TOP 20 Things to Do in VIENNA Austria 2024 | Travel Guide

The best things to do in Vienna, Austria are not always easy to figure out. Especially during the new normal. This travel guide will help you discover the top 20 sights and attractions in Vienna (Wien) including the famous Stephansdom, Schloss Schönbrunn, the State Opera and lots of coffee houses and restaurants.

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0:00 Intro
1:47 2: Café Central
3:40 4: Ringstraße Tram Tour
6:13 6: Café Sacher
7:59 8: Staatsoper
8:53 9: Café Aida
11:30 12: Manner Shop
13:41 14: Prater
15:40 15: Gulasch
16:05 16: Apfelstrudel
17:58 18: Karlskirche
20:00 20: Palatschinken

[ownstyle]

I’m from Sweden but I lived in Vienna for 5 years, and I can’t encourage anyone to visit enough. It’s the most wonderful City on the planet

[Ariadne-cgcq]

I have been to Vienna many times and love the city very much. I go there mainly to see some Opera performances which are great but I also love all the museums, architecture, the cafes, the food, the night markets and lots of other things. It is a marvellous city and so full of everything anyone could ever want. Two places which I love visiting are the Cafe Mozart, just behind the Opera House. I love to go there for a late meal after the Opera and also the Cafe Demel, where I can watch the cakes being made at the back of the cafe. I always go there before my flight back to buy some of their cakes to bring back with me.
Sadly I have not been there for the past 8 years firstly due to health issues and more recently due to the pandemic but I hope to go there again in the next year or two. I also love visiting Salzburg and have gone there many times for the summer music festival which is absolutely amazing.

[hanna-gbbk]

Fun fact: the building you're showing as the Hofburg is actually the Neue Burg (new castle), the newest part of the Hofburg. It was finished after the monarchy disintegrated. They origninally planned a huge Kaiserforum (emperor's forum) with an identical builiding like the Neue Burg on the opposite site, the two twin museums (national art and national history museum) between and the royal stables (which is the Museumsqartier or MQ today) after but the monarchy didn't hold that long.
The Imperial Treasury is the oldest part of the Hofburg, the Ecclesiastical Treasury was always used to hold the Habsburg treasures.
I worked for the national art museum (KHM) and they told us a lot about the history of the buildings.

[margalinam]

I love Vienna. It's one of my favorite cities in the winter. I have never been there in the summer or Spring. I used to go skiing to Innsbruck, great skiing there. Next time I go I like to go In the Spring or Summer. They have great festivals there too. The city looks very different with no snow.

[johnmaryn]

Thank you for this wonderful video, Max. I spent an amazing year in Vienna as a young music student (1971-72). Visitors to Vienna need to experience the musical culture of this amazing heritage. In that year, I saw over 50 operas and 50 concerts (standing room). Your video brings back great memories.

[aciduchiha]

What makes the Kunsthistorische Museum so special is that the exact same building is opposite of it the Naturhistorische Museum, where you can experience a lot nature, animals and so many more things and in the middle between these two identical museums is a Maria Theresia statue.

[aidanatyinkhan]

I just come from my trip, following as he said in this video. It was more beautiful than I expected there, thank you😊

[oldschooljokes]

You made me cry. Yes it's a little touristy. Like why didn't you try our pizza? Or other Delikatessen? But other than that. You made me miss my home town SO MUCH. 😢 I've been living in Manchester, England for 12yrs and this brought me back home. I couldn't stop smiling and crying ahahah. Vielen vielen Dank mein Bruder.

[TravelAroundSG]

Love Vienna, alaways happy to travel back to Austria 🇦🇹

[thet]

So much appreciated the whole video, Thank you for sharing, can't wait for my Viena holiday!

[paulywang]

In 2015 my family and I visited Vienna, the first church was impressive, you have to see it in person, video can't show how magnificent it is.

[cookwithshakti]

I visited Vienna in 2018, one of the Classy city.. Thanks for refreshing memories 😎

[farideddinbazzal]

I am visiting Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic in two weeks and came across your videos when researching the cities!! I really enjoyed watching your video on Munich and now this one on Vienna! Great job and thank you!!

[dianachicchon]

I’m literally planing a trip to Vienna right now ! this video is really informative and what I was looking for, so glad I found it !

[ThePortmaccer]

Thank you Max for a beautiful presentation of Vienna. Yours is the best. "Ich bin ein Wiener" but left home 65 years ago, so it is wonderful to see what you've shown and the way you did it. Thank you

[MrWhangdoodles]

Usually at the end of each month there is the "Kunstschatzi" at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. One of the halls turns into a cocktail bar and it's a party! You have free roam of most of the collection. The ticket costs 25 euros per person, a cocktail coupon is included.
Also, business casual is a minimum. It's a blast!

[lauramontesinos]

I'm Mexican and I've been to Europe but not Austria. So Vienna is in my bucket list. I want to try the sachetorte and visit the Schönbrunn palace. 😍❤️

[hw]

Hi Max... Very nice video. You are missing Tiergarten Schönbrunn (Zoo). Is very nice and has a lot of history.
Probably not what you would do on a city trip but what makes Vienna special to me as a local is how quickly with public transport you are in Wienerwald for a light hike or on the Donauinsel for a swim.

[barbobrien]

I should have watched this video first! Max features exactly what I want to do on my visit: eat pastries and drink coffee in an elegant setting. Also needed a recommendation for a good Weinerschnitsel, and in a historic venue to boot. Thanks Max!

[matthewcecil]

I just went to Vienna and did everything in this video (inspired by this video. It was an amazing time. The Griechenbeisl restaurant is worth it. When you go ask the servers to show you Mozart and Beethoven’s signatures on the walls!

Thank you!