Address:
- Mattiellistraße 2-4, 1040 Vienna
- Website
How to get to the Australian embassy
The embassy is easily reached by tram, bus or subway:
- Tram line D to Gußhausstraße (3 minutes walk) or line 1 or 62 to Resselgasse (a slightly longer walk)
- Bus 4A to Lothringerstraße (3 minutes walk)
- U1, U2 and U4 subway lines to Karlsplatz station (6 minutes walk): take the Resselpark exit from the station
You should probably see flags marking the entrance. The embassy shares the building with New Zealand and the offices of other organisations (including the European Investment bank).
Nearby sights
The Australian embassy is right next door to the Karlskirche church, where a lift takes you up into the church’s dome so you can examine the ceiling paintings up close (and get good views across town).
Another neighbour is the Wien Museum (the city history and art museum).
Go north and you’ll soon enter Vienna’s old town. As you cross the Karlsplatz area, look out for Otto Wagner’s beautiful station pavilions. If you have embassy business around late November and December, you’ll find the park at Karlsplatz transformed into a huge Christmas market.
Go east to reach the fountain and Red Army memorial on Schwarzenbergplatz and then Belvedere Palace (a major art museum and home to Klimt’s The Kiss).
Go northeast to hit the Stadtpark public park and pass by the Musikverein building and the Konzerthaus: two of Vienna’s prestigious venues for classical music.