With an estimated population of around 1,9 million Vienna is the national capital & largest city of the nine states comprising Austria. Vienna is the city of music & dreams formed by two of its most renowned patrons, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart & Sigmund Freud. Today Vienna is ranked as having one of the highest standards of living anywhere & is guest to more than 6,8 million visitors annually.
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Hofburg
Vienna State Opera
Stadt Park
St. Stephens Cathedral
Musikverein
Albertina
Cafe Landtmann
Hotel Sacher
Karlskirche
Hotel Imperial
Colour Gallery
“I really like the city of Vienna. I like its art, its music & its architecture. In short, I like the culture that Vienna represents. What really captures me is the period around 1900 – the time of Freud, Schnitzler & Klimt. This is the period in which the modern view of mind was born.”
– Erich Kandel
“Vienna is a handsome, lively city, & pleases me exceedingly.”
―Frederic Chopin
Did You Know?
Coffee is about more than just caffeination for Austrians—it’s part of their heritage. In fact, in 2011, Viennese coffee houses, which originated in the 17th century, were put on UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list, as they are a place “where time & space are consumed, but only the coffee is found on the bill.”

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