Vienna

Austria's capital city Vienna and musical capital of the world offers a great variety of things to see, to hear and to do.

Arts and delights are your instructions for Vienna in a nutshell! With outstanding exhibitions, first-rate events and Mozart Year 2006, you can experience the fine art of enjoyment in Vienna.

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While in Vienna we suggest to visit the following sites:

Museum of Fine Arts: The Museum of fine Art houses one of the world's foremost art collections, including the largest collection of Bruegels in the world.

Albertina: The Albertina boasts an exceptional collection of graphic arts, with over 60,000 drawings and a million prints.

MuseumsQuartier (MQ): Modern art in the former imperial stables and contemporary museum buildings, with the world's largest Egon Schiele collection in the Leopold Museum.

Liechtenstein Museum: In this baroque garden palace you can see one of the biggest collections of Rubens, key works by van Dyck, Raphael and Rembrandt, and the magnificent library.

Belvedere Palace: This baroque jewel actually consists of two palaces, and houses the Austrian Gallery, where you can admire the Gustav Klimt's world-famous masterpiece "The Kiss".

Vienna State Opera: One of the world's leading opera houses - an architectural masterpiece and home to the international elite of the world of opera.

Vienna Boys' Choir: The famous boys' choir (founded in 1498!) has delighted audiences the world over for more than 500 years.

Giant Ferris Wheel: Located in the Vienna Prater - made world-famous by Harry Lime in Carol Reed's filming of "The Third Man" - is open throughout the year.

Imperial Palace: The Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum, the Imperial Silver Collection and the Spanish Riding School with its famous Lipizzaner stallions can all be visited at Vienna's Imperial Palace.

Freud Museum: This is where you can see personal possessions, photographs and recordings in the apartment where the founder of psychoanalysis once lived and worked.

Vienna Mozart House: From January 27, 2006 you can follow in Mozart's footsteps by visiting his only surviving apartement in a house converted into a Mozart adventure world.