Join me on a walk through the inner city of Vienna. We will move in the historical old town with the most interesting and impressive sights existing since the Roman Empire and the Middle Ages. In addition, we will also explore the hidden and quiet corners and places. […]
Are you interested in a Highlight-tour to the center of ancient political power in Europe? Do you know about the time of Emperor Franz Josef I. and his Elisabeth, the famous Sisi? Accompany me on a walk to the most important milestones in their life – a must-see for all fans of Sisi! […]
Modern residential and office districts, a zuniversity campus and the vibrant Bahnhof-City are just a few proofs that Vienna is not only imperial, but also contemporary. Join me on a tour of the most striking and spectacular architectural examples. […]
Famous as Vienna’s top villa district, originally planned as a bourgeois retreat with catalog villas: A stroll through the Cottage in the 19th district reveals an illustrious who’s who of the past 150 years. Let’s find out why Doctor Arthur Schnitzler became a club bully […]
The gardens of Vienna’s Ringstrasse look back on a history of more than 200 years: the „Rathauspark“ as an event zone, the „Volksgarten“ with the Theseus Temple and the „Burggarten“ as a former imperial private garden with its unique monuments.[…]
Created as a meadow area on the edge of the Prater, a walk through the Pratercottage in Leopoldstadt reveals the contrasts of an upper middle-class society that could not be more drastic. Let’s take a look behind the facades of spectacular villas with their eventful history and protagonists. […]
As early as the 12th century, St. Peter’s Abbey in Salzburg took over control of what is today part of the district of Hernals. They laid the foundations for its development into a suburb and popular excursion destination with its estate and church. Later, the summer resort and wine […]
Are you interested in an atmospheric walk with a balanced mix of history, culture and entertainment for the whole family or with friends? Join me on a unique tour to the Schönbrunn Palace Park and let’s enjoy together the most beautiful baroque garden in Austria […]
Do you know the Beverly Hills of Vienna? In the fin de siècle there was no place that was more popular: the Hohe Warte in Döbling! Follow me on a moving tour through a green oasis, the beginning of the Alps in the middle of Vienna and lets feel the vibrant athmospher! […]
There is a lot to discover in Vienna, from imperial Vienna to St. Stephen’s Cathedral to the many insider spots. The nice thing about it: most of the time the sights can be reached comfortably by foot. Just choose a tour and indicate your wish […]
There is even more to discover in Vienna! Think on the city’s world-famous museums with their masterpieces. I offer Highlight tours in all main viennese museums, if you like in combination with a current temporary exhibition! Just choose a museum or let me know your wishes for a tour. […]
Vienna’s outskirts are especially attractive – romantic countryside, vintner villages, historic castles, abbeys and monasteries as well as picturesque landscapes. Entertaining excursions contribute to a perfect Vienna experience! I am happy to accompany you on day trips to Salzburg, Graz or South Moravia […]
What could be more exciting to end a project, a corporate event or an incentive with a guided tour to a museum or a walk through the city center? It’s about educational entertaining and strengthening the community. And the way to a restaurant is also not far away. […]
Why not give an interesting guided tour of a landmark, museum or walking tour in the city as a gift? In addition to discovering educational entertaining, it’s also about strengthening community and the way to a cozy location isn’t far away. […]
The Roman Catholic Church of St. John in Unterlaa in the 10th district, right next to the Liesingbach stream, is considered one of the oldest churches in Vienna, as some of its components date back to the early 11th century. The location and alignment of the stone foundations in particular suggest a sacred building and […]
Even though the monument is located in the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria, the memorial stone on the municipal border between Dürnkrut and Jedenspeigen is also of central importance for Vienna. The 6m-high granite block depicting a knight with a horse by the Austrian sculptor Carl Hermann errected in 1978 commemorates the Battle of Marchfeld […]
The “Memorial for the Victims of Spiegelgrund” on the Otto Wagner site in the 14th district commemorates the children and young people who were systematically tortured and murdered there during the National Socialist era with 772 light steles. The criminal doctors working there killed sick, disabled or, from their point of view, “uneducable” people as […]
The 50,000m2 Rabenhof in Vienna-Landstrasse on the site of the former Krimsky barracks is a housing project from the 1920s that has urban and cultural significance and is considered a prime example of the municipal buildings of “Red Vienna”. The building, designed by Arch. Heinrich Schmid and Hermann Aichinger with its clear, functional forms (superblock) […]
The Julius Meinl house (Meinlhaus) in the inner city at Fleischmarkt 7 was built in 1899 as a trading house for Julius Meinl based on a design by Max Kropf. The building, with its plaster façade and neoclassical décor by Wilhelm Hejda, features stucco reliefs with the coats of arms of the cities of Hamburg, […]
The Hufschmidhouse (blacksmith’s house) on the corner of Neuer Markt – Kupferschmiedgasse – Seilergasse in the 1st district, built in 1784, was rebuilt in 1967 by the Austrian Arch. Georg Lippert in 1967, the smooth façades with plain windows so typical of the Josephinian style have fortunately been preserved. This style, also known as the […]
The almost 62,000m2 Wertheimsteingarden in Oberdöbling in the 19th district was created as early as 1835 by the Austrian textile manufacturer, art collector and patron Rudolf von Arthaber as a private garden with a country house, the Villa Wertheimstein. After his death, Leopold von Wertheimstein acquired the park and villa in 1867, and 50 years […]
Due to the great success of the specially tanned and dyed gloves, the production of the former imperial and royal glove factory J.E. Zacharias moved in 1886 to the three-storey factory building planned by Gustav Matthies from Mecklenburg in today’s 19th district near the Danube. Due to the high demand for water, the location of […]
One of the highlights of a tour of the Prater Cottage in the 2nd district is the impressive clubhouse for the former “Cycling Club of State and Court Officials” in the Prater, designed by Austrian designer and Secession architect Joseph Maria Olbrich. The central wooden main front, designed as a wide portal niche, is a […]
The Danube-Oder Canal on the outskirts of Vienna near the Lobau is an ultimately failed project for the construction of a waterway to connect the Danube with the Oder. Of the 40km long canal originally planned in Austria, only the initial sections – starting from the Vienna tank farm – with a length of about 2.3km were realized in the 1930s […]
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