You’ll get the chance to learn more about Vienna’s burgeoning street art scene, discover works from local and international artists, and find out what issues are shaping and challenging the city today. Founded almost a decade ago by Jakob Kettner, the festival brings together live paintings, street art works, guided tours, film screenings and workshops for urban aesthetics. The annual Calle Libre street art festival focuses on one guiding theme as celebrated artists respond across curated walls for a week each summer. Street art murals line the streets and back alleys of Vienna especially along the banks of the Danube and its canals © EQRoy/ Shutterstock Street art It’s also one of the key locations for the annual Wiener Festwochen (Vienna Festival) held over six weeks in May and June. Highlights include – including the Leopold Museum, MUMOK, Kunsthalle Wien, Architekturzentrum and Zoom but there are multiple micro-museums and creative spaces to explore. Have you had enough of culture yet? No? Good, because the MuseumsQuartier (MQ) is a 90,000 sq metre exhibition space encompassing 60 cultural institutions ranging from fine art, music, theatre, and dance to game culture, street art and photography. New-wave coffee houses are putting their own twist on the tradition. Many retain their opulent original decor, and often specialise in a particular cake, such as the Sacher Torte, an iced-chocolate cake with apricot jam once favoured by Emperor Franz Josef, at Café Sacher. Patronised by luminaries such as Mahler, Klimt, Freud, Trotsky and Otto Wagner in their day, Vienna's Kaffeehäuser (coffee houses) were added to the Unesco list of Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2011. Great works of art have been created in these 'living rooms' of the Viennese. © Krzysztof Dydynski/Lonely Plane Vienna’s coffee houses Indulge in the guilty pleasure of shopping at Kärtner Strasse, a pedestrianized street where many international brands have their stores.Gastwirtschaft Schilling, Neubau. The diversified places to see in Vienna like the iconic Donauturm Tower which rises until the cloud with a view deck and Wiener Riesenrad Giant Ferris Wheel are the go-to places to have fun, eat, and enjoy. If you are tired of the cathedral and monument tours in Vienna, worry not. The Imperial Crypt is one notorious attraction in the city that has the preserved remains and coffins of about 10 Hansburg royalties and a visit to this place is definitely only for brave souls. Monuments, castles, and museums are plenty in Vienna and the noteworthy ones that should be on your bucket list of must-see tourist places in Vienna are The Hofburg, The Belvedere Palace, Vienna City Hall, Kunsthistorisches Museum, and Sisi Museum amongst many others. Vienna is also home to the famous UNESCO World Heritage Sites - Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens that has staterooms, the Gloriette arch, thriving gardens, a maze, and the Vienna Zoo. Stephan’s, with extensively crafted roofs and exteriors, dot the city’s skyline and add a rustic charm to the city. Beautiful cathedrals and churches like St. The never-ending list of resplendent places to visit in Vienna, the capital city of Austria makes it one of the most preferred European holiday destinations. Stephen’s Cathedral, The Hofburg, The Vienna Zoo, The Belvedere Palace, Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens, Karlskirche, Hundertwasserhaus, Vienna City Hall, Kunsthistorisches Museum, The National Theater, Austrian National Library, and many more.
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