What's onThis week in Vienna
Your trusted, one‑stop guide to Vienna
Vienna runs from the lanes of the Innere Stadt around St Stephen’s, along the Ringstrasse with its opera house, museums and theatres, to the summer palace of Schönbrunn, the Prater and the vineyards of the Kahlenberg. Here are the grand hotels and the 2026 MICHELIN stars, the coffee houses and the Heurigen, the concert halls and the museums, the railway hub at the heart of Europe, and day trips to the Wachau, Bratislava, the Semmering and Baden. We’ve checked every listing against the venue’s own website or an official source, and we leave out anything we can’t confirm.
New: by rail
Vienna by rail
Railjets to Budapest every hour, Nightjet sleepers to Rome, Zurich and Hamburg, and the new line south from Budapest to Belgrade: Vienna is the hub of Europe’s railways.
Plan your journeyArts + Culture
The State Opera, the Musikverein, Klimt at the Belvedere and the Viennale.
Vienna by rail
The hub of Europe’s railways: Budapest every hour, sleepers across the continent, and the new line south to Belgrade.
Vienna by neighbourhood
From the Innere Stadt to the Heurigen: each area has its own guide.
Plan your trip
The practical things to know before you go.
Beyond Vienna
The Wachau, Bratislava, the Semmering and Baden, all within reach for the day.
In depth: Vienna’s back stories
Ultravox’s “Vienna”, imperial Vienna, the coffee house, the city of music, the grand hotels, eating, rail and where to buy.
Along the Danube and into the Alps with the ULTIMATE guides
Downriver by rail to Budapest and Belgrade, and west to the mountains.
ULTIMATE City Guides: Europe & beyond
Planning a longer journey? Each city in the network has its own independent guide, written with the same care and checked place by place. Here are the guides that are live, with more on the way.
SerbiaULTIMATE BelgradeWhere the Sava meets the Danube: a buzzing capital of art, classical music and famous nightlife, with a new waterfront and the mountains of Zlatibor and Kopaonik.Visit the guide Coming soon: Rail Journeys (great train journeys worldwide)
HOT TOPICS · Have Your Say
The latest from our readers: visitors and locals talking about Vienna, its restaurants, theatres, museums and neighbourhoods.
This week's pick
Viennale
The Viennale, Vienna’s international film festival, runs until 3 November 2026 in the city’s cinemas, the Gartenbaukino among them (viennale.at).
Find out moreEvery list in the guide
- Restaurants34
- Cafés9
- Bars10
- Hotels19
- Sights14
- Arts & Culture44
- Parks9
- Walks6
- Shopping13
- Health5
- Property6
- Developments5
- Motoring5
- Getting Around10
- Innere Stadt guideGuide
- Ringstrasse & MuseumsQuartier guideGuide
- Wieden & the Naschmarkt guideGuide
- Landstrasse & the Belvedere guideGuide
- Leopoldstadt & the Prater guideGuide
- Schönbrunn & Hietzing guideGuide
- Döbling & the Heurigen guideGuide
- The Wachau guideGuide
- Bratislava guideGuide
- The Semmering Railway guideGuide
- Baden bei Wien guideGuide
- LUX Living guideGuide
- Vienna property guide guideGuide
- Grand hotels guide guideGuide
Plan your day
Know your neighbourhoods
Our favourites right now
Restaurants
- 1Eating in Vienna: the back storyInnere Stadt · In depth
- 2Steirereck im StadtparkStadtpark · Creative
- 3AmadorDöbling · Creative
Cafés
- 1The Viennese coffee house: the back storyInnere Stadt · In depth
- 2Café CentralInnere Stadt · Coffee house
- 3Café SperlMariahilf · Coffee house
Bars
- 1Loos American BarInnere Stadt · Cocktail bar
- 2Krugers American BarInnere Stadt · Cocktail bar
- 3KleinodInnere Stadt · Cocktail bars
Hotels
- 1The grand hotels of Vienna: the back storyRingstrasse · In depth
- 2Hotel Sacher WienOpera · Grand hotel
- 3Hotel Imperial, ViennaKärntner Ring · Grand hotel
Sights
- 1Imperial Vienna: the back storyHofburg · In depth
- 2Schönbrunn PalaceHietzing · Imperial palace
- 3The Hofburg: Imperial Apartments and Sisi MuseumInnere Stadt · Imperial palace
Arts & Culture
- 1Vienna, the city of music and art: the back storyInnere Stadt · In depth
- 2Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper)Opera · Opera house
- 3MusikvereinKarlsplatz · Concert hall
Parks
- 1Schönbrunn Palace ParkHietzing · Palace gardens
- 2StadtparkRingstrasse · City park
- 3Burggarten and the PalmenhausHofburg · Palace garden
Walks
- 1The RingstrasseRingstrasse · Town walk
- 2The old town: Stephansplatz, the Graben and the KohlmarktInnere Stadt · Town walk
- 3Naschmarkt to the Secession and KarlsplatzWieden · Town walk
Shopping
- 1The Graben and the KohlmarktInnere Stadt · Shopping streets
- 2Goldenes QuartierInnere Stadt · Luxury quarter
- 3Mariahilfer StrasseMariahilf · Shopping street
Health
- 1Emergencies: call 112Austria · Emergency
- 2AKH Wien (Vienna General Hospital)Alsergrund · University hospital
- 3Wiener PrivatklinikAlsergrund · Private hospital
Property
- 1Buying in Vienna: the back storyVienna · In depth
- 2City of Vienna: land acquisition by foreignersVienna · Official body
- 3Oesterreich.gv.at: buying propertyAustria · Official information
Developments
- 1U2xU5: the new metro crossVienna · Metro
- 2Semmering Base TunnelSemmering · Railway tunnel
- 3aspern SeestadtDonaustadt · New district