Vienna Things to Do Tips by Gillianina

The first construction of the church dates back to the 12th century, but it was destroyed by a fire in 1258. Afterwards it was built in Romanesque style and then in Gothic style, and was ended in 1511. In 1945 most of it was destroyed by the bombings and was restored. It was reopened in 1952.
St. Stephen’s Cathedral is Austria's most eminent Gothic edifice, houses a wealth of art treasures, some of which can only be seen during a guided tour.
Take a walk around the church to admire the colorful roof with geometric motifs. At one side of the cathedral rises the 137-meter-high tower, called “Steffl” by the Viennese.

Guided tours of the Cathedral:
Mon-Sat
10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m.
Sun, public holidays
3 p.m.
June to September also Sat 7 p.m.
groups by prior arrangement only
tel. 515 52 – 3767

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Phone: 515 52 - 3526
Address: St.Stephens cathedral
Directions: Underground: U1, U3: Stephansplatz

It’s one of the most lively squares of the city, flanked by beutiful palaces and luxury shops. Also two fountains are located here and in the middle the Pestsäule, typical expression of Viennese Baroque style, rised in 1693 to thank for the end of the Black Death.

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Directions: near Kärtnerstraße and St. Stephen's Cathedral

The most famous boulevard in Vienna, 6km, long, made up of wide tree-lined roads, which form a ring around the inner city. It was built in 1860-65, where the medieval fortifications were situated. It’s flanked by grandious public buildings and palaces, built between 1870 and 1880 and beautiful gardens. Its grandiosity, the sorrounding parks and gardens and its liveliness make it one of the most beautiful streets in the world.

Among the places overlooking the Ring is The seat of Austrian Parliament (in the pic): built in 1873-83 by Th. Hansen, who drew his inspiration from ancient Greek architecture.

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Phone: 40 110 - 2570
Directions: 1.,Dr.-Karl-Renner-Ring 3
(entrance beneath the parliament ramp)
tram D, J, 1, 2: Stadiongasse/Parlament

Another place overlooking the Ring, is the Stadtpark, the city park, opened in 1862. Here is located the famous Johann Strass monument.

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One of the most famous opear houses in the world. It was erected in Renassaince style in 1961-69 by E.van der Nüll and A. von Siccardsburg. The building was almost entirely destroyed by the bombings in 1945 and rebuilt in1955.

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Address: Opern-Ring
Directions: U, tram, bus: Karlsplatz/Oper

The Secession, an Art Nouveau gallery, was built In 1898 by Joseph Maria Olbrich, a student of Otto Wagner. In 1985-86, the cupola of the Secession was gilded and the building was renovated and adapted under the guidance of Adolf Krischanitz.
Inside there’s The Beethoven Frieze, a virtuoso pictorial interpretation of the 9th Symphony, created by Gustav Klimt for the Beethoven Exhibition of 1902.

open: Tue-Sun and public hollidays 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.,
Thu 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

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Phone: 587 53 07
Address: 1, Friedrichstrasse 12
Directions: U, tram, bus: Karlsplatz/Oper
Other Contact: office@secession.at

with the beautiful neo-gothic style town hall. When I took this picture there were kind of open air restaurants, each from a different country, a kind of international gastronomic fair. Here takes place also a show on the New Year’s eve.

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It was designed and built by Friedrich von Schmidt, who had also been the architect of the Cathedral of Cologne. The city hall is the most important secular building in the neo-Gothic style in the city and was built between 1872 and 1883.

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Situated at the end of Dr. Lueger-Ring. Erected in 1856-79 by Emperor Franz Joseph on the site of a failed attempt on his life. The architect was H. Ferstel, who drew his inspiration from French Gotich architecture of the 13th century.

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From 1283 to 1918 it was the residence of the Habsburg emperors; it’s made up of buildings of different ages, so it lacks an architectonic unity, but its grandiosity and historical events made it an incomparable monument.
The New Palace (Neue Burg) is the most recent building and, at the same time, most monumental section of the Imperial Palace. It now houses the Ethnological Museum, branches of the Museum of Fine Arts: the Ephesus Museum displaying art from classical antiquity in Asia Minor, the Collection of Arms which ranks as the second-largest in the world and the Collection of Historical Musical Instruments.
Some of the “must” to visit are Imperial Apartments, Imperial Silver Collection and Secular and Ecclesiastical Treasuries
Today, the Imperial Palace houses the offices of the Austrian president, an international convention center, the chapel where the Vienna Boys' Choir sings mass on Sundays and religious holidays, the hall in which the Lipizzan stallions of the Spanish Riding School perform, various official and private apartments and several museums and state rooms which are open to the public.

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Phone: 533 75 70
Directions: Imperial Apartments, Imperial Silver Collection
U1, U3: Stephansplatz, U3: Herrengasse