Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #10 in Vienna, Austria

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Number of sights 16 sights
Distance 8.5 km
Ascend 214 m
Descend 176 m

Explore Vienna in Austria with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in ViennaIndividual Sights in Vienna

Sight 1: Augartenpalais

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Palais Augarten is a Baroque palace in the district of Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. Constructed in the late seventeenth century by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach on the site of a Jagdschloss and gardens, the palace and gardens were expanded in the nineteenth century under Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria. Despite extensive damage suffered during World War II, the palace has been maintained almost in its original appearance, and many of the original furnishings can still be found there. Today, Palais Augarten is the home and rehearsal space of the Vienna Boys' Choir, who also have their own school there. The palace is located in the 130-acre Augarten park, which is the oldest Baroque garden in Vienna.

Wikipedia: Palais Augarten (EN)

582 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 2: St. Leopold

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The Parish Church of St. Leopold is a Roman Catholic parish church in Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt at Alexander-Poch-Platz 6. The parish is located in 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)

147 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 3: 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

508 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 4: Palais Grassalkovics

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

Wikipedia: Palais Grassalkovics (DE)

693 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 5: Johannes-Nepomuk-Kapelle

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Johannes-Nepomuk-Kapelle

The Johannes Nepomuk Chapel, also known as the Schanzel Chapel, on the Obere Donaustraße 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 here is one of the numerous depictions of John of Nepomuk in Vienna.

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

978 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 6: Hannakenbrunnen

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The Hannakenbrunnen is a listed fountain in Vienna's 1st district, Innere Stadt Am Gestade, near the church of Maria am Gestade.

Wikipedia: Hannakenbrunnen (DE)

95 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 7: Hohe Brücke

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The Hohe Brücke is a bridge across the Tiefer Graben in Innere Stadt, Vienna, Austria. It links the two parts of Wipplingerstraße, which used to be separated by a brook.

Wikipedia: Hohe Brücke, Vienna (EN)

487 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 8: Heinrich-Jasomirgott-Brunnen

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Heinrich-Jasomirgott-Brunnen

The Heinrich-Jasomirgott-Brunnen or Heinrichsbrunnen is a fountain in the Schottenstift in Vienna's 1st district Innere Stadt. As part of the overall complex of the Schottenstift, it is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Heinrich-Jasomirgott-Brunnen (DE)

1548 meters / 19 minutes

Sight 9: Evang. Messiaskapelle

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The Evangelical Messia Capelle Vienna Alsergrund of the parish A.B. is in a house in the 9th district of Alsergrund. It is the parish church of the parish of A.B Alsergrund, which belongs to the Evangelical Superintendur A. B. Vienna.

Wikipedia: Messiaskapelle (Alsergrund) (DE), Website

457 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 10: Palais Liechtenstein (Gartenpalais)

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The Liechtenstein Garden Palace is a baroque palace on Fürstengasse in Vienna's 9th district, Alsergrund. There is a park between the palace, which housed the Liechtenstein Museum until the end of 2011, and the "Alserbachpalais", which was originally designed as a belvedere. Since the beginning of 2012, the Liechtenstein Garden Palace has been available as a venue for events. Part of the private art collection of the Prince of Liechtenstein can still be found in the gallery rooms of the palace. In 2010, in order to avoid confusion in the future, the palace was officially referred to as the Garden Palace, as the Liechtenstein City Palace in Vienna's Old Town was renovated until 2013 and then also equipped with part of the Liechtenstein Art Collection.

Wikipedia: Palais Liechtenstein (Fürstengasse) (DE), Website

242 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Palais Szeps

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Palais Szeps is located at Liechtensteinstraße 51 in Vienna's 9th district Alsergrund.

Wikipedia: Palais Szeps (EN)

609 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 12: Palais Clam-Gallas

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The Palais Clam-Gallas is a palace in Neo-classical or Biedermeier style in Vienna, Austria. It was built in 1834 or 1835 as a summer residence by Franz Joseph, Prince of Dietrichstein.

Wikipedia: Palais Clam-Gallas (Vienna) (EN)

333 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: 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 Vienna's 9th district of Alsergrund.

Wikipedia: Haus Zum Kaiser von Österreich (DE)

370 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: 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 15: 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 sheds light on the topics of money – currency – economy with its exhibitions.

Wikipedia: Geldmuseum der Oesterreichischen Nationalbank (DE), Website

1021 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 16: 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

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