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„Das Schick“ your restaurant in Vienna, combines $XVWULDQWUDGLWLRQDQGVSLULWHG6SDQLVKÁDLU Experience a unique, appealing atmosphere, GHOLFLRXV$XVWULDQFXLVLQHZLWK6SDQLVKLQÁXHQFHV and a menu that will enchant you. Indulge in the fantastic view over the roofs of the Austrian capital and treat yourself to culinary delights in the elegant atmosphere of the restaurant. Experience the superb quality of the creative and seasonal meals with the adapted wines and beverages. Enjoy premium Austrian cuisine – with a “Spanish kiss” at Restaurant “Das Schick”!

Restaurant “Das Schick” at Hotel Am Parkring Parkring 12, 1010 Vienna Tel. +43 (1) 514 80-417, [email protected], www.das-schick.at Opening hours – Monday to Friday 12:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., Saturday, Sunday and holiday 6:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. Kitchen at noon until 2.30 p.m., in the evenings until 10.00 p.m. Contents

History 5

Arriving in Vienna 6 Getting your bearings on S, U and tram

Getting Around 7 Plains, trains, automobiles

Vienna Districts 8 Getting streetwise Stadtpark Basics 9 Essential travel tips Nightlife 34 The Prater 10 Bars, clubs and other dark rooms Vienna’s prime amusement park Heurigen & Wine bars 38 Culture & Events 12 Wine, wine and Wien Concerts, exhibitions and more Skiing 39 City of Classical Music 18 Slippery slopes near Vienna Vienna sounds good Sightseeing 40 Restaurants 20 From imperial to contemporary From Wiener Schnitzel to BBQ Jewish Vienna 46 Coff eehouses 32 Synagogues & museums Coﬀ ee, cake & culture Day trips 48 The best sights around Vienna

Children’s Vienna 49 It’s a child’s world

Shopping 50 Whatever you want

Hotels 54 From park bench to Park Grand

Expat Vienna 58 Tips for expats

Directory 60 Maps & Index Centre map 61-63 Street register 64 Public transport map 65 The Prater Venue index 66

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 3 Foreword This year, the usually reserved Austrians may betray a shred of excitement, as Vienna hosts the huge Eurovision Publisher song festival event in May, watched by millions across the In Your Pocket GmbH Axel-Springer-Straße 39 planet. And Australia is participating as a special guest in this 10969 Berlin European party – see page 17 for more details. Tel: +49 30 27 90 79 81 Until the world drops by in May, we have Vienna all to Fax: +49 30 24 04 73 50 ourselves, and there’s plenty to enjoy this spring. As the Vienna offi ce Tel: +43 664 131 85 97 weather warms it’s fi nally time to take back the parks and [email protected] public spaces in Vienna. Finally we can enjoy a coff ee on the www.inyourpocket.com terraces of the famed cafés again. For a special experience, Printed by Ueberreuter Druckzentrum GmbH head to the mother of all parks in Vienna, the Prater Circulation 15,000 copies bimonthly amusement park, which celebrates the arrival of the warmer season in March. Editorial Editor-in-Chief Jeroen van Marle Whatever you do, do let us know your tips and comments at Contributors Paul Nogid, Dune Johnson, Gretl Satorius [email protected]. Enjoy Vienna. Layout Tomáš Haman; Photos Evi Bauer, Reinhard Böhm Maps IYP GmbH, Cover © Prater Wien GmbH

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4 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com History Starting off as a tiny village along the Wien river, Vienna is now the 10th largest city in the EU and home to many FROM THE MAYOR major international organizations such as the United Nations and OPEC. Vienna is a city of dreams. A city full of life, economic vi- tality, effi cient transportation, ANTIQUITY numerous modern buildings Founded around 500 BC, Vienna was originally a Celtic and architectural gems. A city settlement. By 15 BCE, the town had developed into a that off ers people work and the Roman frontier city called Vindobona, protecting the youth a wide range of oppor- Roman Empire from Germanic tribes. tunities. Vienna is also the city of green parks, calm, dreamy alleys, art and music. This city © Stadt Wien/PID, HABSBURGS attracts people. Vienna is grow- Photo: Hubert Dimko AND OTTOMANS ing; life can be felt on every corner and in every street. During the Middle Ages, Vienna became the residence Vienna is rightly deemed a city worth living in, a model of the Habsburg dynasty in 1440 and eventually grew to of providing medical and social benefi ts. become the capital of the Holy Roman Empire. On their As the headquarters of international agencies such march towards western Europe, the Ottoman armies as OPEC, the UN and the International Atomic Energy were twice stopped at Vienna in the 16th and 17th Agency, Vienna is also a cosmopolitan city of culture centuries. During the 1529 Siege of Vienna, the city was and gastronomy. The rich spectrum of cultural off erings lucky to escape defeat and was saved by an early winter makes Vienna a leading cultural metropolis; one often and epidemics. A century later, the city’s fortifi cations hears the term “international capital of music” connect- had been greatly expanded and proved their worth ed with it. The Viennese music institutions with their during the 1683 Battle of Vienna, when they helped grand tradition constantly keep this reputation fresh the city survive for two months, allowing the army led and carry it forth into the world. by Polish King Jan Sobieski to assemble and defeat the In the best tradition of the many Viennese markets, Ottomans for good. I can only say: have a look around! Welcome to Vienna!

Dr. Michael Häupl 18TH CENTURY Baroque was the style of the century, and local nobility started constructing palaces in the countryside immediately built, but also shelling of locals supporting the socialist outside the city, resulting in several magniﬁ cent summer militia by the Austrian Army during the 1934 civil war. palaces. Adolf Hitler – himself an Austrian – triumphantly TH marched into town and spoke from the Hofburg balcony 19 CENTURY during the Anschluss (‘joining’) of Austria in 1938. Vienna became the capital of the huge Austrian Vienna’s thousands of Jews suﬀ ered badly, harassed by Empire in 1804, and later of the Austro-Hungarian both the state and anti-Semitic citizens, and decimated Empire, playing an important role in European and by the Holocaust. world politics. The arts blossomed, and classical music witnessed golden years. The rule of Emperor Franz Vienna was badly damaged in 1944 and 1945 during Joseph I transformed the city; the city walls were the Soviet advance, but largely reconstructed in the demolished to make way for the Ringstraße boulevard 1950s-60s, with the city centre proclaimed a UNESCO lined lined with impressive buildings, the city expanded World Heritage Site in 2001. Post-war Vienna was divided to include, and the Danube river which caused serious into sectors ruled by The USA, UK, France and the Soviet floods was canalised and tamed. Union just like Berlin. The occupation lasted 10 years, in which time spies from east and west played their Cold 20TH CENTURY War games. Industrialisation of and immigration to Vienna lead to a Austria regained full independence in 1955, and period of expansion. By 1910, Vienna was the sixth largest from the 1970s Vienna became the host city of many city in the world, with large numbers of Czech and Jewish important international organisations, including various residents. The city was a centre of the new Jugendstil style UN agencies, OPEC, the International Atomic Energy from 1900. The Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart at the Agency and OSCE. The crumbling of the Iron Curtain in end of the First World War and in 1918 the Republic of 1989 profoundly changed the city’s outlook, and there’s Deutsch-Österreich was created. Socialism quickly became good cooperation with nearby Bratislava in Slovakia popular and “Red Vienna” saw many residential estates now.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 5 Arriving in Vienna Taking a taxi to the centre takes about 15 minutes. If you CITY AIRPORT TRAIN just hop into a waiting taxi outside, the ride will cost about €45, including the fee for returning to the airport empty; it costs €33 if you mention to the driver or dispatcher that you’d like the set price (Pauschaltariﬀ ).

BY TRAIN Vienna’s new Wien Hauptbahnhof (central station) is a short distance from the city centre; hop on tram D to reach the Ring. There are plenty of luggage lockers and ATMs for fresh arrivals, and there’s a helpful tourist information offi ce. The City Airport Train connects the city centre (U-Bahn Landstrasse/S-Bahn Wien Mitte) to Vienna International Airport. Trains depart every half hour at BY BUS :06 and :36 minutes past the hour, from both stations. All international buses arrive at the Vienna International The ride takes 16 minutes and prices start at €11 for a Busterminal (VIB), which has ATMs and luggage lockers. single trip and €17 for a return trip (€1 discount with Right across the street is the Erdberg U-Bahn station, from the Vienna Card); book online for the best rates. The where it’s a 10 minute ride to the city centre. City Air Terminal in the city centre off ers travellers the services of an international airport terminal: you can get your boarding pass and check in your BY CAR baggage from 24 hours until 75 minutes before Major highways connect Vienna to Munich (4 hours) take-off . The City Check-In can only be used with a Budapest (3hrs), north and south. When parking in Vienna, valid CAT ticket. The complex above Wien Mitte train pay attention to the short-term parking zones in the inner station includes offi ces, shops and catering areas districts of the city; use the well-signposted Park & Ride as well as the CAT terminal.QMLandstraße/Wien facilities (€3 per day) in the outer districts and take an Mitte, www.cityairporttrain.com, tel. +43 1 252 50. U-Bahn or tram into town. BY FERRY BY PLANE The Danube river is increasingly used for ferry routes to Vienna’s international airport is located in Schwechat, 18km Hungary, Slovakia and Germany. Ferries arrive at Anlegestelle southeast of the city centre. After passing customs (for Reichsbrücke near U-Bahn station Vorgartenstrasse. Twin arrivals from outside the Schengen zone) and collecting City Liner boats dock at Marienbrücke bridge near the your baggage, ATMs, banks and tourist information can be Schwedenplatz U-Bahn station. found in the arrivals hall.

To get to town, there’s a choice of rail or road. The City AIRPORT Airport Train (CAT, +43 1 252 50, www.cityairporttrain. Vienna International Airport (Flughafen Wien, airport com) departs every half hour between 06:06 and 23:36, code VIE, tel. +43 1 700 72 22 33, www.viennaairport.com) arriving at S-Bahn station Wien Mitte. The ride takes 16 is located 18 kilometres southeast of central Vienna. It is minutes and costs from €11 for a single trip, and from €17 often referred to as Schwechat, after the nearby town. Since for a return trip (book online for the best price; reduced the fall of the Iron Curtain and EU enlargement in 2004 rate with the Vienna Card). You can also take a regular the airport has developed into a hub for ﬂ ights to Eastern S-Bahn train, departing from the airport to Wien Mitte Europe and the Middle East, with over 30% of the 20 million station approximately every 30 minutes between 04:34 passengers per year in transit. and 00:18; tickets cost €4 and the ride takes about 25 minutes. The airport is served by the City Airport Train (CAT) from the city centre between 05:36 and 23:06, by S-Bahn trains Vienna Airport Lines buses (tel. +43 1 700 73 23 00, (between 04:34 and 23:47) from Wien-Mitte station and www.viennaairportlines.at) depart every 30 minutes by buses from the VIB bus terminal. Passengers of Austrian between 05:00 to 23:00, stopping off at U-Bahn Airlines and most other Star Alliance airlines using the City Schwedenplatz, the train stations Wien Meidling and Airport Train can check in their luggage at Wien-Mitte station. Wien Westbahnhof and the Vienna International Center Q (VIC), taking about 30 minutes. A single ride costs €8, AIR BERLIN tel. +43 1 70 12 60, www.airberlin.com. Q a return trip €13, and tickets can be bought from the AIR FRANCE tel. +43 1 502 22 24 00, driver. www.airfrance.com.

6 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Getting around AUSTRIAN AIRLINESQtel. +43 5 17 66 10 00, and most visitors won’t need them though the handy www.austrian.com. night buses replace the U-Bahn from 00:45 to 05:00 on Q weekdays. BRITISH AIRWAYS tel. +43 1 79 56 75 67, Tickets cost €2,20 for a single ride, though it’s well worth www.ba.com. getting a day ticket if you’re planning on using public LUFTHANSAQtel. +43 8 10 10 25 80 80, transport more than a few times. A 24-hour ticket costs www.lufthansa.com. €7,60, a 48-hour ticket €13,30 and a 72-hour ticket €16,50. Tickets must be validated before getting on board. Tickets Q SWISS tel. +43 8 10 81 08 40, www.swiss.com. can be purchased from multilingual machines at every U-Bahn station and on buses and trams, though single tickets bought on board cost €2,20 and only coins are CAR RENTAL accepted. You can also visit the ticket sales offi ces of Wiener The international car rental companies have offi ces at the Linien at the Stephansplatz, Karlsplatz, Westbahnhof and airport as well as on the Ringstrasse near the main hotels. Wien Mitte U-Bahn stations. The 72 hour ticket can also be Rentals start from €80 per day. purchased at the Tourist Information Offi ce. Children up to six years old always travel free; children up to 15 ride free AVISQtel. +43 800 08 00 87 57, www.avis.at. on Sundays, holidays and during Vienna’s school holidays (photo ID required). The Vienna Card costs €19,90 and EUROPCAR off ers 72 hours of travel on public transport plus more than QB-3, Schubertring 9, tel. +43 866 16 11/+43 866 16 200 discounts to museums, concerts, cafés, and more. It 10, [email protected], www.europcar.at. Open 07:30 - can be bought at the Tourist Information Offi ces or from 18:00, Sat 08:00 - 13:00, Sun 08:00 - 12:00. the Wiener Linien offi ces.

DRIVING & PARKING TAXIS Parking in central Vienna is expensive; the 20 public Taxis are a safe and fast way to get around Vienna. After garages in the centre charge up to €5 per hour. Street the start-up fee of €2,50, fares are about €1 per kilometre parking tickets (€1 per 30 minutes) can be purchased from with €0,40 for waiting. At night between 23:00 and 06:00, news agents (Trafi ken), the offi ces of Wiener Linien, many start-up is €2,60 and rates are around €1,30 per kilometre. petrol stations, major train stations and by SMS on the A1 Taxis can be hailed on the street, ordered in advance mobile network. Day visitors to Vienna are better off using a (€2,50 extra) or taken from a taxi station in the city centre Park & Ride facility in the outskirts (€3 per day) and taking (€1,25 extra). At night it’s best to call for a cab. When the tram or U-Bahn to the city centre. taking a taxi to the airport, ask for the Pauschaltariff rate If you plan to drive on Austria’s highways (all A and S roads) of €33 to avoid paying €12 on top of the metre fare for you’ll need a vignette sticker on your windscreen costing the return trip. €7.90 for 10 days, which can be purchased at petrol stations. TAXI 31300Qtel. +43 1 313 00, www.taxi31300.at. TAXI 40100Qtel. +43 1 401 00, www.taxi40100.at. LONG-DISTANCE BUSES Q The Vienna International Busterminal (VIB, open 06:00- TAXI 60160 tel. +43 1 601 60, www.taxi60160.at. 21:00) is Vienna’s main bus terminal. All major international bus lines are operated by Eurolines. TRAINS EUROLINES The new Wien Hauptbahnhof (central station) opened QErdbergstrassse 200a (VIB), MErdberg, tel. +43 1 798 in December 2014 and is now almost operating at full 29 00, www.eurolines.at. Open 06:30 - 20:30, Sat, Sun capacity; trains from a handful of destinations still terminate 06:30 - 11:30, 16:30-20:30. at other stations until all tracks are connected by summer 2015. Check your timetable carefully to check where to embark. Among many new connections are the ICE high PUBLIC TRANSPORT speed trains from Linz via Vienna’s new Hauptbahnhof Vienna’s extensive public transportation system, run by station to Vienna airport, every two hours or so; these Wiener Linien (Vienna Transport Authority), is an easy and can also be used to get to and from the airport in under inexpensive way to get around town. The U-Bahn (metro) 20 minutes. Train tickets can be bought at all stations, but runs daily from 05:00 to 00:30, and non-stop on Fridays and are best booked in advance on the bilingual ÖBB website, Saturdays and before public holidays. Suburban S-Bahn where signifi cant reductions are available if you book well trains radiate outwards from the city to the surrounding in advance. districts and towns. Trams are the best way to get around the inner city sights, running every 5-15 minutes between ÖBB (AUSTRIAN RAILWAYS) 05:00 and 00:30. Buses mostly serve Vienna’s suburbs Qtel. +43 5 17 17, www.oebb.at.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 7 Vienna Districts 4, 5, 6. NASCHMARKT This is currently Vienna’s most vibrant area with chic cafes and people strolling past trendy stores and art galleries. You would not want to miss out on a visit to Vienna’s central Naschmarkt, selling all sorts of food and with amazing restaurants and cosy cafés where many tourists and locals enjoy a break. The Freihausviertel south of Naschmarkt in the 4th district is the upcoming chic shopping mile. The 6th district, north of Naschmarkt, is known for its many gay bars. 6, 7. MARIAHILFERSTRASSE Vienna is truly the most international city in Austria, if not AREA in all of Central Europe, hosting the regional headquarters Mariahilferstrasse is known as Central and Eastern Europe’s of many international enterprises, the UN, OSCE and most important shopping street. Since the fall of the Iron OPEC. In the central districts you will have no problem Curtain, hundreds of buses bring shoppers from Hungary, communicating in English. Vienna has 23 districts, with Czech Republic and Slovakia to Vienna’s top shopping the 1st being the city centre, N°2-9 wrapped around it street to get their Christmas presents. A lot of interesting and surrounded by the Gürtel highway. Districts 10-23 are stores, nice restaurants and relaxed bars are found strolling mainly residential areas. Every district is attractive in its own around the side streets. way and equally important, generally safe for tourists. 7, 8, 9. GÜRTEL AREA 1. CITY CENTRE Gürtel is the name of the highway ring that encircles The city centre literally refers to the very heart of Vienna. In the Vienna’s central districts 1-9. In the zone between mid-19th century Vienna’s old city wall was replaced by the Westbahnhof station and the Danube canal, the red-light boulevard which in conjunction with the Franz-Josefs-Kai now district has developed into Vienna’s hottest nightlife spot forms a ring around the city centre. Magnifi cent buildings such with dozens of clubs and bars, one after the other. Go and as the state opera house, the Hofburg, the parliament building, fi nd a bar that fi ts your taste! the Vienna city hall, the Burgtheater, the university, the Vienna stock exchange and numerous prestigious buildings line this splendid boulevard. Most 5-star hotels as well as major sights VIENNESE FOR BEGINNERS are located here. Tourists will spend most of their time in this area, with everything more or less within walking distance. Can’t fi nd that strange word in your German dictionary? While Kärnterstrasse and Graben are the two major shopping Get closer to the Viennese by speaking to them in their streets in the city centre, Stephansplatz with St. Stephens own lingo. cathedral is the very centre of Vienna. Baba see you Badewaschl lifeguard Beisl local pub that serves food 2. PRATER Bierschtln to drink Bock shoes The city’s largest park stretches from the Praterstern metro Fetzn to have a buzz and train station towards the Ernst Happel stadium. Next Frucht a football to Praterstern is the Wurstelprater amusement park. Some Habara friend say it’s better to avoid this area after dark. Leopoldstadt in Habschi boyfriend Vienna’s 2nd district used to be the Jewish part of town. Herr Ober waiter Today the jewish community is again growing and you will Kiberer policeman fi nd kosher bakeries and a number of synagogues. Krügerl large beer Leiwand awesome Mahlzeit have a nice meal 3. BELVEDERE Prost! cheers Seidl small beer & HUNDERTWASSERHAUS Serwas hello The third district is one of Vienna’s most desirable addresses. Tschick cigarette Several buildings designed by Vienna’s most unusual architect Ur-Leiwand very awesome Friedenreich Hundertwasser, as well as Belvedere Palace, the Weißer Spritzer white wine with sparkling water Wuchtl joke luxurious residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy, are all located Zeche check/bill here. In addition, the district houses numerous embassies and 16er Blech a can of Ottakringer beer foreign missions, hence its name – the Embassy Quarter.

8 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Basics BASIC DATA

Population Austria (2009 estimate): 8,356,707; Vienna: 1,705,080 21,1% of people living in Vienna are foreign nationals, 121,000 of them originating from former Yugoslavia, 41,000 Turks and 28,000 Germans. Area: Austria: 83,872 km2; Vienna: 414,90 km2 Offi cial languages: German. Slovene, Croatian and Hungarian are offi cially recognised. Local time: Central European (GMT+1hr) Longest river: Danube (357,5 km in Austria) Highest mountain: Austria: Großglockner 3,798m POLITICS Vienna: Hermannskogel 542m The current mayor of Vienna is Michael Häupl. Since 1917, Borders: Austria borders Germany and the Czech Vienna has been (co-)governed by the Social Democratic Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the Party with an absolute majority in the city parliament east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland (except from 1934 to 1945 when the party was banned and Liechtenstein to the west. and mayors were appointed by the Austro-fascist and Religion: Roman Catholic 49,2%; no religion 25,6%; later by Nazi authorities). The Social Democrats currently Muslim 7,8%; Orthodox 6%; Protestant (mostly rule in coalition with the Green Party. Many political Lutheran) 4,7%; Jewish 0,5%. experts believe that the rival Austrian People’s Party would completely dominate Austrian politics if it weren’t for the Social Democrats’ unbreakable hold on Vienna. An example CRIME & SAFETY of the city’s many social democratic policies is the low-cost Vienna is a safe city to visit, and there’s little to fear except Gemeindebauten residential estates which house about perhaps for spending too much on food and souvenirs. As 25% of the Viennese population. elsewhere, avoid dark alleys at night and clutch your wallet or purse when using public transport or in busy places. SMOKING Offi cially all restaurants, cafés and other such venues DISABLED TRAVELLERS have to provide a non-smoking section. While recently Most hotels, restaurants and sights in Vienna are well- many restaurants turned into smoke-free zones, don’t be equipped for people in wheelchairs or otherwise requiring surprised how smoky many bars and clubs can get. Most assistance, and public transport is easy to use with its many traditional coff ee houses will have a smoking area. escalators, lifts and low-fl oor trams. The symbols below our hotel reviews which hotels are suitable. The city has an informative site for disabled travellers at www.wien.info/ TIPPING en/travel-info/accessible-vienna. If the service merits it, waiters appreciate a tip of about 10%; at the bar or at the Würstelstand it’s common to round ELECTRICITY up the sum a little. Austrian electrical current is 220v AC, and the country uses the standard European round, two-pin sockets. PURCHASING POWER How far does your euro go in Vienna? MONEY & COSTS Espresso €1.80 Austria uses the euro (€) with banknotes in denominations of Glass of local beer (0.5 litre) €3.20 €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500. Coins, whose design depends on in which country they were minted, come in Bottle of local wine €3 denominations of €0.01, €0.02, €0.05, €0.10, €0.20, €0.50, €1 Packet of cigarettes €4 and €2. ATMs can be found everywhere in Vienna and are the Big Mac €3 best way to get cash. Vienna is not an overly expensive city by Public transport ticket €2 Western European standards – and competition from nearby cheap countries keeps the price of for instance cigarettes at bay. Taxi ride across town €15 Vienna´s status of a social democratic stronghold means that Litre of petrol €1.40 public services such as public transport are relatively cheap.

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from their cramped apartments and dreary factory jobs. Over the years the Prater grew and became ever more so- phisticated, adding bigger and better attractions, impressive architecture, and an advanced infrastructure, including connections to the tram and metro systems. The Prater became a symbol for Vienna, the prime place for culture and In the large green Prater park just east of the city centre, the entertainment. In 2016 will be the 250th anniversary year of so-called ‘Wurstelprater’ is a large amusement park that’s the Prater, and promises to be a good party. open all year round. Built in a former imperial hunting area, today it features various rides, bumper cars, carousels, roller The Prater's main season starts shortly before spring, on 15 coasters and more. More than 250 diﬀ erent attractions in March, and lasts until 31 October. This is the best time to enjoy fact, as well as a wide selection of bars, beer gardens and the outdoors, check out the new attractions that are added eateries. Entrance is free, but each attraction has its own every year, and visit the "Schanigärten", outdoor restaurants. ﬁ xed price; pay in cash. But the park is open year-round, and in winter there's an in- creasing number of indoor attractions, restaurants and bars. WIENER PRATER QPrater 7, tel. +43 1 7292000, www.praterwien.com, U-Bahn: Praterstern. Open daily 10:00-24:00. Attraction admission fees between €2-15 each.

The Prater started oﬀ as the private hunting grounds of Emperor Joseph II. Immediately after he donated the area to the city of Vienna in 1766, it was used for recreational purposes, becoming one of Europe's oldest entertainment parks. Inns, bars, restaurants, theatres, swings, merry-go- rounds, bowling alleys and other attractions were quickly built and soon enough the crowds from across Vienna ﬂ ocked to the area in search for fun and relaxation away Science Fiction Day © Robert Farthofer

10 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com The Prater THE RIESENRAD

The most recognizable attraction of the Prater is undoubtedly the iconic Riesenrad Ferris wheel. Erected in 1897 to celebrate the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Franz Joseph, it ranks among the world’s oldest and largest Ferris wheels, reaching a height of 65 meters. It gained international fame through the classic 1949 classic ﬁ lm The Third Man when one of the cabins was the scene of a pivotal argument between Orson Welles and Joseph Cotton. A visit to Vienna can hardly be complete without a ride on this historic giant, taking in © WIND-O-BONA the breathtaking views from the top.

Special seasonal events at the Prater include Easter and the Maifest in spring, the Science Fiction Day, Praterrummel in summer, the Wiener Wiesn-Fest and Halloween in autumn and the Winter Market and New Year's Eve in winter. Twice a year, in spring and autumn, there's also a popular ﬂ ea market for children.

ATTRACTIONS All visitors should try out the landmark Riesenrad Ferris wheel of course, but there's much more at the Prater. The charming Liliputbahn miniature railway, opened © Prater Wien in 1928, puff s around a 4km track and a ride with these puffi ng steam engines is a good introduction to the park. EVENTS AT THE PRATER 15 Mar Season Start & opening Schweizerhaus 5 Apr Easter Festival 19 Apr Children´s Flea Market 1 May Mayday Celebrations 31 May Women’s Run 13 Jun Science Fiction Day 14 Aug Praterrummel Fair 13 Sept Children´s Flea Market 31 Oct Halloween 21 Nov - 6 Jan Winter Market at Riesenradplatz 31 Dec New Year´s Eve at the Prater Find more events at www.praterwien.com © Milan Brantusa One of the newest attractions is the Hotel Psycho ghost train ride. Soon Vienna’s fi rst indoor skydive centre will open, making the dreams of fl ying come true. The 117m-high Praterturm is the world's highest fl ying swing ride, spinning you around a vista of Vienna. There's food at several restaurants; try the elegant Stadtgasthaus Eisvogel next to the Riesenrad for traditional Austrian specialities; elsewhere stalls sell snacks like hot dogs, schnitzel, burgers, langos and cotton candy.

Every year new attractions are opened, some at the start of the main season, others later on in the year. In 2015 the following attractions are guaranteed to get the hearts of children and adults racing. © Julius Silver

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 11 Culture & Events EVENT VENUES TICKETS VIENNA TICKET OFFICE AA – ALBERTINA, Albertinaplatz 1, Tickets for opera, concerts, shows, sights, cruises and tel. +43 1 53 48 30, www.albertina.at more.QB-3, Kärntner Straße 51, MKarlsplatz, tel. AW – ARENA WIEN, Baumgasse 80, +43 1 513 11 11, [email protected], www. tel. +43 1 79 88 59 50, www.arena.co.at viennaticketoffice.com. Open 09:00 - 18:50. AZ – ARCHITEKTURZENTRUM WIEN, Museumsplatz 1, tel. +43 1 522 31 15, www.azw.at BV – BELVEDERE, Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27, tel. +43 1 79 55 70, www.belvedere.at GH – BANK AUSTRIA GASOMETER HALLE, Adalbert-Stifter-Strasse 73, tel. +43 1 33 24 64 10, www.planet.tt KH – KUNSTHALLE WIEN, Museumsplatz 1, tel. +43 1 521 89 33, www.kunsthallewien.at KO – WIENER KONZERTHAUS, Lothringerstrasse 20, tel. +43 1 24 20 02, www.konzerthaus.at KU – KUNSTHAUS WIEN, Untere Weissgerberstrasse 13, tel. +43 1 712 04 91, www.kunsthauswien.at LM – LEOPOLD MUSEUM, Museumsplatz 1, tel. +43 1 525 70 15 25, www.leopoldmuseum.org MK – MAK, Stubenring 5, tel. +43 1 71 13 62 48, www.mak.at WIEN-TICKET MU – MUMOK, Museumsplatz 1, tel +43 1 52 50 00, www.mumok.at MV – MUSIKVEREIN WIEN, Bösendorferstrasse 12, tel. +43 1 505 81 90, www.musikverein.at MW – MESSE WIEN, Messeplatz 1, tel. +43 1 72 72 00, www.messe.at OB – OTTAKRINGER BRAUEREI, Ottakringer Platz 1, tel +43 1 49 10 00, www.ottakringer.at RA – RAIMUND THEATER, Wallgasse 18-20, tel. +43 1 59 97 70, www.raimundtheater.at WIEN-TICKET PAVILLON RO – RONACHER, Seilerstätte 9, tel. +43 1 588 85, A handy box oﬃ ce in a hut by the www.musicalvienna.at Staatsoper, selling tickets for all SC – SECESSION, Friedrichstrasse 12, kinds of events in and outside Vienna: opera, theatre, tel. +43 1 587 53 07, www.secession.at shows, concerts, festivals, sports events, musicals, SH – WIENER STADTHALLE, Vogelweidplatz 14, museums and more. You can also pre-book by phone, tel. +43 1 98 10 00, www.stadthalle.com picking up the tickets at the pavillion kiosk, at one of over 100 outlets across town, or at the venue.QB-3, SO – WIENER STAATSOPER, Opernring 2, Herbert von Karajanplatz, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 tel. +43 1 51 44 40, www.wiener-staatsoper.at 588 85, [email protected], www.wien-ticket.at. SZ – SZENE WIEN, Hauﬀ gasse 26, Open 10:00 - 19:00. tel. +43 1 332 46 41 25, www.szenewien.com WL – WESTLICHT, Westbahnstrasse 40, tel. +43 1 522 66 36, www.westlicht.com Vienna on your mobile: WM – WIEN MUSEUM, Karlsplatz, tel. +43 1 50 58 74 70, www.wienmuseum.at m.inyourpocket.com

12 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Culture & Events SHOWS & MUSICALS CINEMAS Until 30 Apr, 15:00, 18:30, 19:00 Mamma Mia! Austrians like their foreign ﬁ lms dubbed into German A musical with the story-telling magic of ABBA’s timeless rather than subtitled. Thankfully several cinemas songs propels this enchanting tale of love, laughter and specialise in original language screenings. Keep in friendship. mind that seats are assigned and usually vary in price RA depending on where they are in the theatre.

Until 30 Apr, 15:00, 16:00, 18:30, 19:30 ARTIS INTERNATIONAL Mary Poppins - The Musical Tucked into a tiny side street, this theatre screens A musical based on the children’s books by P. L. Travers and 10-15 English-language fi lms daily. Mondays to the 1964 Disney fi lm, and is a fusion of various elements Wednesdays have reduced admission, and a student ID will snag you a small discount.QB-2, Schultergasse from the two. M RO 5, Stephansplatz, tel. +43 1 535 65 70, www. cineplexx.at. Tickets €6,50-9. 16 Mar-22 Mar, 14:00, 15:00, 18:30, 19:30 BURG KINO Shrek – The Musical In addition to its permanent run of the Vienna classic The Shrek musical with music by Jeanine Tesori and book The Third Man, the two-screen Burg Kino also shows and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire is based on the 2001 newer releases. The Großer Saal (large hall) has a historic ambiance, and €5 tickets are off ered to students DreamWorks fi lm. Q SH from Monday to Thursday. A-3, Opernring 19, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 587 84 06, www.burgkino. 7 Apr-12 Apr at. Tickets €8/6. Elvis – The Musical This rousing and energetic musical production off ers a HAYDN ENGLISH CINEMA variety of Elvis’ biggest hits. A complex choreography, The four-screen Haydn cinema shows up to six scenes from original movies and photo projections show different movies per day, all in English and without all the important stages in Elvis’ life. subtitles. Film fans planning a longer stay can SH get reduced prices and other privileges with the Super Saver Card.QF-3, Mariahilferstrasse 57, M 27 Mar-5 Apr, 18:00, 19:30 Museumsquartier, tel. +43 1 587 22 62, www. Jesus Christ Superstar – haydnkino.at. Tickets €7-9. The rock-musical in concert This 1970 rock opera with music and lyrics by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice is loosely based on the Gospels’s accounts of the last week of Jesus’s life, beginning with the preparation for the arrival of Jesus and his disciples in 22 Mar, 20:00 Jerusalem and ending with the crucifi xion. Nena – Oldschool Clubtour 2015 RA The German singer-songwriter, actress and comedienne who rose to international fame in 1983 with the New German Wave song 99 Luftballons. CONCERTS & FESTIVALS AW 14 Mar, 19:30 Benediction & 10 Years Boo King 23 Mar, 19:30 The Birmingham-based death metal band Benediction Rock meets Classic most recently released the album Killing Music in 2008. With living legends like Ian Gillan (Deep Purple), Rick Parfi tt SZ (Status Quo), Eric Martin (Mr. Big), John Wetton (Asia) and special guest Gianna Nannini. 14 Mar, 17:00 SH New Sound Festival 2015 A non-profi t one day festival with international and nation 1 Apr, 19:30 acts like Kovacs, Kill It Kid, Die Rakede, Wanda, Dotan, Paul Simon & Sting – Hunter & The Bear, Still Drift, Moulettes, Schafe & Wölfe, On Stage Together Wandl Berlin Syndrome, At Pavillon, Chris Emray and many Two of music’s most prolifi c and seminal artists bring their more. critically-acclaimed tour to Vienna. OB SH

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 13 Culture & Events 3 Apr, 19:00 CLASSICAL CONCERTS The Dandy Warhols In 2001 this band rose to new levels of fame after their song STRAUSS & MOZART CONCERTS DAILY IN “Bohemian Like You” enjoyed extensive exposure thanks to THE KURSALON WIEN its being featured in an advertisement. The Dandy Warhols have released eight studio albums to date. AW

5 Apr, 20:00 The Wombats This English pop rock band formed in Liverpool. AW

21 Apr, 19:45 Social Distortion An American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Fullerton, California. To date, Social Distortion has released seven full- The absolute essence of Vienna’s classical music can length studio albums, two compilations, one live album, be heard daily in the very place where Johann Strauss and two DVDs. himself used to direct his orchestra as a fi rst violinist. GH The Salonorchester Alt Wien presents an evening full of Viennese charm with the lilting sound of waltzes, polkas, arias and duets, as well as operetta and piano EXHIBITIONS concerto melodies. Accompanied by excellent opera 30 Jan - 3 May vocalists and ballet soloists, Vienna’s classical music Degas, Cezanne, Seurat reveals itself as a living fi rework display for all the senses. The Albertina displays an archive of dreams from the Musée d’Orsay in Paris: 130 precious works from its graphic KURSALON WIEN art collection are on show for a few weeks. Johannesgasse 33, T +43 1 512 57 90, sound@ AA soundofvienna.at, www.kursalonwien.at Concerts daily at 20:15. Tickets €40-90. Until 26 Apr Jasper Johns: Regrets CLASSICAL MUSIC CONCERTS AT THE Having emerged as a leading voice in American art in the SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE ORANGERY late-1950s with paintings of iconic motifs such as fl ags, The daily Schönbrunn Palace Concerts have come to targets, and numbers, Johns has since developed a body form an integral part of Vienna‘s cultural and musical of work of extraordinary narrative complexity and technical life. At the Orangery, the Schönbrunn Palace Orchestra virtuosity. During his career, Johns has created some of the Vienna and the Schönbrunn Palace Ensemble Vienna most important and compelling works of modern times. present beautiful melodies created by two of the BV greatest composers of all times: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss. Listen to the most popular Until 13 Sep operetta arias, waltzes and polkas written by the Ludwig Goes Pop „King of Waltz“ Johann Strauss, including the world- One of the world’s most signifi cant holdings of Pop Art, famous Blue Danube waltz and the Radetzky March. the collection of the German industrialists Peter and Irene The orchestra is accompanied by two opera singers, a Ludwig, is on show at Mumok. In this extensive overview, soprano and a baritone and two ballet dancers wearing around 100 works from six diff erent institutions associated historic costumes. with the Ludwigs will be brought together. MU ORANGERY SCHÖNBRUNN Schönbrunner Schlossstrasse 47, tel. +43 1 812 50 Until 17 May 04, offi [email protected], www.imagevienna. Romane Thana – Places of the Roma and Sinti com. Concerts daily at 20:30. Tickets €54-119. The focus of the exhibition is on places in Vienna and in the Burgenland province where Roma and Sinti have lived and/or are living today. This includes Roma settlements in Burgenland originally founded in the 18th century, traditional places in Vienna, but also places that bring to mind the long history of persecution and the Nazi genocide, such as Lackenbach, Auschwitz and Łódź. WM

14 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Culture & Events Until 19 Apr Ways To Modernism Viennese design and architecture around 1900 is a global brand. How did this situation come about and what eﬀ ects did these decisive moments in Modernism have? The exhibition presents main works by Josef Hoﬀ mann and Adolf Loos as expression of central themes in a cultural debate. MK

Until end 2015 ASIA. China – Japan – Korea The Asia collection of the MAK is one of the important European collections of art and applied arts from this region. It has been compiled from public and private collections over 150 years and oﬀ ers a wide-ranging view of Asian art history. MK

Until end 2015 MAK Carpets The MAK’s collection of Textiles and Carpets is one of the most comprehensive collections of textile art in the world. The exquisite objects, compiled since 1864, give an overview of more than 1,500 years of textile history. MK

14 Feb-10 May Sturtevant – Drawing Double Reversal This exhibition with a total of 100 drawings, prints and images representing Sturtevant’s artistic creative process from 1964 to 2004, not only enables a focused look at her Contact & Information graphic work over ﬁ ve decades, but it also features the ﬁ rst IMaGE Performing Arts Promotion, Orangery ever public showing of 80 drawings. Schönbrunn, A-1130 Vienna AA Tel.: +43/1/812 50 04, Fax: +43/1/812 54 24, offi [email protected], www.imagevienna.com 27 Feb-1 May Schoenbrunn Palace opening hours: April to June From the beauty of nature – Archduke Johann and September to October: 8:30am – 5pm, In this exhibition, the Albertina shows 150 works that July and August: 8:30am – 6pm; November to represent what one could unreservedly call the pinnacle March: 8:30am - 4:30pm. of Austrian 19th-century watercolour painting. The patron Document pick-up: Individual guests are requested to pick up their documents at our offi ce located at the Orangery. was Archduke Johann (1782-1859), who commissioned We are open daily from 9:00am. Groups will receive all several artists - including Jakob Gauermann, Matthäus documents from one of our staff members right before the Loder and Thomas Ender - to serve as personal painters to start of the program. the Duke. AA

19 Mar-17 Aug Vienna. The Pearl of the Reich - Planning for Hitler This exhibition in the Architekturzentrum Wien is devoted to the presentation of building in Vienna under National Socialism. Using Vienna as an example, the construction and planning activity of the Third Reich is presented for the ﬁ rst time in this form, which allows the buildings to be analysed and explained within the context of Nazi goals. AZ

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 15 Culture & Events 27 Feb-1 Jun Wally Neuzil – Her life with Egon Schiele The painting “Portrait of Wally Neuzil” at the Vienna Leopold Museum is among the most well-known works by Egon Schiele. This exhibition seeks to uncover the person behind the portrait, Walburga Wally Neuzil (1894-1917), approaching her through artworks, autographs, photographs and documents. LM

12 Feb-12 Apr Artists and Poets Ugo Rondinone is not only one of the most successful Swiss artists working today; in recent years, he has also made a name for himself with curatorial projects that he conceives primarily as an extension of his artistic practice. Artists and 3XE&UDZO %DFNSDFNHU3DUW\1LJKWV Poets is Rondinone’s third exhibition dedicated to a wide- 9LHQQD·VXOWLPDWHEDFNSDFNHUEDUNHHSVWKHNLGVHQWHUWDLQHG ranging exploration of the relationship between visual art 6SRUWV ORYHUV FDQ ZDWFK IRRWEDOO UXJE\ EDVNHWEDOO KRFNH\ DQGRWKHUPDWFKHVRQODUJHVFUHHQV7KH6KDFN·V%DFNSDFNHU and lyric poetry and the articulation of his conviction that 3DUW\1LJKWV 3XE&UDZO 7KXUVGD\WR6DWXUGD\IURPSP the arts possess a spiritual and transcendental power. ZZZYLHQQDSXEFUDZOFRP DOORZV\RXWRPHHWXSZLWKOLNH SC PLQGHGWUDYHOHUVJHWSOLHGGXULQJDQKRXU·VXQOLPLWHGEHHU DQG ZLQH DQG JHW D JOLPSVH RI 9LHQQD·V ZHHNHQG QLJKWOLIH LQ WKH FLW\ FHQWUH 2Q WKH RWKHU QLJKWV RI WKH ZHHN HYHU\ EDFNSDFNHUFDQHQMR\WKHXOWLPDWHSDUW\DWWKH6KDFNZLWK HORROR AND DELIGHT VSHFLDOWKHPHVDQGGULQNVSHFLDOV

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21 Mar-27 Oct Ken Lum – Coming soon Ken Lum combines photographic images and texts, language and sculptural elements in order to question class affi liation and ethnic diversity in Western society, as well as the presentation of individuality within a socially and economically coded urban space. Joos van Craesbeeck, The Temptation of St. Anthony, KH around 1650, Detail © Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe GEMÄLDEGALERIE DER AKADEMIE DER 20 Mar-5 Jul BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN Rinko Kawauchi – Illuminance The Paintings Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts Kawauchi became interested in photography while Vienna dedicates its big exhibition “Horror and Delight. studying at Seian College of Art and Design. She fi rst worked Expressions of Fear” to the paradox fact that the in advertising for several years before embarking on a career depiction of gruesome images arouses feelings of lust as a fi ne art photographer. She was awarded an Honorary and horror at the same time. 70 paintings and sculptures Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society in 2012. from the Renaissance to the age of Classicism invite the KU viewer to relish the beauty of terror and enjoy its many manifestations – among others the famous “Laocoon”, Hieronymus Bosch’s “Last Judgement” or Artemisia Gentileschi’s “Judith”.QUntil 15 March. Schillerplatz 3, tel. +43 1 58816 2222, www.akademiegalerie.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00, closed Mon.

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18 Feb-19 Apr WL Edward Steichen – In High Fashion EUROVISION IN VIENNA Edward Steichen was already a famous painter and photographer on both sides of the Atlantic when, in early 1923, he was oﬀ ered one of the most prestigious and certainly the most lucrative position in photography’s commercial domain – that of chief photographer for Condé Nast’s inﬂ uential and highly regarded magazines Vogue and Vanity Fair.

TRADE FAIRS 7-15 Mar MW Wohnen & Interieur Messe Austria´s largest fair for interiors, design, accessories, home entertainment and garden. Conchita Wurst © Eurovision, Thomas Hanses 14-15 Mar MW Europe was stunned and delighted when the bearded Wiener Immobilien Messe diva and local lass Conchita Wurst won the 2014 The fair for real estate providers and housing seekers. Eurovision song festival in 2014 – the world’s biggest TV entertainment show – with the song “Rise Like a 20-22- Mar MW Phoenix”, bringing the 2015 event home to Vienna on Jaspowa & Fishing 23 May. This year, as Eurovision turns 60, Australia has International fair for hunting and ﬁ shing. been invited to join the show; we’re secretly hoping to see Kylie participate as a drag queen. If Australia 10-11 Apr MW actually wins, they don’t get to host in 2016 but they Vienna Sports World 2015 do get to participate again. Any remaining tickets for The Expo of the Vienna City Marathon. the live show is sold via www.oeticket.com. We’ll have more about the event in the next edition of Vienna In 15-18 Apr MW Your Pocket; in the meantime www.eurovision.tv has all Lebenslust the details. Experience fair for active senior citizens.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 17 City of Classical Music Vienna has always been synonymous with music for centuries. Some of the greatest musical fi gures in history lived and worked in Vienna: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss, Gustav Mahler, Arnold Schönberg, Alban Berg to name a few of them. Writing to his father in 1781, Mozart said: “Vienna is the best place in the world for my profession.” Because of the importance of these musicians the tradition is maintained in Vienna by regular concert events and festivals. Attractive concerts are held every day of the year. But Vienna is also the capital of the waltz. The Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Concert is the most famous classical concert in the world. It takes place every year on 1 January at the Musikverein and always ends with Haus der Musik the Blue Danube waltz by Johann Strauss Junior. Another fi xed attraction in Austrian musical life is the Vienna Boys four acoustically separated performance spaces, allowing Choir, one of the oldest boys’ choirs in the world. For nearly multiple simultaneous events for up to 4,000 people. fi ve hundred years they have been a symbol of Austria. The Grosser Saal hall boasts the largest pipe organ in And, as ever, every Sunday the Vienna Boys’ Choir sing Austria, though most pipes are hidden from view,QC-3, solemn mass in Vienna’s Hofburg chapel, continuing a Lothringerstrasse 20, MStadtpark, tel. +43 1 24 20 02, tradition unbroken since 1498. www.konzerthaus.at. Performances daily, times vary. Tickets €18-79, €12 for students 30 minutes prior to performances.

MUSIKVEREIN Home of the famous Vienna Philharmonic orchestra, this concert venue ranks among the world’s superior performance spaces. Renowned for the ideal acoustics, the Goldener Saal (Golden Hall) is the largest of the structure’s seven venues, and hosts the traditional Vienna New Year’s Concert, televised to an audience of 50 million people worldwide. You’ll only experience the cream of the crop here - the Vienna Boys’ Choir appears frequently in choral works, and the stars of the classical music ﬁ rmament aspire to shine on this stage.QB-3, Bösendorferstrasse 12, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 505 81 90, www.musikverein. at. Performances daily except in mid-July, times vary. Tickets €5-79, standing room €4-6. Tours in English Mon- Sat 13:00, tickets €5.

STAATSOPER (STATE OPERA) As the foremost opera venue in the world’s classical music MUSIC & OPERA capital, Vienna’s Staatsoper is not to be missed. Productions HAUS DER MUSIK here are compellingly modern and surprisingly accessible, A hands-on museum dedicated to a wide array of so expect a full house (even for those fi ve-hour Wagner approaches to music, and most of all to the experience of marathons). Standing room tickets cost less than a cup music. On the fi rst fl oor, the Vienna Philharmonic presents of coff ee and can be purchased up to an hour before the original documents from their long history. An excellent performance. Bring a scarf to mark your spot on the railing, place to visit to see how Vienna’s rich musical heritage links and read along in English on the subtitle screen. As for the in with its bright musical future.QB-3, Seilerstätte 30, dress code, it depends on where you’re sitting: sneakers MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 513 48 50, [email protected], www. are an absolute no-go, but nicer jeans are passable in the hdm.at. Open 10:00 - 22:00. Admission €10/8,50/5,50. upper balconies. On the parterre (main fl oor) expect to Combined ticket with Mozarthaus €15. be surrounded by more formal attire.QB-3, Opernring 2, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 514 44 22 50, www.wiener- KONZERTHAUS staatsoper.at. Performances daily except in July and One of the three major classical performance venues in August, times vary. Tickets €10-192, standing room Vienna, the Konzerthaus also off ers a comprehensive €3,50/2. Tours off ered most days at 14:00 and 15:00; programme of jazz, rock, contemporary and world music, tickets €5/2, or €6,50/3,50 with a combined Theatre as well as lectures and discussions. The building contains Museum ticket.

18 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com City of Classical Music CLASSICAL CONCERTS 8, 10, 13, 14, 15 Mar, 11:00, 15:30, 19:30 MV hausdermusik 10, 24, 25, 26 Apr, 11:00, 15:30, 19:30 das klangmuseum Wiener Philharmoniker Works by Brahms, Bruckner, Mehta, Mozart, Schubert a.o.

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13, 14 Mar, 19:30 KO Wiener Symphoniker / Doric String Quartet / Adams

14 Mar, 19:30 KO Yundi Works by Chopin

22, 23 Mar, 19:30 KO Scottish Chamber Orchestra / R. Capuçon / Ticciati

26, 28 Apr, 11:00, 19:30 KO Wiener Symphoniker/ Anderszewski / Paavo Järvi

OPERA & BALLET 2, 20, 30, 31 Mar, 18:30, 19:00 SO Schwanensee (Rudolf Nurejew, Marius Petipa, Lew Iwanow) Conductor: Alexander Ingram Begeben Sie sich auf eine Entdeckungs- 12, 15, 18, 21 Mar, 19:00, 19:30 SO reise in die Welt Mozarts und der Musik. La Traviata (Giuseppe Verdi) Besuchen Sie das interaktive „Haus der Conductor: Dan Ettinger Musik“ sowie das „Mozarthaus Vienna“ zum Sonderpreis von € 17,- / Erm. € 12,- 22, 25, 28 Mar, 18:00, 18:30, 19:00 SO Aida (Giuseppe Verdi) Discover the world of Mozart and music. Conductor: Philippe Auguin Visit the interactive “Haus der Musik” and the “Mozarthaus Vienna” at 2, 5, 8 Apr, 17:00 SO a special rate: € 17.- / red. € 12.-. Parsifal (Richard Wagner) Conductor: Peter Schneider HAUS DER MUSIK Seilerstätte 30, Täglich 10 - 22 Uhr 10, 13, 17, 20 Apr, 19:00 www.hdm.at Anna Bolena (Gaetano Donizetti) Conductor: Andriy Yurkevych MOZARTHAUS VIENNA Domgasse 5, Täglich 10 - 19 Uhr 22, 24 Apr, 19:30 SO www.mozarthausvienna.at Madama Butterfl y (Giacomo Puccini) Conductor: Philippe Auguin

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 19 Restaurants Vienna’s cosmopolitan character is refl ected by a great AUSTRIAN SPECIALITIES range of fi ne international restaurants. No matter if you Apfelstrudel apple-fi lled pastry are looking for an exclusive restaurant in the fi rst district or Beuschel a ragout containing veal lungs you want to stop by at one of the authentic Asian eateries and heart - Vienna off ers something for every taste. And the good Butterschnitzel chopped veal cutlet news: compared to other European cities typical tourist Eiernockerln egg dumplings traps are relatively rare. Frankfurter, diff erent kinds of sausages Käsekrainer, AUSTRIAN Debreziner, Burenwurst Viennese cuisine stands out for its superb cakes and Gebackene Leber deepfried pork or calf's liver pastries, but a wide range of other unique dishes, like Germknödel yeast dumpling Wiener Schnitzel and Tafelspitz are also steeped in local Gulasch a hotpot similar to Hungarian history. The cooking tradition here has been inspired by pörkölt many cultures throughout the centuries. During the 17th Kaiserschmarrn sugared pancake with stewed and 18th centuries, Italian and French cuisine made their plums way into the Viennese palate, followed by strong Bohemian Marillenknödel apricot dumplings and Hungarian infl uences in the 19th century, creating a Palatschinken Viennese crępes local cuisine both unique and delicious. Powidl stewed plum jam Rindsuppen beef soup BEIM CZAAK Sachertorte a chocolate cake A place that knows its Austrian dishes, Beim Czaak has been Schinkenfl eckerl pasta with ham a family business since 1928 and the attention to detail and Schweinsbraten roast pork tradition is evident from the moment you walk in. If you are Selchfl eisch smoked meat planning on dining in this authentically rustic and relaxed Q Tafelspitz boiled beef, often served with restaurant, make a reservation before you go. H-2, M apple and horseradish sauces Postgasse 15, Schwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 513 72 15. G Topfenstrudel strudel fi lled with cottage Open 11:00 - 24:00. Closed Sun. cheese Wiener Schnitzel breadcrumbed and fried veal BETTELSTUDENT cutlet Summer or winter, early or late, this is a fi ne establishment Zwiebelrostbraten onion roast beef for those who like excellent food and cosy surroundings. The lunch menu changes every day, which lets the gastronomic geniuses in the kitchen show off their talents. Bettelstudent is also known for its beer, which it brews on site. Between the food and the beer, this may very well become a staple during your stay here.QB-3, Johannesgasse 12, MStadtpark, tel. +43 1 513 20 44, www.bettelstudent.at. Open 10:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 03:00, Sun 10:00 - 01:00.

BORROMÄUS Fresh ﬁ sh, delivered here daily and served in an exquisite setting where the Imperial Riding School taught military arts during the times of the emperor. With delicious Wiener Schnitzel © Österreich Werbung/Wiesenhofer seafood, a wonderful ambience and historic architecture, you are sure to have a fabulous time.QI-3, Ungargasse 60, MRochusgasse, tel. +43 1 71 17 50, www.borromaeus. at. Open 18:00 - 22:30. TAB SYMBOL KEY T U DER KUCKUCK Child friendly Facilities for the disabled ‘The cuckoo’ is a classic restaurant housed in a building I Fireplace E Live music dating back to medieval times; it has a beautiful 17th-century O M Baroque facade, a Renaissance portal and graceful 16th- Casino Nearest metro station century vaulted ceilings. The dishes are all prepared with local B Outside seating G Non-smoking areas seasonal products, and the drinks list is heavy in Austrian, Hungarian and Slovenian wines - we highly recommend S Take away R Internet W Wi-Fi trying a bottle or two.QB-2, Himmelpfortgasse 15, 6 L Animal friendly Guarded parking MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 84 70, www.derkuckuck. com. Open 17:00 – 24:00. PA6G

20 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Restaurants FIGLMÜLLER The history of Vienna’s most famous schnitzel began in Restaurant Der Kuckuck 1905, when Johann Figlmüller founded a small tavern Tradition in the heart of Vienna Himmelpfortgasse 15 A-1010Vienna behind the cathedral. Right from the start, the schnitzel Tel.: 01/512 84 70 www.derkuckuck.com was what it still is today: a bit bigger, a bit thinner and a bit crisper than the others, and served with the classic potato salad side dish. Figlmüller is still a lovingly run family business. Also just around the corner at Bäckerstrasse 6. Schnitzel paradise.QB-2, Wollzeile 5, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 61 77, www.figlmueller.at. TG

FRANZ With red brick walls and a wooden interior, this quaint beer pub is a favourite among many locals, so in the evenings it may be hard to fi nd a seat. Franz serves a decent breakfast until 17:00 on Saturdays and Sundays, and the best part is The „Kuckuck“ (cuckoo) is one of the most traditional restaurants that all the coff ee (or tea) you can drink is included.QG- in the heart of Vienna. Only five minutes walking distance from 4, Preßgasse 29, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 585 St. Stephan’s cathedral it offers best Austrian hospitality with excursions to the former Austrian-Hungarian monarchy. Come and 25 57, www.franzwien.at. Open 16:30 - 02:00, Sat, Sun A6UG enjoy an evening in original Viennese atmosphere with perfect food 10:00 - 02:00. and wine. Non-smoking restaurant 0RQGD\6XQGD\IURPSPMonday - Saturday from 6 p.m. GASTHAUS FLOSS A classic Viennese restaurant with a modern touch, Gasthaus Floß has a small menu that changes daily, and the courses served are simply mouthwatering. What’s Fotos: Rita Newman, photom Rita Newman, Fotos: more, the service is also excellent, and the wine selection will not disappoint. Floß carefully sources all its ingredients from regional farms, so it’s all good.QB-1, Börseplatz 3, MSchottentor, tel. +43 1 533 89 58, www.flosz.at. Open 11:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 17:00 - 24:00. Closed Sun. PLACHUTTA GRÄFIN VOM NASCHMARKT Though particularly famous for its beef dishes, Plachutta The ‘Countess of Naschmarkt’ is meant for those who have has become a bastion for a range of traditional Viennese been partying wild all night and who can’t wait to grab food. Forgoing current culinary trends, the chefs here focus a bite. For many years, the sketchy grub served here has on the simple, customary dishes of this former imperial nourished escapees from Vienna’s darker side. Night-owls capital - particularly their famous Tafelspitz (boiled high- from police on duty to drunk clubbers all congregate quality beef). While the food is deliciously simple, the here for a greasy after-hours schnitzel and a beer. Lately, prices are on the expensive side.QC-2, Wollzeile 38, however, the place has gone so sour and expensive that MStubentor, tel. +43 1 512 15 77, www.plachutta.at. it has a haters’ group on Facebook.QG-3, Linke Wienzeile Open 11:30 - 24:00. PTAG 14, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 586 33 89. Open 04:00 - 02:00. PLUTZERBRÄU With its vaulted ceilings and rustic décor, Plutzerbräu LUX off ers a cosy atmosphere popular amongst students. Six Lux specialises in modern Austrian cuisine cooked strictly times a year artists are given a chance to leave their mark with local and seasonal products of the highest quality. in the form of an exhibition. The beer is homemade and The food is well prepared, tasty and the portions are the cuisine is typical Viennese. If you’ve partied all night, decent. The atmosphere is always warm and cosy, making this is a great place to go for brunch on Sundays.QF-3, this a great option for dinner or drinks. Before or after Schrankgasse 4/4, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 526 12 your visit, wander around the renowned Spittelberg area 15, [email protected], www.plutzerbraeu.at. Open with its romantic narrow streets and pretty houses.QF-3, 10:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 01:00. T6G Schrankgasse 4, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 526 94 91, www.luxwien.at. Open 11:00 - 01:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - REINTHALERS BEISL 01:00. T6G Typical Austrian food at relatively low prices. The wait staff is friendly, though at times stressed with all of the clientele, but don’t let that distract you from the above average food served More reviews online: here.QB-2, Dorotheergasse 2-4, MStephansplatz, tel. vienna.inyourpocket.com +43 1 513 12 49, www.reinthalersbeisl.stadtausstellung. at. Open 11:00 - 23:00. G

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sandwiches with various toppings 1926 Vienna, and egg-based spreads. From „mat- jes herring with onions“ to „pickles with egg“, hearty meat or light vegetarian, spicy or mild, there is an open-faced sandwich for every taste.

Dorotheergasse 1 (U1 Stephansplatz) Open mo-fr 8:30-19:00, sat 9:00 - 17:00. Closed sun. www.speckmitei.at

RESTAURANT STEFANIE SCHNITZELWIRT Fine dining in truly charming Viennese atmosphere. In the city of schnitzel, Schnitzelwirt is king. Why, you ask? The restaurant impresses with seasonal delicacies For all the essential reasons: the schnitzel is to die for, the and Viennese classics cooked to perfection. Try the sheer size of the thing may kill you (or at least put you seven-course ‘taste of imperial Vienna’ menu for into a food coma), and the price will barely put a scratch an excellent introduction to local gourmet cuisine. in your wallet. Note that you might even leave smelling The elegant ballroom with high ceilings, massive like a Schnitzel after dinner here.QF-3, Neubaugasse chandeliers and classic decoration confirm this is 52, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 523 37 71, habidere@ Viennese history the culinary way.QC-1, Taborstrasse schnitzelwirt.co.at, www.schnitzelwirt.co.at. Open 11:00 12, MSchwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 21150423, www. - 22:00. Closed Sun. TG restaurant-stefanie.at. Open 12:00 - 14:30, 18:00- 22:00, Sat, Sun 18:00 - 22:00. Also open for Sunday STADTGASTHAUS EISVOGEL brunch Oct-May. PTB The classy Eisvogel restaurant next to the Riesenrad Ferris wheel has a long history of serving high-quality local cuisine to discerning locals. It also caters to cheese connoisseurs - Vienna’s most famous cheese sommelier is ready to oﬀ er you perfect pairings.QI-1, Riesenradplatz 5, MPraterstern, tel. +43 1 908 11 87, eisvogel@ stadtgasthaus-eisvogel.at, www.stadtgasthaus- eisvogel.at. Open 11:30 – 24:00. AGB

TRZESNIEWSKI For a quick snack in the city centre, a visit to this house of long lasting tradition is a must. The Tresniewski buﬀ et oﬀ ers little sandwiches with various toppings and egg-based spreads. From herring-onion to cucumber-egg, hearty meat or light vegetarian, spicy or mild, there is an open- faced sandwich for every taste, all priced at €1 each. 18 of Restaurant Stefanie these spreads have been on their menu since 1902, and

22 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Restaurants several have been added more recently. The most popular is supposedly bacon with egg.QB-2, Dorotheergasse SERVICE & TIPPING 1, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 493 13 32, www. trzesniewski.at. Open 08:30 - 19:00, Sat 09:00 - 17:00. Many tourists and expats, especially those from Closed Sun. TG countries where it is assumed that customer is king, are perplexed by the oddities of service in Vienna. Attitudes WIENER WIRTSCHAFT here may range from extremely polite and friendly, to Rustic and genuine are the guiding themes of the typical professional but non-committal, to outright arrogant inn Wiener Wirtschaft. At this tavern a wide range of and disrespectful. Locals claim that bad service has rustic Viennese dishes awaits your taste buds. Besides always been common, and justify it with cultural classics like Wiener Schnitzel or goulash, creative seasonal diﬀ erences and low salary levels. Perhaps Viennese interpretations of the local cuisine can also be found on the waiters simply need to be grumpy. Whatever the menu. Kitchen until 22:00.QA-4, Wiedner Hauptstrasse reason, it’s perfectly normal to make clear if you are not 27-29, MTaubstummengasse, tel. +43 1 22 11 13 64, pleased with the service level. The Viennese revere their www.wienerwirtschaft.com. Open 11:30 - 23:00, Sun Stammkunden (repeat customers), and even reserve 11:30 - 15:00. T6G tables for them without being sure they will show up – so if you’re turned away from a restaurant or café with WINTER several empty tables marked ‘Reserviert’, just demand It hardly gets more Austrian than this: old paintings, crisp that a table be made available for you. tableclothes and even fake ﬂ owers make this place feel like Note that the more upmarket restaurants in Vienna a real local tavern. The food, be it schnitzel or beef goulash, often charge a ‘Gedeck’ service fee of about €3 per is just excellent. Anton Winter, now in his 80s, inherited person, which goes some way to compensate for the the restaurant from his mother and has since expanded silverware, bread and butter. it to include a small garden. Friendly talkative waiters still Tipping about 10% at restaurants and cafés is expected; know about old-world hospitality. Tram N°43 or 44 from not tipping anything is regarded as unacceptable. Schottentor to Brünnlbadgasse.QF-1, Alser Strasse 30, Rounding up to the next euro is advised for services tel. +43 1 405 02 01. Open 08:00 - 24:00. Closed Sat, Sun. like taxis.

a steaming heap of ribs. The restaurant´s speciality is a AMERICAN metre of ribs, but they also have excellent salads.QB-2, FRANK’S AMERICAN BAR Weihburggasse 22, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 513 85 Frank’s serves American cuisine, but more than just 19, www.ribsofvienna.at. Open 17:00 - 24:00. PG burgers and steaks. The drink list also reﬂ ects the chef’s sojourn in America. The food is fresh and delicious, STEAKPOINT delivering a piece of American culinary culture.QC-2, The Viennese make a lot of great food, but they are not Laurenzberggasse 2, MSchwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 well known for their steaks - enter Steakpoint. Filet, rib 533 78 05, www.franks.at. Open 11:00 - 01:00, Sat, Sun eye, T-bone, prime rib: you name it, they’ve got it, and 17:00 - 01:00. PAG will make your steak exactly how you want it. The décor is reminiscent of an upscale roadhouse restaurant.QB-3, RIBS OF VIENNA Akademiestrasse 2, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 513 80 40, Sometimes that primal urge to grab your food and sink www.members.aon.at/steakpoint. Open 11:00 - 24:00, your teeth in takes hold, and you just have to abandon Sun 17:00 - 24:00. AG the fork and the knife. Housed in a cellar dating from the 16th century, the orange and white clad staﬀ will serve TGI FRIDAYS No matter what you order at TGI Fridays, you can be sure that your serving will be just like in America: big. Even the cocktails are oversized. The prices are relatively low, especially when you take into consideration just how much food is on your plate. For the ultimate American experience, stop by for happy hour, when the jumbo cocktails are half price.QB-3, Schubertring 13, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 714 89 95, www.tgifridays.at. Open 17:00 - 24:00, Sat, Sun 11:00 - 24:00. AG

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facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 23 Restaurants RA’MIEN ASIAN There are many restaurants that serve decent Asian BAMBOO cuisine, but few match Ra’miens combination of All-you-can-eat Mongolian grill dining has reached excellent dishes (try the home-made noodle soup) Vienna. Pick a plate and fill it with vegetables, meat and reasonable prices. In the evenings, the emphasis and fish varieties, then add your favourite sauce and is on Thai dishes. Ra’mien is a great place to hang out have the chef cook your meal right in front of you. with friends, and as a local favourite, you’ll also have Sushi, appetizers and sweets are also on offer, as are a chance to chat with the locals. Afterwards head teas, soft drinks and beer. A good choice for those downstairs for cocktails and dancing (see Clubs).QG-3, who prefer eating as much (or as little) as they wish. Gumpendorferstr. 9, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 Also at Kaiserstrasse 48.QG-4, Margaretenstrasse 51, 1 585 47 98, [email protected], www.ramien.at. Open MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 585 40 61, www. 11:00 - 24:00. Closed Mon. bamboo-restaurant.at. Open 11:30 - 23:00. Buffet €8- 14. SAIGON This elegant Vietnamese restaurant near Karlsplatz can DOTS be a breath of fresh air after wandering through the This experimental sushi restaurant is a great place hectic Naschmarkt or taking in the Secession museum, to grab a bite after a shopping spree. The ambience, steps away. Saigon features a buﬀ et as well as a list of like the food, is experimental, but the combination set dishes, all served in a relaxed, green setting.QH-3, of lamps, lighting and tables leaves a satisfying Getreidemarkt 7, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 585 63 95, taste in your mouth, as does the fresh fish. We www.saigon.at. Open 11:30 – 23:00. Closed Sun. recommend moving over to the similarly decorated TAG bar after dinner to continue the experience.QF-3, Mariahilferstrasse 103, MZieglergasse, tel. +43 1 SHANGHAI TAN 920 99 80, www.dots-lounge.com. Open 11:00 – The oriental red lamps and dark wood furniture 24:00, Sun 17:00 – 24:00. create a unique atmosphere not found anywhere else in Vienna. Downstairs the decorative wood panels LIOUNGE separating each table leave you feeling like you are LioUnge’s speciality is the hotpot, or Chinese fondue. the only one there. This, coupled with the low lighting, Choose a soup and receive endless seafood, meats and makes it the perfect place for a romantic dinner. With veggies to toss in. The simple and modern décor makes the kitchen open until 01:00, you can stop by before or this a fun place to try something a bit diﬀ erent than the after an evening out on the town. Attention: probably usual Chinese, at a price that doesn’t break the bank. the best sushi in town.QA-3, Gumpendorferstrasse QG-3, Gumpendorferstr. 29, MKettenbrückengasse, 9, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 585 49 88, www. tel. +43 1 586 36 73, www.liounge.at. Open 17:00 - shanghaitan.at. Open 11:30 - 15:00; 18:00 - 02:00. 24:00. Closed Sun. TAG

LI’S COOKING SOYA This family-run Asian eatery at the Naschmarkt is usually Although Soya calls itself Japanese, the cuisine in this packed to capacity, and for good reason. The sushi sets and hidden courtyard restaurant just off Mariahilferstrasse can mixed menu dishes are absolutely fantastic and reasonably be best described as Asian fusion. In addition to sushi priced, and the friendly staff make you feel like family. They platters, bento boxes and noodle soups, some Chinese even give you an appetizer on the house if you return. and Thai dishes are also served, and the reasonable prices, QG-3, Naschmarkt, stand 126-129, MKarlsplatz, tel. including occasional half-price sushi sets, explain why it’s +43 1 585 40 57, www.liscooking.at. Open 10:30 - 23:30. hard to fi nd a seat here at lunchtime. A cosy garden nicely Closed Sun. complements the small premises.QF-3, Mariahilferstrasse 81, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 586 06 01. Open 10:30 - ON 22:00. Closed Sun. B A fascinating blend between contemporary Chinese cuisine and ultra-stylish interior, this popular restaurant is WOK & MORE owned by famed Austrian TV chef Simon Xie Hong, and Wok & More offers an all-you-can-eat Mongolian-style it has become the go-to place for young professionals. buffet. You can choose any combination of seafood, The menu is dominated by fi sh, seafood and vegetarian meats and veggies from the buffet and have the chef dishes although traditional Chinese duck, chicken and cook it for you on the spot. Don’t forget to pick a lamb are also on off er. Excellent Austrian wine selection. delicious sauce. While the buffet stays the same for The less expensive daily menu is served until 18:00.QA- lunch and dinner, the price is slightly higher in the 4, Wehrgasse 8, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 585 evenings.QB-3, Karlsplatz 1, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 49 00, www.restaurant-on.at. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Sun 505 76 03, www.wokandmore.at. Open 11:30 - 23:30. 12:00 - 22:30. Buffet €9-14.

24 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Restaurants DO & CO BALKAN If you fl ew into town with Austrian Airlines, then you are BEOGRAD already familiar with the fi rst-class catering that Do & Co Beograd has been serving Serbian food in this up-and- off ers. Pop in to enjoy the immaculate design, the beautiful coming part of town for the past 50 years, and is one of view of St. Stephen’s Cathedral, and chic food. Just know the contributing factors to the area becoming an in-spot in that portions are small and you shouldn’t arrive with a big Vienna. The décor is rustic, and the nightly live music adds appetite.QB-2, Stephansplatz 12, MStephansplatz, tel. to the ambience. The specialities are prepared on a charcoal +43 1 535 39 69, www.doco.com. Open 12:00 - 15:00; grill.QG-3, Schikanedergasse 7, MKettenbrückengasse, 18:00 - 24:00. PAG tel. +43 1 587 74 44, www.restaurant-beograd.at. Open 11:30 - 02:00. Closed Wed. KULINARIUM7 Near a clutch of gourmet shops along Siebensterngasse, ILIJA Kulinarium7 is an excellent restaurant with a serious Ilija and Katica Djuric, both natives of Zadar in Croatia, treat selection of good wines (ask about their tasting sessions). their guests to delicious fi sh and seafood specialities from the The dining space is sparsely decorated, with bottle- Adriatic coast, and refreshing Croatian wine. Pick your fi sh fresh lined walls and long tables for group meals; below lie from the aquarium and it will be cooked to your liking. Balkan three lovely cellar spaces. The fantastic food includes a dishes such as cevapcici sausages and muscalica pork stew, are marinated salmon starter, rabbit in ham, and mocca cake. also on off er.QF-2, Piaristengasse 36, MRathaus, tel. +43 QF-3, Sigmundsgasse 1/1, tel. +43 1 522 33 77, www. 1 408 54 31, www.ilija.at. Open 11:00 - 15:00, 18:00-01:00. kulinarium7.at. Open 17:00 - 24:00. Closed Sun.

PROCACCI BRAZILIAN Ideal for special occasions, this Italian restaurant and wine SCENARIO bar has its roots in one of the oldest specialty delicatessens An authentic south-Brazilian rodizio barbecue restaurant, in Florence. The selection of Italian and international wines set in a bright space with large photos of Rio de Janeiro. is impressive and goes well with the simple, delicate dishes. Passadores (meat carvers) go around the tables cutting Reservations recommended.QB-2, Goettweihergasse quality churrasco-grilled meat from sword skewers. Eat as 2, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 22 11, www. much as you like, plus salad, for a set price, washing it all procacci1885.it. Restaurant: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 23:00, down with wine or a Brazilian caipirinha cocktail. There’s Bar: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 01:00. PAG also a regular menu, with good lunch options too.QA/B- 3, Operngasse 12, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 581 40 17, SANTO SPIRITO www.scenario-wien.at. Open 11:30 - 23:00, Fri, Sat 11:30 Hidden down a tiny alley, the holy spirit truly dwells at Santo - 24:00. Closed Sun. PiJAGX Spirito, where Baroque operas and other classical music is prominently played over the sounds of the restaurant and bar guests. The excellent Mediterranean and Austrian FINE DINING food is accompanied by decent wines. After dinner, many BRISTOL LOUNGE guests hang around at the bar as the music gets louder Recent renovations have revealed the fabulous original and the atmosphere merrier.QB-2, Kumpfgasse 7, MM Art Deco decoration of the room that’s home to the new Stephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 99 98, www.santospirito. restaurant in the legendary 12-decade-old Hotel Bristol. at. Open 18:00 - 02:00. Excellent breakfast, lunch and dinner meals are served in these grand surroundings. The 5-course ‘Meistermenü’ is the deﬁ nitive highlight; guests can compose their own dinner from several seasonal and regional options.QKärntner Ring 1, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 51 51 60, www.bristolvienna. com. Open 07:30 - 24:00. PiJALGK

DAS SCHICK Austria and Spain share a common history and enjoy a special relationship. Experience the exquisite service and breathtaking views of the Austrian capital at the new Das Schick restaurant, which strives to present the best treats of the Austrian and Spanish cuisines; experience delicious Mediterranean specialities that are barely known outside Spain.QC-2, Parkring 12, MStubentor, tel. +43 1 51480417, www.schick-hotels.com. Open 12:00 - 15:00, 18:00-22:30, Sat, Sun 18:00 - 22:30. Kitchen open until PAG 14:30 and 22:00. Das Schick

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 25 Restaurants STEIRERECK VIENNA’S SWEET A fancy restaurant with typical Austrian cuisine, Steiereck can OBSESSION be found surrounded by greenery of the Stadtpark and has numerous delicious delicacies. Choose from a menu with ﬁ ve and six course meals, and an optional assortment of paired wines served with the courses.QC-3, Am Heumarkt 2a, MStadtpark, tel. +43 1 713 31 68, www.steirereck.at. Open 08:00 - 23:00, Sat, Sun 09:00 - 19:00. PAGB

ZUM SCHWARZEN KAMEEL Venture into this exquisite restaurant and bar, and you could see your picture in the local tabloids the next day. The ‘Black Camel’ has been the place for Vienna’s rich and © Österreich Werbung/Eisenhut & Mayer famous to be seen ever since it opened in 1618, and even Probably in no other city would you fi nd such mind-bog- today it’s the offi cial caterer to the Austrian president. Watch gling variety of savoury cakes, cookies, chocolates, nou- the well-dressed beau-monde enjoy a refi ned conversation gats, marzipans and baked goods. Few other places in over a glass of wine at the bar, and make sure to check out the world would have locals choosing to eat a sweet dish the posh deli and pastry shops just a few steps down the Q M as a main course for dinner. Pastry and confections are street. B-2, Bognergasse 5, Herrengasse, tel. +43 1 as quintessential to Vienna as St. Stephan’s Cathedral or 533 81 25, www.kameel.at. Open 12:00 - 15:30; 18:00 - the waltz. Craving some sweet fi x for lunch? Try a slice of 24:00. Closed Sun. Bar open from 09:00. the famous Apfelstrudl apple pie. What’s for dinner? How about some Kaiserschmarrn - sliced pancakes served with sugar powder, cinnamon and plum jam? Even if you FRENCH don’t have a sweet tooth, you are almost certain to grow BEAULIEU one in Vienna. And while you won’t have to walk more Hidden in a luxury shopping arcade, this authentic than a block or two before you run into another place French bistro has earned praises by Vienna’s French expat that will tempt you to compromise on your cholesterol, community and food afi cionados. The usual suspects, these are the venues that you shouldn’t miss. such as delicious salads, baguettes, quiches, scrupulously prepared mains as well as lavish desserts and an impressive GERSTNER K.U.K HOFZUCKERBÄCKER wine list are served by French-speaking staff . And in case you Back in 1847, Anton and Barbara Gerstner opened long for more French fare to take home, there’s a deli selling a pastry shop in central Vienna which was later cheese, chocolate, wine and many other things. Reservations Q commissioned by the Imperial Court to supply desserts recommended. Herrengasse 14/18, Ferstel Passage, M for the Austrian royal family. More than a century later, Herrengasse, tel. +43 1 532 11 03, www.beaulieu- AG the tradition of culinary excellence is still thriving. wien.at/. Open 09:00 - 22:00, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Mouthwatering cakes, dainty chocolates, attractive open sandwiches and the aroma of coff ee make this CAFE PIERRE historic Konditorei a desirable address for gourmands Lovers of les baguettes, les quiches and les tartines may from near and far. Don’t miss their cup cakes - a New well fi nd their second home in this Parisian-style café and York creation that has found some followers this side patisserie that has become a neighborhood favorite ever of the Atlantic as well.QB-2, Kärntner Strasse 13- since it was opened. Particularly popular is the weekend 15, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 49 63, www. brunch (from 10:00-15:00) that includes a variety of pastry, gerstner.at. Open 08:30 - 20:00, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. cold cuts, salads, authentic French cheeses, cereals and quiches. Coff ee in large cups is just like in Paris, but the K.U.K KONDITOREI L. HEINER jovial multilingual staff is exceptionally friendly and even Located on two fl oors in the centre of town, this chatty - unlike in Paris. Be sure to make a reservation for Q M classy imperial café-cum-pastry shop is a refl ection brunch. G-3, Windmühlgasse 32, Neubaugasse, tel. of what the old Viennese café culture is all about - a +43 1 920 63 59, www.cafepierre.at. Open 10:00 - 23:00. nice cup of coff ee with a delicious cake over a lively chat with friends. Pick a slice of traditional cake, such LE BOL as Esterhazyschnitte or Dobostorte, water it down with This small restaurant is a must for anyone who enjoys a cup of melange and admire a wealth of petites French food, whether you need a good start in the fours and marzipan fi gurines on display behind the morning or a tasty lunch. The baguettes in particular glass counter. (Also at Wollzeile 9, M Stephansplatz, should not be missed: our favourite is the Joan de Florette, tel. +43 1 512 23 43).QB-2, Kärntner Strasse 21-23, but you will be satisfi ed with any of their options. Le Bol is Q MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 68 63, www.heiner. always full, so make a reservation. B-2, Neuer Markt 14, M co.at. Open 08:30 - 19:30, Sun 10:00 - 19:30. Stephansplatz, tel. +43 699 103 018 99, www.lebol. at. Open 08:00 - 24:00, Sun 10:00 - 24:00.

26 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Restaurants LE LOFT UNGAR-GRILL On the 18th floor of the deluxe Sofitel Vienna A family-run restaurant decked out like a countryside Stephansdom hotel, the glass-walled Le Loft house on the Hungarian puszta plains. Colourful restaurant, bar and lounge offers amazing 360° views hand-embroidered curtains and tablecloth, beautiful over the city. The restaurant serves fine French-Austian wooden furniture, exceptionally friendly service, cuisine by Michelin starred Chef Antoine Westermann; and most importantly, delicious food await you try the frog’s legs or pâté en croûte specialities. The here. When the weather permits, enjoy the relaxing service is professional yet relaxed, and there’s a wide atmosphere in the garden as jolly live musicians play range of French, Austrian and other wines.QC-1, czardas.QE-3, Burggasse 97, MZieglergasse, tel. Praterstrasse 1 (Sofitel Hotel), MM Schwedenplatz, +43 1 907 43 73, www.ungar-grill.at. Open 17:00 tel. +43 1 90 61 60, www.sofitel.com. Open 18:00 - - 24:00. Closed Sun. 22:30. P INTERNATIONAL GASTROPUBS ALBERTINA PASSAGE DINNER CLUB There’s no good English term for Viennese Bierlokale; these A 1960s pedestrian tunnel has been transformed into are casual restaurants that off er a good range of beers and a club that - inspired by Pulp Fiction’s Jack Rabbit Slims drinks as well as quality food. Twist Contest - has a stage surrounded by tables so that you can dine and dance the night away. Hidden deeper BRASSERIE STADTBODEN in the club are a cigar lounge and smokers’ bar. There’s Near the Opera, the Stadtboden restaurant and pub is a excellent international food, unusual cocktails, groovy live great spot for Austrian and international cuisine, including music and the sound of trams rumbling overhead.QA/B- late breakfasts, Flammkuchen pies, sausages, steak and 3, Opernring corner Operngasse, tel. +43 1 512 08 13, burgers. The Art Deco style room is centred around an www.albertinapassage.at. Open Teu-Sat 18:00 - 04:00, elegant bar which has a variety of local Ottakringer beer from Sept also on Tues, Wed. on tap. Drop by on Thursdays for live DJ music; important football matches and other sports events are beamed LUTZ - DIE BAR onto screens.QB-3, Krugerstraße 8, tel. +43 1 512 16 37, Besides a popular bar and breakfast place, lutz - die www.stadtboden.at. Open 10:00 - 24:00. Closed Sun. bar is an excellent restaurant serving refined gourmet JAKW Austrian and international dishes, prepared with fresh ingredients. Try the burger with cheddar and caipirinha mayonnaise or a dish from the exceptional GEORGIAN dinner menue in the evening. On weekdays there’s MADIANI a good business lunch too.QG-3, Mariahilfer Str. 3, Opened by artist and published chef Nana Ansari, this MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 585 36 46, www.lutz- cosy café and restaurant specialises in the complex bar.at. Open 08:00 - 02:00, Fri 08:00 - 04:00, Sat 09:00 and richly flavoured cuisine of Georgia. Walnuts, - 04:00, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. W pomegranate seeds, a wide array of meats and fish and various cheeses are staples, complimented MEDUSA by aromatic spices and fresh herbs. Reasonable Opened by entrepreneurs from neighbouring Slovakia, prices, live music and the staff’s dedication to warm this chic establishment off ers mouthwatering international hospitality make Madiani a culinary gem hidden dishes that are pleasing both to the eyes and to the palate. among the produce stalls of the Karmelitermarkt. Enjoy imaginative appetizers such as tuna fi sh with papaya Reservations recommended.QH-1, Karmelitermarkt cashew salad or innovative mains, such as fl ank-steak with 21-24, MTaborstrasse, tel. +43 66 44 56 12 17, truffl e potatoes. There are also wonderfully mixed cocktails, www.madiani.at. Open 08:30 - 22:00, Sat 08:00 - and from October you can dance the night away in the new 14:00. Closed Sun. club.QNeuer Markt 8, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 67 66 05 72 86, www.medusarestaurant.at/. Open 10:00 - 23:30. JAGB HUNGARIAN ILONA STUEBERL MOTTO AM FLUSS Maria Fodor, the owner since 1987, takes pride in serving All aboard Vienna’s top spot to see and be seen. You can the best gulyas this side of the border. The chicken paprikas spend all day sipping fresh coff ee, trying the delicious is also delicious. Be sure to leave some space for heavenly baked goods or devouring the tantalizing meals on somlói galuska, a layered chocolate and vanilla sponge the menu. What’s more, the DJ line up keeps the party cake with raisins, walnuts and rum. Note that smoking is hopping long into the night. An excellent place for chill allowed here.QB-2, Bräunerstrasse 2, MStephansplatz, cats and party goers alike.QC-1, Schwedenplatz 2, tel. +43 1 533 90 29, www.ilonastueberl.at. Open 11:30 MSchwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 252 55 10, www.motto.at/ - 23:00. mottoamfluss. Open 08:00 - 04:00.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 27 Restaurants SCHLOSSQUADRAT DECODING THE MENU Four venues in one in historic Alt-Margareten. Each off ers Fleisch Meat something special; Cuadro is a relaxed café with a great Aufl auf casserole breakfast; Margareta is an inviting Italian trattoria that off ers Braten roast delicious pizza; Silberwirt has been serving Viennese cuisine Brust breast for more than 200 years and knows its craft; and Gergely’s Eintopf stew is an upmarket restaurant. All four also have beautiful Ente duck courtyards.QG-4, Margaretenplatz 2, MPilgramgasse, Faschierter Braten meatloaf tel. +43 1 544 49 07, www.schlossquadr.at. Open 08:00 Gans goose B Huhn/Hendl chicken - 24:00. Kalb calf Kaninchen young rabbit SPEAR Pute/Truthahn turkey Popular among the young and elegant neighborhood Reh deer crowd, this small and stylish establishment features a Rind beef state-of-the-art interior that matches its contemporary Rippchen/Ripperl loin rips Rouladen thinly sliced beef cuisine concept. Chef Dan Vainberg skillfully concocts Schnitzel veal, pork cutlet the house specialty dishes: small pieces of meat, fi sh or Schwein pork vegetables served on a skewer. Try the delicious daily Steak steak two-course lunch menus, a real deal. Great cocktails Stelze knuckle of pork are served in the bar until late.QF-3, Neubaugasse 15, Tafelspitz prime boiled beef MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 67 67 11 86 71, www.spear. Wild venison at. Open 08:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 08:00 - 02:00. Closed Wildschwein wild boar Würstel sausages Sun. Frankfurter hot dog Käsekrainer sausage fi lled with cheese Debreziner spicy sausage ITALIAN Lamm lamb CAPATOSTA Leberkäse baked ground meat Authentic Neapolitan pizza made with all the proper Fisch Fish imported ingredients, a wonderful city centre Forelle trout Hering herring park location, and smooth soul music: a winning Kabeljau codfi sh combination at CapaTosta. There’s regular live Lachs salmon music to accompany your Italian food and drinks in Scholle plaice the stylish restaurant or outside below the shady Beilagen Side dishes trees - check the website to see who’s playing next. Bohnen beans QJohannesgasse 33 (Pavillion Stadtpark), tel. +43 Braterdäpfel roast potatoes 1 890 61 47, www.capatosta.at. Open 18:00 - 02:00. Brokkoli broccoli B Brot bread Closed Sun. Erbsen peas Erdäpfel/Kartoff eln potatoes DA CAPO Gurke cucumber Da Capo spoils its guests with exquisite Italian cuisine Karfi ol caulifl ower served in an inviting setting, great for a romantic evening or Karotten carrots a fun family night. There’s homemade pasta, fresh seafood Knödel dumplings Knoblauch garlic and friendly staff who can help you choose the right wine to complete your meal. We really like the pizzas baked in the Melanzani aubergines Q M Nudeln pasta wood-fi red oven. B-2, Schulerstr. 18, Stephansplatz, Paprika pepper tel. +43 1 512 44 91, www.dacapo.co.at. Open 11:30 - Petersilie parsley 23:45. AB Pfeff er pepper Pilze/Schwammerl mushrooms IL SESTANTE Pommes Frites french fries Salz salt This simple Italian trattoria in the middle of Vienna’s Sauerkraut sauerkraut posh 8th district offers authentic thin-crusted brick- Schinken ham oven pizzas, yummy fresh salads and excellent pasta Senf mustard dishes. The place seems to be immensely popular Spargel asparagus among local families, no less so thanks to friendly staff Spätzle egg noodles (and we do mean it!). Be sure to make a reservation Speck bacon if you plan to eat after 19:00, and try the fantastic Spinat spinach fettuccine gamberetti con zucchini.QF-2, Piaristengasse Zucker sugar M Zwiebel onion 50, Rathaus, tel. +43 1 402 98 94, www.sestante. at. Open 11:30 - 23:30.

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Dinner & Live Music Jazz-Soul-Swing Tue-Sat 6pm - 4am

1010 Vienna, Opernring/Operngasse (next Vienna State Opera) Tel. +43 1 5120813 www.albertinapassage.com

PIZZA MARI attracts many faithful locals and has become a venue for visiting Located just a block from the vibrant Karmelitenmarkt, this opera stars, such as Placido Domingo, whose pictures with the modern pizzeria spoils guests with authentic pizzas whose owner are proudly exhibited inside. The perfectly-baked pizzas ingredients are fl own in from Naples. Especially the traditional and fresh pastas are just out of this world, as are the meat and marinara and marguerita are out of this world. The waiters are fi sh dishes and the desserts. Reservations recommended. at times a bit pretentious, but for most clients what they eat QAnnagasse 6-8, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 513 40 77, www. seems to matter more than who serves them. Reservations ristorante-sole.at/. Open 11:30 - 23:00. JGB recommended.QH-1, Leopoldsgasse 23A, MTaborstrasse, tel. +43 676 687 49 94, www.pizzamari.at. Open 12:00 - VAPIANO 14:30, 18:00-23:00, Sun 17:00 - 22:00. Closed Mon. Vapiano’s chain restaurant concept focuses on a relaxed, Mediterranean atmosphere. The food is made fresh in SCHUPPICH front of your eyes; once it’s on your plate, head back to Acclaimed owner and chef Lucia Schuppich specializes in your table and prepare for an excellent meal in a chilled traditional dishes from the coastal region around Trieste. environment. You’ll also love the herb gardens, which you Her dishes, at once elegantly complex and unpretentiously can use to season your meal.QG-3, Theobaldgasse 19, hearty, are impeccably prepared and expertly seasoned, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 581 12 12, www.vapiano. many with using “the caviar of the common man”, the com. Open 11:00 - 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 23:00. humble anchovy. Because she hand-selects ingredients from local vendors, the menu changes frequently and refl ects seasonal freshness and variety, complemented by JAPANESE quality wines and schnapps. Truly a culinary experience not HANIL SUSHI to be missed.QI-1, Rotensterngasse 18, MTaborstrasse, Right next to the Naschmarkt, this little restaurant may not tel. +43 1 212 43 40, www.schuppich.at. Open , Wed, Thu, seem like much from the street, but don’t let appearances Fri, Sat 18:00 - 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 15:00. Closed Mon, Tue. fool you. This is a favourite for running sushi, but if you’re not that hungry the Japanese specialities on their menu are also SOLE delicious. The sushi comes with miso soup, so come hungry Located on a narrow city centre street, this establishment is and eat your fi ll. Reservations are recommended for dinner. so veritably Italian you’d think you’ve just entered a Roman QA-3, Rechte Wienzeile 7, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. trattoria. The delicious authentic fare explains why this place +43 1 585 35 90, www.hanil.at. Open 11:00 - 23:00.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 29 Restaurants KUISHIMBO Owned by an extremely friendly Japanese family, MEDITERRANEAN Kuishimbo serves what many believe is the most authentic ELLAS Japanese fare in town - delicious noodle soups, sushi and From breakfast to dinner, Ellas takes care of nourishing sashimi sets, and savoury pancakes called okonomiyaki... all its trendy patrons all day long. Set in an old building that that in the space of 2x4 metres, More places like this, please. seamlessly integrates a more colourful and contemporary QG-3, Linke Wienzeile 40, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. atmosphere, the Mediterranean fusion dishes on the menu +43 699 171 923 55. are very tasty and there’s plenty of good wines to wash them down.QB-1, Judenplatz 9 -10, MSchwedenplatz, NATSU SUSHI tel. +43 1 535 15 77, www.ellas.at. Open 11:00 - 24:00. A young local crowd fl ocks to this tiny eatery at lunchtime Closed Sun. G to sample delicious sushi sets at half price, as well as scrumptious appetizers, traditional Japanese udon and FABIOS soba noodles, fi sh and meat dishes, and a variety of Fabios is a wonderful excuse to hang out: with a great bento boxes. Staff is very friendly and will remember you terrace and a cool window design, be prepared to when you come back again. Take-away available.QG-3, watch and be watched. The menu has several options Gumpendorfer Str. 45, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. for a delicious Mediterranean fi ve-course meal, so +43 1 581 27 00, www.natsu-sushi.at. Open 11:00 - you can dine with the in-crowd.QB-2, Tuchlauben 6, 23:00. MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 532 22 22, www.fabios.at. Open 10:00 - 01:00. Closed Sun. PAG TENMAYA If the traditional entrance hasn’t convinced you that you are about to step into an authentic Japanese establishment, MEXICAN the kimono-clad waiting staff and a room with the tatami KULIN mattresses on the fl oor certainly will. Delectable sushi and Kulin, one of the few Mexican restaurants in town, is more sashimi combinations, teppan boxes, noodle dishes and than just a restaurant: it is a culinary and design adventure. other treats are sure to satisfy your palate, but will no doubt The vibrant colours create an eye-catching backdrop, set you back quite a few euros. Have your corporate credit the perfect setting for the delicious meals. The food is card cover this one.QB-3, Krugerstrasse 3, MKarlsplatz, traditional, and the Sunday brunch is an excellent option. tel. +43 1 512 73 97, www.tenmaya.at. Open 12:00 - QF-3, Siebensterngasse 14, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 15:00, 17:00-23:00. 944 33 06, www.kulin.at. Open 16:00 - 02:00, Sun 11:00 - 02:00. LEBANESE AL FAYROOZ ORIENTAL Enjoy Oriental dinner, drinks, dance and hookah pipes at MASCHU MASCHU this basement oasis, decked out like a silk route traders’ Falafel, hummus, techina, pita, limonana and other oriental tent. Tuck in to a fantastic range of Lebanese mazza starters, delicacies can be enjoyed at Maschu Maschu - including including humus, stuff ed wine leaves, olives and sheep’s the best falafel in town. With a colourful interior, soft light cheese, followed by meat, fi sh or other dishes from the and smiling people it’s a family-friendly place with a big charcoal grill. There’s live music, cocktails and some very non-smoking area. Drop by on weekdays for daily lunch lively belly dancing (€10 per person extra) at weekend dishes and variations of seasonal oriental meals.QF-3, nights.QA-1, Universitätsring 8, Mwww.alfayrooz.eu, Neubaugasse 20, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 990 47 13, tel. +43 1 533 84 11. Open 12:00 - 24:00, Fri, Sat 17:00 - www.maschu-maschu.at. Open 10:30 - 24:00. 04:00, Sun 17:00 - 24:00. SCHESCH BESCH Excellent food and relaxing shisha is what you can expect MEDIEVAL from this comfortable venue. Shesch Besch specializes in CAMELOT Caucasian and Oriental food. After you’re done eating, order Step back into the medieval times of King Arthur and a hookah and pack it with one of the many shisha fl avours Sir Lancelot in this authentically themed restaurant near available here. In summer, sit outside and enjoy your shisha Naschmarkt. Enjoy the traditional wild game and festive in the sun.QB-3, Schwarzenbergstrasse 4, MStadtpark, dishes with names like ‘Weight of the Witch’ or ‘Spit of the tel. +43 1 512 84 44, www.scheschbesch.at. Open 10:00 Landlady’. Huge platters of meat and side dishes feeding - 24:00, Thu, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 02:00. PTB two to six people, as well as a wide selection of drinks are on off er. Live entertainment at the weekend.QA-4, Rechte Wienzeile 21, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 Full contents online: 1 585 22 22, www.camelot-restaurant.at. Open 12:00 vienna.inyourpocket.com - 01:00.

30 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Restaurants anything else. There’s authentic Thai fare of rice, noodles, fi sh, PAKISTANI meat and vegetarian dishes.QG-3, Schönbrunnerstrasse 23, WIENER DEEWAN MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 586 78 85, www.thai- This is assuredly the only restaurant of its kind in Vienna. Help kitchen.at. Open 11:30 - 15:00, 18:00-24:00. Closed Mon. yourself to fi ve Pakistani specialities from the buff et, eat as much as you like and then pay as you wish. The mango lassi is worth trying, but unlike the buff et, drinks have fi xed prices. As TURKISH it´s near the university, Deewan is a favourite among students. KENT After your meal, relax in the chill-out section downstairs.QA- After shopping around Brunnenmarkt stop by to refuel at 1, Liechtensteinstrasse 10, MSchottentor, tel. +43 1 925 this huge Turkish restaurant, complete with glassed winter 11 85, www.deewan.at. Open 11:00 - 23:00. Closed Sun. terrace and a summer garden. Always fi lled with happy families, Kent serves delicious grilled kebab platters, soups, salads and desserts. Enjoy strong hot Turkish tea or coff ee; PERSIAN football fans can watch games live on the screen and join PARS the choir of cheering fans when Galatasaray is winning. Step back in time into the rich history of the Persian empire; QE-2, Brunnengasse 67, MJosefstädterstrasse, tel. +43 Pars tempts you with fair prices and a diff erent menu every 1 405 91 73, www.kentrestaurant.at. Open 06:00 - 02:00. day in a restaurant whose decoration relies heavily on the prowess of Persian architects.QF-2, Lerchenfelderstrasse 148, MThaliastrasse, tel. +43 1 405 82 45, www.pars.at. VEGETARIAN Open 11:00 - 24:00. Closed Sun. I LOVE VEGGIE BURGER Delicious vegetarian and vegan burgers, wraps and salads, witha good range of dips, drinks and sweet snacks like pancakes THAI and brownies.QMargarethenstr. 76, MPilgramgasse, tel. BANGKOK VIENNA +43 1 512 25 09, www.veggie-burger.at. Open 11:00 - Call us snobs, we’ve accepted the fact that the real Thai food 23:00, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 23:00, Sun 12:00 - 22:00. we crave for can probably not be found anywhere in Vienna. Yet we applaud the eff ort of this restaurant near Naschmarkt. VEGETASIA The service is extremely friendly, and the omnipresent A vegetarian Taiwanese restaurant with a tradition of images of Buddha combined with soothing Thai music excellent dishes. The long, narrow room provides a create the right setting. The pad thai was delicious and good relaxed atmosphere that is worth the trip to this part of value. Sadly, smoke pervades even in the non-smoking town, which is admittedly well off the beaten path.QI-3, section.QG-3, Joanelligasse 8, MKettenbrückengasse, Ungargasse 57, MRochusgasse, tel. +43 1 713 83 32, tel. +43 1 587 05 93, www.bangkok-vienna.at. Open www.vegetasia.at. Open 11:30 - 15:00; 17:30 - 23:00 . 12:30 - 15:00, 17:30-22:30. Closed Mon. WRENKH PATARA Owned by Christian Wrenkh and his two sons, this This luxury Thai restaurant with branches in Bangkok, upmarket culinary paradise is ample proof that vegetarian London, Geneva and Singapore is certainly one of the best cuisine can be anything but boring. Their vision and in town, with according prices. From the table settings to its inventiveness never cease to amaze. Virtually anything location and the good modern Thai food, this local favourite on the menu - soups, salads, mains, desserts - will be exudes class.QB-2, Petersplatz 1, MM Stephansplatz, perfectly made to order and delivered with a smile. tel. +43 1 997 19 38, www.patara.at. Open 12:00 - 15:00; Truth is, at least one of their dishes does contain meat - a 18:00-23:00. Closed Sun. PAG superb organic fi let steak. But don’t we all show carnivore instincts on occasion? Dinner reservations essential.QB-2, SIAM Bauernmarkt 10, MStephansplatz, tel. + 43 1 533 15 26, Traditional decorations, portraits of the royal family on the www.wrenkh.at. Open 12:00 - 22:00. Closed Sun. walls, and silk tablecloth all add a nice touch to this place. The extensive food selection is but a tad diff erent from the YAMM! real Bangkok cuisine, and yet, for lack of better aff ordable Conveniently located opposite the university’s main options here in Vienna, we’ll give them credit for trying. building, this cool lounge with psychedelic interior off ers QB-3, Bösendorferstrasse 2-4, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 exclusive organic and vegan dishes, including wholesome 1 505 38 46, www.siam-vienna.at. Open 11:30 - 15:00, salads, warm platters, healthy desserts, and perfect cocktails 17:30-24:00, Sat 17:30 - 24:00. to wash down your food. Pick up a plate, fi ll it up with goodies from the salad bar and pay by weight. Groovy music in the THAI KITCHEN evenings attracts many students and young professionals It’s not the most imaginative name for a Thai restaurant, but with here.QA-1, Dr. Karl-Lueger-Ring 10, MSchottentor, tel. this warm domestic atmosphere, wooden furniture and fresh +43 1 532 05 44, www.yamm.at. Open 08:00 - 23:00, Thu, fl owers on the tables, they’d be lying if they called themselves Fri 08:00 - 01:00, Sat 09:00 - 01:00. Closed Sun.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 31 Coffeehouses Vienna is one of those cities where coff ee is much more than just a drink. Many coff ee houses in Vienna date back COFFEE MENU DECODER to the 19th century, when there was little private heating, and people used the coff ee houses as a second living If you order just a coff ee in Vienna, don’t be surprised room, because they could not aff ord to heat their homes. when the waiter continues to stare at you... he’s Unlike some other café traditions around the world, it is waiting for you to be more specifi c than that. Below completely normal for a customer to linger alone for hours a selection of the most popular variations of coff ee and study the omnipresent newspapers. Along with coff ee, served. Most prominent are the Melange or a large and the waiter will serve an obligatory glass of cold tap water small Brauner. Most cafes will also serve you popular and during a long stay will often bring additional water international choices such as cappucino or café latte. unrequested, with the idea being that you are a guest who Brauner Large or small black coff ee with milk added should feel welcome and not pressured to leave. Many for getting its brown colour cafés provide small food dishes like sausages as well as Espresso Large or small black coff ee from the Espresso- desserts, cakes and tarts, like Apfelstrudel and Linzer Torte. machine In many classic cafés piano music is played in the evenings Einspänner Double espresso with whipped cream and social events like literary readings are held. Mokka Large or small black coff ee in a large or small mocha-cup VIENNESE COFFEEHOUSES Melange Large cup of coff ee with hot milk foam CAFÉ CENTRAL Kaisermelange Large mocha without milk, but stirred Originally opened in 1860, Café Central boasts a number with an egg yolk, honey, cognac or brandy of famous regulars over the years, including Leo Trotsky, Kapuziner Small mocha with some drops of cream Adolf Loos, Vladimir Lenin and Sigmund Freud. The café, restored in 1986, is reminiscent of both the intellectuals who frequented the café and the imperial grandeur of and the Imperial Palace. Reservations recommended for Austria. Café Central is perfectly situated behind the groups.QA-2, Herrengasse 17, MHerrengasse, tel. +43 Hofburg, making it an ideal place to stop for a delicious 1 533 37 64 26, www.palaisevents.at. Open 07:30 – piece of Apfelstrudel and rich hot chocolate after you’ve 22:00, Sun 10:00 – 22:00. spent hours wandering through the nearby twin museums CAFÉ DRECHSLER The crisp, clean interior of this café is beguiling; with its danceable beats and hip staff , Café Drechsler is one of the coolest cafés in town. It is also the café with the longest opening hours, only closing for an hour in the middle of the Feel the 130 years of night to clean. With the exception of Monday, Café Drechsler history at Café Central opens up every morning at 03:00, making it one of a handful of locations where party animals can get a good ham and eggs or other breakfast items before sunrise.QG-3, Linke Wienzeile 22, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 581 20 44, www.cafedrechsler.at. Open 08:00 - 24:00.

CAFÉ GRIENSTEIDL Located at the back exit of the Hofburg, Café Griensteidl is another typical Viennese coﬀ eehouse. Its spacious, high- ceilinged room and lovely terrace make it a great place to relax and listen to the carriages pass by. We believe the Black Forest cherry cake is one of the best around; if nothing else, a slice of this cake should put the café on your radar.QA-2, Michaelerplatz 2, MHerrengasse, tel. +43 1 52 52 69 20, www.cafegriensteidl.at. Open 08:00 - 23:30. G

CAFÉ HAWELKA Mon. until Sat.: 07.30 a.m. – 10.00 p.m. This is a real legend. Multiple books and hundreds of articles Sun. & public holidays: 10.00 a.m. – 10.00 p.m. have been written about this classic café and generations of artists and authors have made this smoky den their Corner Herrengasse/Strauchgasse home. Make sure to visit during the week, on weekends 1010 Vienna | T: +43/1/533 37 63-24 larger tourist groups spoil the unique atmosphere.QB-2, cafecentral-wien.at Dorotheergasse 6, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 82 30, www.hawelka.at. Open 08:00 - 02:00.

32 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Coffeehouses CAFÉ HUMMEL Café Hummel has been run by the same family for BREAKFAST three generations, giving it the sort of continuity that is only found in family-owned businesses. The café has a wonderful breakfast with extended breakfast hours on the weekend. During the World Cup, Café Hummel will be broadcasting all games live, so get out your ﬂ ag and come cheer your team. When the World Cup is not dominating the airwaves, you can chill out in Café Hummel’s TV room and watch any number of programmes. The café also has newspapers from all over the world available for free.QF-2, Josefstädterstr. 66, MJosefstädterstraße, tel. +43 1 405 53 14, www.cafehummel.at. Open 07:00 - 24:00, Sun 08:00 - 24:00.

CAFÉ LANDTMANN Located in the heart of Vienna, this café has a defi nite advantage over the other coff eehouses in the winter: despite the cold, you can still sit “outside” on the heated glass veranda, which looks out to the Burgtheater and the neo-classical Rathaus (town hall), seat of the city’s government. The café specializes in seasonal and CAFÉ DER PROVINZ Austrian deserts, and the excellent brews will remind you Simple interior of wooden furniture and a few old why Vienna is so well known for its coff ee. The waiting posters on the walls are not entirely reminiscent of staff has retained many typical aspects of Vienna’s coff ee a café in Southern France, but the excellent organic culture, so beware the Wiener Schmäh, it just might Galette buckwheat pancakes, sweet and savoury crêpes put a big smile on your face.QA-1, Universitätsring M and waffl es served here for breakfast are decidedly 4, Schottentor, tel. +43 1 24 10 01 10, cafe@ French-inspired and will get you quite happily through landtmann.at, www.landtmann.at. Open 07:30 – the day. All-you-can-eat weekend and holiday brunch 24:00. buff et for €11.50 is quite popular with the locals in the 8th district.QMaria-Treu-Gasse 3, MRathaus, SUPERSENSE tel. +43 1 944 22 72, www.cafederprovinz.at. Open An elongated space in a neogothic building houses 08:00 - 23:00. Supersense, an exciting cafe and concept store with a difference. Apart from serving quality coffee from a CORNS N’ POPS ‘Slayer’ machine and tasty cake and snacks, Supersense If you’d like to start your day with a crunchy healthy is furnished with special tables, chairs and lamps, and cereal breakfast, head straight to Corns n’ Pops in the a bar made from classic American cabinets. Then Naschmarkt area. Dozens of cereals of various kinds and there’s a wide range of products relating to analogue colours, organic bagels, salads and sandwiches, and photography (cameras, film, special digital-to-film even original American oatmeal are all on off er here. printing services and workshops) and other analogue Q M Extremely friendly staff will help you choose the ideal themes. Praterstr. 70, Praterstern, tel. +43 1 969 combination of müsli and make sure you feel at home 08 32. Open 08:00 - 19:00, Thu, Fri 08:00 - 22:00, Sat while partaking of it.QG-3, Gumpendorferstrasse 11:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun. 37, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 664 131 20 05, www.cornsnpops.com. Open 07:30 - 17:00, Sat 09:00 - 16:00. Closed Sun.

LUTZ - DIE BAR Guests at lutz - die bar sit four metres above street level, with great views of the busy Mariahilfer Strasse shopping street. It’s a happening place to go for drinks, but it goes above and beyond that, with an excellent breakfast selection, Sunday brunch until 16:00, delicious coﬀ ee, international cuisine and foreign newspapers and magazines.QG-3, Mariahilfer Str. 3, MMuse- umsquartier, tel. +43 1 585 36 46, www.lutz-bar.at. Open Mon-Thu 08:00 - 02:00, Fr 08:00 - 04:00, Sat 09:00 - 04:00, Sun 10:00 - 24:00. Café Central

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 33 Nightlife Of all the wonderful things that Vienna has to off er, One a month you can come in early to nurse your nightlife is not the least of them. There is something for headache at the hangover brunch.QAlbertgasse 12, everyone in this town, and we mean everyone. From trendy MThaliastrasse, tel. +43 1 407 41 25, www.polkadot.at. bars to Irish pubs, lounge clubs and underground locations, Open 19:00 - 02:00, Fri, Sat 20:00 - 04:00. off ering all kinds of nocturnal fun you might be looking for. SCHESCH BESCH BAR The Shesch Besch restaurant with its Caucasian and oriental BARS food has a great bar that comes alive after dinner. Enjoy BETTEL-ALM aperitifs and cocktails along with the aromatic shisha pipe Though Vienna boasts several interesting places to spend fl avours, and listen to music from the Caucasus and orient. the night carousing with friends, they all have something QB-3, Schwarzenbergstrasse 4, MStadtpark, tel. +43 1 in common: they are distinctly Viennese. In contrast, 512 84 44, www.scheschbesch.at. the Bettelalm has a distinctly Salzburger feel to it. From the décor to the music and the drinks, the Bettelalm is SCHIKANEDER reminiscent of après-ski and summer mountain locales This bar is a favourite drinking hole among the intellectuals in Salzburg.QB-3, Johannesgasse 12, MStadtpark, tel. in Vienna’s Freihausviertel, attracting a mixed crowd of +43 664 884 301 96, www.bettel-alm.at. Open 21:00 - students, artists and other funky individuals. There are 04:00. Closed Mon, Sun. couches in the back, but hang out alongside the old wooden bar for more eye contact. Schikaneder also includes a small DONAU cinema showing independent and experimental fi lms.QG- Located in a former synagogue, this bar has seen better 4, Margaretenstr. 24, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 and worse times since it appeared on the social radar 585 28 67, www.schikaneder.at. Open 18:00 - 04:00. in the 1980s. If you enjoy minimal techno and chill- out beats as background music, Donau is your place. TRAVEL SHACK It’s in a location close to the Museumsquartier, which Apart from a towel, all a young traveller really needs can be makes it a favourite among students and young creative found at Vienna’s fi rst and lively international backpackers professionals. The prices are reasonable and the cathedral- bar: cheap drinks, strong shots, sturdy tables for dancing like environment is worth a visit.QG-3, Karl Schweighofer on and fun activities. Expect both travellers and locals, Gasse 10, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 523 81 05, www. drinking games, pub crawls, all kinds of sports screenings donautechno.com. Open 20:00 - 04:00, Fri, Sat 20:00 - and snacks like pizza, meat pie and vegemite toasties. The 06:00, Sun 20:00 - 02:00. fully air-conditioned bar has a separate smoking room - a rarity in Vienna - with a pool table. Crawling distance LOOS BAR from hostels and the main train station.QE-4, Mariahilfer Designed by famous architect Adolf Loos in 1908, this bar’s Gürtel 21, MWestbahnhof, tel. +43 1 961 01 31, www. design is defi nitely in accordance with one of Loos’ driving travelshackvienna.com. Open 18:00 - 04:00. PGW principles: cosiness. A tiny space, made to look larger than it is by the mirrors mounted along the walls above the wooden panelling, has only a handful of tables so be prepared CAFÉ BARS to share with strangers. The beer selection is weak and CAFÉ EUROPA overpriced, but the cocktails are top-notch. Quentin Tarantino If you need a chill environment to relax before you really apparently had a blast here.QB-2, Kärntner Durchgang 10, begin your night, then you need to go this hip, modern MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 32 83, www.loosbar.at. café. Upbeat yet relaxed music adds to the café’s ambience Open 12:00 - 04:00, Thu, Fri, Sat 12:00 - 05:00. and the young clientele will help point you in the right direction when you are ready to move on. Occasionally, the ONYX BAR café hosts parties in the back half of the property, making Dress code is strictly enforced at the doors of this your transition to the party scene that much easier.QF-3, extravagant bar. However, the fantastic view overlooking Zollergasse 8, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 526 33 83, St. Stefan’s Cathedral is absolutely worth dressing up www.europa-lager.at. Open 09:00 - 05:00. for. This hotel bar, now part of the local culinary legend DO&CO, is known for its pricey but dangerously delectable CAFÉ LEOPOLD cocktails.QB-2, Stephansplatz 12, MStephansplatz, tel. Located in the same building as the Leopold Museum, +43 1 535 39 69, www.doco.com. Open 09:00 - 02:00. this trendy café is the perfect break while visiting the Museumsquartier. The large windows, round chandeliers POLKADOT and the oak-trimmed bar create a classy look with a warm A fun and youthful bar attracting hordes of students and atmosphere. From Thursday to Saturday the café transforms travellers with the many varieties of beer, the activities and at night, with DJs cranking out funky electronic beats.QG- parties. There’s live music every two weeks, language nights 3, Museumsplatz 1, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 523 67 32, when you can practice anything from Spanish to German, www.cafe-leopold.at. Open 10:00 – 02:00, Thu, Fri, Sat and sports and theme nights with special drinks off ers. 10:00 – 04:00.

34 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Nightlife CAFFE LATTE This is practically a second home to many young professionals of Vienna´s 7th district’s creative industry cluster. Young designers, models or ﬁ lm directors leave their oﬃ ces in the area and bring their work or meetings to this café. We recommend the impressive weekend brunches, which often include beef tartar, hot chocolate and champagne. In the summer, Latte is best enjoyed from its 18th-century courtyard with palm trees.QF-3, Neubaugasse 39, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 523 55 09, www.caffelatte.at. Open Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu 07:00 - 01:00, Fri, Sat 07:00 - 02:00, Sun 11:00 - 01:00.

ROCHUS This hip café in the third district is a nice alternative to the classic Viennese coﬀ eehouse. The pipes running along the ceiling are a bit of an eyesore, but the food is great and the atmosphere is very inviting. This is a wonderful place to sit outside on a summer morning and enjoy brunch. QI-3, Landstrasse Hauptstr. 55-57, MRochusgasse, tel. +43 1 710 10 60, www.rochus.at. Open Mon, Sun 08:00 - 01:00, Tue, Wed 08:00 - 03:00, Thu, Fri, Sat 08:00 - 04:00.

WERKZEUGH This special place came to be thanks to an architecture project for students at the university who wanted to do more than just make a theoretical plan. Now, it is a chill place for those who need a quiet space to study, work or read in a smoke-free environment. WerkzeugH also features interesting art exhibits and events that focus on various topics.QG-4, Schönbrunnerstr. 61, MPilgramgasse, tel. +43 1 720 73 52 62, www.werkzeugh.at. Open 18:00 - 01:00.

CLUBS FLEX For more then 15 years this club has been famous for underground parties in Vienna. With one of Europe’s best sound systems, every event is unforgettable. About two years ago Flex started to change its image from very alternative to a bit more hip. But no matter who you are and how you are dressed - this club is deﬁ nitely a place to dance a night away.QB-1, Augartenbrücke 1, MSchottenring, tel. +43 1 533 75 25, www.flex.at. Open 18:00 - 04:00.

FLUC Fluc is a great venue because it caters to every music taste imaginable. The programme is replete with everything from hip-hop and dance to rock, blues and progressive club. What’s more, there is both an upstairs and a downstairs venue with diﬀ erent musical moods, so that even on a single night you can enjoy a variety of music styles. The drinks are decently priced and the nearby Prater park makes for a fun walk when your ears need a break from the beats.QI - 1, Praterstern 5, MPraterstern, www.fluc.at. Open 22:00 - 05:00.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 35 Nightlife GRELLE FORELLE GAY VIENNA With a wicked sound system and world class DJs, the new Grelle Forelle may have a cover charge, but by the time you Calling Vienna the San Francisco of Central Europe leave you’ll swear you would have paid much more to get would be somewhat of an exaggeration. Neither would in. Take a break from dancing in the chill-out lounge. Only a comparison to Amsterdam, Barcelona or Berlin hold for age 21 and over.QSpittelauer Lände 12, MSpittelau, up, for that matter. Yet, although gay life in Vienna is www.grelleforelle.com. Open Fri, Sat 23:00 - 06:00. quite low-key, things do happen, and for the most part, Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun. a “live and let live” attitude seems to prevail among the locals. The city hosts an annual GLBT Pride Parade on LUTZ - DER CLUB the Ringstrasse, as well as a high-profi le international With its state of the art sound system and world class HIV/AIDS charity event known as the Life Ball. As for the DJs, lutz - der club is one of the premier clubs in Vienna. gay venues, most are clustered around Naschmarkt in The cocktails are precious, the decor is fantastic, and the the 4th, 5th and 6th districts, but there are a few others beats will keep you dancing till the sun comes up. On scattered around the city. Austrians aren’t usually keen Tipsy Tuesday and We love Saturdays there are crazy drink on starting conversation with strangers, so don’t be shy specials. Tear up the dance fl oor, enjoy the lighting designs unless you want to spend the evening by yourself. and visuals, and fl irt all night long with other hotties.QG-3, M CAFÉ BERG Mariahilfer Str. 3, Museumsquartier, tel. +43 664 80 Café Berg has been catering to the gay, lesbian and 30 54 05, www.lutz-derclub.at. Open Tue, Fri, Sat 21:30 transgender community for the past 17 years in the - 04:00. same street that Sigmund Freud once lived and worked. The café off ers breakfast well into the afternoon, and PASSAGE the menu changes from week to week. Several events Passage is defi nitely more on the upscale side of things: are held here, from fashion shows to lively parties, and if if you aren’t dressed well, don’t even think about going you want, you can rent out the space to have your own downstairs to mingle with the crowd. The DJs are world bash.QA-1, Berggasse 8, MSchottentor, tel. +43 1 class and you’ll sweat on the dance fl oor to their funky 319 57 20, www.cafe-berg.at. Open 10:00 - 01:00. house beats, but the ceilings are low by Vienna standards, and tend to make you feel a bit closed in. Still, if you want CAFÉ SAVOY to enjoy Vienna’s high society, book it to Passage.QA-3, Even in the most classical setting with huge mirrors, an Burgring 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 961 88 00, impressive antique chandelier and the soaring fresco www.club-passage.at. Open 22:00 - 04:00. ceiling, there’s some truth to the saying Wien ist anders – Vienna is diff erent. What was once a traditional coff ee PLATZHIRSCH house is now a popular hangout for local gay and Platzhirsch has many things going for it. As one of the lesbian community. Café Savoy is mostly frequented by coolest clubs in Vienna, the DJs know how to make you mature thirty-something men, but their female friends groove on the dance fl oor, and both locals and tourists love to join them here as well.QG-3, Linke Wienzeile M queue to get inside. There is an entry fee, but the dance, 36, Kettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 01 586 73 48, R&B and disco beats will make it well worth your while. www.savoy.at. Open 08:00 - 02:00. QA-3, Opernring 11, MKarlsplatz, platzhirsch@ FELIXX vipservice.at, www.platz-hirsch.at. Open Thu, Fri, Sat An institution in Vienna’s gay scene since it was renovated 22:00 - 06:00. Closed Mon, Tue, Wed, Sun. in 2004, Felixx attracts a young and hip crowd with its funky cocktails, fresh beats and occasional events like PRATER DOME drag shows. The huge crystal chandelier in the middle Prater Dome, not far from the Riesenrad Ferris wheel, has of the bar reminds of the old Viennese glass-making multiple dancefl oors featuring house, techno and soul. tradition, but otherwise the interior is quite modern. There are also several lounge areas for the less physically QA-3, Gumpendorfer Str. 5, MMuseumsquartier, motivated. The wide range of music is accompanied by tel. +43 1 920 47 14, www.felixx-bar.at. Open Mon, a corresponding mix of people. Still, you should plan on Tue, Wed, Thu, Sun 18:00 - 03:00, Fri, Sat 18:00 - 04:00. wearing something stylish to feel at home. No matter which VILLAGE BAR of these rooms you decide to grace with your presence, expect the beats to beckon you to the dance fl oor all night Village Bar is mostly frequented by gay men, although Q M the occasional female can be seen amongst the crowd. long. I-1, Riesenradplatz 7, Praternstern, tel. +43 1 The clientele tends to be more on the trendy side, which 90 81 19 29 00, www.praterdome.at. Open Thu 21:00 - is in keeping with the design of the bar. However, it is a 04:00, Fri, Sat 22:00 - 06:00. nice mix of younger and older guys, so no matter what your taste, you will fi nd Village Bar to your liking.QG-3, SASS CLUB Stiegengasse 8, MKettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 67 Sass Club features club nights in a downstairs venue that is 63 84 89 77, www.village-bar.at. Open 20:00 - 03:00. somewhere between Flex and Loos Bar in terms of design. Sass always has a good mix of people and a well-run bar

36 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Nightlife with dedicated staﬀ . It really comes in to save the day when you are looking for an afterparty to keep dancing in the wee hours of the morning. If all the other places are kicking you out and you still don’t want to go to bed, this is the place to go.QB-3, Karlsplatz 1, MKarlsplatz, www. sassvienna.com. Open Thu, Fri, Sat 23:00 - 06:00.

VOLKSGARTEN Volksgarten is always a happening place, no matter what night of the week it is. From hip-hop to dance to alternative, your music tastes will be featured at this central venue. You don’t have to dress to the nines, but you should dress stylish, as people in ﬂ ip-ﬂ ops or comfy clothes have been turned away at the door.QA-2, Burgring 1, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 533 05 18, www.volksgarten.at.

PUBS 1516 This is Vienna’s best-known micro-brewery, attracting beer lovers from all over. Mostly brewing ales and beers from malted barley, 1516 also uses malted wheat, rye and rice when the recipe calls for it, and their beers rank among the best-tasting local brews. It’s a great place for a hamburger and there’s always a great atmosphere to watch a football game. Reservations, though not always necessary, are recommended for larger parties and for big sports events. QB-3, Krugerstrasse 18, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 961 15 16, www.1516brewingcompany.com. Open 10:00 - 02:00, Fri 10:00 - 03:00, Sat 11:00 - 03:00, Sun 11:00 - 02:00.

CHARLIE P’S IRISH PUB Established Charlie P’s is the most prominent Irish pub in Vienna. in 1999 in downtown One of its staples is a weekly pub quiz that draws a fun- Vienna, 1516 Brewing loving crowd intent on winning the huge jackpot, which Company is famous for being is currently close to €3,000. If you are in the mood to sing, as authentic as an American-style consider the Rock ‘n Roll Karaoke nights, where DJ Pot, will brewpub can be. It won several awards, take your song requests so you can rock the venue like a including „Best Brewpub in Austria“ in 2001 rock star. The staﬀ is friendly and the food menu is more and is constantly on the shortliﬆ for the most than what one typically expects in an Irish pub. Sports fans innovative beers featured in every single edition will be pleased to know that all important games (and of Conrad Seidl’s BIERGUIDE. Some of these beers many not so important ones) are screened here.QA-1, are on tap regularly, including our version of the Währinger Str. 3, MSchottentor, tel. +43 1 409 79 23, Hop Devil, Americas award winning Imperial www.charlieps.at. Open 12:00 - 02:00. India Pale Ale. In our large bar, the (non smoking) restaurant upstairs and in our spacious beer garden on the patio, you can sample an JAZZ CLUBS unparalleled variety of beer styles plus PORGY & BESS fine examples of American, Asian and Easily the best location for jazz in Vienna, Porgy & Bess - of course - Viennese food. Enjoy the has been a popular place among muscians and fans alike international atmosphere, relax, since the early 90s. Accordingly, it is usually one of the and have a beer. Cheers! more expensive jazz venues, but the concerts are worth every cent. Porgy & Bess has an intense schedule and musicians from all over the world play just about every 1010-Vienna night of the year, so no matter when you come, you’ll be Schwarzenbergstraße 2/Krugerstraße 18 Q able to get a taste of great jazz. B-2, Riemergasse 11, Daily 11 am to 2 am – Phone: 01-961 15 16 MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 88 11, www.porgy.at. Open 19:30 - 01:00.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 37 Heurigen & Wine Bars hanging from the ceiling is one of a kind. There’s typical WIENER HEURIGEN Heuriger food, but this restaurant is smaller than most, adding to its intimate atmosphere. Take bus N°35A from Nussdorferstrasse metro station.QNeustift am Walde 68, tel. +43 1 440 14 05, www.fuhrgassl-huber.at. Open 14:00 – 24:00, Sun 12:00 - 24:00.

HEURIGER REINPRECHT If you don’t mind the relatively long trip to get out to this scenic location, then Heuriger Reinprecht should be on your list. Live music helps set the mood every day and its spacious wooden rooms, packed with pictures and trinkets, make you feel as if you have stepped back in time. Take tram N°38 from Heiligenstadt metro station.QCobenzlgasse About 2% of Vienna’s surface is used for vineyards and 22, tel. +43 1 32 01 47 10, www.heuriger-reinprecht.at. you can try many of these wines at Heurigen. The word Open 15:30 - 24:00. refers to new wine (heuer meaning this year), and by defi nition a Heurigen is attached to the vineyard which WEIN & CO produces the very wine it serves. Traditionally these With eight locations throughout the city, Wein & Co. places would only off er cold cuts to go with the drinks, is Vienna’s largest chain of wine shops and bars. The but today most Heurigen also serve hot food. The best new fl agship store on Mariahilferstrasse boasts a stylish known taverns are located in Grinzing, a suburban wine bar and a restaurant with business lunch for village in the hills north of Vienna. The good soil under €10 on weekdays. Other central branches are at along with the location and climate provide optimal Jasomirgottstrasse 3-5 (M Stephansplatz), Universitätsring 12 (M Schottentor), and Getreidemarkt 1 (M Karlsplatz). conditions for vineyards – plus many thirsty clients can Q M be found nearby too. Note that beer and coff ee are not F-3, Mariahilferstrasse 36, Neubaugasse, tel. +43 usually served at a Heurigen, it’s all about the wine. 1 507 063 022, www.weinco.at. Open 10:00 - 02:00, Sun 15:00 - 24:00. To get to Grinzing, take bus N°38A from the Heiligenstadt or tram N°37 from the Schottentor U-Bahn station. EULENNEST

AUGUSTINERKELLER The Augustinerkeller is one of the last cloistral cellars in Vienna’s fi rst district, and was formerly part of the city’s defensive fortifi cations. Now it is a restaurant loved by natives and tourists alike and serving typical Austrian food in a Heuriger atmosphere with modern fl air. Enjoy the tantalizing dishes with a glass of wine or beer and listen to the live Heuriger music that is the catalyst for hours of fun. Be prepared to meet some interesting characters, as was the case when Haydn used to play his fi ddle here for the soldiers on breaks from guarding the old city wall.QB-2, Augustinerplatz 1, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 533 10 26, www.bitzinger.at/ A augustinerkeller. Open 11:00 - 24:00. EULENNEST VINOTHEK & WEINBAR The ‘Owl’s Nest’ is a small and cosy wine bar whose FEUERWEHR WAGNER owners are major wine connoisseurs who love to pass Since 1683 this Heuriger has been serving homemade their knowledge on in a variety of tongues: English, wines and traditional Austrian food, surrounded by French, Italian and German. There are over 400 top vineyards. In winter, the tiled stoves provide solace from the Austrian wines to choose from and over 50 Edelbränden frigid weather. Take a tour of their wine cellar, but make a (spirits). Up to 20 diff erent open wines can be found on reservation beforehand. Take bus N°38A from Heiligenstadt Q the wine list every week, and besides the wines there’s metro station. Grinzingerstrasse 53, tel. +43 1 320 24 also great-value food: fi ne Austrian and international 42, www.feuerwehrwagner.at. Open 16:00 – 24:00. delicatessen, prosciutto, fi ne salami, ripe cheeses and pasta dishes; we recommend the home-made quiche. FUHRGASSL HUBER QG-3, Operngasse 30, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 890 This cosy Heuriger has been operating for 40 years. Built 22 72, [email protected], www.eulennest.at. by the stage designer of the Volksoper, the interior was Open 16:00 - 22:00. Closed Sat, Sun. lovingly decorated by Ms. Huber herself; the large crown

38 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Skiing near Vienna two hours: take the A1 towards Salzburg, exiting at Ybbs onto the B25 to Göstling an der Ybbs. The bus to Hochkar (Blaguss Reisen, tel. +43 1 61 09 00, www.abzumschnee. at) departs Vienna’s VIB on weekends at 07:00, departing Hochkar again at 16:30; a bus ticket costs €48,50 for an adult, and includes the day pass.

HOCHKAR, Göstling an der Ybbs, tel. +43 7484 21 22, [email protected], www.hochkar.com.

STUHLECK With the glorious Alps only a short distance from Vienna, The Stuhleck ski area, 100km southwest of Vienna, off ers many locals head to the slopes every winter. Austria’s ski a huge variety of winter sports facilities, and is especially resorts are known to be friendly, aff ordable and high- attractive to snowboarders. Between 770 and 1,780 metres quality, with a lively après-ski scene. Although the resorts above sea level it has 24km of ski slopes of all diffi culties, of Hochkar and Stuhleck near Vienna can’t be compared eight lifts, snowboard pistes with a funpark, cross-country to the larger ones further west, the transport, rental and ski runs, toboggan runs, snow-tubing, romantic horse- lessons are easily arranged, and a fun day trip to the snow sleigh rides, 10 ski huts and restaurants, and endless hiking is perfectly feasible. Snow is guaranteed from December to trails. The snow park is the best of its kind in eastern Austria, March. with two 6-15 metre long kickers with a perfect long and steep landing, and a good variety of rails, boxes, jibs and wooden obstacles. There’s night skiing on one slope as HOCHKAR well as in the snow park. An adult day ticket costs €38,50; At the very eastern end of the Austrian Alps, 180km west a 3-hour evening ticket is €23. Driving to Stuhleck takes 90 of Vienna, Hochkar is the main skiing area in the region. minutes: take the A2 towards Graz, exiting at Seebenstein This area gets some of the highest snowfall in Austria onto the S6 to Spital am Semmering. The bus to Stuhleck and with slopes at altitudes of between 1,380 and 1,808 (Blaguss Reisen, tel. +43 1 61 09 00, www.abzumschnee. metres there are enough pistes of varying diffi culty to keep at) departs Vienna’s VIB daily at 08:00, returning again at skiers of all levels happy. There’s 19km of groomed pistes, 16:20; a bus ticket costs €49,80 for an adult, and includes plenty of freeride possibilities, nine lifts, a KidsLand and a the day pass. large snow park for snowboarders and daredevils on skis. When you’re ready for a break, there are seven ski huts. An Stuhleck-Semmering, Spital am Semmering, tel. +43 3 adult day pass costs €36. Driving to Hochkar takes just over 85 32 70, [email protected], www.stuhleck.com.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 39 Sightseeing The ﬁ rst district, surrounded by the majestic imperial buildings along the Ringstrasse, is Vienna’s historical centre. BELVEDERE Many of the important sights, such as the impressive St. Stephen’s Cathedral, the gigantic Hofburg, Vienna’s town hall, and many of the main museums are located here, all within walking distance. But a lot of essential Vienna lies beyond it. Outlying sights, such as Schloß Schönbrunn, or the funfair and parks of the Prater are musts for every visitor. Using public transport to get to these places is easy.

MAIN SIGHTS BELVEDERE Named for the Italian phrase for “beautiful view”, the Belvedere palace complex was originally conceived as © Belvedere a summer country estate for Prince Eugene of Savoy, The Belvedere is one of the most striking and signifi cant one of the most celebrated military heroes in European museums in the world and an absolute must-see for history. His impressive collection of artwork is displayed the visitor to Vienna. When the Imperial Collection here, along with more recent additions from the royal was opened in the year 1781, the Upper Belvedere Habsburg holdings. The Upper Belvedere’s major became one of the fi rst museums in the world to attraction is undoubtedly Gustav Klimt’s famous painting be accessible to the public. The Upper Belvedere – The Kiss, which can also be seen on countless scarves, constructed between 1717 and 1723 – is positioned mugs, posters and other trinkets sold by surrounding on a hill and aff ords a captivating view of Vienna. The shops and street vendors. While most visitors skip the name Belvedere – ‘beautiful view’ – goes back to the Lower Belvedere, its collection of curiously troubling times of Empress Maria Theresia in whose possession Messerschmidt heads make the extra few euros for a the ensemble of palace and grounds fell shortly after combination ticket well worthwhile. To get here, take tram Q the death of Prince Eugene. Since the wellknown D to the Schloss Belvedere stop. C-4, Prinz-Eugen-Str. urban landscape painter or vedutista Bernardo Bellotto 27, tel. +43 1 79 55 70, www.belvedere.at. Open 10:00 immortalised the view in his 18th century panorama, it - 18:00, Wed 10:00 - 21:00. Admission €3.50-13.50. became known as the famous ‘Belvedere view’. Guides/audioguides €4/3. The Belvedere owns the world’s largest collection of paintings by Gustav Klimt, including the famed Art HOFBURG Nouveau icons, The Kiss and Judith I. Home to the Habsburg monarchy for more than six centuries, the ten major buildings comprising the Hofburg complex represent the splendour and monarch has left his (or her) fingerprint on the layout influence of what was once the mightiest empire of this palace, resulting in a stylistic mishmash and a in Europe. While this has been the site of countless wide array of museums. Maps in several languages decisive historical events, the sweeping arcaded façade are posted in the courtyards throughout the complex, of the Neue Burg earned worldwide notoriety in April but here are the highlights: the Schatzkammer of 1938, when Adolf Hitler spoke to a crowd of 200,000 (Imperial Treasury) houses the crown jewels, as well people from its central balcony. Nearly every Austrian as the nail supposed to have pierced Christ’s right hand and the so-called Spear of Destiny. If you’re into impressive baroque interiors, the reading room of the Nationalbibliothek (National Library) is a highlight. For those with a fascination for sordid dynastic family histories, a ticket to the Kaiserappartements (Emperor’s Apartments) includes the Silberkammer (Silver Vault) and Sisimuseum (Sisi Museum), lending an intimate insight into the private lives of Emperor Franz Joseph and his wife, Elizabeth of Bavaria (better known locally as Sisi). The dancing white Lippizaner horses of the Spanische Hofreitschule (Spanish Riding School) perform here, as well as the boy sopranos and altos of the Wiener Sängerknaben (Vienna Boys’ Choir)QA-2, Heldenplatz, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 587 36 66, www.hofburg-wien.at. Open Sept-June 09:00-17:30, July-Aug 09:00-18:00. Admission €11,50/7, Sisi Hofburg Ticket €25,50.

40 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Sightseeing HUNDERTWASSER-KRAWINAHAUS This vibrant and fanciful public housing complex, now an iconic landmark of the work of Austria’s own architectural iconoclast, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, regularly tops lists of visitors’ favourite sights in Vienna. As you can probably tell by the Gaudi-esque shapes and colourful palate, Hundertwasser embraced a playful, environmentally-focused artistic philosophy. He proclaimed that straight lines were “godless and immoral,” that every building should have as many trees as tenants, Tizian | Hieronymus Bosch that rolling, uneven ﬂ oors were “a divine melody to the Rembrandt | Rubens | Tiepolo feet,” and that access to a window was a basic human right. While entering the building is not permitted (it is a private residence for 52 families and 250 trees and shrubs), the Kunsthaus Wien, located just down Untere Weißgerberstraße, features a small museum and café dedicated to this controversial ﬁ gure.QI-2, Kegelgasse 37-39, M1 tram Hetzgasse, tel. +43 1 710 41 16, www. hundertwasserhaus.info.

IRRGARTEN SCHÖNBRUNN (LABYRINTH) Situated amid the expansive and highly manicured baroque gardens of the Habsburg summer residence, the topiary maze and labyrinth of Schönbrunn date back to original 17th century layouts intended for the amusement of the palace’s royal residents and guests. These days, the attractions are open to the rest of us, presenting a series of twists, turns, riddles and interactive puzzles to challenge 1., | Schillerplatz 3 | Di – So 10 — 18 h | www.akademiegalerie.at and enchant visitors of all ages.QSchloss Schönbrunn, MHietzing, tel. +43 1 811 132 39, www.schoenbrunn. treaties, legendary performances, and a veritable who’s at. Open 09:00 - 18:00. Admission € 3,50/2,20. who of European history. A visit to Schönbrunn isn’t complete without a walk around the park grounds; the MUSEUMS QUARTIER Tiergarten is the oldest continuously running zoo in the Formerly the imperial court stables, the Museum Quarter world, and while modest in scale, it boasts a comprehensive complex now functions as a lively meeting point for young feeding schedule and well-designed enclosures. If you’re artists, musicians and students. The ten museums and the more intrepid sort, defi nitely opt for a hike up the hill to venues housed here focus on fostering the creation of art the ornamental Gloriette, where you can refuel with Kaff ee as well as its appreciation, so exhibitions, performances and a Kipferl, just like Empress Maria Theresa did more and workshops in a range of disciplines (as well as free than 250 years ago.QD-4, Schönbrunner Schlossstr. wireless internet) are off ered to the public year-round. In 47, MSchönbrunn, tel. +43 1 811 132 39, www. warm weather, the central courtyard features a pétanque schoenbrunn.at. Open April-June & Sept-Oct 08:30- fi eld, mini-racecar track, outdoor bars and restaurants, 17:30, July-Aug 08:30-18:30, Nov-Mar 08:30-17:00. Park and distinctive brightly coloured outdoor couch-like Enzis, open dawn till dusk. Admission €11,50/8,50, Sisi Ticket so you can grab a cold beer and get to know the locals. €25,50/15. Park free. If you’re planning on downing a few, however, make sure you’ve got an extra €0,50 in your pocket—the public SPANISCHE HOFREITSCHULE toilets, located in the main entryway, just started charging. (SPANISH RIDING SCHOOL) QG-3, Museumsplatz 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 The oldest riding academy in the world, this fi xture in 523 58 81, www.mqw.at. Open 00:00 - 24:00. Admission Habsburg imperial history has perpetuated the High free to the courtyard. School of Classical Horsemanship with their famous white Lippizaner horses for more than 430 years. Performances SCHLOSS SCHÖNBRUNN can be pricey and sell out quickly, so attending a morning (SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE) exercise (daily Tuesday through Saturday, 09:00-12:00) This magnifi cent summer palace of the Habsburg royalty can be a good alternative, although the showier dressage truly embodies the opulence of the Baroque era, from elements are usually left out.QA-2, Michaelerplatz 1, its topiary maze and minutely manicured gardens to the MHerrengasse, tel. +43 1 533 90 31, www.srs.at. Visitor ornately detailed interiors. Several tour packages off er centre open Tue-Sun 09:00-16:00, Fri when there is a access to the highlights of its 1,441 rooms, which have performance 09:00-19:00. Visitor Centre admission free; witnessed imperial births and deaths, the signings of show tickets €12-116.

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MuseumsQuartier Wien www.leopoldmuseum.org

The world’s largest EGON SCHIELE Collection

Egon Schiele, Self Portrait, 1912 Egon Schiele, Portrait of Wally Neuzil, 1912

in your pocket.indd 2 26.11.2010 14:02:10 STEPHANSDOM ARCHITEKTURZENTRUM WIEN Even if you’re in European church overload, this is one The Architekturzentrum Wien, the Austrian architecture cathedral you don’t want to skip. This location has museum, is the centre for architecture and the culture of functioned as the religious, cultural and geographic centre building. It off ers a fascinating panorama of highlights from of Vienna for more than eight centuries, a history which can the last 150 years of Austrian architecture. Several temporary practically be traced through the basilica’s mish-mash of exhibitions every year focus on other facets of architecture. architectural styles. If you can believe it, there are even more Special attention is given to architecture of the 20th and 21st legends surrounding this landmark than there are tourists, centuries, as well as to the architecture of the future.QG-3, so taking a tour is strongly recommended, especially Museumsplatz 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 521 31 later in the day once the guided tour groups have passed 15 30, www.azw.at. Open 10:00 - 19:00. Admission €7/4.50. through.QB-2, Stephansplatz, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 513 76 48, www.stephanskirche.at. Open 06:00 - GEMÄLDEGALERIE DER AKADEMIE 22:00 Nave closed during services. Admission free. Tours DER BILDENDEN KÜNSTE WIEN €1,50-14,50. Located in Vienna’s prestigious Academy of Fine Arts, this collection of paintings features works by some of the most important iconoclasts of European art history. Though MUSEUMS the seminal works by masters such as Titian, Rubens, and ALBERTINA Rembrandt off er an added bonus, the museum’s prized The world’s largest collection of graphics, this museum’s artifact is undoubtedly the curiously disturbing Last extensive permanent collection includes well-known Judgement altarpiece by Hieronymus Bosch, dating from works by Monet, Picasso, Van Gogh, Renoir, Degas and the early 1500s.QA-3, Schillerplatz 3, MKarlsplatz, tel. many more, all displayed in the plush original 19th +43 1 588 16 22 22, www.akademiegalerie.at. Open century Empire-style state rooms. Completed in 2004, the 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €8/5. current façade features a striking titanium wing designed by architect Hans Hollein, refl ecting the museum’s HEERESGESCHICHTLICHES MUSEUM characteristic synthesis of classical and modern artwork. (MUSEUM OF MILITARY HISTORY) QB-3, Albertinaplatz 1, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 53 48 The Museum of Military History features a survey of Austrian 30, www.albertina.at. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Wed 10:00 - and European confl ict spanning more than four centuries, 21:00. Admission €9,50/7. all presented within Vienna’s former barracks and armoury.

42 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Sightseeing Artefacts, arms and armour from practically every continental confl ict since the 17th century include original Turkish tents, EVENTS AT ESSL MUSEUM the car and couch where Emperor Franz Ferdinand was shot and died, Nazi propaganda, various aircraft, a tank garden The famous Essl museum in Klosterneuburg, a short and (remarkably for a landlocked country) an extensive free shuttle bus ride from central Vienna, has several naval wing. Audio guides in four languages included. exhibitions at the moment. Until 16 August, the QI-4, Arsenal Objekt 1, MSüdbahnhof, tel. +43 1 79 comprehensive “Aboriginal Art” exhibition has works 56 10, www.hgm.or.at. Open 09:00 - 17:00. Admission from many diff erent schools, by important and seminal €5,10/3,30, fi rst Sun in the month free. Aboriginal artists such as Emily Kame Kngwarreye and Queenie McKenzie Nakarra, as well as younger artists HOFMOBILIENDEPOT such as Destiny Deacon. Formerly the Imperial and Royal Furniture storehouse ESSL MUSEUM, An der Donau-Au 1, Klosterneuburg, of the Habsburgs, this unique museum catalogues www.essl.museum. Reached on the free shuttle bus the history of the imperial family through its extensive Q from central Vienna. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Wed 10:00 collection of impeccably handcrafted furnishings. F-3, - 21:00. Closed Mon. Andreasgasse 7, MZieglergasse, tel. +43 1 81 11 30, www.hofmobiliendepot.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Mon. Admission €7,90/5,50. 17th and 18th centuries make up the ground fl oor.QA-3, Burgring 5, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 52 52 40, www. KUNSTHALLE WIEN khm.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Thu 10:00 - 21:00. Closed Don’t let the Baroque façade of the Museumsquartier building Mon. Admission €12/9, audioguides €3. fool you—this is one of the most vibrant contemporary art venues in Europe. With a second space at Karlsplatz (Treitlstr. 2), KUNSTRAUM NIEDEROESTERREICH the Kunsthalle is the city’s main exhibition space for international The offi cial art space of Lower Austria at 13 Herrengasse in the contemporary art. Expect thematic group exhibitions, solo middle of Vienna has been open admission free to visitors since exhibitions, retrospectives and work by emerging artists.QB- 2005. With attractive architecture and a fl oor area of 300 square 3, Museumsplatz 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 521 metres in Palais Niederösterreich, the former Lower Austrian 89 33, www.kunsthallewien.at. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Thu Government building, the Kunstraum provides facilities for 10:00 - 21:00. Admission Museumsquartier €8, Karlsplatz the presentation of work by young Austrian and international €3, combined €12. artists. Here, they can show their work to the public without the pressure of having to meet sales targets or visitor quotas KUNSTHAUS WIEN while still being at the centre of cultural life in the city.QA-2, An oasis of swirling, irreverent colours and shapes in the strict Herrengasse 13, tel. +43 1 904 21 11, www.kunstraum.net. neoclassical jungle of Vienna’s third district, this museum and Open 11:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 15:00. Closed Mon, Sun. café will appeal to those with a more eclectic architectural taste. In addition to being the sole permanent display of LEOPOLD MUSEUM work by Austrian artist/architect/activist Friedensreich Inside the Museum Quarter complex, the sleek white Leopold Hundertwasser, this former furniture factory also showcases Museum boasts the world’s largest collection of work by modern art in a range of disciplines. The outdoor area of the expressionist Egon Schiele, as well as important pieces by café is lush and shady in the summertime, and an ideal spot to Gustav Klimt, Oskar Kokoschka and other major Austrian artists recharge after checking out the famous Hundertwasser Haus from the 19th and 20th centuries. The architecture of the apartment complex just down the street. Just watch your step Leopold Museum, a light-fi lled cube of white shell limestone, - Hundertwasser was famous for hating straight lines and even stands in striking contrast to the historic ambience of the surfaces.QI-2, Untere Weißgerberstraße 13, MLandstraße, Imperial Stables.Tip: The museum’s panorama windows off er a tel. +43 1 712 04 91, www.kunsthauswien.com. Open 10:00- wonderful view of central Vienna and the Hofburg Palace.QG-3, 19:00, restaurant till 20:00. Admission €9/7, Mon€4,50. Museumsplatz 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 52 57 00, www.leopoldmuseum.org. Open 10:00 – 18:00, Thu 10:00 – KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM 21:00. Closed Tue. Admission €12/7, audioguide €3,5. Nowhere in Vienna will you experience a more salient account of Austrian imperial history. The building’s layout MADAME TUSSAUDS even echoes the geography of the Habsburg monarchy The Vienna branch of the world famous wax museum - the impressive central stairwell represents the Alps and features more than 70 lifelike wax fi gures of stars, politicians, divides the two major European artistic schools. While the celebrities and musicians from around the world. In addition east wing contains all of the northern German, Flemish to typical international favourites, the collection also includes and Dutch pieces (Rubens, Bruegel, Rembrandt, Vermeer, many Austrian fi gures. Mozart, Falco, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dürer), the west wing boasts a comprehensive overview Freud and Klimt are ready and infi nitely patient for pictures of important Spanish and Italian works (Titian, Raphael, with fans.QI-1, Riesenradplatz, MPraterstern, tel. +43 Caravaggio, Tintoretto, Velásquez). Egyptian, near East, 1 890 33 66, www.madametussauds.com/wien. Open Roman and Greek antiquities and Austrian art from the 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €18,5/14,5.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 43 Sightseeing MOZARTHAUS VIENNA NATURHISTORISCHES MUSEUM A centre devoted to the life and works of Austria’s musical Renowned for its zoological and anthropological genius, housed in the last remaining of Mozart’s apartments. holdings, this museum offers the scientific perspective The composer lived here in grand style from 1784-87. In of the extensive imperial collections. Many of the addition to the historical Mozart apartment, visitors can specimens displayed in the late 19th-century wood- fi nd out about the times in which Mozart lived and his panelled halls date from Austria’s ambitious research most important works. The exhibition focuses on his years and colonial expeditions, including the Colombian in Vienna, which marked a high point in his creativity.QB- emerald presented to Hernán Cortés by Aztec ruler 2, Domgasse 5, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 17 91, Montezuma, several stuffed extinct species, and the [email protected], www.mozarthausvienna. oldest human-carved statuette ever found. Unless at. Open 10:00 - 19:00. Admission €10/8/3. Combined you’re a mineralogist, start on the second floor and ticket with Haus der Musik €17. work your way down—the dinosaurs, animals and special exhibitions are upstairs.QA-2, Burgring 7, MUMOK (MUSEUM OF MODERN ART) MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 52 17 70, www.nhm-wien. The Mumok, short for Museum Moderner Kunst, is Austria’s ac.at. Open 09:00 - 18:30, Wed 09:00 - 21:00. Closed leading centre for modern and contemporary art. It stands Tue. Admission €10/8/5. for cosmopolitanism, progress and artistic diversity of the highest quality. Occupying an impressive black basalt block SCHATZKAMMER (IMPERIAL TREASURY) in the Museumsquartier, it hosts an exceptional collection In the Hofburg’s oldest inner courtyard, the Habsburg that has given it a standing that extends far beyond Imperial Treasury contains a fascinating array of Vienna’s borders. While Mumok’s collection forms the basis many of the empire’s most valuable artefacts. Gape of the exhibition programme, they put on four exhibitions at the crown jewels, ornate reliquaries, monstrances, per year in collaboration with international partners.QG-3, embroidered vestments, a splinter of the ‘true cross’ Museumsplatz 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 52 50 (plus one of the nails). There’s also the enigmatic 00, www.mumok.at. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Mon 14:00 - Spear of Destiny, long believed to have been the one 19:00, Thu 10:00 - 21:00. Admission €10/8, Articket valid. thrust into Christ’s side, and credited with granting (at least temporary) world domination to its long MUSEUM AUF ABRUF (MUSA) list of powerful owners, among others, Barbarossa, The ‘Museum on Demand’, located in the former Public Constantine the Great, Charlemagne and Hitler.QA- Relief offi ce, was conceived in the early 1990s as a forum 2, Hofburg, MVolkstheater, tel. +43 1 525 2 40, for the city’s promising young visual artists. Today it has www.wiener-schatzkammer.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00. a large gallery space and a long list of alumni that reads Closed Tue. Admission €12/9. as a practical who’s who in the Austrian art scene. Guided tours and workshops are available upon request.QA-1, SECESSION Felderstrasse 6-8, MRathaus, tel. +43 1 40 00 84 00, This remarkable building was conceived as a deliberate www.musa.at. Open 11:00 - 18:00, Thu 11:00 - 20:00, Fri opposition to the predominant artistic nostalgia of the early 11:00 - 16:00. Closed Mon, Sun. Admission free. 20th century, and most of Vienna ridiculed its crowning gold sphere as a goldenes Krauthappel or ‘golden cabbage’ MUSEUM FÜR ANGEWANDTE KUNST (MAK) when it was unveiled in 1908. Today, the vegetable-ism has Better known as MAK, this museum is dedicated to artistic become something of an endearment with the building functionality - from teapots and textiles to furniture and featured on the back of Austrian-minted €0,50 coins, and light fi xtures. Because the museum doubles as a university, the building has functioned as a forum for modern Austrian exhibitions rotate often, displays are fresh and unique, artists for more than 100 years. The main attraction is the voluminous reading room is open to perusal free of undoubtedly Gustav Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze, but the charge, and guided tours and events are frequent and higher ticket price will also snag you entry to the other varied. Every Tuesday is MAK NITE, when the museum exhibitions.QA-3, Friedrichstrasse 12, MKarlsplatz, tel. becomes a showcase for the latest projects of young +43 1 587 53 07, www.secession.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00. artists—a perfect opportunity to grab a fancy cocktail in Closed Mon. Admission €8,50/4. the museum’s Österreicher bar and chitchat with the artists. QC-2, Stubenring 5, MStubentor, tel. +43 1 712 80 00, SIGMUND FREUD MUSEUM www.mak.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Tue 10:00 - 22:00. Located in the former practice and private apartment of the Closed Mon. Admission €7,90/5,50, Free Admission on renowned father of psychoanalysis, this museum features Tuesdays 6-10 p.m. both the historical perspective on Sigmund Freud’s work and its application to modern and conceptual art. Europe’s largest library dedicated to psychoanalysis is also available for your perusal. The iconic couch is also on display.QG- Full contents online: 1, Berggasse 19, MSchottentor, tel. +43 1 319 15 96, vienna.inyourpocket.com www.freud-museum.at. Open 09:00 - 18:00. Admission €8/5,50.

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EARLY HISTORY The fi rst mention of Jews in Vienna is from the 12th sigmund century. By 1420 the Jews had comprised about 5% of freud museum the city’s population, but soon they were expelled from the city, their property was confi scated, and many were brutally murdered in nearby Erdberg. Later in the 15th century they were allowed to return and establish their Sigmund Freud Museum own colony in Leopoldstadt. Under the reign of Empress 1090 Vienna - Austria, Berggasse 19 Maria Theresa laws were introduced that substantially worsened the condition of the Jews; these were later Daily 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. repealed, and Vienna became the center of Jewish culture in Central Europe. Guided tours by appointment Phone.: +43-1-319 15 96 JEWISH RENAISSANCE AND Fax: +43-1-317 02 79 THE RISE OF ANTI-SEMITISM [email protected] The years following the Revolution of 1848 were quite stable www.freud-museum.at and prosperous for the Jewish community. The presence of the Jews became obvious in the city’s social, economic and political life. Anti-Semitic feelings were formented by many of Vienna’s public offi cials and politicians, one of the most The Sigmund Freud Museum radical of them being Dr. Karl Lueger, the Mayor of Vienna Berggasse 19 in Vienna’s ninth district has become one from 1897 to 1910. Early in the 20th century, twenty-one of the world’s most famous addresses: Here is where members of the extreme anti-Semitic All-Deutsche Partei Sigmund Freud lived and worked for 47 years until he were elected into parliament. was driven into exile in 1938. Pioneering works such as “The Interpretation of Dreams” were written in the study. In these rooms, the Sigmund Freud Museum presents an WORLD WAR II exhibition documenting the life and work of the founder AND THE HOLOCAUST of psychoanalysis with unique film material depicting the On March 12, 1938, Hitler marched into Vienna and made Freud family and original objects and furniture from Freud’s a speech at the balcony of the Hofburg Palace. Almost belongings. immediately, Aryan-only laws were enacted, and Jews were deprived of civil rights, were not permitted to own land or hold public offi ce. On November 9, 1938, the notorious Kristallnacht occurred, when angry residents, driven by the Nazi party, torched Jewish businesses and synagogues. About 6,000 Jews were apprehended and sent to Dachau camp that day. Following the Wannsee Conference of 1942, Jews were stripped of their citizenship and mass deportations to concentration camps ensued. The Jewish community, that had counted over 200 thousand people in 1938, was all but decimated. More than 130,000 were forced to leave the country, about 65,000 were murdered. Less than 1,000 managed to survive the catastrophe.

46 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Jewish Vienna THE JEWISH COMMUNITY TODAY Jewish Museum Vienna It took Austria almost fi fty years to come to terms and accept Dorotheergasse 11, 1010 Vienna its role in the holocaust. Traces of anti-Semitism continued Sunday to Friday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. through the 1980s and can still be felt to this day. Not until 1991 Closed on Saturday did the government fi nally issue a statement acknowledging their role in the Third Reich. The Jewish population has been Museum Judenplatz growing since the 1950s, primarily due to immigration from Judenplatz 8, 1010 Vienna Eastern Europe, the former Soviet Union and Iran; today it Sunday to Thursday 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. stands at about 14,000 and there are fi fteen synagogues. Friday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. Closed on Saturday

JEWISH SIGHTS www.jmw.at The Jewish Museum of Vienna is one of the largest in Europe, with locations at Dorotheergasse and Judenplatz. The Dorotheergasse location uncovers the Jewish history of Vienna throughout the centuries, while at Judenplatz there are the archeological remains of a 500-year old synagogue, and a monument to the Austrian victims of the holocaust. The Stadttempel at Seitenstettengasse is the only synagogue to survive the war and is open for guided tours. Other Jewish sights include Theodore Herzl Stiege, the stairs named after the father of Zionism, and the monument to the victims of Gestapo at Morzinplatz. The Jewish Welcome Center at Stephansplatz has further information about Jewish life and culture in Vienna.

JÜDISCHES MUSEUM (JEWISH MUSEUM) The ﬁ rst of its kind in the world when it opened, the Jewish Museum divides its extensive collection of Jewish historical and religious artifacts between two city centre locations. Most of the exhibitions are displayed in the Palais Eskeles at the Dorotheergasse location, while the Judenplatz facility, recently renovated and reopened to the public, features the foundations of a 15th century synagogue and the medieval Jewish ghetto, as well as Rachel Whiteread’s impressive monument to the 65,000 Austrian Jews who were exterminated during the Holocaust.QB-2, Dorotheergasse 11, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 53 50 43 13 10, www. jmw.at. Open 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sat. Admission €10/5. FREUD IN VIENNA

Sigmund Freud, one of Vienna’s most prominent Jewish intellectuals, lived and worked at Berggasse 19 between 1859 and 1938. He’s now recognized as the founder of modern psychology, but when he was in Vienna, Freud’s career as a researcher and theorist was heavily marked by confrontation and opposition due to the strong anti-Semitic attitude in Viennese politics and society. Consequently, Freud did not enjoy much local recognition for his work on psychoanalysis, which was held in low regard and labelled as a ‘Jewish science’, and his career at the University of Vienna stagnated crumbled. After the annexation of Austria in 1938 he ﬂ ed to London, but despite the constant ostracism he experienced in Vienna, he always longed for his former home.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 47 Daytrips monastery that attracts thousands of tourists to the quiet town of Melk every year. Although monks have lived here for over 900 years, the abbey was completely rebuilt in 1732 and has since undergone several further renovations, the most recent one was completed in 2000. Today the Abbey belongs to the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. Don’t miss the stunning Marble Hall and the Abbey Library, as well as the strikingly beautiful Abbey Church with ceiling frescos by Johann Michael Rottmayr. Admire fantastic views of the town and the Danube valley from the terrace and walk around the beautiful park with an excellent restaurant just outside the monastery. To sweeten your perfect day, walk to the Eissalon Ebner (Linzer Strasse 1) and enjoy a delicious Krems © Österreich Werbung / Himsl ice-cream with a postcard-pretty view of the Abbey. When you’ve seen enough of Vienna and have an extra day Open: May-September 09.00-17.30. April and October or two to spare, hop on a train or a bus and head out to the 09.00-16.30. Entry: Adults €7.70. Guided tours in English pristine countryside of Lower Austria where you will enjoy are off ered twice a day at 10.55 and 14.55 and cost €9.50. beautiful scenery, marvel at amazing baroque architecture, Discounts for families and student groups. November- splurge in well-equipped spas and thermal baths, unwind March visits are available only with guided tours, to be in cosy cafés and restaurants on cobble-stone streets, and booked in advance online: www.stiftmelk.at. taste the wine from famous century-old wineries of the Getting there: Regional trains in the direction of St.Valentin Wachau Valley. Considering Austria’s reliable infrastructure leave Vienna Westbahnhof station every hour and stop in and aff ordability of bus and train service, you’d have no Melk in about 75 minutes. One-way fare is €15.70. trouble reaching any of the destinations we recommend here. Schedules can be obtained at the website of Austrian Railways (ÖBB), www.oebb.at. Tickets can be purchased at KLOSTERNEUBURG the railway stations, online, or from the bus driver. The wealthy town of Klosterneuburg, 14km north KREMS of Vienna on a hill beside the Danube river, makes Just a one-hour ride from Vienna by train, Krems is a delightful, a great daytrip for art and wine lovers. Starting remarkably well-preserved medieval town in the Danube off as a Roman fortifi cation, Klosterneuburg was Valley. Its success as the centre of the Danube trading revived by Charlemagne in early medieval times, route peaked in the 13th-16th centuries, but the town was and the foundation of the monastery has ensured plundered during the 30 Year War in the 17th century and its prominence – and a stead supply of excellent never regained its commercial status. Unlike in many other wine - ever since, attracting many affl uent residents. Austrian towns, the 17th-18th century baroque architecture Klosterneuburg is also the place where the famous hasn’t really taken root in Krems, which explains why the writer Franz Kafka died in a sanatorium in 1924. town still charms visitors with its unique medieval character. To get there, take the S40 train from Spittelau or Start exploring Krems at Landstraße, the city’s main pedestrian Heiligenstadt to Klosterneuburg-Weidling station. promenade fi lled with cafés, restaurants and souvenir shops, Alternatively, bus N°239 from Heiligenstadt and N°240 then stop by at the Town Hall (Rathaus) and wander around from Handelskai also go to Klosterneuburg. Travel time the town’s numerous small squares, cobbled streets and is 10-15 minutes for all types of transport. There’s also narrow alleys. Visit the magnifi cent Parish Church, one of only a the free Essl Museum shuttle bus from Albertinaplatz few churches in town with the baroque interior, then continue 1 in Vienna; departures are at 10:00, 12:00, 14:00 and on to the Dominican Monastery with its museum dedicated to 16:00; buses return at 11:00, 13:00, 15:00 and 18:00; the area’s long-standing tradition of winemaking. Krems also the ride takes 25 minutes and museum tickets can be has a more modern part, just beyond the Steiner Gate, where bought on board. For further tourist information see the relatively new Danube University adds a younger fresher www.info.klosterneuburg.net. touch to this otherwise very historic town. ESSL MUSEUM Getting there: Hourly trains to Krems/Donau leave from The impressive private contemporary art collection of Vienna’s Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof (Tram D from the Opera Agnes and Karlheinz Essl, exhibited in a purpose-built House). One-way fare is €13.90. museum, consists of over 7000 works from the 20th and 21st centuries. Austrian art after 1945 is at the core MELK AND THE ABBEY of the collection with international positions.QAn der If there was such thing as a “national abbey”, the Melk Abbey Donau-Au 1, Klosterneuburg, MLeopoldsbrücke, (Stift Melk) would be the one for Austria. Perched atop the tel. +43 2243 370 50 150, [email protected], www. hill overlooking the Danube, this imposing Benedictine essl.museum. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Wed 10:00 - 21:00. building is so enormous it almost dwarfs the surrounding Closed Mon. Admission €9/6. area with its overwhelming presence. It is this magnifi cent

48 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Children’s Vienna Behind the façade of Vienna’s imperial opulence, you might wonder if there is any space left for simple down- to-earth family fun in this city. Thankfully, Vienna’s once notorious coldness to children is now defi nitely a thing of the past, and opportunities abound for year-round outdoor entertainment, festivals, concerts, street fairs, as well as museums, theatres and other creative activities where both kids and their parents can feel comfortable and Attention technology geeks: welcome. You can explore the fascinating blend of gadgets and robots at the Technical Museum (Technisches Museum this is your playground! Wien), challenge your kids’ imagination at the interactive scientifi c exhibit of the Zoom Children’s Museum (Zoom You can use all of your senses and imagination Kindermuseum) or visit the world’s oldest zoo in Schönbrunn. to experience the stages of scientific and tech- There is ample choice of things to do, for the whole family. nological progress from its inception to the latest cutting-edge achievements. HAUS DES MEERES (AQUA TERRA ZOO) Featuring more than 10,000 animals, Vienna’s Aqua Terra Zoo occupies one of six massive concrete fl ak gun towers built by the Nazis shortly before the end of WWII. The huge space is divided between terrariums, aquariums and aviaries. Highlights include the feeding of the sharks and piranhas (Sun & Wed at 15:00) as well as other animals (posted online). Thrillseekers may fi nd a trip up the rock climbing wall on the outside of the fl ak tower a fun jaunt before viewing the weekly shark dive (Thu 18:00).QF-3, Fritz-Grünbaumplatz 1, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 587 14 17, www.haus-des-meeres.at. Open 09:00 - 18:00, Thu 09:00 - 21:00. Admission €12,50/5,90.

TECHNISCHES MUSEUM WIEN (TECHNICAL MUSEUM) Permanent and special exhibits feature Attention technology geeks: this is your playground! You the development of heavy industry, energy can use all of your senses and imagination to experience production, transportation, communication, the stages of scientiﬁ c and technological progress from musical instruments, computers and a lot its inception to the latest cutting-edge achievements. more. Special programs for children offer Permanent and special exhibits feature the development interactive learning, holiday games, and of heavy industry, energy production, transportation, even birthday parties with friends. Trams communication, musical instruments, computers and a lot N°52 or 58 from Westbahnhof. more. Special programs for children oﬀ er interactive learning, holiday games, and even birthday parties with friends. Trams N°52 or 58 from Westbahnhof.QD-4, Mariahilferstrasse 212, tel. +43 1 89 99 80, [email protected], www. technischesmuseum.at. Open 09:00 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 10:00 - 18:00. Admission €10, children under 19 free.

ZOOM KINDERMUSEUM The ZOOM is Austria’s only museum dedicated to children up to 14 years old. The exposition is divided into four areas - main exhibit, ocean, studio and animated fi lm centre - and is designed to make cultural and scientifi c information as comprehensible to kids as possible. The focus is on games and play, as well as on sensory cognitive process. Kids are encouraged to ask questions and make things of their own. Teenagers can create animated fi lms or even 0DULDKLOIHUVWUDVVH record their own pop songs. An ideal place for families Q WHO to spend a stimulating afternoon. G-3, Museumsplatz PXVHXPVER[#WPZDW 1, MMuseumsquartier, tel. +43 1 524 79 08, info@ kindermuseum.at, www.kindermuseum.at. Open 08:00 ZZZWHFKQLVFKHVPXVHXPDW - 16:00. Closed Sat, Sun. Exhibition admission free.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 49 Shopping When it comes to shopping, the Vienna scene really runs SHOPPING AREAS the gamut from large fashion chains to small boutiques, from designer labels to off beat artisans. The sheer variety FREIHAUSVIERTEL of retailers merits an extended shopping tour, but for those Adjacent to the Naschmarkt, this small pocket with something more specifi c in mind, we’ve got a few of storefronts, galleries and eateries is quickly recommendations on where to start. becoming one of the city’s trendiest shopping areas. Devoted specialists off er a range of unique novelties, from Austrian champagne to recycled art.QG-3, BOOKS & MAGAZINES M Kettenbrückengasse. SHAKESPEARE & COMPANY Crammed with literature top to bottom, this tiny store KÄRTNERSTRASSE AND THE GRABEN sells some books you might have been searching forever and couldn’t fi nd, and then some more you’ve never ever needed. Space is such a precious commodity here that you’d have to manoeuvre carefully not to chuck huge piles of printed matter on the fl oor. A good selection of books on art, travel and second-hand literature, all in English. QB-1, Sterngasse 2, MSchwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 53 55 05 30, www.shakespeare.co.at. Open 09:00 - 21:00. Closed Sun.

THALIA One of the largest booksellers in Austria, Thalia has fi ve locations in Vienna and off ers plenty of books on a variety of topics, as well as CD’s, DVD’s and stationery. Books are mostly in German, but a very good selection of the English- language fi ction is available at the Mariahilferstrasse location. Also at Landstrasser-Hauptstrasse 2A/2B and at Donauzentrum shopping mall.QF-3, Mariahilferstrasse These two wide pedestrian streets, fl anked by elegant 99, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 595 45 50, www.thalia. facades and joined at the strikingly modern Haas at. Open Mon, Tue, Wed 09:30 - 19:00, Thu, Fri 09:30 - House opposite from Stephansdom, form the 20:00, Sat 09:30 - 18:00. Closed Sun. commercial arteries of Vienna’s fi rst district. This is the city’s most exclusive shopping area, where designer label devotees go as much to see as to be seen.QB-2, FASHION M Stephansplatz. While Vienna defi nitely has no shortage of major brand names featuring both extravagant luxury collections and MARIAHILFERSTRASSE informal street-style fashion, we thought that rather than The long street running between Vienna’s sixth and listing the ever-present Benettons, H&Ms and Zaras of the seventh districts is home to major international chains world, we would direct you to some of Vienna’s numerous off ering clothing, music, house wares, and practically hidden treasures that sell unique items not to be found on everything else. Tucked into the side streets you’ll fi nd every street corner in every other city. Most of the shops smaller boutiques and unique local labels, especially in the mentioned here are located in the city’s up-and-coming narrow cobbled streets of the Spittelberg, just up Stiftgasse, Q M districts where trendy style-conscious people live and work behind the Museum Quarter. F-3, Zieglergasse. - Freihausviertel, Naschmarkt and Neubau.

NASCHMARKT ARNOLD’S Derived from the German verb naschen, meaning “to Jakub Arnold, a former Managing Director with nibble”, Vienna’s largest open-air market truly earns its Carhartt’s, recently opened this new edgy boutique moniker. The colourful fruit and vegetable stalls are in which he offers an eclectic range of appealing interspersed with gourmet cheese, meat and ethnic fashion labels. In its refurbished splendour, the shop food vendors, all off ering up samples of their products to features a wide range of international brands, such passers-by. If you’re looking for a shopping experience for as the Japanese premium denim label Edwin Jeans, all fi ve senses, this one is a must. At the market’s southwest the American shoe brand Red Wing Shoes, colourful end, Austria’s largest Flohmarkt (Flea Market) sets up shops jackets by Carhartt, sunglass collection by Sheriff every Saturday morning, off ering second-hand clothing, & Cherry, unconventional Swedish designer socks an array of unusual items, and antique treasures for expert Q named Happysocks, and much more. With years of bargain hunters who show up early. G-3. experience in the world of fashion, Jakub Arnold has acquired an innate sense for trends and cuts, but above

50 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Shopping all else, an awareness of his customer’s needs.QF-3, Siebensterngasse 52, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 SHOPPING WITH LUCIE 923 13 16, www.arnolds.at. Open 11:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun. SHOPPING WITH LUCIE For a fun and eff ective shopping SIGHT trip, join American expat Lucie Designers Vivien Sakura Brandl and Tina Haslinger sell on her rounds of Vienna’s extraordinary items by ambitious young fashion-makers best shops and boutiques - from Berlin, Vienna, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Tokyo and whether you’re interested in Eastern Europe. Most clothes are for ladies, but men’s chic fashion, trendy young fashion is also available. Additionally, they off er accessories, Austrian designers, jewellery bags, shoes and a jewellery collection by Andrea Auer.QF- or home decor. Lucie is your 3, Kirchengasse 24/5, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 67 67 39 personal shopping guide and 44 07, www.atfirstsight.at. Open 12:00 - 19:00, Sat 11:00 fashion advisor and can help - 18:00. Closed Mon, Sun. © Jakob Polacsek get discounts here and there too. Tours take around 3 hours, cost €20-25 per person Q DANCING SHIVA and need to be booked in advance. tel. +43 68 02 14 Bright and colourful textiles. The handmade cotton called 40 74, www.shoppingwithlucie.com. Khadi is the main fabric used for their beautiful 100% organic clothing. There’s also natural cosmetics, accessories, incense sticks, spices, traditional South Asian jewellery and KARIN KASAJ decorations, all made by fair trade producers in India.QF- Unique Italian brands, such as Rinascimento, Sistes or 3, Neubaugasse 58, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 524 78 Rich & Royal, await the trendiest fashion-followers at 43, www.dancingshiva.at. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 these two locations. You can be assured you’ll be the - 17:00. Closed Sun. only lucky one in town to wear these classy outfits - they are shipped directly from Milan. Broad selection FOREVER 21 of elegant clothing for ladies from business attires The US-based Forever 21 is hopping across the Atlantic to evening dresses. Stylish shirts and jackets for men and landing in Vienna with a huge splash. Two giant new are also available from their online catalogue.QB-2, stores full of gorgeous clothing, accessories, shoes and Wollzeile 12, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 513 25 49, apparel opened in spring 2011. The merchandise off ered www.kasaj.at. Open 10:00 - 18:30, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. will be mostly for young women, but some items for men Closed Sun. will also be available. Austria will be only the third European country after the UK and Ireland where this cool and trendy LA PETITE BOUTIQUE fashion brand will set up shops.QB-2, Kärntnerstrasse 9, Michaela Arl De Lima’s atelier and shop sells fi nest MStephansplatz, www.forever21.com. handcrafted jewellery, and jewellered items such as leather purses and clutchbags. There’s also quirky ‘doggyjewellery’: GÖTTIN DES GLÜCKS decorated dog collars and leashes made of leather and The ‘Goddess of Luck’ is Austria’s leading fair trade tweed.QF-3, Lindengasse 25, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 fashion label and off ers a variety of functional clothing 676 84 67 70 10, www.lapetiteboutique.at. Open 11:00 and accessories for men, women and the home. It - 15:00, Tue, Sat 11:00 - 18:00, Fri 11:00 - 19:00. Closed tries to raise awareness of social and environmental Sun. responsibility and reward eco-friendly producers and employers, such as organic farms and factories in Mauritius and India. All the beautiful items sold here are made of organic cotton and are designed to last.QG-3, TAX-FREE SHOPPING M Operngasse 32, Karlsplatz, tel. +43 67 63 58 74 15, Citizens from outside the EU (and EU citizens www.goettindesgluecks.com. Open 11:00 - 18:00, Sat resident elsewhere) can save money by claiming 10:00 - 17:00. Closed Mon, Sun. a VAT refund for the purchases while in Vienna. The Global Blue tax refund service is easy to use. GUTERSTOFF When buying an item at a shop, ask for a tax refund T-shirts are worn to make a statement, and those cheque. At the airport or border show this together available here come in all colours and sizes, made of with the item in question at the customs desk to organic fair trade cotton, and you can do whatever you get the cheque stamped, and then proceed to the please with it. Write something outrageous on it, or just Global Blue Customer desk with your passport for make holes in it - everything goes.QH-1, Glockengasse M the cash or credit card refund. You’ll get the VAT 8a, Taborstrasse, tel. +43 699 13 38 43 57, www. on these items refunded, minus a commission. For guterstoff.com. Open 14:00 - 19:00, Thu 14:00 - 20:00. more information see www.global-blue.com. Closed Mon, Sat, Sun.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 51 Shopping Collections and sets of beautiful, though pricey bangles, FLOWERS rings, pendants and watches with names like Alphons FLORALSTUDIO Mucha or Gustav Klimt, as well as scarves, lady belts, pens Freshly grown fl owers and plants on two fl oors in the or cuffl inks for men can be found in several stores in Vienna. middle of the city. Most products are delivered from their Also at Lobkowitzplatz 1, M Karlsplatz, tel. +43 1 513 80 09 own gardens just outside Vienna. They are particularly 14.QB-2, Stephansplatz 5, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 good at attention to detail and creativity.QB-2, Wollzeile 513 48 92, www.freywille.com. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 25, MStubentor, tel. +43 1 513 32 20, www.floralstudio. 10:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun. at. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun. MANNER SÄDTLER Manner’s popular Manner wafers, Austria Mozartkugeln, Probably the most exclusive fl orist in Vienna, Sädtler has Casali chocolate bananas, Napoli Dragee Keksi, Casali supplied beautiful bouquets, wreaths and other fl oral Rum-Kokos and fan articles are for sale at this small arrangements for all occasions since the 19th century. fl agship store. Josef Manner founded his sweets factory Plants are also in abundance, and deliveries are made in 1890 under the slogan “Chocolate for everyone“, and throughout the city. The main location next to the Opera today distributes the sweets with the company’s signature house is particularly fascinating – even the decorated pink colour to over 50 countries.QB-2, Stephansplatz 7, window is a wonder to behold.QA-3, Opernring 13, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 513 70 18, www.manner. MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 587 42 19, www.saedtler.at. Open com. Open 10:00 - 21:00. 09:00 - 19:00, Sat 09:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun. ÖSTERREICHISCHE WERKSTÄTTEN This large showcase store owned by an association of GIFTS & SOUVENIRS Austrian craftsmen and artists should be on your must- FREY WILLE see list even if you decide not to buy anything. The Undoubtedly a Viennese creation, Frey Wille has choice of handmade jewellery, glassware, ceramics and conquered the hearts and minds of the style-conscious pewter is the largest in Vienna.QB-2, Kärntnerstrasse women worldwide with its multicoloured hand-crafted 6, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 24 18, www. enamel jewellery and extravagant decorative accessories. austrianarts.com. Open 10:00 - 18:30, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun.

DEMMERS TEEHAUS SLAMA The kingdom of colour and glitter, this huge store on three ﬂ oors is a knick-knack lover’s paradise. All you need to beautify your home, especially your kitchen, can be found here in such abundance it makes your head swirl. From exclusive porcelain to fancy candles and ﬁ gurines, from glass to silverware, you name it - Slama’s got it. Oh, and did we mention cute trinkets, too?QF-3, Mariahilferstrasse 71, MNeubaugasse, tel. +43 1 587 36 21, www.slama. at. Open 09:30 - 18:30, Sat 09:30 - 18:00. Closed Sun.

SWAROVSKI Three fl oors of sparkling crystal jewellery, accessories, decorative objects and fi gurines await at Swarovski’s ‘inspirational centre’. Besides the regular collection, there’s DEMMERS TEEHAUS the stunning new product spectrum, various artistic installations and a champagne bar.QB-2, Kärntnerstrasse Since 1981 Demmer has been one of Vienna’s most M revered purveyors of premium tea specialties and 24, Stephansplatz, tel. +43 1 324 00 00, www. remains a popular spot for all things tea. The main swarovski.com. Open 09:00 - 20:00, Thu, Fri 09:00 - outlet at Mölker Bastei off ers a vast selection of classic 21:00, Sat 09:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun. and fl avoured teas, fruit and herbal infusions, rare tea specialties and accessories. The tea salon upstairs THOMAS SABO (open Mo-Fri) is a cute place to savour your cup of tea Unique and trendy collection of sterling silver jewellery, and delicious snacks. Also at Landstraßer Hauptstraße watches, perfumes and accessories appeals particularly to 31, Kirchengasse 6 (Gerngross) and Naschmarkt, the young and the hip. Prices are quite fair for the quality. Q M Also at Wallnerstrasse, M Herrengasse, tel. +43 1 533 58 Linke Wienzeile 4-6. A-1, Mölker Bastei 5, M Q M Schottentor, tel. +43 1 533 59 95, www.tee.at. Open 95. B-2, Seilerstrasse 4, Stephansplatz, tel. +43 1 09:00 - 18:00, Sat 09:30 - 13:30. Closed Sun. 512 39 25, www.thomassabo.com. Open 10:00 - 19:00, Sat 10:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun.

52 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Shopping WIENER SILBER MANUFACTUR Fabulous top-quality handmade silverware. There GREEN FASHION are both modern and old designs, for example Josef Hoﬀ mann’s revolutionary cutlery no. 135, created in 1902. ‘Organic’ is the word that applies not just to food and QB-2, Spiegelgasse 14, tel. +43 1 513 05 00, www. environment in Vienna – it is quickly becoming a motto wienersilbermanufactur.com. Open 10:00 - 18:00, Sat in the kinds of clothing the Viennese choose to buy and 10:00 - 13:00. Closed Sun. wear.

ANUKOO FAIR FASHION GOURMET FOOD & DRINK The concept of this cosy store in the 6th district BILLA CORSO HERRNHUTERHAUS refl ects the owners’ belief that beautiful fashion and Located on three fl oors of a stunning Art Nouveau building, environmental consciousness can and should go the fl agship Billa supermarket is a highly welcome addition to hand-in-hand. Colourful women’s dresses are all made Vienna’s otherwise rather uneventful grocery shopping scene. of organic textiles - cotton, silk and fl ax - and are Gourmet connoisseurs will drool over the wide selection of imported from the eco-friendly producers in India and fruit and veggies, endless meat and cheese counters, a Mauritius. Hospitable staff has arranged all goods by wealth of baked goods, sweets, and other delicacies. Since their colour, which makes a visit to the store as much a pleasant experience to the eye as it is to the touch.QA- the store is new, staff has been overwhelmingly helpful so M far, and hopefully they stay this way.QB-2, Neuer Markt 17, 3, Gumpendorferstrasse 28, Kettenbrückengasse, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 51 30 48 10, www.billa.at. tel. +43 1 581 13 43, www.anukoo.com. Open 11:00 Open 08:00 - 20:00, Sat 08:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun. - 18:30, Sat 10:00 - 17:00. Closed Sun.

JULIUS MEINL AM GRABEN FLO VINTAGE Vienna’s legendary epicurean temple off ers chic but pricey Proprietor Ingrid Raab found her passion for fashion foodstuff s on two levels, plus an excellent wine cellar and from the past while working on period fi lms, and an upmarket restaurant-bar on the upper fl oor. If you crave in the 1970s opened this cosy shop with exciting, for any kind of food hard to get elsewhere in the city, try exquisite and original vintage clothing dating from here. The café downstairs is quite popular with both locals 1880-1980. Expect pearl-embroidered Art Nouveau or and tourists.QB-2, Graben 19, MStephansplatz, tel. Charleston dresses, “The Little Black Dress” a la Chanel +43 1 532 33 34, www.meinlamgraben.at. Open 08:00 and Audrey Hepburn as well as a large variety of the “New Look”, the 50s and the 60s style of Jackie O.QG-3, - 19:30, Sat 09:00 - 18:00. Closed Sun Restaurant open M 09:00-24:00, wine cellar open 11:00-24:00, Sun closed. Schleifmühlgasse 15a, Kettenbrückengasse, tel. +43 1 586 07 73, www.vintageflo.com. Open 10:00 SCHÖNBICHLER - 18:30, Sat 10:00 - 15:30. Closed Sun. Purveyors of fi nest tea, three generations of the Schönbichlers have run this opulent historic tea shop with love and devotion since 1870. Black, green, herbal, white, red, fruit teas, you name it, they’ve got it! It is also one of very few places where you can experience authentic English afternoon tea, or a traditional Japanese tea ceremony. Exclusive liquors, as well as Japanese, Chinese and German porcelain, and even Russian samovars are also sold here.QB-2, Wollzeile 4, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 513 68 15, www.schoenbichler.at.

STAUD’S Since 1947, the Staud family has been pampering the Viennese and the world with the most exceptional fruit jams and preserves from this corner store on Yppenplatz and nearby factory on Hubergasse. Hans Staud, the current owner, has been in this business for forty years and still greets customers in his original, though recently revitalized, marmalade emporium. Five million jars of amazing all- fruit preserves, sliced fruit, syrups, chutneys, as well as a huge variety of pickled vegetables are produced and shipped worldwide every year.QE-2, Brunnengasse/ Schellhammergasse, MJosefstädterstrasse, tel. +43 1 406 88 05 21, www.stauds.com. Open Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat 08:00 - 12:30, Fri 08:00 - 12:30; 15:30-18:00. Closed Mon, Sun.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 53 Hotels Many of the big, traditional hotels are located near the Ringstrasse, which circles Vienna´s city centre. The room SYMBOL KEY prices that we list are rack rates; the price you pay may T U be diff erent depending on the season, holidays, weekend Child friendly Facilities for the disabled off ers, and special events. P Air conditioning H Conference facilities O Casino M Nearest U/S-Bahn station HOTELS F Fitness centre G Non-smoking rooms ALTSTADT VIENNA K R W The Altstadt is a meeting place for artists, musicians and Restaurant Internet Wi-Fi travellers looking for a characteristic hotel with good D Sauna L Guarded parking service. Art can be found all over the hotel, from the C Swimming pool A Credit cards accepted reception and the rooms to the exhibitions in the Red Salon. The rooms are all diff erent, with high ceilings, plump fl oral sofas, classic and designer furniture, honey-coloured parquet fl oors, unusual lighting and contemporary art. CITY CENTRAL The English-style Red Salon accommodates the superb The Hotel City Central, a popular choice for vacationers breakfast buff et as well as a bar, where you can relax by and business travellers, is situated right in the heart the fi replace.QF-3, Kirchengasse 41, MVolkstheater, of Vienna, within easy reach of sights and transport tel. +43 1 522 66 66, [email protected], www.altstadt.at. connections. The hotel is housed in a historical 42 rooms (singles €119-169, doubles: €139-209, suites building, yet provides modern four-star comfort and €169-369). T A G W is equipped with all modern conveniences.QC-1, Taborstrasse 8, M Schwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 21 10 BRISTOL 50, [email protected], www.schick- The Bristol has welcomed many guests of international hotels.com. 58 rooms (singles/doubles €127). standing, and its Korso restaurant is well-known for being P T A G W one of the city’s best. Be sure to request a room with a balcony facing the opera, or book one of the impressive CLIMA CITYHOTEL tower suites.QB-3, Kärntner Ring 1, M Karlsplatz, tel. Overlooking a park and the city skyline, this hotel in the + 43 1 51 51 60, [email protected], embassy area has comfortable renovated rooms with www.starwoodhotels.com. 158 rooms (doubles €269- free wifi and breakfast included. It’s just west of the 364, suites €509-4,400). PT H A R U F G K Belvedere Park, a few minutes walk from the U-Bahn W and and about 15 minutes walk from the centre. Ask for a room at the front for views.Q H-4, Theresianumgasse CAPRICORNO 21a, M Taubstummengasse, tel. +43 1 505 16 96, The Capricorno offers everything you need in a www.climacity-hotel.com. P A G W metropolitan hotel: a central location, good transport connections and comfortable, peaceful rooms.QC-1, DAS OPERNRING Schwedenplatz 3-4, M Schwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 This beautiful hotel located opposite the Staatsoper 53 33 10 4 0, [email protected], www. is the ideal place for anyone with an eye for comfort schick-hotels.com. 46 rooms (singles/doubles €127). and taste. The rooms are comfortably furnished, and P T A G K W the service is high quality. Gourmets and party animals just need to descend to the basement, where there’s the restaurant “…said the Butcher to the Cow” as well as the Platzhirsch Club.QA-3, Opernring 11, LES CLEFS D’OR MM Karlsplatz, tel. +43 1 587 55 18, hotel@ Concierges that are members of the “Les opernring.at, www.opernring.at. 47 rooms (singles/ Clefs d’Or” international concierge asso- doubles €129-149). ciation (Union Internationale des Con- cierges d’Hotel) can be recognised by the ERZHERZOG RAINER crossed gold keys on their lapels. This means that you „Kiss the hand“ at Hotel Erzherzog Rainer, a hotel rich are dealing with a professionally trained concierge who in tradition and history. The Old Vienna charm is only has built up the skills and contacts to open doors for felt where it is called for – all hotel facilities are of course you throughout the city and indeed the world. They state-of-the-art and technically modern. Because of its should have a quick reply to any question or request location and services, the hotel is loved by both business people and tourists.QA-4, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 27-29, you have. Hotels that have a concierge who is a Clefs M D’Or member are marked with golden keys symbol in Karlsplatz, tel. +43 1 221 11, rainer@schick-hotels. this chapter. com, www.schick-hotels.com. 84 rooms (singles €120, doubles €160). P T A K W

54 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Hotels HOTEL AM PARKRING Here you can overlook Vienna in a single glance. This four- MEET THE CONCIERGE star hotel is located on the upper fl oors of the famous Gartenbauhochhaus on the Ringstrasse, which encircles Together with In Your Pocket, the city centre, meaning the rooms and suites off er superb the city’s hotel concierges panoramic views of Vienna. You’ll be thrilled by the friendly are important sources of service and modern, comfortably furnished rooms.QC-2, information for travellers. Parkring 12, MStubentor, tel. +43 1 51 48 00, parkring@ Good concierges will be schick-hotels.com, www.schick-hotels.com. 58 rooms able to give you restaurant (singles €98-113, doubles €135-165, suites €190-220). and sightseeing tips, and P A U G K W can book event tickets for you. In this issue, we speak HOTEL AM STEPHANSPLATZ to Markus Wohlfarth, front It’s impossible to get any more central - St. Stephen’s desk manager at the Hotel Cathedral is 56 steps from the main door, and the city’s am Parkring. Mr. Wohlfarth pedestrian zone is at your feet. A good place to meet for worked two summer seasons in Italy after graduating business or to start exploring the city.QB-2, Stephansplatz from a business and tourism college, followed by a 9, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 53 40 50, office@ large hotel in southern Vienna, before joining the Hotel hotelamstephansplatz.at, www.hotelamstephansplatz. am Parkring. “Vienna has developed from a sleeping at. 56 rooms (doubles €160-240; suites €260-380). beauty into a modern metropolis; I am proud of the city P T A U G K W and Austria and I love off ering our guests a comfortable and unforgettable stay.” HOTEL DE FRANCE This delightful fi ve-star hotel in the banking district spoils This makes our hotel special... its guests with old-world charm: rooms and suites are Our exquisite boutique hotel with 55 rooms and decorated in the tradition and style of the late 19th and early suites on the 11th to 13th fl oors is situated in the 20th century. If you really feel like splurging, book an all- centre of Vienna in a perfect and quiet location, within inclusive Suite Dream with breakfast buff et, champagne and easy reach of tram and metro. The hotel is small and limousine service.QA-1, Schottenring 3, MSchottentor, privately owned, and we are proud to off er our guests tel. +43 1 31 36 80, [email protected], www. the fabulous services of our 12th-fl oor restaurant “The austria-hotels.at/hotel-de-france. PHAUG Schick”.

IMPERIAL Special guests’ requests... One of the ﬁ nest hotels in town, this is where foreign state Guests have had many interesting requests over the visitors reside. Precious antiques and historical details are years. One special one I remember concerned an Arabic seamlessly combined with modern comfort in the rooms. guest who wanted to come back to Vienna in summer There’s butler service for that hand-ironed newspaper or to see the snow again, and asked me if I was 100% sure perfectly prepared bath. It’s also one of the most beautiful that there was no possibility for snow in summer. buildings on the Ringstrasse, enhanced at night by its facade lighting.QC-2, Kärntner Ring 16, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 Special restaurants I recommend... 50 11 00, [email protected], www. I like to recommend the “Loca – better eat better” with starwoodhotels.com. 138 rooms (doubles €359-477, its excellent cuisine, which has the atmosphere of a suites €400-5,000). PH A R U G B K W private dining room, and “Wiener Wirtschaft“ with an open and cosy feel to it.

Special sights I recommend... Sights I like to recommend are the Kirche am Steinhof, a beautiful and impressive church designed by Otto Wagner, and the Wien Museum on Karlsplatz; these perfectly represent the ﬂ air and heritage of Vienna.

Vienna In Your Pocket.... has useful advice and insider tips away from the standard tourist tracks. The information it oﬀ ers is more individual and special than that given by other guidebooks, and I love to stay up to date myself and help our guests make a good choice as far as sights and trips are concerned. Hotel am Parkring

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 55 Hotels night here at the end of a long day. Just across the street, the hotel restaurant Diverso serves great food.QH-4, Mommsengasse 5, MSüdtiroler Platz-Hauptbahnhof, tel. +43 1 504 66 900, [email protected], www. pakatsuites.at. suites from €109. Pi T A G K W

PALAIS HANSEN KEMPINSKI Originally built for the 1873 World Exhibition, this grand and glamorous hotel sets the standards when it comes to room comfort, service and food. The styling is a mix of historical elements and modern luxury, with plenty of marble, fi ne fabrics and contemporary design. The city centre is a short walk away from the northern Ringstrasse location.QSchottenring 24, MSchottenring, tel. +43 1 236 10 00, www.kempinski.com. Doubles from €320. PiJAUGW Intercontinental Hotel PARK HYATT VIENNA INTERCONTINENTAL This new luxurious hotel occupies a very grand 1915 bank This large and modern hotel overlooking the Stadtpark building in the historical city centre. The business facilities manages to combine Viennese charm with international here are exceptional, but leisure visitors will also fi nd plenty fl air. The well-furnished rooms are of excellent standards, to their liking, with large rooms, a spa with indoor pool and but it’s the impeccable service, the knowledgeable The Bank restaurant and Pearl bar for winding down.QA- concierge, the Café Vienna in the lobby, the popular 1/2, Am Hof 2, MU Herrengasse, tel. +43 1 227 40 12 34, Intermezzo American cocktail and oyster bar and the www.vienna.park.hyatt.com. Club Lounge with great views over the city centre that keep businesspeople and tourists alike and coming back RENAISSANCE HOTEL VIENNA again and again.QC-3, Johannesgasse 28, MStadtpark, Modern and stylish, the Renaissance is a good tel. +43 1 71 12 20, [email protected], www.vienna. accommodation choice near Schönbrunn Palace. Just a few intercontinental.com. 459 rooms (doubles €179-249, minutes ride from the city center by U-Bahn, this hotel off ers suites €329-479). P H A R U F G K W luxury rooms, excellent conference facilities and a sensational panoramic rooftop pool. Guests rave about the fantastic bar LE MÉRIDIEN and restaurant as well.QLinke Wienzeile/Ullmannstrasse The modern majesty of Le Meridien’s restaurant is reason 71, MMeidlinger Hauptstrasse, tel. +43 1 89 10 20, www. enough to rendezvous here. The hotel appeals to all your renaissancewien.at. PTHAUGK senses, the modern, colourful décor draws you in like a moth to a fl ame. It is near to just about everything and RITZ-CARLTON off ers a range of inviting amenities and state of the art Four palatial mansion along Vienna’s Ring have been facilities, such as fi tness facilities, sauna and Jacuzzi.QA-3, transformed into the city’s newest top hotel, where historical Opernring 13, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 58 89 00, www. elements blend in nicely with modern architecture. The Ritz- starwoodhotels.com/lemeridien. 334 rooms (singles/ Carlton has everything you’d expect from a 5-star, such as doubles €189-409, suites €489-1199). P A R U F large rooms, restaurants and bars, and a deluxe spa and fi tness G B K D X W centre with an 18m-long pool with underwater music.QB-3, Schubertring 5-7, tel. +43 1 31 18 88, vienna@ritzcarlton. MELIA VIENNA com, www.ritzcarlton.com. 202 rooms (159 singles/doubles Perched high up in the Danube City Tower, Austria’s tallest €265-420, 43 suites €575-1,070). PiJAKW building, the Melia is a designer hotel with chic rooms, great service and restaurants and fabulous views. The SACHER business district is at the foot of the building, the city centre The famous Sacher Hotel was fi rst opened in 1876 by a short hop by metro away, and you can while the night Eduard Sacher. Since 1934 the Gürtler family has owned away at the unique rooftop bar.QDonau-City-Straße 7, it, working hard to preserve the tradition and elegance. MKaisermühlen/VIC, tel. +43 19 01 04, melia.vienna@ The hotel is widely known for providing scenery for The melia.com, www.melia.com. Doubles from €125. Third Man fi lm and for its Sachertorte chocolate cake. The PiHAUKW red-clad doormen will usher you inside, where you can admire the imperial grandeur, dating back to the times PAKAT SUITES HOTEL of Prince Metternich.QB-3, Philharmonikerstrasse 4, Located in the embassy district, this hotel boasts chic MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 51 45 60, [email protected], and comfortable design, combining great materials with www.sacher.com. 152 rooms (doubles €465-678, suites great looks. You’ll certainly look forward to spending the €820-2,540). P A R G K W

56 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Hotels SOFITEL VIENNA STEPHANSDOM This ultra-modern hotel by the Danube Canal stands for French hospitality at its best. Its state-of-the-art rooms are impeccably designed, and the views of the city from Le Loft restaurant on the top ﬂ oor are breathtaking. Business facilities include ten light and airy conference rooms, and there’s a ﬁ tness centre and spa.QC-1, Praterstrasse 1, MM Schwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 90 61 60, [email protected], www.sofitel.com. P H A U F G K

STANYS HOTEL & APARTMENTS The new Stanys apartment hotel has some of the largest rooms and apartments in central Vienna, available for both long and short terms stays. Rooms are fresh and modern Stanys Hotel & Apartments and come with free drinks in the fridge and a Cafi simo a special work of art, designed by famous local architect machine. Most apartments have a kitchenette, some also Heribert Thanner. It also hosts the trendy Italian Capa Tosta feature south-facing balconies for chilled-out breaks and restaurant, known for its authentic Neapolitan pizza.QC- great city views.QMariahilfer Str. 161, MWestbahnhof, 4, Sechshauserstr. 83, MSchönbrunn, tel. 892 13 87, tel. +43 1 893 08 93, [email protected], www.stanys.at. 36 [email protected], www.urbanresorthotel.at. 43 rooms and apartments (€ 72,- € 220,-). LW rooms (singles €69-95, doubles €78-120). T A U G K W STEFANIE The elegant four-star Stefanie is just a stone’s throw from central Vienna’s sights and attractions. With more than 300 HOSTELS years of history, it manages to combine traditional Viennese A&T HOLIDAY HOSTEL charm and modern hotel comforts very well. The remarkable A bright yellow, modern hostel in a quiet residential area, architecture and its central location make it equally popular under 15 minutes by public transport from the city centre. with business travellers and tourists.QC-1, Taborstrasse 12, The A&T has dorms with up to six beds, each with its MSchwedenplatz, tel. +43 1 21 15 00, stefanie@schick- own clean en suite facilities, private lockers and free wifi hotels.com, www.schick-hotels.com. 120 rooms (singles available in common areas. One whole fl oor is reserved €106; doubles €161-181). PT A G W for female travellers. In the morning there’s a good buff et breakfast (€4,80 extra), at night, to keep you entertained, VIENNA MARRIOTT HOTEL there’s a Wild West theme bar and games like pool and One of the nicest Marriott hotels we’ve seen on our travels. table football.QLeibnizgasse 66, MReumannplatz, tel. In addition to the great service, this particular hotel stands +43 16 07 07 27, www.athostel.com. (Dorm beds €18- out as it is one of the few with a pool. It is located just across 31, doubles €31-42; Sun-Thu €2 cheaper). the street from the Stadtpark, a great place to relax.QC-2, Parkring 12a, MStubentor, tel. +43 1 51 51 80, www. HOSTEL RUTHENSTEINER viennamarriott.com. 323 rooms (prices on request). This friendly and hospitable backpacker’s paradise has P H A R F G K X C W provided travellers with an artsy urban oasis for decades. The family-run hostel’s sweeping bar, unique patio furniture VIENNA URBAN RESORT HOTEL and oversized chess and backgammon sets in the verdant A design hotel within walking distance of Schönbrunn garden area - all handcrafted by avid woodworker-owner Palace and near Westbahnhof station. The hotel’s facade is Walter - along with the array of musical instruments in the common room, helpful staff , clean facilities and reasonable rates invite visitors to relax and rendezvous.QE-4, Robert Hamerlinggasse 24, MWestbahnhof, tel. +43 1 893 42 02, www.hostelruthensteiner.com.

WOMBAT’S Wombat’s oﬀ ers several diﬀ erent types of rooms, from single to six-bed set ups, and also features a great lounge area upstairs and a bar downstairs. There is always an international group of people staying at Wombat’s, so branch out and meet new people.QE-4, Mariahilferstrasse137, MWestbahnhof, tel. +43 1 897 23 36, www.wombats-hostels.com. 80 rooms (doubles €29 per person, triples €25 per person, dorm beds €20). Hotel Stefanie A R

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 57 Expat Vienna So you’ve decided to settle down in Vienna; perhaps you’ve • Although they are used to foreigners (and perhaps met your sweetheart here, or have been dispatched to work exactly for that reason), the Viennese don’t usually here by your boss. Whatever brings you to this city, do keep accept outsiders with open arms, which explains in mind that just as anywhere else, you’ll be confronted why making friends in this city may turn into an by both pros and cons of living in a foreign country and uphill battle. It certainly helps to have a sizeable in a diff erent cultural environment. While Vienna has long expat and immigrant community, but the truth is been a cosmopolitan city with headquarters of major that no matter how long you have stayed in Vienna international organizations, such as the UN, OPEC or OSCE, and how well you’ve mastered German, you will be and it does have a sizeable expat population, you will still reminded time and again that you are a foreigner be facing certain dilemmas ranging from how to fi nd an here. apartment, where to send your children to school, and • For many expats, especially those coming from not least important, how to make yourself comfortable English-speaking countries, impersonal and often and fi nd a circle of friends here. We have assembled some sloppy customer service in Vienna can be a bitter pill to useful information for you, and while it is by no means all- swallow (see our Snooty Service box). Since there isn’t inclusive, we believe that it will help you make a good start. much we can do to change it, just take it in stride and get used to it. After a while, it simply becomes another To the benefi t of Vienna, it is one of the easier cities to live routine. in for several reasons: • It has one of the highest standards of living in the world and has continuously been rated the best place to live by BANKS Mercer and other rating agencies; BANK AUSTRIA • It boasts excellent infrastructure. Public transport is quite A member of the Italian Unicredit Banking Group, Bank aff ordable and runs on time, and the city streets, for the Austria is one of the largest banks in Central and Eastern most part, tend to be kept clean and safe; Europe.QA-1, Schottengasse 6-8, MSchottentor, tel. • Vienna has good healthcare system although you should +43 050 50 55 22 67, [email protected], expect somewhat longer waiting times to see a specialist www.bankaustria.at. than, for instance, in the US. Family physicians are usually quite accessible and you don’t normally have to wait ERSTE BANK long. For EU citizens, healthcare is available via pan- One of the largest banking groups in Austria specialising European e-card; in private customers and small businesses.QB-2, Graben • It has countless opportunities for cultural and intellectual 21, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 50 10 02 01 00, www. fulfi lment and features a number of world-class sparkasse.at. museums, theatres and opera houses; • Vienna’s greenery and recreational areas are meticulously MEINL BANK maintained and the city has vast opportunities for Austria’s largest private bank focusing on investments, exercising and sports; asset management and real estate.QB-2, Bauernmarkt • Although Vienna is quintessentially a German-speaking 2, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 53 18 80, servicecenter@ city, language shouldn’t be a serious problem. Many meinlbank.com, www.meinlbank.com. locals, particularly of the younger generation, have a superb command of English and are willing to use it. RAIFFEISEN ZENTRALBANK That said, don’t expect every corner baker, hairstylist or The third largest bank in Austria and one of the leading plumber to understand you, try to pick up some useful commercial and investment banks, with a focus on Central phrases in German before you arrive or sign up for a and Eastern Europe.QC-2, Am Stadtpark 9, MStadtpark, language course when you are here. tel. +43 1 26 21 60, www.rzb.at. • Yet, despite those numerous advantages, it’s not that everything is hunky-dory in this city, and there are certain GERMAN LANGUAGE bumpy areas you should beware of: • Vienna is a costly city to live in. Food, especially that of COURSES high quality, tends to be on the pricey side, as are most The following language schools off er a variety of German services and utilities. Although not quite as outrageous as courses, as well as foreign language classes for adults on in London or Paris, living in Vienna is substantially more all levels. expensive than in cities like Berlin or Prague; • Finding a suitable place to live in might be your biggest DEUTSCHAKADEMIE challenge. Due to extreme shortage of prime real estate, QB-3, Opernring 1E, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 585 73 13, many apartments in Vienna tend to be old, unfurnished and [email protected], www.deutschakademie.at. seriously overpriced. Furthermore, 95% of property is rental, so buying an apartment, should you wish to do this, may prove INLINGUA VIENNA nearly impossible, especially for non-EU residents (unless, of QB-2, Neuer Markt 1, MStephansplatz, tel. +43 1 512 course, you are an oil tycoon or a famous opera star); 22 25, [email protected], www.inlingua.at.

58 Vienna In Your Pocket vienna.inyourpocket.com Expat Vienna INNOVATIONSZENTRUM UNIVERSITÄT WIEN QF-1, Alser Strasse, Hof 1, MSchottentor, NETWORKING [email protected], sprachenzentrum. Here are a few social, professional and family organizations univie.ac.at. for English-speaking expats. Useful online resources and social networks include: MERIDIAN SPRACHENZENTRUM City kids, www.citykids.at. Fun for foreign youngsters. QI-2, Gärtnergasse 3-4, MM Landstrasse, tel. +43 1 907 Couchsurfi ng, www.couchsurfi ng.com. More than an 64 15, [email protected], www.meridian.co.at. accommodation and friendship service for young locals and foreigners, there’s plenty of casual meet-ups and activities for anyone to join. EXPAT SERVICES Euro-Circle, www.eurocircle.net/cities/europe/vienna. EXPAT CENTER VIENNA Personal networking meetings. The municipality’s excellent one-stop-shop for all advice Internations, www.internations.org/vienna-expats. expats may need.QG-2, Schmerlingplatz 3, tel. +43 1 A personal networking site with regular meetings for the 400 08 69 49, [email protected], www.expatcenter. international community. at. Open 09:00 - 16:00, Fri 09:00 - 12:00. Closed Sat, Vienna expats, www.vienna-expats.net. The online expat Sun. forum. Virtual Vienna, www.virtualvienna.net. A good general INTERNATIONAL SCHOOLS forum. To make your children’s transition to a new life in Vienna AMERICAN WOMEN’S ASSOCIATION as smooth as possible, you can send them to international An international community of English-speaking women schools where instruction is provided in English or other with 250 members from over 40 countries. Off ers help with languages. Most schools are private, and thus quite settling in Austria and social, cultural and charity activities. expensive. For further information and listings contact the QB-2, Singerstrasse 4/11, MStephansplatz, awa@ Expat Center. awavienna.com, www.awavienna.com.

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL WOMEN’S CAREER NETWORK VIENNA OF VIENNA Provides support and networking opportunities for foreign American curriculum, 800 students from 60 nations, professional women.QErlachgasse 77/13, contact@ about 50% Americans, age groups kindergarten and 6-18. wcnvienna.org, www.wcnvienna.org. QSalmannsdorfer Straße 47, tel. +43 1 40 13 20, info@ ais.at, www.ais.at. RELOCATION COMPANIES DANUBE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL If you move to Vienna on business, your relocation logistics 400 students, age-groups kindergarten and 6-18.QJosef will most likely be taken care of by your employer, but if you Gall Gasse 2, tel. +43 1 720 31 10, info@danubeschool. make an independent move and would like some assistance at, www.danubeschool.at. or consulting, here are several suitable companies.

LYCÉE FRANÇAIS DE VIENNE EXECUTIVE RELOCATIONS AUSTRIA (ERA)QF-2, Follows the French curriculum for schools abroad. Stolzenthalergasse 5/2/12, tel. +43 699 11 55 93 24, 1800 students, age-groups kindergarten and 6-18. [email protected], www.era-relocation.com. The kindergarten and primary school are located at Grinzingerstraße 95.QG-1, Lichtensteinstraße 37a, tel. EXPAT CONSULTING REAL ESTATE +43 1 317 22 41, www.lyceefrancais.at. & RELOCATION SERVICESQB-2, Graben 7/8, tel. +43 1 32 88 81 80, fax +43 1 328 88 18 60, office@ VIENNA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL expat-consulting.com, www.expat-consulting.com. 200 students, age groups kindergarten and 6-10, prepares for higher international schools or an Austrian gymnasium. MOVES CONSULTINGQF-2, Albertgasse 34/8, tel. QLacknergasse 75, tel. +43 1 470 46 00, [email protected], +43 1 956 58 31, [email protected], www.moves.co.at. www.vienna-elementary-school.at. RANDOS RELOCATION AND OFFICE SERVICE VIENNA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL QI-1, Praterstrasse 66/1/76b, tel. +43 1 71 03 31 80, fax 1400 students from about 100 nations, age-groups 6-18 +43 1 710 33 18 34, [email protected], www. years. Admission preference for children of employees of relocation.at. the UN or other international organisations.QStraße der Menschenrechte 1, MKagran, tel. +43 1 20 35 59 50, RECOM RELOCATION COMPANYQHohenauer- [email protected], www.vis.ac.at. gasse 3/6, tel. +43 1 409 24 62, fax +43 1 406 73 45, [email protected], www.recom-relocation.at.

facebook.com/ViennaInYourPocket March - April 2015 59 Directory DENTISTS EMERGENCIES DR. ROBERT SCHERNGELL QF-3, Mariahilferstrasse 128/5, tel. +43 1 522 19 66. Police tel. 133 Ambulance tel. 144 PRIM. DR. HANNES LEMBACHER QB-2, Rotenturmstrasse 27, tel. +43 1 533 55 81. Fire Department tel. 122

DOCTORS UNITED STATES OF AMERICAQBoltzmanngasse DR. DIETER ZAKEL 16, tel. +43 1 313 39, [email protected], www. QA-1, Schottenring 16, tel. +43 800 63 34 24 63. usembassy.at. DR. GOTTFRIED HÖNLINGER QI-1, Stuwerstrasse 22, tel. +43 1 728 00 91. PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES KONSERVATORIUM WIEN EMBASSIES German and foreign-language courses. 850 students, a third Q of them international students in 25 academic programs. AUSTRALIA Matiellistrasse 2, tel. +43 1 50 67 40, QH-3, Johannesgasse 4a, MKarlsplatz, tel. +43 1 51 27 [email protected], www.austria.embassy.gov.au. 74 70, [email protected], www.konservatorium-wien. FRANCEQTechnikerstrasse 2, tel. +43 1 50 27 50, ac.at. [email protected], www. ambafrance-at.org. WEBSTER UNIVERSITY GERMANYQMetternichgasse 3, tel. +43 1 71 15 40, Part of a worldwide network of Webster Universities [email protected], www.wien.diplo.de. oﬀ ering bachelor and master degree courses in the Q ﬁ elds of Art, Visual Culture, Business and Management, IRELAND Rotenturmstrasse 16-18, tel. +43 1 715 42 Information Technology, International Relations, Media 46, [email protected]. Communications and Psychology.QBerchtoldgasse 1, Q UNITED KINGDOM Jauresgasse 12, tel. +43 71 61 30, MKaisermuhlen, tel. +43 1 26 99 29 30, info@webster. [email protected], www.ukinaustria.fso.gov.uk. ac.at, www.webster.ac.at.

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Technisches Museum Wien Bauernmarkt B 2 Museum I 4 Lerchenfelderstraße E 2-F 2 Rauhensteingasse B 2 D 4 Beatrixgasse C 3 Hegelgasse B 3 Lerchengasse F 2 Rechte Bahngasse C 3 Teinfaltstraße A 1 Beheimgasse E 1 Heinestraße I 1 Liebenberggasse C 2 Rechte Wienzeile A 3 Thaliastraße D 2-E 2 Belvedere C 4 Heinrichsgasse B 1 Liechtensteinmuseum G 1 Rechte Wienzeile F 4-G 3 Theater in der Josefstadt F 2 Belvedergasse H 4 Heldenplatz A 2 Liechtensteinpark G 1 Reindorfgasse E 4 Theresianum H 4 Berggasse G 1 Helferstorferstraße A 1 Liechtensteinstraße G 1 Reinprechtsdorferstraße F 4 Theresianumgasse B 4 Bernardgasse E 2 Herbststraße D 2 Lilienbrunngasse C 1 Reisnerstraße C 3 Thurngasse G 1 Biberstraße C 2 Hermanngasse F 3 Lindauergasse E 2 Reithoferplatz E 3 Tiefer Graben B 1 Blindengasse E 2 Hernalsergürtel E 2 Lindengasse F 3 Rembrandtstraße H 1 Tigergasse F 2 Blumengasse E 1 Herrengasse A 2 Liniengasse E 4-F 4 Renngasse A 1 Tuchlauben B 2 Bognergasse B 2 Herrmanngasse E 3 Linke Wienzeile E 4-G 3 Rennweg C 4 Türkenstraße G 1 Boltzmanngasse G 1 Hetzgasse I 2 Loeschenkohlgasse D 3 Riemergasse B 2 Ungargasse I 3 Börsegasse A 1 Heumühlgasse A 4 Löhrgasse E 3 Rockhgasse A 1 Universität A 1 Börseplatz A 1 Heymerlegasse D 2 Lothringerstraße C 3 Rooseveltplatz A 1 Untere Augartenstraße H 1 Bösendorferstraße B 3 Himmelpfortgasse B 2 Löwelstraße A 2 Rosenbursenstraße C 2 Untere Donaustraße C 1 Botanischer Garten C 4 Hintere Zollamtsstraße I 2 Löwengasse I 2 Roßauer Lände G 1 Untere Weißgerberlände I 2 Brandstätte B 2 Hofburg A 2 Mahlerstraße B 3 Rotensterngasse C 1 Urania C 1 Brunnenmarkt E 2 Hofmühlgasse F 4 Mak C 2 Rotenturmstraße B 2 Uraniastraße C 1 Burggarten A 2 Hohenstaufengasse A 1 Marc Aurel Straße B 1 Rotgasse B 2 Vereinsgasse I 1 Burggasse E 3-G 3 Hollandstraße B 1 Margaretengürtel F 4 Rubensgasse A 4 Veronikagasse E 2-E 1 Burgring A 2 Hollergasse D 4 Margaretenstraße A 4 Rudolfsplatz B 1 Vogelweidplatz E 3 Cobdengasse C 2 Hörlgasse A 1 Margaretenstraße F 4-G 3 Rudolfstiftung I 3 Volksgarten A 2 Dampfschiff straße I 2 Huglgasse D 3 Mariahilfer Gürtel E 4 Rueppgasse I 1 Vordere Zollamtsstraße I 2 Danhausergasse B 4 Hundertwasserhaus I 2 Mariahilferstraße A 3 Salesianergasse C 3 Vorlaufstraße B 1 Danhausergasse H 4 Hütteldorferstraße D 3-E 3 Mariahilferstraße D 4-G 3 Salvatorgasse B 1 Votivkirche A 1 Dinglstedgasse E 4 Jakobergasse C 2 Mariahilferstraße D 4-G 3 Salzgries B 1 Währinger Straße A 1 Dominikanerbastei C 2 Jaurèsgasse C 4 Mariannengasse F 1 Salztorgasse B 1 Währingergürtel E 2 Donaukanal Bundesstraße B 1 Johannesgasse C 3 Maria-Theresien-Straße A 1 Schallautzerstraße C 2 Walfi schgasse B 3 Dorotheergasse B 2 Johnstraße D 4-D 3 Markgraf-Rüdiger-Straße E 3 Schaufl ergasse A 2 Walkürengasse D 3 Dr. Karl Lueger Ring A 1 Jörgerstraße E 1 Marxergasse I 2 Schaumburgergasse B 4 Waltergasse B 4 Esterhazygasse F 3 Josefsplatz A 2 Märzstraße D 3 Schaumburgergasse G 4 Wasagasse G 1 Fahnengasse A 2 Josefstädterstraße E 2-F 2 Metternichgasse C 4 Schellhammergasse E 2 Wattgasse D 2 Falkenstraße C 2 Josef-Strauss-Park E 2 Millergasse F 4 Schellinggasse B 3 Webgasse F 3-F 4 Färbergasse B 1 Juchgasse I 3 Mittersteig G 4 Schikanedergasse A 3 Wehrgasse A 4 Fasangasse I 4 Kaiserin-Elisabeth Spital D 3 Mollardgasse E 4-F 4 Schleifmühlgasse A 3 Wehrgasse G 4 Favoritenstraße B 4 Kaiserstraße E 3 Mostgasse A 4 Schlösslgasse F 2 Weihburggasse B 2 Felberstraße D 4-E 3 Kalvariengasse E 1 Mostgasse G 4 Schlüsselgasse B 4 Weintraubengasse C 1 Feldgasse F 2 Kandlgasse E 3-F 3 Mozartgasse B 4 Schmalzhofgasse F 3 Weißgerberlände I 2 Ferdinandstraße C 1 Kantgasse B 3 Museumsplatz A 3 Schmelzgasse C 1 Werdertorgasse B 1 Fischerstiege B 1 Karlskirche B 3 Musikverein B 3 Schmöllergasse B 4 Westbahnhof E 3 Fleischmarkt B 2 Karlsplatz B 3 Naturhistorisches Musem A 2 Schönbornpark F 2 Westbahnstraße E 3-F 3 Floragasse B 4 Karmelitergasse C 1 Negerlegasse C 1 Schönbrunnerstraße E 4-G 3 Weyringergasse H 4 Florianigasse E 2-F 2 Kärntner Ring B 3 Neubaugasse F 3 Schönlaterngasse C 2 Wichtelgasse D 2 Floßgasse B 1 Kärntnerstaße B 3 Neubaugürtel E 3 Schottenbastei A 1 Wickenburggasse F 2 Frankenberggasse B 4 Karolinengasse C 4 Neuer Markt B 2 Schottenfeldgasse F 3 Wiedner Gürtel H 4 Franzenbrückenstraße I 1 Karolinengasse H 4 Neulerchenfelderstraße Schottengasse A 1 Wiedner Hauptstraße A 4 Franzensgasse A 4 Kegelgasse I 2 D 2-E 2 Schottenring A 1 Wiener Konzerthaus C 3 Franz-Hochedlinger-Gasse H 1 Kettenbrückengasse A 4 Neulinggasse C 3 Schrankgasse F 3 Wiener Naschmarkt A 3 Franz-Josefs-Kai B 1 Kirchengasse F 3 Neustiftgasse E 2-G 2 Schubertring B 3 Wiesingerstraße C 2 Fugbachgasse I 1 Klagbaumgasse A 4 Neutorgasse B 1 Schulerstraße B 2 Winkelmannstraße D 4 Fugbachgasse I 1 Klagbaumgasse G 4 Nordbahnstraße I 1 Schwarzenbergplatz B 3 Wipplingerstraße A 1 Führichgasse B 2 Kleine Mohrengasse C 1 Nußdorferstraße F 1 Schwarzenbergstraße B 3 Witzelsbergerstraße D 3 Gablenzgasse D 2-E 3 Kleine Neugasse A 4 Obere Augartenstraße H 1 Schwedenplatz C 1 Wohllebengasse B 4 Gartengasse G 4 Kleine Neugasse G 4 Obere Donaustraße B 1 Schweizer Garten I 4 Wollzeile C 2 Gaudenzdorfergürtel F 4 Kleine Sperlgasse C 1 Oelweingasse D 4 Schwindgasse B 4 Yppenpark E 2 Geblergasse E 1 Kolingasse A 1 Oeverseestraße D 3 Sechshauser Straße E 4-D 4 Zaunergasse C 3 Getreidemarkt A 3 Kolschitzkygasse H 4 Oper B 3 Seidengasse E 3-F 3 Zentagasse G 4 Girardigasse A 3 Komödiengasse C 1 Opernring A 3 Seilergasse B 2 Ziegelofengasse A 4 Gluckgasse B 2 Königsklostergasse A 3 Oppolzergasse A 1 Seilerstätte B 2 Ziegelofengasse G 4 Goldschlagstraße D 3-E 3 Koppstraße D 2-E 2 Ostarichipark F 1 Sensengasse F 1 Zieglergasse F 3 Gonzagagasse B 1 Köstlergasse A 3 Ottakringer Brauerei D 2 Siebenbrunnengasse G 4 Zinckgasse E 3 Graf Stahemberg Gasse B 4 Kretinergasse D 2 Ottakringer Straße D 2-E 1 Siebensterngasse F 3 Zirkusgasse C 1 Griechengasse B 1 Kreuzgasse E 1 Otto Bauer Gasse F 3 Sigmund Freud Museum G 1 Zollergasse F 3 Grimmgasse D 4 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