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Vienna fun facts
Things you might not know about Vienna. Every fact comes from an official or primary source, named alongside it.
Updated October 2026
Two World Heritage sites in one city
UNESCO inscribed the Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn in 1996 and the Historic Centre of Vienna in 2001 (whc.unesco.org). Within a day trip are the Wachau (2000), the Semmering Railway (1998) and Baden bei Wien, one of the Great Spa Towns of Europe (2021).
Vineyards inside the city
Vienna grows wine within its city limits, on the slopes of the Kahlenberg and the Nussberg and on the Bisamberg north of the Danube, and drinks it in the Heurigen of its old wine villages.
A ferris wheel from 1897
The Wiener Riesenrad in the Prater has turned since 1897, in its own words (wienerriesenrad.com).
Heritage you can sit in
Viennese coffee house culture is on Austria’s national inventory of intangible cultural heritage, kept under the UNESCO convention.
Questions and answers
How many UNESCO World Heritage sites does Vienna have?
Two: the Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn (1996) and the Historic Centre of Vienna (2001).