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District guide · Vienna

Innere Stadt

A photograph of Innere Stadt
Photograph · Gryffindor · CC BY 2.5

929 places catalogued in Innere Stadt so far.

Practical information

Language spoken
German
English is understood in tourist districts and rarely outside them
Dialling code
+43 1
Vienna landlines; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
Currency
Euro (€, EUR)
Cards accepted almost everywhere; markets prefer cash
Emergency number
112
One number across the country; 144 reaches an ambulance directly
Plug type
Type C and F · 230 V
Standard European two-pin
Tap water
Safe to drink
Vienna's supply is piped from Alpine springs

Planning a visit

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  7. July: seasonal closure recorded
  8. August: seasonal closure recorded — this month
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Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Hofburg Palace
    02 20 min

    Hofburg Palace

    The Hofburg is not a palace but a district of palaces, and the Austrian president works in it.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  2. Imperial Crypt
    03 45 min

    Imperial Crypt

    The Imperial Crypt is where the Habsburgs are buried, and it is under an ordinary friary church on a shopping street.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  3. Vienna State Opera house
    04 45 min

    Vienna State Opera house

    The Vienna State Opera was hated when it opened and it killed both its architects.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  4. Burgtheater
    05 1 hour

    Burgtheater

    The Burgtheater is Austria's national theatre and one of the most important German-language stages in the world.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  5. Musikverein
    06 1 hour

    Musikverein

    The Musikverein holds the best-sounding concert hall in the world, and it happened partly by accident.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  6. Vienna City Hall
    07 20 min

    Vienna City Hall

    The Rathaus is a Gothic cathedral that turned out to be a town hall, and it is the largest secular building on the Ringstrasse.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  7. Café Central
    08 1 hour

    Café Central

    Café Central opened in 1876 inside the Palais Ferstel, a Neo-Renaissance building designed by Heinrich von Ferstel that originally combined the Austro-Hungarian Bank with a covered arcade of shops.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  8. Heldenplatz
    09 20 min

    Heldenplatz

    Heldenplatz is an unfinished square in front of the Hofburg, and it is the most politically loaded piece of ground in Austria.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument
  9. Austrian Parliament Building
    10 1 hour

    Austrian Parliament Building

    The Austrian Parliament is a Greek temple, and the choice was an argument rather than a fashion.

    • Must see
    • Historic monument

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors, Wikidata ·