk has attracted tourists. The charming Schwendermarkt market has been here since 1833.
In 2018, a part of it was sold by the BV. Discrete.
In the 1st district, however, in all inner districts, it is always worth browsing the side streets!
shopping centers
- 2. Stadium Center (reachable with U2, 11A, 77A, 80B). Opened: Monday to Wednesday 09 to 19:00, Friday and Saturday 09 to 20:00, Saturday 09 to 18:00.
- 3., Wien Mitte - The Mall (reachable by U3, U4, O, 74A and S-Bahn). central shopping center with large electronics market and supermarket.
- 10, Bahnhofcity Wien Hbf (reachable by U1, S-Bahn, 18, D, motorways). Shopping center at the main station, clothes, accessories, drugstore, household goods, trafiques, fast restaurants and cafes Opened: transactions: Mon-Fri until 9 p.m., Sat till 6 p.m., Travel supplies: Mon-So until 11:00pm, gastronomy: Mon-So until 11 p.m.
- 10th Wienerberg City/Twintowers (reachable by 15A, 7B, nearest railway station Wien-Meidling, nearest underground station Altes Landgut (U1).). Shopping center, gastronomy and cinema
- 11. 7 gas kilometers (reachable with U3, 72A). Clothes, accessories, drugstore, household goods, trafiques, fast-food restaurants and cafes Opened: Mon-Fri until 7 p.m., Saturday till 6 p.m.
- 15., Bahnhofcity Wien-West (reachable by U3, U6, S50, 6, 5, 6, 9, 18, 52, 60). Shopping center at the West Station, clothing shops, jewelry, souvenirs, furniture, food, catering, cafes Opened: Mon-Fri 09:00-21:00, Sat 09:00-18:00, Travel equipment: Mon-So 09 to 11 p.m.
- 15, LugnerCity, Gablenzgasse 11, 1150 Wien (reachable by U6, 6, 18, 49). shopping center, gastronomy and cinema. Opened: transactions: Mon-Fri 09-21:00, Sat 09-18:00 Gastronomy: Mon-Do 09-23, Fri and Sat 09-24.
- 22. 8Danube Center (reachable with U1, 26A, 27A, 93A, 94A, 25). Vienna's largest shopping center with shops in almost all areas,
- Vösendorf, 9 Shopping City South. one of the largest shopping centers in Europe offers shops of all branches, as well as an Ikea and a comprehensive leisure experience world about 5 km south of the city border (municipalities of Vösendorf and Wiener Neudorf). Accessible mainly by car, public via the Vösendof-SchoppingCitySüd stop of the local railway in Vienna Baden, the stop is outside the core area of Vienna, so an additional ticket must be removed from the zone border at the start of the Badner Railway, however holders of an Ikea Family card and an accompanying person may have the one stop from Vösendorf Seven people drive for free.
markets
the 10 market in the 6th district, Mariahilf, is the largest city market and is considered to be Vienna's landmark. The market sells fruit, vegetables, bakery products, fish and meat, as well as international products from the former Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Japan and China. The market also offers a large number of catering establishments, which according to the market regulations can be open until midnight. Most of the stands are sold during the week from 6:00am to 6:30pm and on Saturday until 5:00pm. In the last 10 years, the market for nuts has been criticized for having replaced many of its well-established pedestrians with trendy and high-priced gastronomy and also for having greatly reduced the variety of offerings. The market for nuts is also a more expensive market.
Other markets in Vienna are also worth seeing and offer some more original shopping opportunities, including:
- Viktor-Adler market in 10th district (U1 Reumannplatz)
- Brunnmarkt and Yppenmarkt in the 16th district (U6 Josefstädter Straße): The two adjacent street markets in the Brunnengasse and the Yppenplatz together form one of the largest street markets in Europe. Here you can find food and delicacies at a much lower price than at the Naschmarkt and also in most supermarkets.fuselage market
- The Carmelite Market in the 2nd district is the heart of the trendy Carmelite district. It's much smaller than the Naschmarkt, but it's kind of similar.
- the 11 fuselage market has existed since 1833 and is one of the oldest remaining markets in Vienna. It lies between Mariahilfer Strasse and Schwendergasse. Since 2014, citizens have been seeking the market through the initiative squandering market.
souvenir
The demand for souvenirs is limited to a few "typical Viennese specialties". These include, in the first place, sweets ranging from Mozart balls to Manner cuts to Sacher pie. You will find these shuttles almost every corner of the street, even in some supermarkets. The imperial Vienna offers a wide range of material books, with "Sisi" getting a little more prominent. Picturesque representations mostly come from the Art Nouveau style, but one might think that the only artist was Gustav Klimt, and his only work was "kiss." In the 1st district in particular, souvenir shops offer a comprehensive selection of overpriced Chinese junk, with seemingly authentic local handicrafts being sold almost identical throughout Central Europe. Only the prices vary between Munich and Krakow.
However, apart from these tourist shops, the offer is quite varied, you just need a little time and patience. The best places to visit are museum shops and specialist shops, as well as small boutiques outside the city center, where you can get some local products.
kitchen
Food: Whether it is a 3-star restaurant, a guest house, a bar or a sausage stand - the catering offer in Vienna is comprehensive and very affordable by European standards. The Viennese cafes and guesthouses offer a wide selection of coffee as well as typical Viennese cuisine (see also "Viennese Kitchen" in the cook wiki). Austria is famous for its sweets, such as Sachertorte, Imperial Brno, Germknödel or Palatschinken.
Viennese specialties
Well-known Viennese specialties are:
soup
- frying soup
- griesnockerlsoup
- hepatotoid soup
- ham soup, Schöberl are baked soup
main
- Fiakergula, or Gingulash, is a gulach served with fried or fried sausages, fried eggs and cucumbers.
- Girardi roast
- table
- Vienna Schnitzel
- onion
- Stephanie. is a chopped fried with eggs and small cucumbers and sometimes sausages. The appetizers are mostly apple puree and green salad.
fiber
table top with side
desserts
- apple strudel
- (duck)
- clotting
- imperial
- Mohr in the shirt. is a small bowl of chocolate, bread, sugar, egg yolks, almonds and red wine.
- (marilla or chocolate)
- Sachertorte
- pot strut
Mohr im shirt
Sachertorte
coffee
- small or large black (coffee without milk)
- small or large brown (coffee with milk),
- Melange, lengthener, single-conductor (coffee with slagover)
Small culinary dictionary
- Beuschel = heart and lung
- Bluntin = Blood
- (small or large) brown = small or large espresso with
- Brimsen = sheep cheese
- Böss = crumbs
- Bochtle = Yeast biscuits
- Cappy = orange juice
- Incineration = sweating
- apples = potatoes
- Carded = minced meat
- laberelles = boulette, fricadelles
- Coated frying = minced
- Fisoles = beans
- stain = British noodles
- meat pulp = boulette, fricadels
- Germ = yeast
- Gram = greaves
- Gröstl = roasted potato
- Light = smoked meat
- GSpray = Wine with mineral or soda water, summer spray = Wine with lots of mineral or soda water
- Hendl = Chicken
- Karfiol = cauliflower
- Pepper = long, fat potato
- Kipferl = Squirrel
- dumplings = classes
- Kohl = Wirsing
- coal rasses = lignite
- herb = white cabbage
- herb
- Kren = horseradish
- Krügerl = Half liter of beer
- Laberl = spawning
- Liptauer = Pikanter cheese spread
- Mariles = apricots
- Melange = extended with milk and milk foam
- Nockerln = Spetti
- Obi injected = apple
- Paradise = tomatoes
- Pfiff = 0,125l beer
- Powidl = pusskenmus
- cream = sour cream
- Ribiscus = currants
- Semmel = Bread
- stroke(obers) = sweet cream
- Seidel = 0,3l
- mustard = swallow
- Sosse = Tune
- dust sugar = sugar
- blank = Haxe
- Surfbread = roast in brine (sour)
- pot = quark
- Soft = sour cherry
- plums = plums
The foreign cuisine is represented by pizzerias, Chinese, Greek restaurants, sushi bars, etc. The international fast food chains such as McDonalds, Burger King, Starbucks, Subway and KFC are also found here, complemented by European counterparts such as escalators and kebabs.
The Pizzeria Mario da Vesuvio is located near the Western Railway Station (also mentioned in the map of the hostel Wombat's). There are 2 pizzas on offer every day for 3,50 €, and the host is really nice and funny on it and likes to spend some time.
Drink: The Viennese water is of the highest quality - a unique feature in big cities - and can be drunk safely from the pipe. It originates from two high springs in the Alps and is transported to the city area for miles across historic water lines. There are always drinking water fountains in the inner city and in the larger parks. In the winter months, however, these are being turned off due to icing risk. In this case you can use a 16-plate, the beer from the last Wiener Großbrauerei.
houriger
The Heurige is popular among Viennese and tourists. It is known as the "Heuriger", both the young wine and the places where it is served. Originally there was only a very modest cold buffet and the house's own wine in the varieties "Heuriger" (wine of the current vintage) and "Alt" (wine of a previous vintage). The wines were made up of countless varieties of grapes that were already in the vineyard and were fermented together. If you wanted a more elaborate meal, you had to bring it from home or take it along the way with a host.
Known heurgen areas are:
- Grinzing, Nussdorf, Sievering and Neustift at the forest in the northwest of Vienna (19th district - Döbling),
- Oberlaa and wall in the south of Vienna (10th and 23rd district - Favoriten and Liesing),
- Jedlersdorf, Stammersdorf and Strebersdorf north of the Danube ("Transdanubien", 21.county - Floridsdorf).
- Perchtoldsdorf directly in the south of Vienna adjacent to the Lower Austrian municipality and
The Heurigen in Grinzing, Sievering and Neustift are mainly for tourism. locals rarely get lost there. Real, classic hourlies can only be found there in isolated and hidden in side streets. There is more originality in Stammersdorf, Strebersdorf and Oberlaa.
- Mixed rate. is a wine consisting of different varieties. The different varieties are grown on the same land, read together, culled and fermented. The different grape varieties were originally intended to minimize the risk and to ensure a constant quality of wine. This specialty is found in the Vienna wine-growing region and was included in the Slow Food Arche as an original production method.
sausage stand
The Viennese version of fast food is the sausage stand. Here you can find Frankfurt, Debreziner, Burensauste, Klobasse, Cheese-tailed Ukrainians with sweet or spicy mustard and custard, salt stangerl or a joke (end piece of bread). sausage booths are welcome at night. They are also popular because the public is completely mixed - from night owls to taxi drivers, alcoholic, petty criminals to night workers all visit the same booth. You get a good insight into the Viennese society.
Under Viennese legendary sausage stands are for example at the Döblinger belt (junction Nussdorfer Straße, under the Stadtbahnviaduct), at the source square or at the High Market. There are still several dozen of these stands scattered throughout Vienna, although in the last 20 years many have been displaced by Kebab or Asianoodels.
coffee houses
The coffee house is closely linked to the culture and lifestyle of Vienna, although the coffee shop itself is not limited to Vienna alone. In any case, Viennese coffee house culture is an intangible world heritage.
The classic coffee house is usually a corner restaurant with small tables, coffee is served, pastries and small meals, the classic coffee-house waiter is dressed in a typical cellar outfit with a livrée and is a mixture of subtle and arrogant in character. A typical coffee shop waiter usually stays connected to his coffee house for decades, often even from teaching until retirement. Regular guests are welcomed with names and above all titles. New guests are sometimes treated a bit harshly.
In the classic coffee house, you can sit with just one drink as long as you want without having to order again and again. You can read the upcoming newspapers free of charge and the old-fashioned telephone booths still show what was originally the main purpose of a coffee shop: Here freelancers could work and find information, they were usually telephoned at fixed times and also accessible to visitors, in winter the cafe was heated in contrast to their own home, etc. Artists, writers, philosophers and so on used the opportunity to be among people in the cafe on the one hand, and to be able to work in peace and quiet on the other.
Especially the function of information have the coffee houses with the distribution of mobile phones, Wifi and co. lost, some seem muscular. Some of them also seem a little downhill. But Viennese coffee houses - as well as other former K.u.k. cities - can still imitate the old-fashioned flair perfectly.
There is no need to look for coffee houses in Vienna, although not all of them are typical. The coffee houses in the center are more upmarket and more expensive, and to some extent also tourist:
- Cafe Griensteidl, 1010 Vienna, Michaelerplatz 2. Tel: (0)1 53526920.
- Cafe Central, 1010 Vienna, Herrengasse 14/corner Strauchgasse. Tel: (0)1 5333764-26.
- Cafe Hawelka, 1010 Vienna, Dorotheergasse 6. Tel: (0)1 5128230.
- Cafe Korb, 1010 Vienna, Brandstätte 9. Tel: (0)1 5337215.
- Cafe Landtmann, 1010 Wien, Dr. Karl Lüger Ring 14. Tel: (0)1 24100-0.
- Cafe Sacher, 1010 Vienna, Philharmonikerstraße 4. Tel: (0)1 514 560.
- Cafe Zartl, 1030 Vienna, Rasumofskygasse 7. Tel: (0)1 7125560.
- Café Sperl, 1060 Vienna, Gumpendorferstraße 11,. Tel: (0)1 5864158.
Some old coffee houses outside the city center seem to have not changed for 40 years, and there is hardly a tourist here and the atmosphere is more authentic:
- Café Sperlhof
- Café Weidinger
- Café-Restaurant C.I.
pastry
- AIDA. coffee, cakes & cuts, knitwear, cakes, whirlpool & plunder, chocolate, snacks, ice cream and more. The company AIDA was founded in 1925 and today has a branch in almost every Vienna district, details on the homepage. One hour before the store hours, the meals are sold at half the price.
- Sluka
- demel
- Kurbäckerei Oberlaa
ice
In Vienna there are a large number of good ice-cream parlors. Most of them were opened by immigrants from Italy about 100 years ago and are still family-owned:
- ice lounge at the Schwedplatz
- Tichy
- bortolotti
- Zanoni & Zanoni
- word
restaurants
- Wiener Tafelspitz, serves Plachutta in several restaurants in Vienna. The spitz always comes in broth, with bones, potatoes and root vegetables in the pot together. There are vegetables, apple, spinach, cuttle sauce and roast bread. Before that, you can choose a soup dish, a frying paste, a meat strudel or a leather dumplings, which you can then enjoy as a starter with the broth from the top of the table. The mark from the bone is stamped on a roast bread.
- Trześniewski is a Viennese chain of restaurants known for sandwiches, rolls, canapés, special inlays and desserts, and is present in seven Vienna districts. There are more than 20 flooring varieties, popular are bacon with egg, matjes with onion or poultry liver. If you order a whistle, you get an eight-gallon of beer.
- In Ubl, a traditional pub in Ibiza. Close to the Naschmarkt, there is Viennese kitchen and a romantic Schanigarten (corner Mühlgasse/Pressgasse, 4th district)
- Traditional Viennese cuisine is also served in the magnificent dining rooms and in the Schanigarten of the beer house Ofenloch (Kurrentgasse 8).
- In the Stadtpark the primus of the Viennese gastronomy Steirereck and the Meierei await.
nightlife
In Vienna there are many possibilities to enjoy the nightlife. The most famous spot, the so-called "Bermuda Triangle" in the 1st district, has changed in recent years from the high nightlife district and is mainly visited by tourists and young people who want to get drunk at low prices.
A popular meeting point for the student scene are the city railway arches on the belt, which are easily accessible by the U6. The larger of these venues (Chelsea, B72, Cafe Concerto, Avenue, Q, Ride Club) are located along U6 Thaliastraße and U6 Nussdorferstraße underground stations. Also very popular among students is the alternative disco Flex on the Danube Canal (1st district, subway Schottenring). The Danube Canal is particularly popular on warm days, with numerous restaurants (for example, a beach boat, Tel Aviv Beach, Adria, a beach bar, Herrmann) where you can enjoy a little sea feeling in the sun loungers on the sand, away from this, you will be happy to be spontaneously and privately celebrated in the public space (with food and drink).
The Haute Volée (Adabeis) celebrates more or less daily in high-priced clubs such as the Volksgarten (1st, Burgring 1), Club Hochriegl (19th, Billrothstrasse 51), Passage - formerly the Babenberger Passage (1st, Burgring corner Babenbergerstraße). It is necessary to pay for expensive entrance (about 15-20 euros) and to observe strict dress regulations. The classic U4 discotheque (12th, Schönbrunner Strasse 222) is a little more casual and low priced, not to mention the numerous bars and coffee houses in the 1st district and also in the museum district, which are open until late at night. Especially in summer, the events at the Kursalon Hübner, the gas kilometers and other special events such as the annual Danube Island festival must be observed.
In the summer, one of the best places to visit is the Town Hall Square, where opera films (or operas or concerts) are shown on a big screen every day during the months of July and August, when darkness strikes, while you have the chance to taste Vienna and the rest of the world's food and drink at various stands all day long. Other open-air film events, in which physical well-being is ensured, are held in the Vienna Augarten, the Augarten porcelain Manufacture, the Prater, the Vienna Krieau and the Schloss Neuhaus in Simmering.
Since Vienna is relatively late in the day compared to other major cities in Europe (often until 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning and the highlights of the parties are reached around 4 or 5 o'clock), there are many possibilities to visit after parties. For this, some specially designed restaurants are available, such as the Robert Goodman (4th, right Wienline 23), Studio 54 (1st, Riemergasse 13). Afterparties are often held at the Empire Club (1st, Rothgasse 9).
Vienna also has a diverse scene for lesbians, gays and transgenders, which has established itself especially in the area around the Naschmarkt (U4 Chain Bridge, U4 Pilgramgasse). Up-to-date information and party tips can be found on gayboy.at, or in scene publications like XTRA. Also worth a test are the various "ethnic" restaurants in the districts 15-18, with Balkan disco and similar.
On event homepages such as falter.at, ohschonhell.at, cycamp.at and eventszene.at night owls can get a good overview of current events.
jazz
- Jazzland, 1010 Vienna, Franz-Josefs-Kai 29. Tel: (0)1 5332575.
- Porgy & Bess, 1010 Vienna, Riemergasse 11. Tel: (0)1 5128811.
- Reigen, 1140 Vienna, Hadikgasse 62. Tel: (0)1 8946292.
- Jazz Tuesday, Volkstheater Rote Bar, 1070 Vienna, Neustiftgasse 2. Tel: (0)1 521110.
- Zwe, 1020 Vienna, Flossgasse 4. Tel: (0)676 5474764.
accommodation
In a world metropolis like Vienna, the offer of accommodation is correspondingly varied - but also more expensive in the country than in the other. The offer ranges from luxury five star hotels, mainly on the inner ring, to pensions, apartments and youth hostels. Especially during the holidays, such as Easter and New Year's Eve, as well as between May and September, the search can become a nightmare for tourists with a lower budget. The reservation should therefore be made early.
For a young person or a student with a mostly narrow budget, there are many hostels and hostels right in the center of Vienna, such as the two A&O hostels, the Myrthengasse Youth Hostel, the Vienna City Hostel, Wombat's or the numerous Kolping Homes. One bed in the bedroom is available for under 20 euros, and one double room for over 40 euros. During university holidays (July-September and February), some student homes offer cheap to medium-priced rooms for tourists, such as the AllYouNeed Hotels with two branches in Vienna.
For a longer stay (from one week), you should try your luck in a dormitory or a dorm. The largest number of private accommodations in Vienna can be found at the Association of Vienna's private landlords. Of course the internet platform airbnb is also present in Vienna, where you can rent an apartment instead of a hotel room. It should be noted, however, that, as everywhere in the world, most providers are professional and no longer private persons. As a result, the savings compared to a cheap hotel are only small.
Hotels are concentrated in the city center (districts 1-9) as well as around the major train stations (West Station, Central Station, Praterstern). Hostels and cheap guesthouses are a little further away from the center and large middle class hotels are located outside the center near the motorway exit (e.g. Lassallestraße).
camping
There are three campsites, located in the districts of Donaustadt, Penzing and Liesing.
- 1 Campingplatz Wien Neue Donau, Am Kleeäufel, 1220 Vienna. Tel: +43 (1) 202 4010, Fax: +43 (1) 202 4020, e-mail: [email protected]. Camping with tent, caravan and camper possible.
- 2 Campingplatz Wien West, Hüttelbergstraße 80, 1140 Vienna. Tel: +43 (1) 914 2314, Fax: +43 (1) 911 3594, e-mail: [email protected]. Camping with tent, caravan and camper possible.
- 3Campingplatz Wien Süd, Breitenfurter Straße 269, 1230 Vienna. Tel: +43 (1) 867 3649, Fax: +43 (1) 867 5843, e-mail: [email protected]. Camping with tent, caravan and camper possible.
Wild camping is not allowed in Vienna (also not in the Vienna Woods and on the Danube Island). Nor is it permitted to sleep in a camper parked outside the campsites.
learning
Vienna is not the only university town in Austria, but it is by far the largest. There are about 190,000 students in Vienna - more than 10% of the population. There are about 20 public and private universities in Vienna, as well as other universities of applied sciences and academies, etc. The artistic colleges as well as the Medical University have an excellent international reputation.
The largest universities in Vienna are:
- University of Vienna (approximately 92,000 students, called "University", "Hauptuni")
- Technical University (approximately 28,000 students, called "TU")
- Vienna University of Economics (approximately 23,000 students, called "EMU")
A complete list of universities in Vienna is available here: http://www.vienna4u.at/universitäten-in-wien.html
In addition, there is the possibility to train in low-speed schools (numerous locations), which offer cookery courses for language courses and computer courses. Numerous private institutes also provide complete vocational training. Foreigners can attend intensive courses for German as a foreign language.
work
Although unemployment in Vienna is significantly higher than the national average (8.6%), it is still possible to find jobs. If you want to settle in Vienna and are looking for a longer term contract, you should start searching a few months in advance. In summer you will also find numerous casual jobs and vacation jobs. The search can be started on the job exchange of the ÖH (student representation) at http://www.unijobs.at .
The Austrian rules on employment of foreigners must be observed. While most EU citizens are legally allowed to work in Austria, most third country nationals are legally excluded from the labor market.
safety
Emergency numbers:
- fire brigade: 122
- Police: 133
- Doctors’ Call/Rescue pharmacies: 141
- Rescue: 144
- Accident and breakdown assistance: 120 (ÖAMTC), 123 (ARBÖ)
Vienna is one of the safest cities in the world. However, it is of course advisable to take into account the occasional pickpockets in the crowds (e.g. public transport). At some subway stations, the shops (Praterstern, Josefstädter Strasse) are handled, but this is not a security risk for the passers-by. With common sense and a little attention, almost all unpleasant situations will be avoided.
Women can move around the clock in virtually every part of the city without concern. Racist or homophobic attacks are rare.
Social hot spots are the Praterstern area and the vicinity of the Gumpendorfer Straße (U6) subway station in the dark, as they are drug-addicted due to the nearby AIDS aid station and a drug counseling and consumer area.
health
hospitals
There are a large number of hospitals in Vienna, some of which only serve specialized areas. An overview of all hospitals available in Vienna can be found here: https://www.wien.gv.at/gesundheit/spital/
The main hospitals with 24/7 emergency services and all specialized outpatient services are:
- AKH General Hospital of the City of Vienna, 1090 Vienna, Weisinger Belt 18-20 (U6 Michelbeuern). Tel: (0)1 40400-0, Fax: (0)1 40400-1212.
- Social Medical Center Ost Hospital Donauspital, 1220 Vienna, Langobardenstraße 122 (U2 Donauspital). Tel: (0)1 28802-0, Fax: (0)1 28802-2050.
- Social Medical Center South - Center Favoriten, 1100 Vienna, Kundratstraße 3 (tram 1, Davidgasse). Tel: (0)1 60191-0, Fax: (0)1 60191-8409.
- Wilhelminenspital of the City of Vienna, 1160 Vienna, Montleartstraße 37 (U3, S45 Ottakring). Tel: (0)1 49150-0, Fax: (0)1 49150-1009, e-mail: [email protected].
pharmacy
There are numerous pharmacies in Vienna. They are usually open from 8:00am to 6:00pm and from 8:00pm to 12:00pm (exact opening hours may vary). The pharmacies are divided into nine groups and alternate with night, Sunday or holiday services. Which pharmacies have this service, can be consulted on the http://www.nachtapotheke.wien/ website. A surcharge shall be levied if night or weekend service is used.
Practical information
- 3 Tourist Info Vienna, Albertinaplatz / Maysedergasse, behind the Vienna State Opera. E-mail: [email protected]. Opened: Opening hours: daily from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.
- ViennaInfo office in the town hall, access from the rear front at Friedrich-Schmidt-Platz: Similar offer as the tourist information, however operated by the city of Vienna instead of the Tourist Board. Here you will find a lot of tips about attractions of the Magistrate Council (e.g. town hall design, high-spring management, baths, cemeteries) as well as many brochures that point to free attractions or events. If you are traveling with a small budget, it is important that you get informed!
- Free city maps can be obtained in the above-mentioned information offices and also at the information points of the Vienna transport companies (e.g. U3/ U6 station "Westbahnhof"). There are separate city maps for lesbians/gays/bisexuals/TransGender. These are available in the Rosa Lila Villa in the 6th district, U4 station "Pilgramgasse", but most of them are also available in the information offices.
- Welcome: The warm "Greetings of God", as is the standard greeting in many rural regions of Austria, can also be heard in Vienna, but much less so. In case of doubt, you should go better with "Good morning/day/evening". At lunch time, many public buildings, offices, etc. have a "meal" formula. In a more legendary ambience (students' clubs, etc. ) you can also greet friendly (hello or servus) and you are more by yourself than in more northern areas of the German language area.
- Dialect: Viennese speakers in Vienna's dialect, but in the last 30 years the use has decreased significantly due to television and immigration from other dialects. The typical Viennese cuisine can be seen in a few words, along with an accent. If you order "stulls", "red beets" or "white wine orle", you will immediately be disguised as "beeps" and sometimes even not understood at all. It is appreciated when using Viennese expressions ("sandwiches", "red beets", "white splash"). But what is not very important is trying to speak the Viennese dialect without mastering it. especially as a German. Then Viennese easily believe that they are trying to make fun. It is better to speak in neutral high German.
embassies
- Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany, Gauermanngasse 2-4, 1030 Vienna (3rd district). Tel: (0)1-711540, Fax: (0)1-7138366.
- Embassy of the Swiss Confederation, Prinz-Eugen-Strasse 9A, 1030 Vienna (3rd district). Tel: (0)1-79505, Fax: (0)1-7950521.
- Embassy of the Principality of Liechtenstein, Löwelstraße 8/7, 1010 Vienna (1st district). Tel: (0)1-5359211, Fax: (0)1-53592114.
other
The dialing code for Vienna is from abroad +43 - 1 and in Austria +1. The old dialing code for Vienna, 0222, which can still be found in old publications, was closed in 2007.
Vienna's postal codes cover the range 1010 - 1239. Sounds complicated? Not really. Each district has its own zip code, which is formed from the district number: First a leading Einser, then the district number (possibly with leading zero), then again a zeros. For example, the postal code is 1010 for the first district, 1100 for the 10th district, and 117 0 for the 17th district. As the last position is not equal to zero, these additional or deposit offices are designated. This is of no importance for mail.
Postcode 1300 refers to the airport (already in Lower Austria), 1400 to the United Nations and 1450 was the zip code of the conference center Austria Center until 2011.
- The reception of mobile phones (also in LTE quality) in Vienna is perfect almost everywhere, even in the underground tunnels. Funklöcher can be found in unpopulated areas in the Vienna Woods and in buildings with thick brick or concrete walls. The radio network can be temporarily overloaded at certain major events, especially on New Year's Eve at Stephansplatz, at strong bathing days in the outdoor pools and on the island of the Danube.
- Vienna has a comprehensive network of free wireless hotspots: List of free Internet access. In addition, many restaurants offer their guests free Wi-Fi internet access, especially fast food chains.
- The daily newspapers Today and Austria are free of charge in train stations and underground stations.
- Especially in the less noble shopping streets and migrant neighborhoods there is a myriad of callshops where you can call abroad at a reasonable price. Most of them also have some Internet PCs that allow you to surf at a reasonable price (from 1 Euro per 30 min.) or to copy or print something quickly.
- There is also a dense network of public telephones (telephone sleepers), which can be used partly with credit cards and partly with coins. They can be found in almost all more frequented places, such as metro stations, train stations and larger squares.
excursions
- Directly downstream from Vienna - partly even situated in Vienna’s city area - begins the Danube National Park. In the west of Vienna, the Viennese Forest is also an ideal place for extensive hikes. A little farther away, the Lake Neusiedl - the sea of the Vienna - is a popular place for water sports, cycling, bird and nature watching.
- Baden - The spa resort invites you to relax and visit the casino as well as to enjoy extensive hikes in the Vienna Woods. Arrival by S-Bahn or local train from Vienna to Baden.
- Eisenstadt - For those interested in culture with the Esterházy Castle, the Austrian Jewish Museum, the Haydn House and the mountain church with the Haydn Mausoleum. Arrival by regional bus.
- Carnuntum - The Roman city, which dates back to the 4th century, is now open to the public in a large and extensive archeological park. Arrival by S-Bahn S7
- Klosterneuburg is especially popular for the stylus and the numerous Heurigen. Lower Austria celebrates its national espatron, the Hl. Leopold. On this occasion, the Leopoldi Kirtag and the famous "Fasslslide" will take place in Klosterneuburg. Arrival by S-Bahn S40
- Kreuzenstein Castle - immersion in the Middle Ages
- Laxenburg - A summer residence of the Habsburgs where Empress Sisi, among others, spent her honeymoon. A magnificent baroque castle with a spacious garden. Arrival by regional bus.
- Museum village Niedersulz - open-air museum in Lower Austria
- Wachau - Enges Danube Valley with vineyards and marbles, Unesco World Heritage. It is possible to combine it in a day trip with the Baroque monastery Melk and the town of Krems with train and boat.
- Bratislava - The capital of Slovakia can be reached several times a day by the Twincityliner from Schwedenplatz or by the hydrofoil from the commercial quay. As a favorable option there are also daily train connections from the Vienna Central Station (journey time of about 1 hour) as well as a cheaper Euregio train ticket for 16 euros, the return journey (within 3 days) as well as the public transport of Bratislava (only on the day of arrival). There are also numerous cheap bus operators offering a simple route from Vienna starting at 4 euros.
- Brno - The second largest city in the Czech Republic, the historical center of Moravia. Arrival by Railjet train from Central Station.
- Sopron - The small Hungarian town is just over an hour away by train from the main railway station and offers a beautifully preserved city center.