Famous Vienna people

If you arrived in Vienna by plane, the airline may well have played The Blue Danube over the loudspeakers as you landed. The man who wrote that waltz is the legendary Johann … [Read more...] about Johann Strauss Apartment

Others played with toy soldiers and teddy bears when six years old. Mozart was in Vienna's Palais Collalto, giving a concert for the owner and his guests. The … [Read more...] about Palais Collalto and Mozart

Vienna's Schwarzspanierhaus enjoys a dark entry in the encyclopaedia of music history. This is the former location of the home of Ludwig van Beethoven, where he passed away in … [Read more...] about Beethoven’s final residence

Linke Wienzeile 40 seems like a fairly bland street address. Just another late 19th-century apartment house. Yawn. And then you see the glorious façade of the Majolikahaus, … [Read more...] about Otto Wagner’s Majolikahaus

So what were you doing aged twelve? Mozart was directing a mass in C Minor at Vienna's Waisenhauskirche. He wrote the piece, too. Yeah, well, nobody likes a show off, … [Read more...] about The Waisenhauskirche

One of the pleasures of Vienna is the many historical connections between people and places. And so it is with the Ankerhaus in the very centre of the city. History & … [Read more...] about The Ankerhaus