14 Essential Experiences to Have in Vienna

1. Fight with perspective trying to get a decent photo of St. Stephen’s Cathedral.

2. Wander around the gardens at Belvedere (and check Klimt’s The Kiss inside the palace).

3. Eat a real Wiener Schnitzel at Gasthaus Pöschl.

4. Hang out at the MuseumsQuartier and fall in love with Egon Schiele in the Leopold Museum.

5. Take a break from the city in a park.

6. Visit one of Vienna’s classic cafés (and have some coffee and cake).

7. Get lost at one of the world’s largest cemeteries.

8. Understand what Stendhal syndrome feels like at the Kunsthistorisches Museum.

9. Have some more coffee and cakes.

10. See what’s the weirdest thing you can find at Nashmarkt’s flea market (Saturday morning).

11. Explore the alternative 7th, 8th and 9th districts.

12. Have a different Sunday morning watching an art film at the Top Kino.

13. Attend the Sommernachtskonzert in Schönbrunn to greet the summer with a massive outdoor classical music concert.

14. Feel like Orson Welles riding Vienna’s Giant Ferris Wheel.