The Rough Guide to Vienna (wien) is the definitive guide to Austria's splendid capital city. We waltz you through informed accounts of Vienna’s eclectic sights, from the Belvedere art galleries to the Prater ferris wheel, taking in the grandeur of the Ringstrasse and the intimacy of the Innere Stadt. You’ll also find critical reviews of the city’s hotels, restaurants and bars, and detailed coverage of its glorous Hapsburg heritage as well as it contemporary cultural and political life.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction


PART ONE: BASICS
Getting there from Britain
Getting there from Ireland
Getting there from North America
Getting there from Australia and New Zealand
Red tape and visas
Information and maps
Costs, money and banks
Communications and the media
Opening hours, public holidays and festivals
Crime and personal safety
Travellers with disabilities


PART TWO: THE CITY
Chapter 1 Introducing the city
Chapter 2 The Innere Stadt
Chapter 3 The Hofburg
Chapter 4 The Ringstrasse
Chapter 5 Kunsthistorisches Museum
Chapter 6 The Vorstädte
Chapter 7 Leopoldstadt and the East
Chapter 8 Schönbrunn, the Wienerwald and the Zentralfriedhof
Chapter 9 Out of the City


PART THREE: LISTINGS
Chapter 10 Accommodation
Chapter 11 Cafés and Restaurants
Chapter 12 Bars, Clubs and Live Venues
Chapter 13 The Arts
Chapter 14 Shopping
Chapter 15 Directory


PART FOUR: CONTEXTS
A History of Vienna
Books
Language
Glossary
Index


LIST OF MAPS
Chapter divisions
Postal districts


INNERE STADT CENTRE
Stephansdom


THE HOFBURG


THE RINGSTRASSE
Ringstrasse: before and after
Karlsplatz
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Gemäldegalerie)
Kunsthistorisches Museum (Ground Floor)


THE VORSTADTE
Central Landstrasse
Around the Belvedere
Mariahilf and Neubau
Alsergrund
Leopoldstadt and the East
Central Leopoldstadt


SCHÖNBRUNN, WIENERWALD AND ZENTRALFRIEDHOF
Schönbrunn
Schönbrunn: Prunkräume
Döbling and Heiligenstadt
Zentralfriedhof


OUT OF THE CITY
Baden bei Wien
Eisenstadt
Tulln
Krems an der Donau
Melk
Vienna’s hotels and pensions
Restaurants and cafés
The break-up of the Austro-Hungarian Empire 1918
Austria 1945–55


COLOUR MAPS (AT BACK OF BOOK):
U- and S-Bahn lines
Vienna
Tram, bus and U-Bahn routes
wien österrike

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