Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #10 in Vienna, Austria

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Number of sights 25 sights
Distance 10.6 km
Ascend 242 m
Descend 176 m

Experience Vienna in Austria in a whole new way with our self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in ViennaIndividual Sights in Vienna

Sight 1: Wiener Kriminalmuseum

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Wiener Kriminalmuseum

The Vienna Crime Museum is a crime museum in Vienna, Austria.

Wikipedia: Vienna Crime Museum (EN), Website, Website

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 2: St. Leopold

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The parish church of St. Leopold is a Roman Catholic parish church in the 2nd district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt, at Alexander-Poch-Platz 6. The parish is located in the deanery 2/20 of the Vicariate of Vienna City, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is dedicated to St. Leopold. The building is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Leopoldskirche (Leopoldstadt) (DE)

189 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: MuTh Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben

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MuTh Konzertsaal der Wiener Sängerknaben

MuTh, acronym for Music and Theatre, is the concert and multi-purpose hall of the Vienna Boys' Choir opened in 2012 in the Augarten in Vienna-Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district.

Wikipedia: MuTh (DE), Website

454 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 4: Palais Grassalkovics

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The Palais Grassalkovics, often also Grassalkovich, is located in the 2nd district of Vienna, Leopoldstadt, with today's address Obere Augartenstraße 40.

Wikipedia: Palais Grassalkovics (DE)

418 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Augarten

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The Augarten is a public park of 52.2 hectares situated in the Leopoldstadt, the second district of Vienna, Austria. It contains the city's oldest Baroque park.

Wikipedia: Augarten (EN)

1036 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 6: Wettsteinpark

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Wettsteinpark

Wettsteinpark is a park in Vienna's 2nd district of Leopoldstadt. It is located as a linear riverside park between the Danube Canal and the Upper Danube Road and stretches approximately from the Siemens-Nixdorf-Steg to the Rossauer Bridge. It is named after the Austrian botanist Richard Wettstein.

Wikipedia: Wettsteinpark (DE)

517 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Johannes-Nepomuk-Kapelle

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Johannes-Nepomuk-Kapelle

The Johannes Nepomuk Chapel, also known as the Schanzelkapelle, on the Upper Danube Street in the Wilhelm-Kienzl-Park in Vienna was dedicated to the priest and martyr Johannes Nepomuk and is a listed building. The statue of the saint located here is one of the numerous representations of John of Nepomuk in Vienna.

Wikipedia: Johannes-Nepomuk-Kapelle (Obere Donaustraße) (DE)

198 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Schützenhaus

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Schützenhaus

The Kaiserbad weir and lock in Vienna is an important monument to the technical challenges of making the Danube Canal navigable around 1900. The associated shooting house is one of Otto Wagner's main works. The Schützenhaus (list entry) and the lock as part of the Danube Canal (list entry) are listed as historical monuments.

Wikipedia: Wehranlage und Schleuse Kaiserbad (DE), Website

521 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Deutschmeister-Denkmal

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The Deutschmeister Monument is a monument on Deutschmeisterplatz in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt. It was the first large monument of the Danube Monarchy that was not dedicated to a single person, but to a unit of troops. It is possible that the Deutschmeister monument in 1945 was also the model for the heroes' monument of the Red Army on Schwarzenbergplatz.

Wikipedia: Deutschmeister-Denkmal (DE)

134 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Palais Sturany

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The Palais Sturany is a palace in the 1st district of Vienna, Innere Stadt, at Schottenring 21. It was built according to the plans of the architects Ferdinand Fellner and Hermann Helmer from 1874 as a residence for the court architect Johann Sturany.

Wikipedia: Palais Sturany (DE)

675 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 11: Servitenkirche

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Servitenkirche

The Servite Church is a church in Vienna, Austria.

Wikipedia: Servite Church, Vienna (EN), Website

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 12: Schauspielhaus Wien

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Schauspielhaus Wien Ruth Ehrmann / CC BY-SA 3.0 de

Schauspielhaus Wien is a theatre in Vienna, Austria, located at 19 Porzellangasse in the 9th District of Vienna (Alsergrund).

Wikipedia: Schauspielhaus Wien (EN), Website

302 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Sigmund Freud Museum

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The Sigmund Freud Museum in Vienna is a museum founded in 1971 covering Sigmund Freud's life story. It is located in the Alsergrund district, at Berggasse 19. In 2003, the museum was put in the hands of the newly established Sigmund Freud Foundation, which has since received the entire building as an endowment. It also covers the history of psychoanalysis.

Wikipedia: Sigmund Freud Museum (Vienna) (EN), Website, Facebook

345 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Zum Kaiser von Österreich

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The house "Zum Kaiser von Österreich" is a listed building from the Biedermeier period at Währinger Straße 18 / corner of Berggasse 1 in the 9th district of Vienna, Alsergrund.

Wikipedia: Haus Zum Kaiser von Österreich (DE)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Votivkirche

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The Votivkirche is a neo-Gothic style church located on the Ringstraße in Vienna, Austria. Following the attempted assassination of Emperor Franz Joseph in 1853, the Emperor's brother Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian inaugurated a campaign to create a church to thank God for saving the Emperor's life. Funds for construction were solicited from throughout the Empire. The church was dedicated in 1879 on the silver anniversary of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife Empress Elisabeth.

Wikipedia: Votivkirche, Vienna (EN), Website

434 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 16: Money Museum

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The Money Museum of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank is located in the main building of the Oesterreichische Nationalbank on Otto-Wagner-Platz in Vienna-Alsergrund. The only money museum in Austria illuminates the topics of money – currency – economy with its exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Geldmuseum der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank (DE), Website

130 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 17: Memorial to the Jewish Children, Women and Men of Austria who were murdered in the Shoah

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Memorial for the Jewish Children, Women and Men from Austria Murdered in the Shoah (Shoah Name Walls) is the name of a memorial of the Republic of Austria for the 65,000 Jewish Austrians who were murdered in the course of the Shoah. Engraved are the names of all Austrian victims of the Shoah. The location is Ostarrichipark in Vienna's 9th district, Alsergrund. In English, the memorial is called Memorial to the Jewish Children, Women and Men of Austria who were murdered in the Shoah.

Wikipedia: Gedenkstätte für die in der Shoah ermordeten Jüdischen Kinder, Frauen und Männer aus Österreich (DE), Website

324 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 18: Dreifaltigkeitskirche

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The Holy Trinity Church of the Minorites in Vienna, popularly known as the Zu den Weißspaniern and today the Alserkirche, but also known as the Trinitarian Church, is the Roman Catholic parish church of the Alservorstadt district in Vienna's 8th district of Josefstadt. The Minorite monastery in Vienna is connected to the church.

Wikipedia: Alserkirche (DE)

400 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 19: Schönbornpark

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Schönbornpark

Schönbornpark is a 10,000 m² park in Vienna's 8th district on Florianigasse and Lange Gasse.

Wikipedia: Schönbornpark (DE)

221 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Palais Damian

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The Palais Damian is located in the 8th district of Vienna, Josefstadt, Lange Gasse 53.

Wikipedia: Palais Damian (DE)

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 21: Piaristenkirche Maria Treu

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The Piarist Church, also known as the Church of Maria Treu, is a Baroque parish church of the Order of the Piarists in Vienna, Austria. It is located in Vienna's 8th district (Josefstadt). The Piaristenkirche was elevated to the rank of Basilica Minor in 1949.

Wikipedia: Piarist Church, Vienna (EN), Website

433 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 22: Wachsamkeitsbrunnen

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Wachsamkeitsbrunnen

The Wachsamkeitsbrunnen is a listed fountain on Schlesingerplatz in Vienna's 8th district of Josefstadt.

Wikipedia: Wachsamkeitsbrunnen (DE)

261 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 23: Hamerlingpark

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Hamerlingpark

The Hamerlingpark on the Hamerlingplatz is a park in the 8th district of Vienna, the Josefstadt. With an area of around 6,000 m², it is the second largest park in the 8th district after Schönbornpark. It is located between Skodagasse and Kupkagasse, one block north of Josefstädter Straße.

Wikipedia: Hamerlingpark (DE)

533 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 24: Breitenfelder Pfarrkirche hl. Franziskus Seraphicus

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The Breitenfeld Parish Church in Vienna is a Roman Catholic parish church on Uhlplatz in the Breitenfeld district of Vienna's 8th district, Josefstadt. It is dedicated to St. Francis Seraphicus.

Wikipedia: Breitenfelder Pfarrkirche (DE)

1943 meters / 23 minutes

Sight 25: Heilig-Geist-Kirche

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Heilig-Geist-Kirche Michael Kranewitter / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Holy Spirit Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Herbststraße in Vienna's 16th district, Ottakring. It is the parish church of the parish of Schmelz Zum Hl. Geist in the Vicariate of Vienna-City of the Archdiocese of Vienna. The sacred building, which was kept in historicizing style, was the first reinforced concrete church in Austria. The parish is looked after by the Order of the Dehonians.

Wikipedia: Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Wien) (DE), Website

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