Vienna Travel Stories

Jul 12, 2024 • 7 min read

Vienna is a perfect balance of the urban and the outdoors. Explore the city one neighborhood at a time with this guide.

Nov 6, 2023 • 5 min read

Whether you want to see live music, sip a lager in a Biergarten (beer garden), or avoid the crowds, here’s our guide to the best time to visit Vienna.

Oct 9, 2023 • 7 min read

Does mountain-adjacent Salzburg or sophisticated Vienna offer the better introduction to Austrian art and culture? We asked two writers to make the case.

Apr 2, 2022 • 8 min read

From budget beer in Bratislava to hiking through the Vienna Woods, these are the best places to visit on a day trip from Vienna.

Dec 13, 2021 • 7 min read

On a bike along the Danube, aboard a U-Bahn or on the tram around the Ringstrasse, we have all the tips you need for getting around the Austrian capital.

Nov 22, 2021 • 8 min read

One of the world’s great cities for culture, Vienna abounds with museums. Here are eight of the best ones.

Nov 8, 2021 • 5 min read

Embrace Vienna's outdoor life with our guide to the city's greatest and most memorable city parks.

Feb 5, 2020 • 4 min read

Vienna might not be the obvious family travel destination, but there is plenty here to entertain the kids.

Nov 11, 2019 • 5 min read

Vienna’s winter ball season starts in November and runs through to February. Here's our guide for first-timers to this ballroom dancing event.

Oct 16, 2019 • 7 min read

Get festive in the most dazzling markets the country has to offer.

Aug 16, 2019 • 6 min read

From a smoky jazz club in Paris to the throbbing beats of Berghain in Berlin, we've got the perfect round up of dream destinations for your musical tastes.

Oct 24, 2018 • 7 min read

There is no denying that Vienna is fit for a monarch. The Austrian capital brims with the earthly pleasures of humankind: heart-stopping cake-topping…

Jun 1, 2017 • 6 min read

As the former HQ of the Hapsburg Empire, the Austrian capital has a flabbergasting stash of cultural and art treasures – more than you could ever hope to…

Oct 11, 2016 • 4 min read

With striking, stop-and-gawp architecture, steamy stress-repressing saunas and a near certified statute for sipping the hours away in a coffee house,…

Feb 11, 2013 • 5 min read

Dodging Vienna's tourist traps and making the most of the Austrian capital on a tight budget is easy when you know how. Read on to learn how to see Klimt…