If Vienna isn’t on your must-see European city list, it should be. Austria’s capital city is a sensorial feast on the Danube River. Stunning ancient architecture lines the streets; classical music concerts provide a soundtrack; Habsburg-era palaces lend the city a noble air; and eating well, from simple sausage stalls to top restaurants, is a given.
In fact, Vienna has endless must-see sites and must-try foods, but we’ve narrowed it down to six essential experiences.
Get Cultured
As the capital of the Habsburg Empire and, later, the center of European high society during the city’s Golden Age, Vienna is a culture aficionado’s playground. For example, The Vienna Museum Quarter is one of Europe’s most extensive museum complexes, with 60 cultural institutions that offer something for everyone. On the music front, the many famous composers who worked in Vienna, like Mozart and Beethoven, left an enduring legacy. You can find classical music concerts almost every night of the week, but the most beloved venue is the Vienna State Opera House.
After a four-year renovation, the Wien Museum reopened in late 2023 and explores the city’s history. The museum exhibits iconic memorabilia, like a floating 1.5-ton whale sculpture that was once on the roof of a now-shuttered historical restaurant.
If quirky museums are more your beat, don’t miss The Third Man Museum, a treasure trove of artifacts from the 1949 film starring Orson Welles that was shot in Vienna. From snow globes to other globes, Vienna’s collection of wonderfully weird museums is impressive.
Eat Your Vegetables
Meat lovers will feel right at home in Vienna. Relish a käsekrainer, the city’s legendary cheese-filled sausage, at a traditional stand after an opera night. Or, sample Viennese cuisine’s star, the wiener schnitzel — a very thin, breaded and fried veal cutlet — at a traditional bistro (or gauthaus) like Rebhuhn.
In contrast, Vienna’s recent reputation as Europe’s most vegetarian-friendly city is no rumor. The most recognized vegetarian restaurant is TIAN, where chef Paul Ivić turns plants into art. There are plenty of farm-to-table restaurants where vegetables are the star, such as Meinklang Hofladen. Just outside of the city, Meinklang Hofladen serves a three-course lunch featuring produce harvested from the farm that’s wonderfully paired with the restaurant’s own inventive biodynamic wines.
Try Urban Wine Tasting
Although Vienna might not be Europe’s best-known wine destination, the city does have two unique claims to fame: it’s the only capital in the world to produce substantial quantities of wine within its city limits and it creates its own specialty wine, Gemischter Satz. A blend of up to 20 grape varietals, this white wine made for
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