Vienna

21er Haus

Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst / Museum of Contemporary Art

Has a permanent exhibit of works by the Austrian sculptor/architect Fritz Wotruba, and hosts rotating exhibits of international contemporary art.

Wed Thu 11:00-21:00, Fri-Sun 11:00-18:00; open on holidays·€7 (adults), €5.50 (seniors/students/Vienna Card), free (under 18)

Albertina

Once a palace, it is now the most popular exhibition space in Vienna, mainly for traditional modern art. The building itself is an experience as well. It is home to a valuable drawing collection, including many works of the German Renaissance painter, Dürer.

Thu-Tue 10:00-18:00, Wed 10:00-21:00·€11.90 (adults), €9.90 (seniors 60+), €9.70 (Vienna Card), €8.50 (students), €7 (unemployed/military/disabled), free (children under 19)

Ankeruhr

A large 4-m-diameter musical clock on a pedestrian bridge connecting two neighboring buildings. The clock was designed between 1911 and 1914 by the Judgenstil painter Franz Matsch, and features prominent figures from Viennese history, each with a Roman character. At noon all figures parade across the clock face, accompanied by music. During the Advent season, Christmas songs are played daily at 17:00 and 18:00.

Free

Arnold Schönberg Center

This building houses an archive of the works of the Viennese composer, with a permanent exhibit relating to his work and music and a gallery of his paintings.

Mon-Fri 10:00-17:00·€5 (adults), €3 (seniors/students), free (children under 12), 10% reduction for Vienna Card

Ausgrabungen Michaelerplatz

Michaelerplatz Excavations

Archeological excavations carried out between 1989 and 1991 revealed not only the foundations of medieval buildings but also remains of the Roman canabae (civilian support settlement) of Vindobona, as Vienna was then known. The viewing area was designed by Viennese architect Hans Hollein.

Daily 24 hr·Free

Bank Austria Kunstforum

This venue hosts special exhibits of internationally-renowned artists; past exhibits have displayed work by Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Cézanne, Picasso, and Van Gogh.

Sat-Wed 10:00-19:00, Fri 10:00-21:00·€10 (adults), €8.50 (seniors), €6 (youth 17-27), €4 (children 6-16)

Beethoven Pasqualatihaus

This 18th-century building is atop the Mölker Bastei, one of the only remaining sections of the old city wall. For 8 years Beethoven lived in a 4th-floor apartment in this building, where he composed his 4th-8th symphonies as well as his opera Fidelio. The museum preserves many of the composer's personal effects, and displays documents illustrating his life and work.

Tue-Sun and holidays 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00·€4 (children and youth under 19), €3 (seniors/students and Vienna Card), free (children and youth under 19); free the first Sunday of every month

Beethoven Wohnung Heiligenstadt

Haus des Heiligenstädter Testaments / Beethoven House

One of Beethoven's many residences within the city. While living here he composed his Symphony No. 2 in D major (Op. 36), as well as several other works.

Tue-Sun holidays 10:00-13:00, 14:00-18:00·€5 (adults), €4 (seniors/students/Vienna Card), free (children and youth under 19), free the first Su of every month

Bezirksmuseum Brigittenau

Brigittenau District Museum

This little museum tells the story of the district itself through pictures, views and models.

Sun 10:00-12:00, Thu 17:00-19:00, closed on holidays and school breaks·Free

Blumengärten Hirschstetten

The Flower Gardens of Hirschstetten are run by the City of Vienna. The Gardening Department fosters their plants, which are then used in public gardens and parks. In the public section, several themed gardens (Chinese, Mexican, etc.) are installed; there is a preserved farm with petting zoo, an educational beehive, some turtles, owls and wild cats. For children, there is a big insect-themed playground available. Between Oct and March, only the orangerie is open for public. In front of the orangerie, there are popular Christmas and Easter markets during the weeks before the respective holidays.

end of Mar - mid Oct: Tue-Sun 08:00-18:00; Jun-Aug Fri-Sun 08:00-20:00·Free

Botanischer Garten

Botanic Gardens

Established in 1754 by Empress Maria Theresia as a garden for medicinal plants and granted to the University of Vienna, which has maintained it since. The gardens contain a number of rare plants, including alpine specimens.

Hours vary by season and weather, generally 10:00-15:00/18:00·Free

Brigittakirche

This Neogothic church is a landmark of the Brigittenau district. It was built between 1868 and 1874.

Burggarten

It has the form of an English garden, and is directly adjacent to the Hofburg. It has a statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. In the summertime students like to hang out in middle of the trees.

Circus- und Clownmuseum

Circus and Clown Museum

This unusual museum houses a collection of props and costumes, with rotating exhibits.

Sun 10:00-13:00, every 1st and 3rd Thu 19:00-21:00·Free

CityGate

Leopoldtower, Brachmühle, Schanze XX

Two high-rise apartment buildings (80 m and 100 m tall), built 2013-2015, mark the northeastern entrance to the city. The two massive buildings strike out in an otherwise suburbian jungle of low-rise shopping centres and family houses. On the ground floor is a medium-sized shopping mall (CityGate Shopping)

DC Towers

Tallest building of Austria, with an "observation deck" at 207 m.

Domenig-Haus

Originally designed as a bank building by Günther Domenig, the structure now houses a publisher and a gallery run by a local cultural association.

M W F 14:00-17:00 (closed for maintenance)

Dommuseum

Cathedral and Diocesan Museum

A collection of liturgical implements, illustrated manuscripts, altarpieces, and sculptures.

Wed 10:00-18:00, Thu 10:00-20:00, Fri-Sun 10:00-18:00; last admission 30min before closing·€8 (adults), €7 (concessions), €3 (children 6-18); free (children under 6 or Vienna Pass)

Donau City Church

Donaucity-Kirche

A modern Catholic church designed by the internationally-renowned Austrian architect Heinz Tesar.

Donauturm

Danube Tower

An observation tower with spectacular view over the entire city. It also houses two rotating restaurants.

Daily 10:00-24:00, last admission 23:30·€14.50 (adults), €9.90 (children)

Dritte Mann Museum

Third Man Museum

This is a private museum dedicated to the cult film The Third Man, which was shot in Vienna and released in 1949. This film is often played at the Burgkino.

Sat 14:00-18:00 (no reservations)·€7.50 (adults), €6 (seniors/students)

Ehrengräber

Graves of honor

Graves of famous composers including Beethoven, Brahms, Schubert, Strauss, and Schönberg are all here, as are the graves of other luminaries. Mozart's gravestone however is just a memorial, as he was buried in a mass grave in St. Marx Cemetery. A list of all Ehrengräber can be downloaded here.

Esperantomuseum

Esperanto Museum

Founded in 1927, this museum houses a library and museum with displays illustrating the development and grammar of the modern invented language Esperanto.

Tue Wed 10:00-18:00, Thu 10:00-21:00, Fri-Sun 10:00-18:00·€4 (adults), €3.60 (Ö1 Club or Vienna Card), €3.50 (seniors); €3 (students/military/disabled); includes admission to the Globe and Papyrus Museums

Fatty George Jazz Museum

Honouring the jazz musician Fatty George (1927-1985), a small museum about his life and jazz in general was opened in his native village Essling, now part of Vienna. It was installed inside a historic toilet building in a park. The park was renamed Jazzpark and a sculpture depicting jazz (the musical style) was erected in 2005 by Leopold Grausam. On the opposite side of the street one can find another park memorializing another jazz musician, Bill Grah (1928-1996).

Flaktürme VII

Flak towers

This is a pair of anti-aircraft defense towers/bunkers, built by the Luftwaffe during World War II. During construction multiple rail tracks were laid across the park, and it is believed that hundreds of war victims were buried in mass graves on the grounds, still undiscovered. At 55 m high, the round Gefechtsturm (G-Tower, or gun tower) is the highest flak tower built during the war. The pair have proven nearly impossible to remove, and are now protected because of their historic value.

Daylight hours

Freud Museum

This small museum is in Freud's historic flat where he practiced psychoanalysis for almost his whole life. However, the collection is limited mostly to documents of various kinds relating to Freud's life. Almost all of the flat's contents, including the famous original couch, went along with Freud to London when he fled the Nazis in 1939 and are now in the Freud Museum there.

Daily 10:00–18:00·€10 (adults), €9 (seniors), €8.50 (Vienna Card), €7.50 (Club Ö1/students), €4 (children 12-18)

Fälschermuseum

Museum of Art Fakes

Unique museum devoted to art forgery. Houses a large collection of counterfeited paintings, many from highly-skilled, infamous forgers. Includes several pages of the infamous fake Hitler diaries which fooled numerous experts in the early 1980s.

Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00, closed Mon and 24-25 Dec·€4.90 (adults), €4.40 (seniors/students), €2.20 (children 10-18), free (children under 9)

Gasometer

To see the combination of new modern with old historic architecture, visit the gasometers that have been revitalized from gas-tanks to new multi-functional buildings. The gasometers are four former gas tanks, built as part of the Vienna municipal gas works Gaswerk Simmering in 1896-1899, and used from 1899 to 1984 as gas storage tanks. After the changeover from town gas to natural gas they were no longer used and were shut down. From 1984-1997 the structures were used as a film location (James Bond: The Living Daylights) and as the location for raves known as Gazometer-Raves. They were revitalized from 1999 to 2001 by the architects Jean Nouvel, Coop Himmelblau, Manfred Wehdorn, and Wilhelm Holzbauer. Each gasometer was divided into several zones for living, shopping and entertainment, while conserving the historic outside wall. Other facilities including a music hall, cinema, student accommodation, municipal archive, etc. are located inside the Gasometers. There are special guided tours with experts available for visitors.

Gemäldegalerie der Akademie der bildenden Künste

Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts

A gallery owned by the Academy of Fine Arts, to which Hitler applied to before he decided to change to politics. It offers some paintings by Rubens and Bosch. Most interesting are the Renaissance and medieval exponents.

Tue-Sun and holidays 10:00-18:00·€8 (adults) €7 (Vienna Card), €5 (seniors/students/disabled), free (children and youth under 19)

Generali Foundation

This private foundation houses large collection of contemporary art, with a special focus on photograph, film, video, and installation pieces. The archives and library are also open to the public.

Exhibits: Tue-Sun 11:00-18:00, Thu 11:00-20:00, public holidays 11:00-18:00; archives/library Wed Thu 12:00-18:00, or by appt·€6 (adults), €3 (concessions, and Th after 18:00), free (students on T)