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Zentralfriedhof
The cemetery has three gates: the first is opposite Schloss Concordia and leads to the old Jewish graves; the second, the main gate, directs you to the tombs of honour and the cemetery’s church, Dr Karl Lueger Kirche; the third is closer to the Protestant and new Jewish graves. The
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Spielzeugmuseum
On the arcaded Bürgerspitalplatz, the Spielzeugmuseum takes a nostalgic look at toys, with its collection of doll’s houses and Steiff teddies. There’s also dress-up fun, marble games and a little boy’s dream of a Bosch workshop. Parents can hang out in the ‘adult parking areas’ and
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Pfarrkirche St Nikolaus
This graceful 13th-century church is best known for its Waldaufkapelle , home to Florian Waldauf’s grisly collection of 45 skulls and 12 bones, picked from the remains of minor saints. Each rests on embroidered cushions, capped with veils and elaborate headdresses, reminiscent of s
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Europapark
The green expanse and its Strandbad (beach) on the shores of the Wörthersee are centres for splashy fun, and especially good for kids. The parks biggest draw is Minimundus , a miniature world with 140 replicas of the worlds architectural icons, downsized to a scale of 1:25. To get
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Fischerkanzel
Traunkirchen is chiefly famous for the wooden Fischerkanzel in the Pfarrkirche. This was carved in 1753 and depicts the miracle of the fishes, with the apostles standing in a tub-shaped boat and hauling in fish-laden nets. The composition, colours (mostly silver and gold) and detai
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Phantastenmuseum Wien
Situated upstairs in Palais Palffy, this newcomer to the museum scene exhibits the works of the Viennese School of Fantastic Realists, which arose in the 1950s. Anyone with a passing or deeper interest in the fantastic painting style with surrealistic (sometimes explicit) edges wi
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Domschatz
Until about 2015 the highlights of the Cathedral Treasures, which are usually housed inside the Dom- & Diözesanmuseum , are currently on display in the gallery of Stephansdom (St Stephans Cathedral). The collection is located above the Romanesque Riesentor in an intriguing exhi
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Stift Nonnberg
A short climb up the Nonnbergstiege staircase from Kaigasse or along Festungsgasse brings you to this Benedictine convent, founded 1300 years ago and made famous as the nunnery in The Sound of Music . You can visit the beautiful rib-vaulted church, but the rest of the convent is of
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Sisi Museum
The Sisi Museum is devoted to the life of Austria’s Empress Elisabeth, often called ‘Sisi’. A reconstruction of the luxurious coach that carried her on many a journey is one highlight, but it’s the details that give a feel for the life of the empress: a reconstruction of the dress
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Michaelerkirche
The Michaelerkirche dates from the 13th century. Its highlight is the burial crypt which you can see on 40-minute bilingual German/English tours at 11am and 1 pm Monday to Saturday between Easter and October (Thursday to Saturday only November to Easter). Tours take you past coffin
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Jesuitenkirche
Opposite Dr-Ignaz-Seipel-Platz is the Jesuitenkirche, formerly the university church, which dates from 1627. In 1703 this church received a baroque makeover by the Italian architect and painter Andrea Pozzo (1642–1709), who created its startling trompe-l’œil dome and other ceiling
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Rossauer Kaserne
This huge red-brick complex, today housing the police, Defence Department and Vienna’s traffic office, has an impeccable pedigree. It was originally built as barracks after the 1848 revolution. It’s a rather fanciful affair replete with pseudo-Medieval turrets and massive entrancew
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Naturkundemuseum
Located inside the Joanneumsviertel complex of museums, the Museum of Natural History has an excellent section on geology but is less-than-exciting when it comes to life on the planet. Butterfly buffs will find more than enough pinned to the boards inside cases, however, and a coll
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Hallstattzeitliches Museum
Hallstattzeitliches Museum is in the small town of Grossklein, 26km southeast of Deutschlandsberg. Most of the exhibits are from the nearby grave mounds and include coins, pottery and tools, and a copy of a bronze mask dating from 600 BC (the original is housed in Schloss Eggenberg
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Golden Unicorn Pharmacy Museum
This ye olde apothecary has a display of medicinal plants in the attic, some exceptional 18th-century oak furniture, medicinal herbs growing in the small garden and entertaining displays on medicine through the ages (including a periodic table with the elements personified – arseni
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Schloss Landskron
Several paths wind up to this castle, where local nobility ruled the roost until fire ravaged it along with the rest of the town in 1792. The population helped itself to the stone to rebuild their houses, and today all that remains is a clock tower and a couple of canons captured f
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Volksgarten
Spreading out between the Burgtheater and Heldenplatz, the Volksgarten (People’s Garden) is great for relaxing among dignified rose bushes and even more dignified statues. A monument to Empress Elisabeth is in the northeast corner, not far from the Temple of Theseus , an imitation
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Gustav Klimt Zentrum
High-tech multimedia exhibits provide an overview of symbolist painter Gustav Klimts life and works on the Attersee; the museum also has a cinema screening informative films (mainly in German with English subtitles). Theres often an original work on loan displayed here. You can ren
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Botanischer Garten
These peaceful botanical gardens, south of the centre, nurture 10,000 species, from native alpine plants to orchids, rhododendrons, tropical palms and one of Europe’s largest cacti collections.
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Museum im Palais
The revamped Museum im Palais is housed inside the Baroque Palais Herberstein, which has an elegant staircase dating from 1757 and rooms that more than do justice to the exhibits on the theme of status symbols. This takes in a permanent exhibition of treasures, including a carriage
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