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FURTHER AFIELD

For a city of over 1.7 million inhabitants, apartment blocks of the Hundertwasser
Vienna is surprisingly compact. However, district are equally fascinating. Outside of
some of its most interesting sights are a the city you will also find Europe’s largest
fair distance from the historic city centre. cemetery; its biggest open-air festival; the
Beyond the Ring sprawls Schönbrunn, a Prater, the city’s famed funfair; period
vast Neo-Classical palace and former swimming baths; and even a wild animal
summer home of the Habsburgs, with park. A visit to the headquarters of the
Rococo state rooms and superb gardens. United Nations takes you out of Austria
The expressionist, brightly coloured altogether and onto international soil.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings Interesting Districts Key
3 Karl-Marx-Hof 1 Kahlenberg Central Vienna
4 Liechtenstein Garden Palace 2 Grinzing Greater Vienna
5 Augarten 7 UNO-City
9 Hundertwasser-Haus Churches Motorway
q Amalienbad Motorway tunnel
t Schönbrunn Palace see pp114–15 y Kirche am Steinhof Major road
u Wagner Villas o Wotrubakirche
Other road
Museums and Galleries Cemeteries
0 Heeresgeschichtliches Museum w Zentralfriedhof see pp110–11
e Haydnhaus
r Museum of Technology
Parks and Gardens
6 Donauinsel
8 Prater
i Lainzer Tiergarten

Klosterneuburg, Stockerau, Brno
Tulln Korneuburg
7 8 Deutsch-
Wagram
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0 kilometres 3 Floridsdorf
0 miles 3 Nussdorf 3
Grinzing Alte Donau
3 S2
8
Döbling Brigittenau
Donaustadt
Franz-Josefs-Bahnhof 227 A22
8 3
Hernals Praterstern
Wien-Nord
Ottakring
221 VIENNA Leopoldstadt
223
1 227 A23 Donau
Westbahnhof Vienna International
1 Penzing 221 bus terminal
St Pölten,
Melk, Wien Simmering A4
Linz Hauptbahnhof
Hietzing Flughafen Wien Schwechat,
Meidling Favoriten 225 Bratislava
225
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224
12
Mauer A23 16
A23
Baden, Inzersdorf Bruck an der Leitha
Wiener Neustadt Eisenstadt
A section of the façade of the eccentric Hundertwasser Haus, created in 1985 For keys to symbols see back flap
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