![]() ![]() If you want to learn the history of the Earth and the untold variety of nature, then visit the Natural History Museum (Naturhistorisches Museum) of Vienna. The know-it-all says: The horse heads that exist in various spots reveal the premises’ previous use! Mumok:Adults 12€, Students-Retirees-Children-Unemployed-Disabled 8€-9€.For more Combo tickets See HERE. Mumok: Monday: 14:00-19:00, Tuesday-Sunday: 10:00-19:00, Closed: Thursday.Ĭost: Leopold: Adults 14€, Students-Retirees-Children-Unemployed-Disabled 10€, Open: Leopold: Every day 10:00-18:00 except Tuesday. The MuseumsQuartier is the joy of the art enthusiasts, as well as the ones who just want to relax while drinking their coffee or beer next to the fountain! Among them, the most famous ones are the Mumok museum, with its impressive structure, and the Leopold museum that hosts more than 5,000 works. But its most major characteristic is the museums that surround it. The benches, cafés and restaurants in combination with the relaxed atmosphere and the events keep the square alive until late at night, which is pretty rare for quiet Vienna. The museums’ square is the most popular meeting point for the youth and more. The MuseumsQuartier (Museums District) is housed in the former imperial stables, in an area of 60,000m². The know-it-all says: The roofs are covered with gardens with more than 250 trees and plants! Kunst Haus: Standard 12€, Family ticket 22€, Children 5€, Audioguide 3€. Kunst Haus: Every day 10:00-18:00.Ĭost: Hundertwasserhaus: Free. Inside you can see the artist’s permanent collection and a few temporary ones, but also have some coffee in the building’s ground-floor shop. It is located in close distance to the first one, while the asymmetrical materials of glass, metal, bricks, wood, ceramic tiles and the dense vegetation give the building a unique character. The tourist “village” houses shops with accessories and souvenirs, as well as cafés!ī) The Kunst Haus holds a different approach than the Hundertwasserhaus, as visitors can explore its interior and get an original taste of the painter/creator, Friedensreich Hundertwasser. It is logical that you cannot get inside, but you can admire its exterior or have a beer in the homonymous “village”, which is located right across the street. They were built by the same creator and are important architectural attractions of Vienna.Ī) The Hundertwasserhaus is a different, colorful apartment building that was built with the purpose to…accommodate people, as it hosts 54 families and four offices. ![]() The two buildings attract hundreds of visitors daily. The know-it-all says: It is the oldest zoo in the world! Last entrance 30 minutes before closing.Ĭost: Adults 20€, Children 6-18 years old 10€, Children >6 years old Free. *You will have to stand in line, in order to see the beautiful mascot. Furthermore, in the stimulation rooms you can “plunge into the Amazon” or get acquainted with the tropical forest! Finally, get informed about the feeding times of your favorite animals HERE. Apart from the sweet Pandas, the zoo hosts another 700(!) species of animals, from which the Siberian tigers, orangutans, the African elephants and the polar bears stand out. The main reasons for visiting it are its immaculate infrastructure and…the giant Pandas*. This fact can be confirmed by the high visitor rates, with two million people visiting it every year. The Vienna Zoo is nowadays considered to be one of three best zoos in Europe. The know-it-all says: Empress Maria Theresa, while she was the one who bought the palace, never lived in it! Open: Every day 10:00-18:00 & Wednesday and Friday 10:00-21:00.Ĭost: Upper Palace: Adults 16€, Students & Retirees 13.5€, Children >18 years old Free, Lower Palace:Adults 14€, Students & Retirees 11€, Children >18 years old Free, Winter Palace: Adults 9€, Students & Retirees 7€, Children >18 years old Free, House 21: Adults 8€, Students & Retirees 6€, Children >18 years old Free, Combo ticket:Adults 29€, Students & Retirees 26€, Children >18 years old Free. (Parts of Belvedere are also the Winter Palace and the House 21). Otherwise, you can walk around the beautiful gardens and take some artistic photographs. It is worth visiting (inside) only if you have the Vienna pass or you are art aficionados. The lower palace included the stables and the main apartments of the Prince, while nowadays it hosts the temporary exhibitions, as well as items of the medieval era. In the upper palace there are artworks of the French Impressionism and some of the most important artworks of the Austrian art, one of them being the famous painting of Gustav Klimt “The Kiss”. The palace consists of two buildings (the upper & lower), which are connected through vivid gardens, impressive sculptures and wonderful fountains. The Belvedere Palace was the summer house of Prince Eugene. ![]()
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