Ideas for accompanying persons
Visitors to Vienna can gather a wide variety of impressions and experiences in the city. We have put together a number of excursion ideas for your company and family.
Due to the Covid-19 situation, there are constant changes. We kindly ask you to check online with the providers.
Official information on Vienna's rich cultural and tourist programme can be found at: www.wien.info.
With the Vienna City Card you and your child up to 14 years of age can use public transport for up to 3 days and get tourist discounts.
Please click on the plus sign to open the information points.
For Music Enthusiasts
- Tickets for Concerts
...whether classical or pop, can be booked in advance - in writing, by telephone or via the Internet. Recommended Viennese ticket offices: www.oeticket.com, www.wien-ticket.at, www.viennaticket.at, www.viennaticket.com
- The Musikverein
A concert hall rich in tradition in Vienna.
Musikvereinsplatz 1, 1010 Wien
www.musikverein.at
- Musicians' Walks
Musicians' walks and guided private tours to original venues: In the footsteps of famous musicians.
- Musicians' Flats
Flats of the musicians Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Strauss, Franz Schubert and Joseph Haydn can be visited individually or with a combination ticket.
www.wienmuseum.at/de/musicus-ein-ticket-sechs-haeuser
- Haus der Musik
A sound museum on four floors.
Seilerstätte 30, 1010 Wien
www.hdm.at
- MuTh – Concert Hall of the Vienna Boys' Choir
The MuTh is located next to the Augartenpalais, where the Vienna Boys' Choir learn, live and sing.
Am Augartenspitz 1, 1020 Wien
www.muth.at
For Art Enthusiasts
- Current exhibitions summarised at:
www.wien.info/de/sightseeing/museen-ausstellungen
- Albertina Museum and Albertina Modern
Showcases the Batliner Collection of classical modern art and is particularly famous for its graphic collection. Albertina Modern is a new location for modern and contemporary art.
Adresses: Albertinaplatz 1, 1010 Wien / Albertina Modern: Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Wien
www.albertina.at
- Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien
Houses, among other things, a collection of antiquities or the picture gallery with works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. In the Kunstkammer, for example, there are music automatons.
Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien
www.khm.at
- Natural History Museum Wien
Mineral collection and dinosaur hall, two of the many highlights.
Maria-Theresien-Platz, 1010 Wien
www.nhm-wien.ac.at
- Imperial Treasury Wien
In the most important treasury in the world you will find, for example, the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
Hofburg, Schweizerhof, 1010 Wien
www.kaiserliche-schatzkammer.at
- Hofburg Palace
You can visit the Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Imperial Silver Collection.
Hofburg, Michaelerkuppel, 1010 Wien
www.hofburg-wien.at
- Wiener Secession
The exhibition building for contemporary art was built in 1897/98 by Joseph Maria Olbrich. The Secession, is one of the most important works of art of the Viennese Art Nouveau. On display is the Beethoven Frieze designed by Gustav Klimt as well as contemporary art exhibitions.
Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Wien
www.secession.at/
- Stephansdom
The Stephansdom is the landmark of Vienna. Construction began in the 12th century. It is the most important Gothic building in Austria.
Stephansplatz 3, 1010 Wien
www.stephansdom.at/
- Upper Belvedere
The collection includes works from the Middle Ages to the present day. The highlight is the world's largest Gustav Klimt painting collection.
Prinz Eugen-Straße 27, 1030 Wien
www.belvedere.at/
- Schönbrunn Palace
Former summer residence of the Habsburgs, where Maria Theresa, Emperor Franz Joseph and Empress Elisabeth, also known as Sisi, once resided.
1030 Wien
www.schoenbrunn.at/
- MuseumsQuartier Wien
The MQ is a large cultural area whose numerous inner courtyards invite visitors to linger or stop for a bite to eat.
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien
www.mqw.at
- Leopold Museum
Directly in the MuseumsQuartier, with Austrian art from the second half of the 19th century and modern art.
www.leopoldmuseum.org
- mumok – Museum of Modern Art
directly in the Museumsquartier
www.mumok.at
- Sigmund Freud Museum
Presents the history of psychoanalysis and Sigmund Freud in the former practice and home of Sigmund Freud.
Berggasse 19, 1090 Wien
www.freud-museum.at
- Museum of the Viennese Porcelain Manufactory "Augarten"
A visit through the exhibition or a guided tour through the manufactory.
Obere Augartenstraße 1, 1020 Wien
www.augarten.com
For Nature Enthusiasts
- Wiener Prater
A spacious recreation area (near Messe Wien) with extensive meadows and forests through which the 4.4-kilometre-long main avenue between Praterstern and Lusthaus runs. The Prater also stands, of course, for the amusement park located at its north-western tip. It is the location of the famous Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel. From our conference location it is only a few minutes' walk to the greenery of the Prater.
- Parks
The city has numerous parks.
Parks sorted by districts
Seven selected city parks
- Donauinsel of Wien
A beach and nature reserve. Also invites you to swim.
https://www.wien.info/en/all-of-vienna/families/outdoor/danube-island-344064
- Open-air baths and lidos in Vienna
www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/baden
Specially for Families and Kids
- WIENXTRA-Kids information
An information centre for children and families in Vienna.
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien
www.wienxtra.at
- Playgrounds
Vienna playgrounds and themed playgrounds, forest and water playgrounds summarised at:
www.wien.gv.at/freizeit/spielplatz
- ZOOM Children's Museum
Offers, among other things, a hands-on exhibition, adventure room and animation studio.
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien
www.kindermuseum.at/en
- Sights
Sights from Fiakerfahrt, Hundertwasserhaus to St. Stephen's Cathedral summarised in the A to Z of the official online travel guide of the City of Vienna:
https://www.wien.info/en/sightseeing/sights/from-a-to-z
- Spanish Riding School
Regular performances by the riders and their Lipizzaner horses.
Michaelerplatz 1, 1010 Wien
https://www.srs.at/en/
- Wiener Naschmarkt
It is Vienna's largest inner-city market also with many gastro stalls.
Wienzeile, 1060 Wien, in the area between Karlsplatz and Kettenbrückengasse
Childcare
A child-friendly room is available at Messe Wien. External childcare is available upon request. Please contact us if you need access with your child (and a caregiver, if applicable). Here, too, the hygiene rules must be observed.
