Sites to visit
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Volksoper
Being the world musical capital, Vienna offers tourists a large variety of theatres. Volksoper is one of the must-visit places for theatre fans.
700
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Lichtenstein Garden Palace
Lichtenstein Garden Palace is a property of Lichtenstein princely family with more than 300-year history. The historical area consists of City Palace, Garden Palace and Garden itself.
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Museum of the Johann Strauss Dynasty
Can you imagine Vienna without Viennese Waltz? No one can. Strauss-father, his son Johann, along with his brothers Josef and Eduard made the real music revolution in the world.
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Sigmund Freud Museum
One can say, that Berggasse, 19 is the most famous address in Vienna. The father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud lived here from 1891 to 1938 until the Nazi occupation of Germany.
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Shubert’s Birthplace House
One of the greatest composers of the late Classical and early Romantic era - Franz Schubert, was born in Vienna in 1797.
Events in Vienna
The “Wiener Festwochen” is the annual cultural festival in Vienna, that is held during 5 weeks of May and June and gathers together different theatrical, opera and dance showcases from all over the world.
The Donauinselfest is an annual open-air music Festival, that is held on the Danube Island in the center of Vienna since 1983.
For 28 years, the Film Festival on the Vienna Rathausplatz became an important European cultural event with the attendance of about 900,000 visitors.
If you are fan of jazzy tunes, Jazzfest Wien is what you need. One of the three most-important jazz festivals in the world is held annually from mid-June to mid July since 1991.
Viennale is one of the oldest and most important film festivals of the German-speaking countries. Since 1960 it is annually held during 2 weeks in October.
The Austrian National Day exists in its present form since 1965. It is celebrated every year on October 26th. Previously, from 1919 to 1933, there was the 12th of November as a national holiday commemorating the emergence of the first Austrian republic.
