Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #13 in Vienna, Austria

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Number of sights 14 sights
Distance 4.9 km
Ascend 104 m
Descend 114 m

Experience Vienna in Austria in a whole new way with our free 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: Technisches Museum

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The Vienna Technical Museum is located in Vienna (Austria), in the Penzing district, at Mariahilferstraße 212.

Wikipedia: Vienna Technical Museum (EN), Website

416 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: Palais Cumberland

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Palais Cumberland

Palais Cumberland is a palace in the west of Vienna and the seat of the Czech Embassy in Vienna. The magnificent building is located in the 14th district of Penzing, at Penzinger Straße 11–13.

Wikipedia: Palais Cumberland (DE)

643 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 3: Schönbrunner Schlosstheater

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Schlosstheater Schönbrunn is a stage at Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna which opened in 1747. The Baroque theatre now serves for the training of students of acting and opera of the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna (MDW), and for performances of the Musik Theater Schönbrunn.

Wikipedia: Schlosstheater Schönbrunn (EN)

331 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Wagenburg

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Wagenburg The original uploader was Ivoy at German Wikipedia. (Original text: Fotoatelier des KHM) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Imperial Carriage Museum is a museum of carriages and vehicles used by the imperial household of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary. It is housed in the grounds of the Schloss Schönbrunn in the Hietzing district of Vienna and is a department of the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

Wikipedia: Imperial Carriage Museum (EN), Website

414 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 5: Kronprinzengarten

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Schönbrunn Palace was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, the 13th district of Vienna. The name Schönbrunn has its roots in an artesian well from which water was consumed by the court.

Wikipedia: Schönbrunn Palace (EN)

123 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn

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Das Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn ist ein 1994 gegründetes Marionettentheater. Es befindet sich im Hofratstrakt von Schloss Schönbrunn im 13. Wiener Gemeindebezirk Hietzing und veranstaltet Theateraufführungen und Opern für Erwachsene und Kinder. Das Marionettentheater wird als privates Theater geführt. Die beiden Gründer und künstlerischen Leiter, Christine Hierzer-Riedler und Werner Hierzer, blicken auf eine über 40-jährige internationale Erfahrung in der Kunst des Marionettenspiels zurück. Das Spiel mit Marionetten hat in Schönbrunn lange Tradition. Schon zu Mozarts Lebzeiten spielte hier auf Einladung Kaiserin Maria Theresias das von Fürst Esterházy gegründete Marionettentheater.

Wikipedia: Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn (DE), Website

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 7: Schlosskapelle Schönbrunn

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The Schönbrunn Palace Chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in Schönbrunn Palace in the 13th district of Vienna. It is dedicated to the feast of the Marriage of Mary.

Wikipedia: Schlosskapelle Schönbrunn (DE)

946 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 8: Tiergarten Schönbrunn

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Schönbrunn Zoo is a 17-hectare (42-acre) zoo in the city of Vienna, Austria. Established in 1752, it is the world's oldest zoo still in operation. It is also a UNESCO World Heritage Site, being a part of the Schönbrunn Palace gardens. It generally receives more than 2 million visitors every year.

Wikipedia: Schönbrunn Zoo (EN), Website, Website En

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 9: Altes Palmenhaus / ORANG.erie

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The Old Palm House in Schönbrunn is a greenhouse on the western edge of the Schönbrunn Palace Park in Vienna's 13th district of Hietzing. It was built at the beginning of the 19th century. After an eventful history, it is now part of the Schönbrunn Zoo.

Wikipedia: Altes Palmenhaus (Wien-Schönbrunn) (DE)

348 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 10: Palm House

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The Palmenhaus Schönbrunn is a large greenhouse in Vienna, Austria featuring plants from around the world. It opened in 1882. It is the most prominent of the four greenhouses in Schönbrunn Palace Park, and is also among the largest botanical exhibits of its kind in the world, with around 4,500 plant species.

Wikipedia: Palmenhaus Schönbrunn (EN)

307 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 11: Kaiserstöckl

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The Kaiserstöckl is a manor house-like building on Hietzinger Hauptstraße in Vienna's 13th district of Hietzing. As part of the overall Schönbrunn Palace complex, the Stöckl, which is used as an office and commercial building, is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Kaiserstöckl (DE)

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 12: Maria Hietzing

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Die Pfarr- und Wallfahrtskirche Maria Hietzing ist eine römisch-katholische Pfarrkirche im Bezirksteil Hietzing des 13. Wiener Gemeindebezirks Hietzing.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche Maria Hietzing (DE), Website

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 13: Bezirksmuseum Hietzing

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Bezirksmuseum Hietzing

The Bezirksmuseum Hietzing is the district museum and local history museum of the 13th district of Vienna, Hietzing. It is housed in a former school building at Am Platz 2. The façade of the building is in the style of historicism, but the foundation walls date back to the time before 1680.

Wikipedia: Bezirksmuseum Hietzing (DE)

345 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: Sonnenuhrhaus

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The Wüstenhaus Schönbrunn is a desert botanical exhibit in Vienna, Austria. It is located in the Sonnenuhrhaus, which was built in 1904 as the newest of the four botanical houses in Schönbrunn Palace Park. The desert exhibit opened in 2004 as a counterpart to the "Rainforest House" that opened in 2002 in the nearby Vienna Zoo.

Wikipedia: Wüstenhaus Schönbrunn (EN)

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