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City Tour Best of Vienna<\/div><\/div>
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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. [\u2026]
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City Tour Center of Power<\/div><\/div>
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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! [\u2026]
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Tour of modern Vienna<\/div><\/div>
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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. [\u2026]
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Favoriten district once and now<\/div><\/div>
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September 27, 1874 is considered the birthday of Favoriten, but the first settlements were already established in Roman times. Let\u2019s enjoy a walk with a great variety of sights and their prominent residents. The district offers an illustrious insight into the past 150 years of the 10th district. [\u2026]
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150 Dream life: The Cottage<\/div><\/div>
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Famous as Vienna\u2019s 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\u2019s who of the past 150 years. Let’s find out why Doctor Arthur Schnitzler became a club bully [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Public gardens along Ringstrasse<\/div><\/div>
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The gardens of Vienna\u2019s Ringstrasse look back on a history of more than 200 years: the \u201eRathauspark\u201c as an event zone, the \u201eVolksgarten\u201c with the Theseus Temple and the \u201eBurggarten\u201c as a former imperial private garden with its unique monuments.[\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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The Pratercottage<\/div><\/div>
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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\u2019s take a look behind the facades of spectacular villas with their eventful history and protagonists. [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Dornbach \u2013 Salzburg dominion
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As early as the 12th century, St. Peter\u2019s 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 [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace and Gardens<\/div><\/div>
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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 Sch\u00f6nbrunn Palace Park and let\u2019s enjoy together the most beautiful baroque garden in Austria [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Hohe Warte: Start of the Alps<\/div><\/div>
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Do you know the Beverly Hills of Vienna? In the fin de si\u00e8cle there was no place that was more popular: the Hohe Warte in D\u00f6bling!
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! [\u2026]
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Popular Tours<\/div><\/div>
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There is a lot to discover in Vienna, from imperial Vienna to St. Stephen\u2019s 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 [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Guided Museum Tours<\/div><\/div>
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There is even more to discover in Vienna! Think on the city\u2019s 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. [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Outskirts of Vienna
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Vienna\u2019s outskirts are especially attractive \u2013 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 [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Individual tours for companies<\/div><\/div>
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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. [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Private tours for occasions<\/div><\/div>
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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\u2019s also about strengthening community and the way to a cozy location isn\u2019t far away. [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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Palais Porcia<\/div>
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Built in 1546 on Herrengasse in the 1st district, the Palais Porcia is considered one of the oldest and most significant examples of Viennese Renaissance architecture. Of particular note is the six-axis street fa\u00e7ade, spanning three storeys and designed in the style of late Italian Renaissance palace architecture. The fa\u00e7ade is crowned by a fully [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Schwarzenbergplatz<\/div>
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On days like these, the view of St. Stephen\u2019s Cathedral, shrouded in fog, from Schwarzenbergplatz feels particularly timeless. For a moment, it takes the rush out of the city. In the foreground stands a stately post-historicist apartment building, designed by the versatile architect Oskar Neumann in 1905 and featuring a monumental classical style.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Vienna Christmas Market<\/div>
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Today marks the opening of the Vienna Christmas Market on Rathausplatz, which runs through December 26\u2014just as it has for the past 50 years. It is the most famous of Vienna\u2019s 14 Christmas markets, spread across 10 different districts. The origins of Vienna\u2019s Christmas markets likely date back to the 17th century; the first recorded [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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fmr. Auersperg Sanatorium<\/div>
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In 1907\/08 Friederike Luithlen founded a private hospital with 34 patient rooms built according to plans by Robert Oerley, which later became known as the Auersperg Sanatorium for skin diseases. Revolutionary for its time: private bathroom, adjoining apartment and telephone connection. With its simple fa\u00e7ade structured by cornices and windows, the building with its natural [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Jedleseer Bridge<\/div>
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The Jedleseer Bridge in the 21st district, built in 1983, is a single-span cable-stayed bridge for pedestrians and cyclists connecting the districts of Jedlesee and Schwarze Lackenau with the Danube Island. It is one of around 1,700 bridges, footbridges and stairways in Vienna (roughly twice as many as in Venice) and was built as part [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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MQ \u2013 MuseumsQuartier Wien<\/div>
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View from the \u201eLibelle\u201c (dragonfly) on the roof of the Leopold Museum onto the large courtyard in the Museumsquartier, the former court stables, on the occasion of the opening of the ImPulsTanz festival. The opening performance, which was free to attend, was given by Amala Dianor\/Kaplan with her fascinating performance LEVEL UP.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Praterateliers<\/div>
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On 10 June 2025 the Praterateliers in Leopoldstadt were reopened in the pavilions built for the 1873 World Exhibition. Today, they are among the only surviving buildings of the monumental structures erected at that time. Emperor Franz Josef himself approved their reuse as sculptors\u2018 studios for pragmatic reasons, as the construction of the Ringstrasse created [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Wittgenstein House<\/div>
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The Wittgenstein House, built according to plans by Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein, was commissioned by Ludwig\u2019s sister Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein and completed in 1928. It has been home to the Bulgarian Cultural Institute since 1975. Although the villa is now quite dilapidated and the surrounding garden has been significantly reduced in size, the detached, purist [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Schrammel Park<\/div>
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The new Schrammel monument in Schrammel Park in Dornbach in Vienna\u2019s 17th district, created by Viennese sculptor Eduard Robitschko, was unveiled in November 1967 as a replacement for the Alszauberbrunnen fountain and depicts the typical musical instruments of the Schrammel quartet: contraguitar, G clarinet and violins. The most famous Viennese folk music group is named [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Bisamberg Elisabethheight<\/div>
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The foothills of the 358-meter-high Bisamberg extend northwest of the municipality of the same name in Lower Austria to Floridsdorf. A panoramic view shows the city area to the south, Klosterneuburg Abbey and Leopoldsberg to the west, which together with the Bisamberg form the so-called Vienna Gate, a breakthrough of the Danube into the Vienna [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Danube\u2013Oder Canal<\/div><\/div>
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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 \u2013 starting from the Vienna tank farm \u2013 with a length of about 2.3km were realized in the 1930s [\u2026]<\/div><\/div>
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