Kunsthistorisches Museum
One of the most important art museums in the world, home to The Tower of Babel by Pieter Bruegel.
Vienna Highlights
Schönbrunn Palace
The baroque summer residence of the Habsburgs, featuring 1,441 rooms and a vast garden.
Natural History Museum
A mecca for natural history enthusiasts, probably the best museum of its kind in Europe, home to Venus of Willendorf.
Upper Belvedere
Baroque palace housing the world’s largest collection of Gustav Klimt paintings, including The Kiss.
Sisi Museum
The former imperial palace of the Habsburgs, the Hofburg, today houses a museum devoted to Empress Elisabeth.
House of Austrian History
Museum dedicated to Austrian history from the end of World War I to today, and German history from 1938 to 1945.
Musikverein
The Society of Friends of Music boasts the finest concert hall in the world, praised for its excellent acoustics.
Vienna Museum of Science and Technology
Museum showcasing the historical development of innovation & technology.
Austrian National Library
The library’s baroque State Hall, noted for its elaborately decorated dome & numerous frescoes, is just magnificent.
MAK
The Viennese museum of applied arts, the MAK, has a special focus on the history of the Wiener Werkstätte.
Further Recommendations
Albertina
Museum of drawings & prints and modern art.
Albertina Modern
Museum of modern & contemporary art.
Amalienbad Pool
Art-nouveau & art-deco indoor swimming pool.
Anker Clock
Art-nouveau clock by painter & sculptor Franz Matsch.
Aqua Terra Zoo
Indoor zoo in a former Flak tower.
Architekturzentrum Wien
Architecture museum.
Austrian Museum of Folk Life and Folk Art
Ethnographic museum.
Austrian Postal Savings Bank
Post office by architect Otto Wagner, now a café.
Belvedere 21
Contemporary art museum.
Botanical Garden
A place of rest & wonder.
Buffet Trześniewski
This sandwich bar’s most popular sandwich is Speck mit Ei.
Burgtheater
Theatre by architects Gottfried Semper & Karl von Hasenauer.
Butterfly House
Art-nouveau palm house, home to some 400 butterflies.
Café Sacher
Home of the Sachertorte, noted for its lengthy queue outside.
Church of St Leopold
Art-nouveau church by architect Otto Wagner.
City Hall
Flemish Gothic town hall by architect Friedrich Schmidt.
Clock Museum
Seven hundred clocks from around the globe.
Danube Tower
252-m-high observation tower offering a 360° panoramic view.
Dom Museum Wien
Religious art museum.
Ernst Fuchs Museum
Art-nouveau villa by architect Otto Wagner, now a museum.
Esperanto Museum
Esperantomuzeo kaj Kolekto por Planlingvoj.
Fools’ Tower
Pathological-anatomical museum.
Funeral Museum
Museum dedicated to funerary culture.
Globe Museum
Terrestrial & celestial globes, mainly from before 1850.
Hermes Villa
Empress Elisabeth’s villa by architect Karl von Hasenauer.
Hofburg Chapel
Home to the Hofmusikkapelle.
Holocaust Memorial
Memorial to the murdered Jews of Austria.
Hundertwasser House
The most peculiar building in Vienna.
Imperial Carriage Museum
The former imperial coach house, now a museum.
Imperial Court Pavilion
Otto Wagner’s metro station for Emperor Franz Joseph.
Imperial Treasury
Home to the Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
Jesuit Church
Baroque church noted for its trompe-l’œil false dome.
Jewish Museum Vienna
Museum of Jewish history, life & religion in Austria.
Josephinum
Collections of the University of Vienna’s Medical Faculty.
Karl-Marx-Hof
Marxist housing estate with an exhibition on Red Vienna.
Karlsplatz Pavilion
Metro station featuring an exhibition dedicated to architect Otto Wagner.
Leopold Museum
Contemporary Austrian art museum.
Liechtenstein City Palace
Neoclassical & Biedermeier art.
Liechtenstein Garden Palace
Art from the early Renaissance to the high baroque.
Lower Belvedere
Art gallery.
Majolica House
Cheery landmark building by architect Otto Wagner.
Marionette Theatre Schönbrunn Palace
Puppet theatre.
Mozart House
Mozart lived here from 1784 to 1787.
MUMOK
Contemporary art museum.
MUSA Museum
Contemporary art gallery.
Museum Hundertwasser
Museum dedicated to artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser.
Museum Judenplatz
Museum dedicated to Jewish life in medieval Vienna.
Museum of Military History
They have Franz Ferdinand’s car from Sarajevo here.
Neidhart Festsaal
Frescoes depicting Minnesinger Neidhart von Reuental.
Papyrus Museum
Papyri from antique & early medieval Egypt.
Plague Column
Baroque monument to the Great Plague of 1679.
Prater
Vienna’s funfair.
Prater Museum
Museum dedicated to the history of Vienna’s funfair.
Restaurant Figlmüller
Figlmüller’s schnitzels are good but not necessarily better than schnitzels elsewhere.
Roman Museum
Local archaeology museum.
Schönbrunn Zoo
The world’s oldest zoo.
Secession
Art-nouveau gallery featuring Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze.
Sigmund Freud Museum
Museum dedicated to the life & work of the famous shrink.
Soviet War Memorial
Monument to the Red Army.
Spanish Riding School
Lipizzaners going around in circles.
St Anne’s Church
Baroque church.
St Charles’ Church
Baroque church.
Steinhof Memorial
Former Nazi medical crimes site.
St Peter’s Church
Baroque church.
St Stephen’s Cathedral
Medieval church.
St Virgil’s Chapel
Subterranean Gothic chapel.
Theater an der Wien
Opera house.
Theatre Museum
Museum dedicated to the performing arts.
Theseus Temple
Neoclassical temple, built between 1819 and 1823.
Transport Museum Remise
Public transport museum.
Vienna Furniture Museum
The former imperial furniture collection, plus extras.
Vienna State Opera
Opera house.
Votive Church
Gothic Revival church, built between 1856 and 1879.
Weltmuseum Wien
Ethnographic museum.
Werkbund Estate
Red Vienna housing programme.
Wiener Konzerthaus
Concert hall.
Wien Museum
Local history museum.
Wotruba Church
Brutalist church by sculptor Fritz Wotruba.
Zoom Children’s Museum
Kindergarten in disguise.