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When the tree-lined Ringstrasse replaced the old city wall in the 1870s, elegant theaters, cafés, parks, and apartment houses quickly filled the outer districts, but the Innere Stadt (inner city) remains the heart of Vienna. A fine public transportation system and network of bicycle paths (rentals are available for next to nothing) make exploring the city a snap.
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
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
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
What was once the imperial stable is now a local hangout bustling with museums, galleries, restaurants, and clubs at the head of Mariahilferstrasse (Austria's...more
What used to be a rather homely house museum has recently been transformed into a state-of-the-art interactive homage to Mozart's Vienna. The curators have left...more
The Italian Renaissance–style Kunsthistorisches (Art History Museum) was built near the Imperial Palace in 1891 to gather all the Hapsburgs' art under one...more
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