Category: Vienna
Extra Walks for Special Interests SIGMUND FREUD IN VIENNA -A WALK THROUGH THE DAY OF PROFESSOR FREUD At Berggasse 19 in Vienna’s ninth district , the home and practice of Dr. Sigmund Freud, the days of the …
Elisabeth happily spent a few weeks at a time in this “Palace of Dreams”, especially in the springtime. But Franz Joseph could not win back his “beloved Angel Sisi” …
Schonbrunn Castle was built during the reign of Maria Theresa in the middle of the 18th century as the summer residence of the Habsburgs. From Maria Theresa’s time stems not …
CLASSICAL MUSIC IN VIENNA -WORLD’S BEST HALLS, OPERA HOUSES AND CHOIRS All Viennese outstanding composers needed the halls and opera houses with the best acoustics, the most excellent choirs and, especially, the …
ST. CHARLES’S CHURCH -DOLLAR SIGNS ON THE MINARET COLUMNS THE SPECTACULAR DOME OF ST. CHARLES’S CHURCH AND ITS TWO FLANKING COLUMNS OF LOW-RELIEFS QUIETLY CARRY THIS GREAT BAROQUE ARCHITECT’S …
THE EXTERIOR OF ST. STEPHEN’S CATHEDRAL -MORE SECULAR THAN SACRED St. Stephen’s Cathedral was a Romanesque basilica before Rudolf IV , the first Habsburg ruler born in Austria, commissioned the extensive expansion of …
THE MICHAELER WING OF THE HOFBURG CASTLE -ONLY THE CHOSEN ENTERED HERE We are starting our tour of the Hofburg in front of the former main entrance on Michaelerplatz – one of Vienna’s most …
COFFEE-HOUSES OF VIENNA In Vienna, the coffeehouse is not simply a place to resolve your midday caffeine deficit. For years these establishments were havens for artists, writers, and think …
