Other must-visit attractions in Vienna include: Leopold Museum: The Leopold Museum houses a collection of Viennese art from ...

TO TAKE DOWN VIENNA'S WALLS. Share full article. Oct. 21, 1888. ... The Viennese are in great delight at the prospect of seeing the Linienwalle or boundary walls of the city demolished.

By 1600 the Holy Roman Empire was firmly in the grip of the Habsburgs, ruling from the Hofburg palace within Vienna's city walls. The empire had the largest population in Europe; it was bigger ...

Vienna may be 6,000 kilometres from India — but walk its streets and you’ll feel like you’ve stepped inside a painting.

How to spend your weekend Day one: morning. Kick off bright and early with a nose around the baroque streets of the Innere Stadt, Vienna’s historic heart, as the city wakes up.

One of the best facts about the city is how easy it is to get around. The public transportation is fast, convenient, clean, and easy. Certainly, adding to what makes Vienna one of the most livable ...

Almost every city in Europe suffered a 17th-century plague epidemic, but only Vienna saw fit to commemorate theirs with an enormous baroque tower, the Pestsäule, that still dominates the ...