☀️ In the morning● Now
Morning in a Viennese caféA melange and newspapers in a Kaffeehaus, UNESCO intangible heritage (Café Central, Hawelka).
✦ Your self-guided tour
Vienna
Discover the city at your own pace, with your route and your trip essentials in one place.
6 stops · about 3 h 00 · audio guide12 languages
Highlights
6 stops · about 3 h 00 · audio guide
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Vienna: your route
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6 stops · about 3 h 00 · audio guideTransport on the route: about €12.00
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💡 Good to know in Vienna
Practical tips before you step out.
Luggage
Leave luggage at the airport left-luggage desk or a partner storage point on the route (marked ★). Carry only essentials and your passport.
Internet
EU SIM cards roam at no extra cost. From outside the EU, a 1‑day data eSIM is cheap; airports and many cafés have free Wi‑Fi.
Payments
Cards work almost everywhere, but some traditional cafés and sausage stands still prefer cash.
Tipping
Round up 5–10% and say the total when paying («stimmt so») rather than leaving it on the table.
Water
Tap water comes from the Alps and is excellent; cafés serve a glass with your coffee.
Safety
A very safe city. Stay out of bike lanes and watch for pickpockets at Stephansplatz and on the U1.
Sockets
Type C/F sockets, 230 V.
Toilets
Toilets in stations (often €0.50–1), shopping centres and museums.
Luggage
Almost all shops close on Sundays; those in stations and at the airport stay open.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
Safety in Vienna
Emergency numbers, common scams and how to get help. Free for everyone.
Emergency112
Hospital and pharmacy search around the city centre — share your location for results near you.
Look for: Apotheke (A)
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Hilfe! Ich brauche Hilfe. Bitte rufen Sie die Polizei oder einen Krankenwagen.
Common scams and risks
Pickpockets
Crowded trams, metros and queues are their workplace. Bag in front and zipped; phone never in a back pocket.
Bike lanes
Red-paved lanes belong to bikes, and they don't slow down. Look both ways before stepping off the pavement.
👜 Watch your wallet in
Stephansplatz · Kärntner Straße · U1 · Schönbrunn
🌙 At night, take extra care in
Praterstern
Keep a photo of your passport on your phone, carry just one card and some cash, and stick to busy, well-lit streets.
ⓘ Practical information compiled from official and public sources in October 2026. Not yet checked on the ground in this city — if something has changed, use “Report a problem”.
General guidance. If you're in danger, call 112 now. · Vienna
Everything in Vienna
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🆕 Today in Vienna
Friday 23 October · updated automatically every day
4° – 15°Little chance of rain
Experiences in Vienna
Moments, fun and events, picked for you.
Your interests
🌙 At night
Standing at the operaStanding places at the State Opera sold on the day for a few euros.
🕐 Flexible — check opening times
Prater Giant WheelThe 1897 wheel, with views over the city and the funfair.
🌅 At sunset
Sunset at the GlorietteFrom the top of the Schönbrunn gardens, the city turning gold.
🌙 At night
Heuriger in GrinzingNew-wine taverns among the city's own vineyards, with snacks and music.
🏛️ History & culture of Vienna
How the city came to be, in a few minutes of reading.
Vienna ( vee-EN-ə; German: Wien [viːn] ; Austro-Bavarian: Wean [veɐ̯n]) is the capital, most populous city, and one of the nine states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. Its larger metropolitan area has a population of nearly 2.9 million, representing nearly one-third of the country's population. Vienna is the cultural, economic, and political centre of the country, the fifth-largest city by population in the European Union, and the most populous of the cities on the river Danube.
The city lies on the eastern edge of the Vienna Woods (Wienerwald), the northeasternmost foothills of the Alps, that separate Vienna from the more western parts of Austria, at the transition to the Pannonian Basin. It sits on the Danube, and is traversed by the highly regulated Wienfluss (Vienna River).
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The history of Vienna has been long and varied, beginning when the Roman Empire created a military camp in the area now covered by Vienna's city centre. Vienna grew from the Roman settlement known as Vindobona to be an important trading site in the 11th century. It became the capital of the Babenberg Dynasty and subsequently of the Austrian Habsburgs, under whom it became one of Europe's cultural hubs. During the 19th century as the capital of the Austrian Empire and later Austria-Hungary, it temporarily became one of Europe's biggest cities. Since the end of World War I, Vienna has been the capital of the Republic of Austria.
💬 What travellers say about Vienna
Tips, experiences and questions from people who've been there.