Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #14 in Vienna, Austria

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Number of sights 27 sights
Distance 13.7 km
Ascend 282 m
Descend 227 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: Austrian Mediathek

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Austrian Mediathek Gerhard Sedlaczek / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Österreichische Mediathek is the Austrian archive for sound recordings and videos on cultural and contemporary history. It was founded in 1960 as Österreichische Phonothek by the Ministry of Education and has been a branch of the Technisches Museum Wien since 2001. As video and sound archive, the Österreichische Mediathek is responsible for the preservation of the Austrian audio-visual cultural heritage.

Wikipedia: Österreichische Mediathek (EN), Website

230 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 2: Pfarrkirche St. Ägyd

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The parish church St. Aegidius is a Roman Catholic church in Gumpendorf in the 6th district of Mariahilf. The free -standing church is located in the formerly independent suburb of Gumpendorf. Somewhat reset from Gumpendorfer Straße, it forms a small square with Brückengasse and stands at the end point of the sight axis of Stumpergasse.

Wikipedia: Gumpendorfer Pfarrkirche (DE)

845 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 3: Raimund-Theater

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Raimund-Theater No machine-readable author provided. Extrawurst assumed (based on copyright claims). / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Raimund Theater is a theatre in the Mariahilf district of Vienna, Austria.

Wikipedia: Raimund Theater (EN), Website

351 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 4: Museum of Contraception and Abortion

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The Museum of Contraception and Abortion is a museum in Vienna, Austria, founded by gynaecologist Christian Fiala in 2003. It details historic forms of birth control and was created to encourage contraceptive use and family planning techniques.

Wikipedia: Museum of Contraception and Abortion (EN), Website

233 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 5: Kirche Maria vom Siege

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Kirche Maria vom Siege

The Church of Maria vom Siege is a former Roman Catholic parish church at the Mariahilfer Gürtel in the 15th Vienna district of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, which was given the Coptic Orthodox Church in 2015. The parish of five house was canceled on June 30, 2016 and its area of ​​the Reindorf parish was added.

Wikipedia: Kirche Maria vom Siege (Wien) (DE)

514 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 6: Bezirksmuseum Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus

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Bezirksmuseum Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus Photographer: Wolfgang GlockArchitects: Gustav Matthies (1844–1901), Alois Schumacher (1838–1910) / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus District Museum is a district and local history museum dedicated to the 15th district of Vienna.

Wikipedia: Bezirksmuseum Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus (DE), Website

514 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 7: Schulzentrum Friesgasse

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Schulzentrum Friesgasse

The Flora Fries Education Campus is an educational location of the Association of Religious Schools of Austria and is located in the 15th district of Vienna, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. The Catholic private school with public rights was founded by the religious community Poor School Sisters of Our Lady.

Wikipedia: Schulzentrum Friesgasse (DE), Website

427 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Allerheiligste Dreifaltigkeit

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The parish church of Reindorf is a Roman Catholic parish church located at Reindorfgasse 21 in Vienna's 15th district of Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus. The parish is located in Deanery 15 of the Vicariate of Vienna City, which belongs to the Archdiocese of Vienna. It is dedicated to the Holy Trinity. The building is a listed building.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche Reindorf (DE)

1122 meters / 13 minutes

Sight 9: 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 10: 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 11: 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 12: 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 13: Kronprinzengarten

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Schönbrunn Palace was the main summer residence of the Habsburg rulers, located in Hietzing, 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 14: Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn

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The Marionette Theatre Schönbrunn Palace is a puppet theatre founded in 1994. It is located in the Hofratstrakt of Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna's 13th district of Hietzing and organizes theater performances and operas for adults and children. The puppet theatre is run as a private theatre. The two founders and artistic directors, Christine Hierzer-Riedler and Werner Hierzer, look back on more than 40 years of international experience in the art of puppetry. Playing with marionettes has a long tradition at Schönbrunn. Even during Mozart's lifetime, the puppet theatre founded by Prince Esterházy played here at the invitation of Empress Maria Theresa.

Wikipedia: Marionettentheater Schloss Schönbrunn (DE), Website

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 15: Schlosskapelle Schönbrunn

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The Schönbrunn castle chapel is a Roman Catholic chapel in Schönbrunn Castle in the 13th Vienna district of Hietzing. It is devoted to the festival of marriage Mariae.

Wikipedia: Schlosskapelle Schönbrunn (DE)

946 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 16: 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

445 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 17: 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 18: 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 19: 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 20: Maria Hietzing

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The parish and pilgrimage church of Maria Hietzing is a Roman Catholic parish church in the district of Hietzing in the 13th district of Vienna.

Wikipedia: Pfarrkirche Maria Hietzing (DE), Website

55 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 21: 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 22: 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)

1977 meters / 24 minutes

Sight 23: ORF-Zentrum Küniglberg

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The ORF-Zentrum Küniglberg is the headquarters of the public broadcaster Österreicher Rundfunk (ORF). The building complex is located in Vienna's 13th district of Hietzing, on the Küniglberg about 1.5 kilometers southwest of Schönbrunn Palace.

Wikipedia: ORF-Zentrum Küniglberg (DE)

383 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 24: Küniglberg

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The Küniglberg is a 261 m high hill on the Lainzer Sattel in the 13th district of Vienna Hietzing and represents a foothill of the Vienna Woods. The term Küniglberg is often used as a synonym for the ORF, as the ORF Centre Küniglberg is located there.

Wikipedia: Küniglberg (DE)

683 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 25: Konzilsgedächtniskirche

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The Lainz-Speising Council Memorial Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in the Lainz district of the 13th district of Hietzing in Vienna.

Wikipedia: Konzilsgedächtniskirche Lainz-Speising (DE)

1225 meters / 15 minutes

Sight 26: Evang. Friedenskirche

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Evang. Friedenskirche Welleschik / CC BY-SA 3.0

The Evangelical Church of Peace is an Evangelical Lutheran church building in Lainz in the 13th district of Vienna.

Wikipedia: Evangelische Friedenskirche (Wien) (DE)

356 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 27: Werkbundsiedlung

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The Werkbundsiedlung in Vienna is a model house settlement opened in 1932 in the district of Lainz of the 13th district, Hietzing, which is largely owned by the Vienna city administration today. On the originally 70, today 64 single-family houses, 31 architects from home and abroad built. At its opening, it was referred to as the "largest building exhibition in Europe".

Wikipedia: Werkbundsiedlung Wien (DE), Website

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