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FURTHER AFIELD

For a city of over 1.7 million inhabitants, Kahlenberg, which offers the most splendid
Vienna is surprisingly compact. Nonetheless, panoramic views of Vienna. You should spend
some of the most interesting sights are a at least one evening tasting the new-vintage
fair distance from the historic city centre. wines in one of the Heurigen in Grinzing.
At Schönbrunn sprawls the vast Neo-Classical Many parks and gardens, including the Prater,
palace of the same name, with its Rococo state featured in the film The Third Man and one
rooms and superb gardens. The Habsburgs’ of Europe’s best funfairs, as well as the
summer residence, it was greatly beloved by Lainzer Tiergarten, are former Habsburg
Maria Theresa. It is also worth going to domains now open to the public.

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 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
14
A22
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
17
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 map symbols see back flap
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