VIENNA TRAVEL GUIDE | Top 20 Things to do in Vienna, Austria

Join us as we visit Vienna, Austria in this travel guide covering 20 things to do in Vienna (Wien) including top attractions such as grand palaces and museums along with iconic experiences such as visiting cafes, coffeehouses and restaurants while experiencing nightlife in the city.

Vienna city is one of the grandest we've visited in Europe and its elegance, history and architecture will surely win you over. However, this city is not a living museum and with trendy restaurants, cafes and legendary nightlife you'll travel to Vienna and leave wishing you could linger for a few more days.

A special thank you to friends Kash, Becki, Sabina, Drew & Deanna for helping us out with this guide to Vienna. Check out the pinned comment to follow them on social media.

20 Things to do in Vienna City Tour | Austria Travel Guide:

Intro to Vienna (Wien) - 00:01
1) Cafe Sacher for Viennese chocolate cake (sachertorte / sacher torte) - 00:33 and 01:23
2) Ring Road (Ringstraße) in the Old Town (Innere Stadt) of Vienna for parks, museums and palaces - 01:00
3) St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom) for views of Vienna (Wien) - 03:29
4) Mozart’s House (Mozarthaus Vienna) on Domgasse 5 (1784 to 1787) - 04:17
5) St. Peter’s Church in Vienna (Peterskirche) - 04:43
6) Hofburg Palace (Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments & Silver Collection) +Roman Ruins - 05:47
7) People's Garden Park of Vienna (Volksgarten) - 06:57
8) Schönbrunn Palace (Schloss Schönbrunn) +
Palace Park - 07:37
9) Nightlife in Vienna with friends - 08:01
10) Street Food in Vienna eating Käsekrainer (sausage with cheese) - 09:40
11) Vienna Vineyards for wine tastings - 11:35
12) Viennese Breakfast in Vienna, Austria - 13:44
13) Prater Park + Wiener Riesenrad Ferris Wheel (1897) - 16:31
14) Austrian Food eating Schnitzel, Goulash and Apple Strudel - 17:49
15) Hundertwasserhaus for fascinating architecture - 20:36
16) Fleamarket in Vienna (recommended Nasch markt) - 21:33
17) Museum Quarter [Museumsquartier] (Mumok + Kunsthalle Wien + Leopold Museum) - 22:05
18) Maria-Theresien Platz (Museum of Natural History + Museum of Art History + Opera) - 22:53
19) Wiener Melange (coffee) + Mozart Cake + strudel at Aida coffeehouse - 23:25
20) Transportation around Vienna taking the Metro (U-Bahn) - 26:02
Outro - 26:40

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Our visit Vienna travel guide documentary covers some of the top attractions including a food guide (Austrian and Viennese), top sightseeing tourist attractions and the city by day including visiting palaces gardens, churches and museums and Vienna by night for nightlife and entertainment. We also cover off-the-beaten-path outdoor activities you won't find in a typical Vienna tourism brochure, Vienna itinerary or Vienna, Austria city tour.

WIEN - 20 Things to do in Vienna, Austria Travel Guide Video Transcript:

In this video we’re showing you around Vienna (Wien). After spending a few days in Tirol, the capital was our next stop and what a change of scenery. We swapped snow-capped mountains for some of the most elegant streets of Europe in Wien, Österreich.

Vienna is a city of imperial palaces, countless museums and grand coffee houses, and it was a feast for the eyes.

We can already tell you that one week was not enough to see it all, but in this video we’ll do our best to show you some of Vienna’s highlights!

And that’s a wrap for our guide to Vienna (Wien). We hope you guys enjoyed following along and that you got a few ideas of things to do on your own trip to Wien, Österreich.

Now you guys know the drill, if you have any other suggestions of fun things to do, see, or eat in Vienna, feel free to share those with travellers in the comments below. Wishing you happy travels and until next time!

This is part of our Travel in Vienna video series showcasing Viennese food, Viennese culture and Viennese cuisine.

This is part of our Travel in Austria video series showcasing Austrian food, Austrian culture and Austrian cuisine.

[samuelandaudrey]

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[elizabethnilsson]

THE BEST PRESENTATION CHANEL SO FAR. JUST WHAT WE VISIT WHEN WE HAVE ALL THESE MANY DAYS OF HOLIDAYS PLUS PUBLIC HOLIDAYS....

[samuelandaudrey]

Hey guys! We had an incredible time in Vienna and it had a lot to do with meeting up with friends:

[Local_Guide_Cro]

Great video! I love how you solved the problem of the no-filming policy at Hofburg - "Look at their souvenir shop. You can imagine what the rest of the palace looks like". This was brilliant!

[intheshadows..]

Actually put a comment in your Glasgow video. my home city now. My friends have just moved to Vienna from Wellington so I went to visit them in early June. Spent 3 whole days there. For me it`s just a stunning beautiful city, I am into photography so it`s a delight just to amble about it with the camera. I discovered it can be done without actually having to spend a lot of money. It`s a city with a special atmosphere, stunning architecture and with a camera, a city you just cannot get enough of. I had just spent 5 days photographing the Cuillins on the isle of Skye then went straight to Vienna and I was dithering whether to go, glad I did as this city just blew me away. One of it`s gems is the fountain in a side street next to St Stephen`s Cathedral anybody going there should make time to visit it, the Soviet War memorial is another. One of my best memories of Vienna was how this city does early Sunday evenings as it was just so relaxed, many cities do it good, Vienna does it with class. I got right into people photography in this city, with so many variants on show here, it would have been an insult not to.

[colinhall]

I just have to say I love your videos. I've watched a few of them before purely for entertainment, but I'm backpacking Europe next month and your videos on Vienna, Budapest, Warsaw etc are incredibly helpful for planning my trip. I love that you list all the places in the comments too. Thanks for the amazing work :)

[c.greystone]

Audrey, Sam, thoughtful of you to list down the highlighted places showcased here. Not many presenters do that. Thank you very much!

[paulricchiuti]

Hello Sam, Audrey and anyone viewing this post - trying to plan my 10 day summer vacation (wife, and 2 kids ages 11 and 6), and while looking for various travel advice, came across the Sam and Audrey travel videos, and enjoyed the overviews of Poland and Hungary.

We are flying from New York, and the 10 days includes travel time.

We mainly like to tour the old towns, historically significant landscapes, and culturally significant architecture.
Want something for the kids as well; not necessarily an amusement park, but something interesting and fun for them.

Destinations considered are one of the following:

1) Poland - Krakow and Warsaw
2) Austria - Vienna and Salzburg
3) Czech Republic - Prague and Cesky Krumlov
4) Hungary - Budapest and Eger

Any recommendations, especially what would be fun for the kids, is greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

[marlondizon]

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

[realinevicente]

This is great! I am getting crazy planning for my Vienna trip! So many things to see!

[judyhayward]

I'm a bit late watching this video but I was in Vienna 30 years ago for 5 weeks and I have found your video really great you cover a lot of the good stuff that you really need to see.

[Shan]

I adored see and meeting one little of city of from Vienna, Austria and the girls and the man!

[jackbarnard]

How fun guys!!! I would lover to eat my way across Vienna. Super yum I'm a huge fan of German apple strudel. European deserts are so different from American. Cheers from California!!!

[greenleaf]

Nice video ~ makes me want to fly home soon again! A bit of info that not many foreigners know is that the origional chocolate cake creation known as Sacher Torte is found at Café Demel ~ Sacher was an apprentice there, he stole the recipee made a minor adjustment and won the annual imperial baking competion of that time ~ thus naming the cake Sacher cake is tastier...and old family recipees are also better!

[RealSpaceHobo]

Good thing Sam got that little nap outta the Audrey, accentuating each syllable of audio rendered reading menus out there in the foreign, is a treat...:-)

[gas]

Nice shirt Sam! Great stuff from a great place ❤

[justinamelody]

Wow a long video today but awesome vlog either way and what a beautiful country thanks for showing all the amazing things.

[manuelk]

Cool video from my home! Thx fellas :-) Wiener Frühstück, Melange, Gulasch, Wiener Schnitzel, Mozarttorte, Apfelstrudel, Topfenstrudel, Käsekrainer, & much more want to see you again !!! :-) :-) :-)

[georgewanderer]

Nice video list is almost ready for Vienna....thanks a lot...keep going

[kennethlopez]

VIenna is the most beautiful city I've ever visited. Bar none. Every building is resplendent in beauty. Every corner of the city has a different feel and atmosphee. The cakes were delicious. lovd the Arabic market. I had the best halal gyro int he muslim part of the city. It's got a fully european feel with an Islamic fliar. Just an absolutely beautiful place. So, what was he eating at 24 minutes? I see it was 3 slabs of kielbasi with looks like rice and brown beans. Looks delicious. I'd love to revisit Austria.