"Welcome to Vienna!" a Vienna Travel Page by cobrioc

Vienna is a unique blend of the historic and the modern:so full of tradition that it can be read on the face of the city, but with a forward-looking approach that will surprice the visitor.
Vienna's role as the seat of the Hapsburg Empire for centuries can be seen in the wealth of architecture and in the city's artistic and musical heritage.
Beethoven and Mozart have lived here.
The majority of the tourist attraction lie on and within the Ringstrasse and the concentric Gurtel.
The other districts lie bryong the Gurtel and extend into the foothills of the Wienerwald where Heurigen /wine taverns/ and pretty villages are dotted among the vineyards.

Vienna's location on the east-west trade route along the Danube River played an important part in its history: an empire that once covered a large part of Europe was ruled from here.

Vienna is the financial and administrative capital of
Austria,and home to a number of international organisations,including the United Nations.