# Vienna: 15 sights you have to see

Imperial palaces, museums and coffee houses: the Vienna highlights that ADAC, 22places and other guides always mention.

- 1 vote · 16 items
- May 12, 2022 · Georg Weber
- https://even.best/en/l/69/vienna-15-sights-you-have-to-see

## Top 15

1. **Belvedere Palace** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Prince Eugene's Baroque palace; the Upper Belvedere displays Klimt's The Kiss. <https://www.belvedere.at/>
2. **Schönbrunn Palace** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Habsburgs' summer residence and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, with the Gloriette and the world's oldest zoo. <https://www.schoenbrunn.at/>
3. **St. Stephen's Cathedral** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Gothic cathedral at the heart of the old town; its 136 m south tower is Austria's tallest church spire. <https://www.stephanskirche.at/>
4. **Hofburg** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — The Habsburgs' winter palace with the Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments and Treasury. <https://www.hofburg-wien.at/>
5. **Prater and Giant Ferris Wheel** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Amusement park with the 1897 Giant Ferris Wheel, a Vienna landmark. <https://www.wienerriesenrad.com/>
6. **Vienna State Opera** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — One of the world's leading opera houses (1869), with tours and cheap standing tickets. <https://www.wiener-staatsoper.at/>
7. **Kunsthistorisches Museum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Picture gallery with the world's largest collection of Bruegel paintings. <https://www.khm.at/>
8. **MuseumsQuartier** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Cultural complex in the former imperial stables with the Leopold Museum and mumok. <https://www.mqw.at/>
9. **Spanish Riding School** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Lipizzaner horses have performed classical dressage in the Hofburg for over 450 years. <https://www.srs.at/>
10. **Hundertwasser House** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Colourful council housing by Friedensreich Hundertwasser with trees on the roofs.
11. **Naschmarkt** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Vienna's best-known market, with around 120 stalls along the Wienzeile.
12. **Karlskirche** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Fischer von Erlach's Baroque church with a panoramic lift up into the dome. <https://www.karlskirche.at/>
13. **Café Central** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Traditional coffee house in Palais Ferstel, once frequented by Trotsky and Freud. <https://www.cafecentral.wien/>
14. **Vienna City Hall** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Neo-Gothic city hall, scene of the Christmas market and ice-skating rink in winter.
15. **Albertina** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Museum with Dürer's Young Hare and a large collection from Monet to Picasso. <https://www.albertina.at/>
16. **Natural History Museum** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Opposite the KHM, famous for the Venus of Willendorf and the dinosaur hall. <https://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/>

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