Explore Vienna

The House of Strauss is a museum of the Strauss family of composers in the Casino Zögernitz in Döbling, a Biedermeier dance hall opened in 1837. About 2,000 m² of multimedia rooms trace how Johann Strauss father and son, Josef and Eduard shaped the Viennese waltz, ending with a short show in the historic ballroom where all four performed.

The Vienna Museum of Science and Technology on Mariahilfer Strasse in Penzing presents the history of technology, industry and science with a focus on Austria. Its galleries hold historic railway, shipping and aviation models, machines and one of Austria's largest collections of historical musical instruments.

The Danube Tower is a 252-metre tower in Donaupark in Vienna's 22nd district, built for the 1964 International Garden Show to a design by Hannes Lintl and Robert Krapfenbauer. Two lifts reach the observation deck at 150 metres in about 35 seconds, and the tower head also holds a revolving restaurant and a café.

Schönbrunn Palace in Hietzing was the main summer residence of the Habsburgs; the Baroque palace of 1,441 rooms took its present form under Maria Theresa in the 18th century. Visitors tour the state and private apartments of Franz Joseph and Elisabeth, and walk the formal park with the Gloriette, the maze and the Orangery.

The Imperial Carriage Museum, or Wagenburg, is a department of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace. Around 60 vehicles from the Habsburg court stables and noble houses are on show, among them the gilded Imperial Coach, sedan chairs, sleighs and children's carriages, together with saddlery, court uniforms and objects linked to Empress Elisabeth.

Schönbrunn Zoo was founded in 1752 in the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace and has been in continuous operation since; it covers 17 hectares and is part of the palace's World Heritage site. Its enclosures radiate from the octagonal Imperial Pavilion of 1759, and it keeps around 700 species, including giant pandas and elephants.

Albertina Klosterneuburg is a branch of Vienna's Albertina for contemporary art, in the building designed by Heinz Tesar for the Essl Museum, which showed the Essl collection from 1999 to 2016. The collection passed to the Albertina, and the house reopened under its new name in April 2024 with changing exhibitions of contemporary art.

Klosterneuburg Abbey is an Augustinian monastery above the Danube just north of Vienna, founded in 1114 by Margrave Leopold III and his wife Agnes. The Baroque complex was built mostly between 1730 and 1834, and the church has neo-Gothic twin towers. Its treasures include the Verdun Altar of 1181 by Nicholas of Verdun, with 45 gilded copper plates.