Vienna Winter Market

Imperial palaces and Christmas markets in Vienna, Austria.

Quests on this wheel

• Schönbrunn Palace — 18th-century summer palace with tours of lavish rococo ceremonial rooms, plus gardens with a maze.
• Belvedere Palace — Baroque, 18th-century palaces housing art from Middle Ages to today, with notable Klimt collection.
• St. Stephen's Cathedral — Medieval Roman Catholic place of worship with an ornate spire, catacombs & a treasury museum.
• Prater — Large park with old-time amusements, including a landmark giant wheel dating from 1897.
• Hofburg — Habsburg palace complex with ornate, baroque interiors, imperial apartments & a silver museum.
• Hundertwasser House — Artist's creation of brightly painted, natural apartment block with a forested roof & balconies.
• Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien — Imposing 19th-century museum with lavish interiors housing art collections & antiquities.
• Café Central — Long-standing venue for Viennese cuisine, with famous historic links including to Freud & Trotsky.
• Albertina — 19th-century Habsburg palace with staterooms & collections of old master prints & 20th-century art.
• St. Charles's Church — 18th-century Habsburg domed cathedral with a 32.5-meter platform for views of the ornate frescoes.
• Haus des Meeres (House of the Sea) — Aquarium with 10,000 creatures including snakes, crocodiles & sharks, plus a tropical house.
• State Hall of the Austrian National Library — Baroque State Hall with ceiling frescoes housing National Library including papyrus & globe museums.
• Schönbrunn Zoo — 500 species of animals, including giant pandas, Siberian tigers & elephants, in 18th-century zoo.
• Figlmüller – Restaurant Bäckerstraße — Dining rooms with wood paneling, exposed bricks & wrought iron, serving classic Viennese cuisine.
• Sisi Museum — Extravagant silver, porcelain & crystal-glass tableware, once used for dining in the Imperial court.
• Museum of Natural History Vienna — Palatial, 19th-century museum with vast specimen collections, from dinosaur skeletons to meteorites.
• Musikverein Wien — Renowned classical music venue with a packed program including local & international performers.
• Austrian Parliament — Guided tours of the lavish chambers in this imposing neoclassical building with a visitor center.
• Votive Church — Storied neo-Gothic church built in 1879, with a museum showcasing liturgical objects.
• MuseumsQuartier Wien — Restored area of historic & modern buildings containing many of the city's finest museums.

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