Walk Through Vienna
Time: 19:00-21:00
Meeting location: Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2
This Walk Through Vienna will be a professionally guided tour through the city centre which will take about 2 hours, and which will be limited to 60 participants. Tickets will be issued only at the registration desk on a first come - first serve basis.
After a brief introduction to the general history of Vienna you will take a walk through the southern part of the inner city, looking at the State Opera House, the Hotel Sacher, the Albertina, the imperial palace Hofburg, the Heroes square (Heldenplatz), the museums of fine arts and natural history, the parliament, the town hall, the national theatre, the Roman excavations on St. Michaels square, the Demel pastry shop, the Graben, St. Peters Church, the trinity column and finally the cathedral of St. Stephen (Stephansdom). You will hear about music, architecture, art, history and everyday life of Vienna and get to know famous Viennese symbols as Sacher Cake, Mozart, Beethoven, Vienna Boys Choir, Lipizzan horses and Spanish Riding school, Crown-Prince Rudolf, Emperor Frances Joseph, Empress Elisabeth ("Sissi").
This tour is the perfect introduction to the city center of Vienna!
The Walk Through Vienna is sponsored by VRVis.