The back story
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Neighbourhood guide
The Ringstrasse and the MuseumsQuartier: the back story
The boulevard of the 1860s, its museums and theatres, and the MuseumsQuartier and Spittelberg behind it.
Neighbourhood guide · Vienna
Ringstrasse & MuseumsQuartier: Our Favourites
The Kunsthistorisches Museum, the Leopold Museum and mumok, the Burgtheater and the Rathaus, Café Landtmann and the lanes of Spittelberg.
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What to see and do
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Christmas market in winter
Vienna City Hall (Rathaus)
The neo-Gothic city hall on the Ring, its square the scene of the Christmas market and the winter ice rink.
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The Habsburg collections
Kunsthistorisches Museum
Bruegel, Velázquez and Vermeer, and the Habsburg Kunstkammer, under a marble staircase and dome.
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Schiele and Klimt
Leopold Museum
The great Schiele collection, with Klimt and the Wiener Werkstätte, in the MuseumsQuartier.
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 WienExplore View on map
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In the basalt cube
mumok
Modern and contemporary art in the dark basalt building of the MuseumsQuartier.
Museumsplatz 1, 1070 WienExplore View on map
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Under the cupola
Natural History Museum (NHM Wien)
Meteorites, dinosaurs and the Venus of Willendorf, opposite the Kunsthistorisches Museum.
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The rose garden
Volksgarten
The rose garden and the Theseus Temple, between the Hofburg and the Burgtheater.
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Or tram 1 and 2
The Ringstrasse
The boulevard around the old town: the State Opera, the museums, the Parliament, the Rathaus and the Burgtheater.
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Biedermeier lanes
Spittelberg and the MuseumsQuartier
The Biedermeier lanes of Spittelberg and the courtyards of the MuseumsQuartier.
Where to eat
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Two MICHELIN Stars
Doubek
Two-star creative cooking on Kochgasse, in the Josefstadt behind the Rathaus.
Kochgasse 13, 1080 WienExplore View on map
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Bib Gourmand
TIAN Bistro am Spittelberg
Vegetarian bistro cooking in the lanes of Spittelberg.
Schrankgasse 4, 1070 WienExplore View on map
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Facing the Burgtheater
Café Landtmann
A grand coffee house on the Ring, facing the Burgtheater.
Universitätsring 4, 1010 WienExplore View on map
Bars
Shopping
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Since 1903
Mühlbauer
Hats made in Vienna since 1903, in the milliner’s own words, with a shop on Neubaugasse.
Neubaugasse 34, 1070 WienExplore View on map
Where to stay
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By the MuseumsQuartier
25hours Hotel beim MuseumsQuartier
A playful design hotel behind the MuseumsQuartier, with a rooftop bar.
Lerchenfelder Strasse 1–3, 1070 WienExplore View on map
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By the MuseumsQuartier
Hotel Sans Souci Wien
A boutique hotel with an art collection, a minute from the MuseumsQuartier.
Burggasse 2, 1070 WienExplore View on map
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Spittelberg
Altstadt Vienna
A boutique hotel in a townhouse on the edge of Spittelberg.
Kirchengasse 41, 1070 WienExplore View on map
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