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With a population of just over 2 million, Vienna is a city of precision and poetry. It’s known as the classical music capital of the world, and for good reason: Mozart, Beethoven, and Strauss all ...

Like all great European capitals, Vienna is a city where wandering is more rewarding than checking off items on a to-do list; one has to accept that it’s impossible to see everything. Arranged vaguely ...

In this best things to do in Vienna Austria travel guide we show you all around Vienna, in this central European gem. We show you 20 things to see and do while you visit Vienna Austria. If you plan to ...

Designed by Pritzker Prize–winning French architect Jean Nouvel, the 182-room Sofitel Vienna Stephansdom (starting at $280) is a sleek glass-and-steel tower, set aslant, that soars over the banks of ...

I can hear a thwacking, a sonorous thudding rhythm that puzzles me as I sit at my table in a restaurant in Vienna. It takes a few moments to tune into it, then I get to my feet and follow the beat. It ...

Zivko Jovanovic has eaten his fair share of Wiener schnitzel.

In Vienna, shop clerks are specialists in behind-the-counter diplomacy. The welcome is warm. The attention polite, unaggressive, and tactful. Shoppers browse until help is needed; the hard sell never ...

There’s enough art in Vienna to keep you busy running around all week. With viennacontemporary in full swing, 100 galleries from 26 countries are presenting their wares at the historic Marx Halle in ...

Vienna today is robed in 18th-century charm and 19th-century grandeur. Its old-world ambience comes not only from its rich cultural traditions, but also from the history of its architecture. The ...