Vienna - the capital of music Vienna is a dream city, imperial and grandiose, a place of beauty, with magnificent baroque buildings, aristocratic residences, imposing palaces and cathedrals, modern architecture and a rich cultural scene, the capital of a once mighty empire, emanating charm and perfectly combine the comfort of a modern city with an atmosphere truly brought to life by the many green oases, which visitors immediately will fall in love with. Vienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria, nestled at the foot of the Alps, on the banks of the Danube. The Danube divides the city creating a characteristic landscape. In the middle of this glorious river an artificial island has been created in which, thanks to the large lawn, people can relax, practice outdoor sports and is ideal for many activities. As the capital city of one of the world's richest nations, Vienne is just above average, price-wise but cheaper than Amsterdam, Milan, or Paris. If you're wondering, can you see Vienna with less money in your pocket? Well to see Vienna by foot - it won't cost you a penny. There are free guided tours of the Rathaus, Vienna's neo-Gothic town hall, at 1pm on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Admission to the baroque gardens of the Schönbrunniar river Donauinsel is also free. Another good thing to know is to buy tickets online up to seven weeks in advance, which are available at cheap prices. If you are a fan of food in the city, budget a large amount for it, you will need it. Many places offer a course of two Mittagsmenü (lunch menu) for between 6.50 and 9 EUR. A money-saving opportunity is to limit your visits to cafes and get breakfast from the grocery store. Another point on saving if you are on a budget is to visit Vienna in the off-season, in the winter months January-February, because the city will not be crowded, everything else and exploring the city will be so much cheaper. Being on a budget you can do a free walking tour where it’s expected that you leave a tip at the end (you will find many companies that offer a free tour). Accommodations Vienna accommodation is slightly higher and depending on your budget you can find something to suit you. Vienna has a wide variety of hostels, hotels with kitchenettes, apart-hotels with a budget that is surprisingly cheap for such a touristy city. Be sure if you visit Vienna, book an accommodation in advance for a good price. JOYN Vienna offers 131 modern, stylish and smartly furnished serviced apartments, well designed and make you feel comfortable like at home, with everything you need to cook in your kitchenette. JOYN Vienna provides accommodation with free WiFi, air-conditioned and features a flat-screen TV, a living room, a dining area, and a private bathroom with shower. A dishwasher, a microwave and fridge are also featured, as well as a kettle. The apartments are located in a super new area, with office buildings, apartments, restaurants on the ground floor of the buildings (which you will find closed on weekends), the train station is very close, and a tram is within walking distance. You can make your stay comfortable in one of the apartments they have such as: Apartment Smart, Apartment Smart+, Apartment Studio, Apartment Studio+, Room Basic. Boasting a garden and a terrace, Parks 73 the Townhouse Hotel is close to the Belvedere Palace and Botanical Gardens and offers 49 stylish and comfortably equipped rooms for your comfort and some rooms have a lovely balcony overlooking the lake. Each apartment provides free WiFi and wired Internet access in rooms, a kitchen with a refrigerator, an oven, cookware, dishes, utensils, a stovetop, coffee machine, a dishwasher and a flat-screen TV that comes with satellite channels. They also have couch beds and extra-long beds, hypoallergenic pillows and foam pillows as well as marble flooring. The hotel offers cots and playpens for guests with children. The sizes of the apartments range from 35m2 to 100m2 so that you can choose what fits you. Located 5 minutes walk to main streets in historic city center and underground, Appartement-Hotel an der Riemergasse is a family-friendly Vienna aparthotel offering 20 spacious soundproofing accommodations, with a blend of a stylish design, classical, modern, elegant, cozy elegant ambience and original color concepts. All apartments have free internet access, a completely equipped modern kitchenette or kitchen, satellite TV with premium cable channels, microwaves, espresso makers, daily housekeeping and facilities for disabled guests. You can choose between different types of rooms: apartment, suite, studio, that you can accommodate yourself. Central located, SMARTments business WIEN HEILIGENSTADT can accommodate business travelers, commuters and vacationers, who can choose from the four categories of apartments: Studio , Studio Twin , Studio XL or Apartment, all complete and equipped with everything you need, to make your stay and vacation comfortable. All the rooms are well-equipped featuring free WiFi, a fully equipped kitchenette with cutting boards, cutlery, crockery, glasses, cups,a dishwasher, a seating area, a flat-screen TV, a washing machine, and a private bathroom with shower, a hairdryer, microwave, a fridge and stovetop are also available, as well as a kettle and a coffee machine. Billa supermarket is ten steps away, with a wide selection of gastronomic offers from where you can have your supplies to cook your own meals. Adina Apartment Hotel Vienna Belvedere is the perfect accommodation for city explorers, where they can book one of the 134-rooms divided into 115 Studios, 17 One-Bedroom-Apartments and two large Two-Bedroom-Apartments with a private terrace. The hotel's rooms offer free WiFi, have a fully equipped kitchen, microwave, dishwasher, washing machine, a separated living, air conditioning, a seating area and a washer-dryer. The hotel units are suitable for one to four persons and also feature a sauna and fitness area, 24-hour reception, offers a buffet or vegetarian breakfast, offerings as well as an excellently equipped bar, served on weekdays from 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM and on weekends from 7:30 AM to 11:30 AM for a fee. Located within walking distance from public transport, Vienna Stay Apartment / Hotel 1050 is for guests booking family stays, featuring 12 rooms featuring amenities such as: free WiFi, family rooms, soundproof rooms, a flat-screen TV with cable channels, a water kettle, a desk, an eating table, and a luxurious bathroom. The rooms are located on the 4th and 5th floor which provides a great view and even better fresh air! They are very clean, very spacious with very comfortable beds and super cozy. You can choose from a number of accommodation options at Vienna Stay Apartment / Hotel 1050 between 2 bedrooms or 3 bedrooms that can accommodate between 4 guests and 6 guests. Make your holiday to one of the 131 lofts with modern decoration, clean, comfy, kind, safe, designed for locals, domestic and business travelers alike, Zoku Vienna has fantastic facilities. The lofts include free high-speed WiFi, a fully-equipped kitchen- with microwave, hob, coffee machine, kettle, dishwasher and a fridge with freezer, and large living and office spaces. For a discount of 15%, book your stay directly from their site. The hotel has a great 360-degree view over the city, natural light shining brightly through the Skylight, ceiling plants looking like hanging gardens from its rooftop terrace . All the lofts are equipped with free high-speed WiFi, air-conditioning, a flat-screen TV, KItchen with all utensils you need to cook your own meals, and a private bathroom. They serve breakfast from 07:00 to 10:00 during weekdays, and brunch from 08:00 to 14:00 on weekends. The aparthotel includes a gym, massage facilities and a game room. MyApartments Vienna comprises 34 rooms, ideal for a short or long stay in Vienna, with a balcony, as well as a garden and a terrace. Each apartment has a bedroom, living room with sofa bed, fully equipped kitchen and dining area. The kitchen includes Kitchen utensils, a microwave, a fridge and stovetop are also featured, an electric kettle and a coffee machine. All the apartments feature a private bathroom, a flat-screen TV, free Wi-Fi, wardrobe, air-conditioning and parquet floors. A nearby supermarket is available for the necessary supply to cook your own desired meals. Supermarkets Food and drink is quite inexpensive in supermarkets, especially the discounters like Hofer (the Austrian version of Aldi). Most supermarket chains (except Hofer and Lidl) have a deli section where you can buy a sandwich for a very cheap price €1.00 – 2.50 depending on what you order. Austrian supermarkets come in all sorts of shapes and sizes. Our guide to supermarkets and grocery stores in Vienna will help you have a shopping experience as if it was back home. MAYUDA is an exotic grocery store only a few steps away from Vienna Central Station, offering Asian, Indian, Latin American & African products at affordable prices. The store is a family business that has been bringing exotic foods into every kitchen in Vienna for over 25 years. You will find a variety of meats and processed food products, cosmetics and cleaning products, staple food products, pharmaceutical products. MAYUDA brings the best from all over the world to Austria. They are a great exotic supermarket and have a great selection when it comes to cooking and spices products, there is something for everyone. They are open from Monday to Friday 9am to 7pm and Saturday 9am to 6pm. Hofer is the best supermarket in Vienna and the cheapest one! Hofer sells mainly its own brand items and has exceptionally good quality products, food, cleaning supplies, toiletries and many other products that are 10-20% cheaper. Hofer it’s cheap and offers its own organic line-Natur Activ and Zurück zum Ursprung. Hofer has around 450 stores throughout the country, making it Austria’s largest discount grocery store. They bake 32 different types of fresh bread and pastries are offered- crispy white and special breads, crisp biscuits, savory snacks and delicious pastries. The supermarket's opening hours (in general): Monday – Friday between 7:40 am – 8 pm and Saturday between 7:40 am – 6 pm. The Naschmarkt dated since the 16th century and is Vienna’s biggest open-air market of 6 block long market, with over 100 market stalls, restaurants and bars where you can find just about everything, from fresh fruits, vegetables and exotic herbs from all over the world, cheese, baked goods, homemade pickles, wild boar, unusual spices, meats, oriental specialties, fresh sauerkraut, cooking utensils, clothing, candles, toys. and seafood. Nowhere else will you find such a wide range of things to see, to eat, to drink and to enjoy as at the Naschmarkt. At the organic corner , farmers offer you local products on Saturdays. You can recognize the stalls distributed across the market by special table flags. On Saturdays there is a large flea market with antiques, works of art, household items, used books and records. The best time to visit the market stalls is in the morning around 8:30 or 9:00 a.m. Naschmarkt has ingredients which you can take home to cook. Watch your pockets! The open-air markets are prime territory for thieves and pickpockets. Brunnenmarkt is the second largest market in Vienna, after the Naschmarkt. Some people call it little Istanbul, because local farmers and artisans gather here to sell their products beside stalls with Turkish and Balkan specialties, however you can also buy Arab specialities. The market offers high quality fruits, vegetables, fish and spices, is considered to be the cheapest market in Vienna and less touristy than the Naschmarkt. Literature lovers can find an open bookcase in Brunnengasse that can be taken out freely. The cheese lovers can try all kinds of Vorarlberg cheese, French Brie, Spanish Manchego or Greek Feta and many other types. PENNY Markt is a German-owned discount retailer operating in Austria and has over 200 stores in the country. PENNY has been offering its customers a wide range of products for years. As a discount market for price-conscious customers, it constantly surprises with quality, freshness at the lowest possible prices. You can find fruit, vegetables, cereals, coffee, jams, pasta, rice, bread that baked on the Penny’s premises so is always fresh, canned foods, dried foods, milk, cheese, yogurt, eggs, meat, fish,cookies, every type of frozen food you could want, cleaning products, also sells organic products and has a variety of vegan offerings, and many other products you name it, Penny Markt in Vienna sells it. BILLA is an Austrian food retailing company and the most common supermarket you’ll find. With around 1,000 supermarkets across the country, you’re sure to spot a Billa store when grocery shopping in Austria. A high-quality regional, national and international product selection of the BILLA range can be found. The “Ready to cook” department has been set up for convenient self-cooking. You can enjoy fine wines, coffee and tea specialties and many other delicacies. They are open in general from Monday – Friday between 7:40 am – 7:30 pm and Saturday from 7:40 am – 6 pm. ETSAN Supermarkt is a Turkish supermarket where the prices for fruit and vegetables are great and the selection of Turkish goods invites you to explore again and again. They offer everything, from halal cold cuts, to fresh meat, fish, cheese, canned food, fresh bread to candy.Etsan is one of the market leaders in food wholesaling and retailing of oriental products. Discount Store Lidl, located in Wien, gives great importance to freshness, quality, originality and especially sustainability. Lidl stands for highest quality at the lowest price and guarantees an exceptional price-quality ratio and a well thought-out assortment. The German discounter has over 200 stores across Austria. A large part of the permanently available fresh meat range for pork, beef and chicken is AMA-certified. You can choose from a total of more than 65 meat and fish products, fresh bread and pastries offered several times a day, where you can choose from 45 different, mostly Austrian, oven-fresh items in the bakery. They are available from Monday-Friday between 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Discount supermarket Lidl also hosts bargain days like Super Saturday. If you seek for an out of ordinary grocery shopping place, Viktor Adler Markt called "Platzl", is the 125-year old Viktor-Adler-Markt and is a beautiful and lively market with a distinctive ambience, where you’ll find a makeshift farmer’s market opening up on the neighboring street, Leibnizgasse. Here, stands offer everything from international culinary specialties to cut flowers and clothing. Viktor-Adler-Markt is the only marketplace in Vienna where market shouting is still practiced. You will find a wide variety of cheap fruits and vegetables, meat, fish, wine, food stalls, mediterranean and oriental products, cheese, baked goods and many others. This farmers’ market is especially known for its low prices and it’s open every single day, from Monday to Saturday between 6.00 and 13.00. Hannover markt is a bazaar of a mixture of inexpensive local and oriental products such as cheap vegetables, Turkish flatbread or organic beef. Here, you can shop and buy your supplies for your own meal away from overcrowded tourist traps. The bazaar is open from Monday to Friday. The Hanover market is also particularly popular because of the meat sold in large quantities at a reasonable price. You will also find cafes, bars, snack bars where you can order kebabs, schnitzel rolls and sausages. In this bazzar you will also find halal food. The sellers of this market are from a variety of backgrounds such as Serb, Egypt and Turkey. Every Saturday there is also a farmers market with fruit, vegetables and many regional delicacies. Restaurants Vienna is filled with amazing food places and restaurants that will cater for all budget types. Viennese cuisine has become famous all over the world because of Viennese schnitzel, strudel, Viennese sausages and Viennese cake. Schnitzel is usually served with potatoes or cabbage, after having seasoned the dish with apple cider vinegar sauce. Coffee is considered a cult drink in Vienna. For 5 euros you can buy a simple, unpretentious meal, a Wurst with cheese inside, served in a baguette, with mustard and possibly ketchup, from tons of wurst. Breakfast deals in many coffee houses include a hot beverage and work out really quite cheap. Kaffee Alt Wien is a coffee house with an almost 100-year history, located in the heart of Vienna. The Kaffee Alt Wien has been run as a family business since 1939. Kaffee Alt Wien turned into a night café in the 1980s. You can spend a cozy afternoon or Viennese evening, on the red rocky seating areas, hidden in a tiny enclave of the snugly lit café, with dim light and the walls covered with posters. The café is a living museum of past and present Vienna. They are open daily from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 a.m. and offer everything you can expect from the Viennese cuisine such as goulash, which is their speciality and smaller delicacies, such as Debreziner with pastries or thick sandwiches, to affordable prices. The drinks list is strictly beer, wine and spirits, alongside the standard hot drinks. A visit here is worthwhile! If you want to get away from the tourists, then visit Max Grillhouse by Huth which offers classic steak, ribs, legs of lamb, quesadillas, burgers and other delicacies from the grill. The restaurant is modern and fits into one of the many old buildings in downtown Vienna. Online booking a table at the restaurant makes it easy to avoid waiting times for being seated. The drinks and food are also available at the counter, but you can also sit outdoors. You can taste the world-famous Wiener Schnitzel, Italian pasta, burgers and grilled specialities. They are open from 12 noon to midnight everyday. VAPIANO Wien Hauptbahnhof serves freshly baked pizza, homemade fresh pasta, delicious antipasti, risotto, salad and many other specialties of Italian cuisine. They are also lactose-free, gluten-free, vegetarian and vegan on request. You can not miss the cakes and desserts that are freshly made or baked every day. The tables are made of oak, there is a bar and lounge area and a 100-year-old olive tree. Vapiano restaurant also deliver to your home. Schnitzel King is a street food concept originally from Vienna. The Wiener Schnitzel is a thinly pounded meat covered with eggs, crumbed then fried. Garnished with lemon and often served with potato salad. Schnitzel King serves schnitzels, chicken and burgers. Every dish is prepared in front of the customer's eyes using fresh, local ingredients and meat from Czech farms and the breadcrumbs from special pastries. They are open everyday from Monday to Sunday 11:00-22:00. Böhmerwald is a family run restaurant equipped in classic old Austrian style and originally decorated. The cuisine offers to gourmets fresh, home-prepared dishes, traditional Viennese specialities, Slovak and Czech meals. You can try good wiener schnitzels, goulash, dumplings, apple strudels, potatoes and pancakes in all imaginable variations and they offer seasonal dishes changing every 2 weeks. The restaurant has around 130 seats and some of them are in the winter garden and in separate club rooms. If you want to avoid long waiting times, simply reserve your table online. The restaurant offers free WiFi for its customers and offers a wide range of alcoholic beverages. Venuss Bistro & Take-away buffet is 100% plant-based bistros, offering a colorful selection of cold and hot vegan dishes of warm dishes, cold dishes, and salads as well as serving coffee, cakes, and sweets , fair prices. They use local organic products, healthy and fresh food, and plant-based delicacies. At the entrance you get a chip card. The cooks advise you on the cold and warm part of the buffet from where you can choose up to 4 options per dish: salads, soups, curries and desserts, everything booked on the card. You can feast here at any time of the day from Monday to Saturday between 8:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Walters Küche, with an elegant fireplace room and children's play area, serves traditional Viennese cuisine, vegetarian and Styrian specialties, pancakes, specialty weeks. Next to a menu there are also daily and seasonal dishes to choose from cooked by the chef himself. This place has several tables, probably 50 seats, that could probably be joined by a larger group. We can recommend the place to anybody who happens to be in the neighbourhood looking for tasty food. Prices at Walters kitchen are quite cheap. NENI am Prater is an Israeli-Oriental restaurant, with an elegant rooftop eatery, on the top floor of the Hotel Superbude at Perspektivstrasse 8, with a breathtaking view over Vienna, with a large bar and plenty of space both inside and outside, where you can take a seat at the stunning bar and enjoy the open kitchen where you can watch chef at work. The front of the kitchen is decorated with white and blue tiles, lemons, homemade bread, herbs, bagels and much more. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. Breakfast does not only include Israeli classics breakfast but also international dishes with a certain NENI twist, and can be served on the Prater Monday to Saturday from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m., on Sundays until 4 p.m. Others breakfast choices can be: Anatolian breakfast- with dill yoghurt, poached organic eggs, harissa oil and Öfferl's sourdough bread; red shakshuka -which is tomato ragout from the NENI farm, organic eggs, fresh Herbs and pita bread ; NENI's avocado toast- with pickled radishes, organic egg and Öfferl's sourdough bread; Oriental breakfast with NENI humus classic, fava beans, organic egg and pita Bread; croissant breakfast with freshly baked croissant. Children under nine enjoy free breakfast from a kids menu. DAS GLASHAUS (translated as the glass house)-Restaurant & Bar serves Mediterranean and Austrian cuisine specialties in an airy, atmospheric vintage-ambience where you can be spoiled with culinary delights. They serve breakfast from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. from Monday to Saturday and Sundays until 2 p.m., with bread from the Öfferl bakery, meat and sausages from Höllerschmid from the Waldviertel and fresh fruit and vegetables. At lunchtime there are two lunch menus to choose from-fish/meat or vegetarian, including soup or salad, served from Monday-Friday between 11:30 a.m.–3:00 p.m. At the diner served from Monday-Saturday between 6:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m., you can delight your taste buds with a variety of steaks, fish from local waters and delicious vegetarian dishes, accompanied by a selection of Austrian quality winemakers. Café & Restaurant Motto am Fluss is an oasis in the middle of the city, on the Danube Canal with a large terrace and two floors. This is a must visit place if you are in the city. At first sight, the building could be confused with a boat, but the ship-like building is towards the striking skyline of the lower Danube. Their menu is international contemporary cuisine with an Austrian focus and serves a wide variety of breakfast types such as-savory with smoked salmon, goat's cheese, avocado and scrambled eggs or sweet with homemade bread, homemade nougat cream, jam and honey or vegans such as the motto porridge, healthy bistro dishe,organic dishes and seductive desserts from their-house patisserie. They serve lunch and dinner as well one floor below the café. The interior is elegant furnishings in the Venetian style of the 1950s, with black and white tiled floors, lamps and glasses and with a custom-made bar and restaurant furniture design, benches, tables with angled and slim legs. They are open daily from 8 am – 6 pm and reservations are highly recommended. Kent Restaurant is a small Turkish tea house in the 16th district serving Levantine-Turkish cuisine in a Turkish ambience and, if you want to start your day well, they serve generous breakfast buffets, until 2pm. The selection on the menu is very large, with over 100 dishes, including halal meat and fish specialties from charcoal grill, extremely cheap and uncomplicated. The restaurant has a separate indoor play area for the little ones in the back dining room. The restaurant offers take-away and you may order the food on their own Webpage: http://www.kentrestaurant.at/kent16. They are open daily between 06:00 a.m. - 02:00a.m. This spot at Die Schankwirtschaft im Augarten is great for enjoying good weather and a delicious breakfast, served everyday between 9am-12pm, in a nice garden under the trees of the baroque Augarten. The culinary focus of the pub is on regional and seasonal products bought from local farmers. The interior has 250 seats, and there is enough space for all kinds of events. They’ve Viennese drinks menu, which includes all the main wines produced in the city, and several Ottakringer blends. Tourist attractions Vienna is known to have been the home of many great people. Sigmund Freud also lived in the Austrian capital from 1891 to 1938. There is a museum named after him. Vienna was also the house of the best composers of all times such as: Mozart, Strauss, Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms and many other famous artists who have lived and worked here. If you intend to visit a lot of tourist attractions, then consider a sightseeing pass. Depending on how much of a budget you’re on, it’s still possible to see most of the best attractions in Vienna for free-you’ll have to visit them from the outside only: gardens of the Schönbrunn Palace are free to explore, walking around the gardens and grounds of the Hofburg palace is free, Stephansdom is free to enter but viewing towers or tour the catacombs you will need to buy a ticket. Geldmuseum, Bezirksmuseen and MUSA are always free, and Kunsthalle Museumsquartier is ‘pay as you wish’ on Sundays. As you enter the Prater amusement park, immediately to the right is the "famous" Prater wheel-Riesenrad-The Viennese giant Ferris wheel, is one of the oldest operating Ferris Wheels in the world and the fact that the wheel survived World War II turned it into a symbol for Vienna, offering a 360 degree breathtaking view of the city on the Danube. The whole structure weighs over 430 tonnes and has a diameter of just under 61 meters and almost 65 meters tall. The Giant Ferris Wheel, with 15 cabins, offers insights into 2,000 years of Viennese history. The cabins are wide enough to accommodate a group of 12 people. The wheel appeared in the 1980s movie of the James Bond adventure "The Living Daylights" and was placed on the list of Treasures of European Film Culture by the European Film Academy in June 2016. The Giant Ferris Wheel is open all year round and it's a 20 minute ride. Before heading to the wheel, check the website for the operating hours. Normally they are open everyday from 10am to 8pm but during some seasons and on some days, they are closed completely. Schönbrunn Palace is one of the most important Austrian monuments, declared a national monument in 1996 and was put on the list of UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Sites. Schonbrunn Palace was built at the end of the 17th century, at the order of Leopold I, with the idea of competing with the legendary Versailles. The architect who built it was Johann Bernhard Fischer vor Erlach, but the project was practically rebuilt by Nicolo Pacassi, under the orders of Maria Theresa. During the reign of Maria Theresa, the only female Habsburg ruler, the palace was the favorite residence of the Habsburg monarchs. After the death of Maria Theresa, Schonbrunn Castle remained uninhabited and was used as a summer residence in the early 1800s under Emperor Francis II. Another emperor who left his mark was Emperor Franz Joseph, who was born, lived and died in this palace. Schönbrunn contains a zoo, a labyrinth, a botanical garden, numerous monumental landscaped alleys, 1441 rooms, but only 45 rooms are opened and can be visited of the most spectacular ones on a palace tour. Luxurious rooms, the viewing of the palace's precious works of art and the history that inspires this place, are obvious testimonies that the Habsburgs were very extravagant. Rococo-style furniture and interior decorations white ornaments with white gold leaf ornaments of 14-karat gold are complemented by Bohemian crystal chandeliers and porcelain stoves. All the buildings are painted in a combination of light yellow and ocher, a pattern that has been quickly copied by many residences throughout Austria. In this castle will be presented the Hall of Mirrors where Mozart performed when he was a wonder-child, at only six years old. For more information you should then book a tour ticket in advance at least half a day. At the ticket office, you can buy various types of tickets , for access to various areas of the complex, such as the gardens and the labyrinth. You can freely visit the castle park where you will meet grandiose fountains, interesting sculptures and you will be delighted by the scent of flowers. Surviving many wars, St. Stephen's Cathedral is a Gothic style building, with its history dating back to 1147. St. Stephen's Cathedral impresses with its stunning mosaic roof and the sheer height of its south tower making it one of the most recognisable attractions in the city and has 26 bells and here you will find one of the largest bells in the world made of iron from a cannon captured from the Turks in 1683, weighing over 21 tons. These bells helped Beethoven realize that he had lost his hearing, watching birds fly as the bells began to ring without him hearing them. Here you can also visit: the catacombs, the southern tower with a height of 135 m and 343 steps to climb, the northern tower (Pummerin) for which you must buy separate tickets for each attraction. Cathedral is open from Monday until Saturday and from April to October between 8:30 to 17:30, in July and August between 8:30 and 18:00 and between November and March between 8:30 and 17:00. In the crypt under the main altar, urns with the internal organs of some members of the Habsburg family are deposited. Schönbrunn Palmenhaus (The Palm House in Schönbrunn) is home to the largest palm house in Europe and houses around 4,500 plant species from all over the world: Mediterranean, tropical and subtropical plants. The building was built with an astounding 600 tonnes of wrought iron and 120 tonnes of cast iron, made up of prefabricated parts, is 111 meters long, has a maximum width of 28 meters and reaches 25 meters at its highest point. The Palm House is divided into three pavilions and three climate zones, which are connected to each other by tunnel-like corridors. The north side features a cold house and the south side features a hothouse, allowing for plants from all around the world to grow here. The building houses an olive tree here that is over 350 years old, donated to the greenhouse by Spain in 1974 and a living fossil named-Wollemia nobilis, a rarity from Australia that was only discovered in 1994 that was received in 2004 for its 250th anniversary which was the first ever to be sent abroad from Australia. The Palm House is open all year round. Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna (Art History Museum) was built by Emperor Franz Joseph for this purpose with the intention of housing the collections of paintings and other art objects of the House of Habsburg. Art History Museum is one of the foremost museums in the world, with priceless treasures and rich holdings of artworks from seven millennia, from Ancient Egypt to the late 18th century being the first of its kind in the world who will fascinating you by the treasures of this mysterious culture of the past, with over 12,000 objects on display such as statuettes, busts, idols, inscribed tombstones, funeral books, coffins, sarcophagi, mummies of humans and animals, bones, jewelries, various ornaments, as well as tombs arranged in sections and history. The museum houses priceless treasures of Greek and Roman antiquity. Impressive collections of insects: giant butterflies and beetles, birds, snake fish, whales, elephants, an impressive collection of minerals with precious stones, meteorites and gold extracted from Romania! The museum also houses one of the largest collections of Renaissance tapestries, as well as hundreds of portraits from the Middle Ages to the 19th century, completed with information about costumes and textiles. Hundertwasser House Vienna & Museum is a work of art in itself, and the most unusual residential building in Vienna, designed by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. His work is characterized by its colors, curved lines and organic forms, reflected in the bold colors and asymmetry of his works and creations. Even the building itself was designed according to his ideas- uneven shapes and magnificent colors and has a total exhibition area of 4,000 square meters. Within the house, there are 53 apartments, four offices, 16 private terraces and three communal terraces, and a total of 250 trees and bushes. Each apartment is different and no apartment shares the same style of doors and windows. The Hundertwasser Museum in the Kunst Haus Wien may be visited daily from 10:00 till 18:00 o'clock. The Anker Clock (Ankeruhr) was created by the famed painter and sculptor Franz von Matsch between the years 1911 and 1914 and is located in Hoher Square - Hoher Markt, one of the oldest squares in Vienna. The clock itself has a diameter of 4 meters, it is about 10 m wide and about 7 meters high with 12 historical figures that rotate slowly around the minute display, ensuring a new figure appears each hour. The figurines are historical figures and are mentioned on a plaque on the wall, next to the clock.The clock is located on a gallery that connects two buildings that belonged to an old insurance company called Anker (anchor). If you've seen the Astronomical Clock in Prague's Old Town and liked it, then you'll love it too. In the Gardens of Schonbrunn Palace is hidden one of the most beautiful zoos in Europe and it is an experience not to be missed- Vienna Zoo (Tiergarten Schönbrunn), the world’s oldest zoo and attracts more than two million visitors a year through a constant baby boom and a modern enclosure adapted to living conditions. There are over 700 species of animals and birds, including: lions, pandas, Siberian tigers, giraffes, polar bears, elephants, orangutans, penguins, egrets, various tropical birds and many other living things, some of which are on their way to disappearance. Here, for the first time, an African elephant and a panda cub named Fu Long - Happy Dragon - were born in a zoo, through natural reproduction. The Zoo is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Schönbrunn. In the summer of 1752, Emperor Franz I. Stephan von Lothringen, Mary Theresia's husband, led his guests for the first time through the newly arranged menagerie in the garden of Schönbrunn Palace. The map of the zoo you pick up at the entrance includes a list of feeding times throughout the day, so you can plan your schedule accordingly and the walk through the zoo takes about 3 hours. Haus des Meeres -House of the Sea- is a large aquarium and vivarium, made special not only by sea and freshwater fish and sharks, but also by the unusual building in which it is housed in an old WWII flak tower. There are now over 10,000 animals on 11 floors and an area of ​​ approximately 4000 m² with a completely closed PLEXIGLAS tube, where visitors can walk through an entire marine aquarium. The House of the Sea presents the true treasures of the oceans in a new 360-degree pool for sharks, the ten-meter-long Atlantic Tunnel (a tube passes through a 500,000-liter pool that houses the Atlantic fishing world, from sea cats to turbot varieties to a nursery shark), the reef, the tropical greenhouse, the Madagascar area, the Krokipark and many more offer you fantastic experiences in the animal world. The café on the 11th floor offers visitors a delightful panoramic view of Vienna's sea of buildings from the rooftop terrace. Visitors with sports skills can climb the 192 steps of the tower staircase located outside and can enjoy the view from a height of 35 meters. On Thursdays, a diver descends the huge aquarium and feeds the sharks. This breathtaking show takes place Monday 10:30 am & Wednesday 3:00 pm & Friday 3:30pm. Other shows in which piranha fish are fed take place on Tuesday 3:00 p.m. The reptiles are fed on Tuesday 6:00 p.m. & Sunday 10:00 a.m. Due to the limited space, the main focus of the Römermuseum (Roman Museum) is on the 2nd and 3rd century and specializes in the history of Vienna in Roman times.In the Middle Ages the area was the bourgeois center for trade in textiles, fish and other food. But here too there was the place of execution by hangmen, with the pillar of infamy, the courthouse and a chapel. From the beginning of the century. The 18th market became the place of the processes. The museum is located on the site of the old Roman town and has a great collection of Roman artifacts and several other exhibits but the most prized exhibit is beneath the museum.The museum shows the remains of two Tibunen houses in the basement, clearly illustrating the everyday life of Roman soldiers and citizens in Vindobona. The town’s population dwindled during the 5th-century after it was abandoned by the Romans. The Imperial Crypt (Kaisergruft) is located beneath the Capuchin Church and has been the main place of rest for the Austrian Habsburg dynasty since 1633 and is home to over 100 sarcophagi and heart urns, the most visited of which is that of Franz Joseph I. The crypt has 10 tomb chambers, interconnected by tunnels. 149 Habsburgs, including 12 emperors as well as 19 empresses and queens, have their final resting place here such as Leopold I, Maria Theresa, the "good Emperor Franz", Ferdinand the Kind, Franz Joseph with his "Sisi" and many others. Only one sarcophagus in the Capuchin Crypt does not belong to a personality from the Habsburg family, that of Countess Fuchs, who raised Maria Theresa and for whom the Empress had special feelings. The coffins of all the Habsburgs are metallic and engraved, with details of scenes, skulls, crowns, etc. In 2003, the access section was remodeled. The current route of visitors leads to all the sarcophagi in chronological order. In order to control the humidity, air conditioning was introduced at the same time. Capuchin monks have been administering and caring for the crypt since its inception. Although mournful and sad, the Capuchin Crypt (imperial crypt) is one of Vienna's great tourist attractions and is essential, it is not expensive at all, it costs less than 8 euros and if you have the Vienna pass you can enter with the card. Danube Tower (Donauturm) offers a 360° view across the entire city and beyond, with both open-air and weather-safe viewing options. It is the 62nd tallest tower in the world. It was built in 1964 with a height of 252 meters but the observation deck is 150 meters. The tower has a diameter of 12 meters and a foundation 8 meters deep with a diameter of 31 meters and it is equipped with two fast elevators which will lead you to the panoramic terrace that rises in just 35 seconds. There are two rotating restaurants at a height of 161.2 and 169.4 meters that offer a varied view of the Austrian capital and the Danube.The tower is located in the middle of the Danube park and on it are located antennas for the mobile and radio network. The Sigmund Freud Museum is where Sigmund Freud lived for 47 years, from 1891 to 1938. In 1971, the museum that bears his name was founded here, at the initiative of the S. Freud Society and in the presence of his daughter, Anna Freud, the youngest daughter of Sigmund Freud. The museum exhibition area now has 550 square meters and after the transformation contains an archive of thousands of documents, images, as well as sculptures, paintings and photographs from the congresses Freud attended, compiled and commented on by Anna Freud. The Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna is not rich in exhibits because the family took most of the things to London. In 1938, the Nazis attacked Austria and Freud's family was in danger due to Jewish descent, so S. Freud, left Berggasse 19( the address where the museum is located and where at this address, was the office and the reception room where the doctor received his patients) with his wife and youngest daughter Anna, were forced to flee to London on June 4, 1938, and died in exile in London on September 23, 1939. Four of his sisters were victims of the Holocaust. Prater amusement park it is a place to visit if you are in Vienna, especially if you have children.Today, Prater Park Vienna is a place where you can have fun in one of the over 250 tourist attractions such as carts, the train of horror, the train of fantasy, boat rides, the hall of mirrors, many mountain rousse, carousels, mini golf, billiards but also relax in the park in the immediate vicinity, full of cafes and green alleys during the summer. The park does not have an entrance fee, but each attraction is paid separately. The Prater is also the site of the local Madame Tussauds, the well known wax museum and Planetarium if you want to avoid rides altogether. Madame Tussauds was established in 2011 and exhibited on 3 floors with a total of 2000 m² and is one of 15 locations worldwide and hosts 65 wax figurines, including Mozart, Princess Sissi, Maria Theresa of Austria, Freddy Mercury and many other celebrities. The Madame Tussaud Vienna program is daily, between 10:00 and 18:00, except for December 24th. Ordering the tickets online you receive a considerable discount on the entrance fee. House of Haas with a reflective mirror glass façade building opposite Vienna St. Stephen's Cathedral, was originally conceptualized as a shopping mall, however, it currently functions as a hotel and was designed by celebrated Austrian architect Mr. Hans Hollein, and is one of the most fascinating pieces of contemporary architecture in Vienna finished in 1990. Cathedral reflected by the straight glass facade of Haas House is a popular motif. The round curve of its facade quotes the ancient Roman citadel Vindobona, whose former layout is traceable throughout Vienna's first district. The building has 8 floors and the interior of the building houses a mixture of offices and retail, with a cafe and an expensive penthouse restaurant. The roof is occupied by a luxury restaurant and grants spectacular views of the Stephansdom and the historic city center of Vienna. Things you can do for free in Vienna are: a walk through the park of Schonbrunn Palace and Hofburg Palace, another popular attraction that you can visit for free is St. Stephen's Cathedral where you will find the funerary monument of Emperor Frederick III; a 3rd free attraction you can do is a tour of Vienna City Hall where you only need your ID card in case you need an audio guide and learn more about Vienna's past and present. If you are passionate about museums there are a number of museums that can be visited for free on the first Sunday of each month. On October 16, Austria's national day, all museums have free admission, and the Museum of Contemporary Art has free admission every Tuesday from 18-22 p.m. Those museums are: Wien Museum Karlsplatz, Hermesvilla, Römermuseum, Uhrenmuseum, Pratermuseum, Otto Wagner Pavillon Karlsplatz, Otto Wagner Hofpavillon Hietzing, Neidhart Fresken, Ausgrabungen Michaelerplatz, Virgilkapelle, Beethoven Eroicahaus, Beethoven Pasqualatihaus, Haydnhaus, Schubert Geburtshaus, Schubert Sterbewohnung and Johann Strauss Wohnung. If you want to admire the city in all its splendor for free, then the hill Kahlenberg of approximately 480 m high, will reveal before your eyes a breathtaking landscape. Visit Mozart's Tomb and Central Cemetery NIGHTLIFE Vienna has a surprisingly lively nightlife with a wide range of clubs and bars where you can have fun until the late hours of the night with high quality music of all kinds. There are numerous events and parties. The parties range from the most chic and elegant to the most "underground" events. Flex Café is widely regarded as the top hotspot of Vienna and one of the best nightclubs in all of Europe and has been nominated as one of the most prestigious locations internationally. Their ambient electronic music is a good mix of house and techno and is still played regularly. The club it's normally very crowded, especially late (after midnight). There are concerts of all styles of music with internationally renowned artists and young talents. It’s most famous for hosting small concerts from rap, indie rock, hip hop and all other kinds of music that will make you want to jump around a whole lot and get really sweaty. B72 Vienna is situated in the historical brick vault on the Viennese Gürtel, an early 20th century railway arch building, a 2-level nightspot beneath old U-Bahn arches, hosting mainly alternative music, with a garden. The live-arch has an audience balcony that offers a perfect view to the stage, so you are able to party and watch your favorite bands on two different floors! The first floor is a great place to drink and enjoy a boogie with your friends while the second floor offers space to relax and to hang out if your feet need some rest from all the dancing. Chelsea Vienna is now a very popular nightclub in Vienna. The club offers live concerts of punk music and DJ sets with Britpop music, as well as transmitting the main football matches live. Chelsea can be described as a mixture between a nightclub and a medium-scale gig venue, with a regular supply of surprisingly big names. Daily changing DJ sets as well as live concerts have made it infamous for the last few decades. Chelsea also serves different styles of music, which is a reason why it is visited by so many different types of people.They are open from Monday daily from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m. Sass Music Club is an elegant club in Vienna with techno and house music with a classy ambiance and Vienna’s best sound and light systems. At first sight, it looks more like a big bar with a dancefloor but still surprises with a great capacity. All kinds of electronic music are dished at this venue. Though the place focuses more on good quality liquor featuring a lot of different brands, long drinks and cocktails, you can easily find beer and spritzer if that’s your thing. Other clubs you should enjoy if you like to party are: Volksgarten, Pratersauna, Bermuda Brau, Skybar, Havana Club, Donau Kanal. We are waiting for you with impressions and we hope we made you at least curious, if not really eager to go!