Austria

The Vienna Museum—a 1950s post-Bauhaus block—may not be much to look at from the outside, but a sweeping renovation in 2000 turned the inside into...more

Few cities can rival Vienna's crammed calendar of operas, concerts, and plays, its network of historic theaters, or the dedication of its fans. Tickets to any...more

Commissioned in 1136 by Leopold IV and Reginmar, the Bishop of Passau, this Gothic cathedral with a colorful glazed-tile mosaic roof lies at the center of...more

After several expansions, this museum now fills the rabbit warren of rooms in Vienna's ninth district that served as the Freud family apartment from 1891 to...more

Emperor Franz Joseph, Empress Elisabeth, and Empress Maria Theresa and her 13 children (including Marie Antoinette) all once resided in this 18th-century...more

This 17th-century summer palace on the outskirts of town, commissioned by Archbishop Markus Sittikus, features some lovely frescoes, but it is the surrounding...more

Founded in 1913 and offering a serious program of opera, Salzburg's rococo marionette theater presents the thinking person's puppet show. And it's quite a show....more

This fashionable gallery, on an ancient alley in the heart of the old town, focuses on European and American pop art and artists who evolved from that...more

Formerly the hunting grounds of Emperor Franz Joseph, the Prater's 3,000 acres encompass gardens, meadows, playgrounds, riding stables, tennis courts, swimming...more

The mirror image of the Kunst-Naturhistorisches Museum, on the other side of the statue of Maria Theresa, is the Naturhistorisches (Natural History Museum). It...more