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Hofburg Palace – residence of the Habsburg dynasty
From here the Habsburgs ruled from the 13th century to 1918.
Today the Austrian president has his offices in the Hofburg. The
Spanish Riding School, the National Library and many other
museums are located here. In the chapel, the Vienna Boys Choir
sings Mass on Sundays. The former residence has many stories to
tell.Tour in the Treasury or the Imperial Apartments can be
included (entrance fee). www.hofburg-wien.at |
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St. Stephan’s Cathedral and Old University Quarter
The cathedral apart from its astonishing medieval architecture
is heart and soul of Vienna. After devastation near the end of
the World War II reconstruction took several years. After a
guided tour in the cathedral (entrance fee) we walk past hidden
romantic corners to the Old University and Jesuits Church.
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Music in the air
Many Habsburgs were music lovers; they founded the Vienna’s
Boys Choir and were patrons of the opera.Thus Vienna attracted many
famous musicians, which is still true today. Look with me for
traces of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann
Strauss and many others.
It may be possible to include a guided tour in the Vienna State
Opera (entrance fee).
www.wiener-staatsoper.at |
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Jugendstil (art nouveau)
Around 1900 the new style of the young Viennese artists caused
an uproar in Vienna. The most famous names are Adolf Loos,
Gustav Klimt, Otto Wagner as well as Koloman Moser and Josef
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Sigmund Freud and the World of Yesterday
How was the life of the founder of psychoanalysis in Vienna and
what happened during his time? The last glamour of the monarchy
amd the founding of the 1st Republic of Austria; on our way we pass
the magnificent buildings along Ringstrasse ending at the
Sigmund Freud Museum in Berggasse 19 (entrance fee).
http://freud.t0.or.at |
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Jewish Vienna
The history of Vienna’s Jewish population was an up and down,
ranging from prosperity to persecution from the Middle Ages to
recent history. Jewish artists and intellectuals had a major
influence on to Vienna’s arts and culture which came to an
abrupt end with the tyranny of the National Socialist regime.
Depending on the date of your visit it may be possible to see
the synagogue in Seitenstettengasse (entrance fee), the only
Jewish temple surviving World War II.
www.jewish-welcome.at |
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Vienna’s Coffee Houses
What would you like: Kleiner Brauner, Melange or cafe a la
Maria Theresia? We pass Café Sacher, Café Central, the royal and
imperial court confectioners Demel and a few more. About the
history of coffee and coffee house culture in Vienna.
www.tourist-net.co.at/coffee
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MuseumsQuartier/Leopold Museum
When Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach built the Imperial
Stables in baroque style, nobody would have believed that one
day modern art would be housed here. The MQ is one of world’s
largest cultural complexes in the world. The walk includes an
overview tour in the Leopold Museum, where among many others,
the works of Egon Schiele will impress you. (entrance fee)
www.mqw.at |
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Central Cemetry -
Zentralfriedhof
On an area of 2½ ha. three million people are buried, about
double those of Vienna’s inhabitants. Especially interesting are
the graves of honor, e.g. Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Strauss
and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (although he is not buried here) and
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