Staatsoper One of the world’s 4 leading opera houses, open for tours but best appreciated at a performance. The Sacher-hotel built with the profits brought with the famous “Sacher-Torte”, the world’s first chocolate cake.

The most monumental courtyard of the Hofburg Palace features the infamous balcony Hitler used for his “Anschluss-Speech”.

The Ferris Wheel operates for more than 120 years and is one of Vienna's five major landmarks.

A public housing project full of eco-fantasy

The best baroque garden-palace in town., panoramic city-view. No admission for garden and view.

We enter the gardens and enjoy the vistas.

Iconic Arte Nouveau building seen also on the back of the 50 €cent coin minted in Austria.

Naschmarkt Vienna’s “belly” features a mix of market and eateries in historic (1915) market stalls.

Around the Rathausplatz the Ring culminates in buildings like the Parliament, Burgtheater and Rathaus. From End of June to Beginning of September it’s the location of the city’s food fair. In the evenings the huge open air theatre features music-movies. The nearby Café Landtmann was Freud’s favorite!

Now our Walking Segment starts! Surrounded by the city’s rose-collection the temple of Theseus celebrates the Greek liberation in the 1820ies.

The center of political power for more than 700 years now also features different museums, the Treasury and the Spanish Riding-school.

In the center of the Graben-boulevard this baroque monument dates back to the violent conflicts between Catholics and Lutherans.

For close to six hundred years this mountain of faith is holding the center of town and is dominating the cities skyline even in the 21st century.