Vienna

The latestVienna's Ringstrasse – the imperial boulevard of opera, parliament and palacesThe Ringstrasse in Vienna: Franz Joseph's 1857 decree, the State Opera, Parliament, City Hall, the museums, Palais Ephrussi and how to see the Ring by tram 1 or 2.

Where to eat 1

Viennese coffee houses – a guide to Café Central, Sperl, Landtmann and Hawelka

Marble tables, Thonet chairs, newspapers on wooden holders and a glass of water that keeps being refilled: since 2011 Viennese coffee house culture…

What to see 2

Vienna State Opera – standing room, the Opera Ball and the house on the Ring

The Vienna State Opera opened on 25 May 1869 with Mozart's Don Giovanni, was gutted by bombing in 1945 and reopened in 1955 with Beethoven's Fidelio.…

Schönbrunn Palace – the Habsburg summer palace, the Gloriette and the world's oldest zoo

Schönbrunn Palace has 1,441 rooms, a park that climbs to the Gloriette and a zoo that claims to be the oldest in the world. Maria Theresa shaped it…

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