If you prefer mobile thrones to mobile phones, then the Vienna Furniture Museum (Möbelmuseum Wien) is for you. Think of the museum as the Antiques Roadshow on speed, where … [Read more...] about Möbelmuseum Wien (furniture museum)
Vienna sights and attractions
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Stephansplatz Christmas market
Although one of Vienna's newer seasonal markets, you might argue that the Stephansplatz Christmas market could well be the city's most traditional... The … [Read more...] about Stephansplatz Christmas market
Schubertkirche (Schubert church)
The 18th-century Lichtentaler church now carries the common name Schubertkirche and for good reason: Franz Schubert's early years were intimately tied up with both the church … [Read more...] about Schubertkirche (Schubert church)
The Schubert statue
Vienna is never too shy to highlight its classical music heritage. And so it is with the composer Franz Schubert (1797-1828), a son of the city who gets his own statue in the … [Read more...] about The Schubert statue
Christmas markets: dates and opening times 2024
You're wrapped up warm all ready to splash out on strawberries that foolishly fell into some chocolate. Not to mention a mug of mulled wine to chase away the winter cold. … [Read more...] about Christmas markets: dates and opening times 2024
Vienna 1900 at the Leopold Museum
The permanent exhibition at the Leopold Museum provides insight into the explosion of creativity as the Austro-Hungarian empire neared its disintegration in the late-19th and … [Read more...] about Vienna 1900 at the Leopold Museum