Vienna City Guide

Children & Family

If you’re planning a city break with children, here are a few tips for a successful stay in Vienna with the whole family. After an exciting adventure and a lively journey of discovery through the city, the Handwerk Restaurant will give your children an opportunity to discover the famous Viennese cuisine. Popular children’s favourites include a mouthwatering Wiener Schnitzel or a sweet Kaiserschmarren.

The ZOOM Children’s Museum offers exhibitions and workshops all year round as well as a unique cartoon studio. The 1,600 m² museum gives kids the chance to ask questions, interact with the exhibits, do their own research or just play as they please.

The world's oldest zoo is located on the grounds of Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna’s imperial summer residence. In this unique combination of culture and nature, over 500 animal species are just waiting to be discovered.

Time Travel Vienna takes parents and children on a journey through time beneath the centuries-old St. Michael Church to discover the exciting history of the city.

Art & Culture

Wherever you go in Vienna, music is in the air. From Mozart and Beethoven to the modern era, Vienna has something for every type of music lover. Jazz fans will get their money’s worth every Sunday at ARCOTEL Wimberger. But Vienna isn’t just about music – literature is writ large here too. Writers like Karl Kraus or Stefan Zweig wrote their texts exclusively in the city’s cafés, leading the Viennese to affectionately call them the “coffeehouse poets”. Mostly, however, the city on the Blue Danube is famous for its imperial palaces, such as Schönbrunn, home to the world’s oldest zoo, or the Belvedere, which features exhibitions by Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. No wonder that Vienna is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

Just a few minutes from the ARCOTEL Wimberger you will find the MuseumsQuartier Wien. Encompassing some 60 different cultural institutions, it is one of the largest complexes for art and culture in the world. The former imperial stables today offer a postmodern flair that is part of Vienna’s urban lifestyle. The MuseumsQuartier is also home to a lively restaurant scene. We recommend the MQ courtyard for a quick rest stop where you can relax on the popular outdoor furniture known as the “Enzi”.

Design brings people together. And that’s just the reason why countless visitors flock to the Imperial Furniture Collection every day. Originally founded as a furniture warehouse for the reigning Habsburg emperors, today it is home to one of the largest furniture collections in the world with some 165,000 objects. The exhibition includes collections of furniture and interiors from the Baroque and Rococo eras, the Biedermeier and Empire styles, the period of Historicism, the Viennese Modern movement and the 20th and 21st centuries.
 

Sport & Leisure

For sports fans, Vienna also leaves nothing to be desired, with fantastic options in almost every discipline. To enjoy the great outdoors, you also don’t have to go far. The city itself is full of natural beauty. The Alte Donau, a former branch of the Danube, offers boat rental and is easy to reach by public transit. A walk through the Vienna Prater followed by a ride on the Ferris wheel is a must for every visitor. 

Fitness and sport: Wiener Sport 
Recreation and leisure: Wiener Prater