Vienna, Austria
Vienna Clock Museum
An obsessive schoolteacher stashed 10,000 clocks in a sanatorium. Now it's Vienna's first clock museum.
AWA visted hereAn obsessive schoolteacher stashed 10,000 clocks in a sanatorium. Now it's Vienna's first clock museum.
AWA visted hereJulius Meinl kept one store when selling 700+ locations. Louis Vuitton now occupies the building next door to it.
From the CommunityToday, regardless of rank, all members of the public can cool down while surveying the entirety of the empress’s verdant spool.
From the CommunityMuseum housing the most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints.
AWA visted hereIn 2014, the MAK Museum became the first museum to use bitcoin to acquire art.
Built to encourage personal hygiene and physical fitness at a time when few Viennese residents had their own bathrooms.
From the CommunityBuilt in 1741, this theater premiered three Mozart operas and Beethoven's 1st symphony.
Although construction of this cathedral started in 1137, St. Stephen's as we know it today wasn't completed for over 800 years.
This Victorian-era palm house is home to over 4,500 plant species cultivated from all over the world.
This 1,441-room Baroque palace is one of the most important architectural, cultural, and historical monuments in Austria.
The "first" art catalogue and theft in Vienna's largest Art Museum. Two anecdotal tales of the Habsburg Empire's fascination with the Arts encapsulate the countless stories to be shared about Vienna's bedazzling institution.
AWA visted hereThis is the oldest indoor pool in Vienna and was the first to largely abolish gender segregation.
Formerly the summer residence of an Austrian prince, this Baroque palace was one of the first public museums in the world when it began displaying artwork in 1781.
Austrians took pride in this opera house. After a bombing in 1945, the building was reconstructed, and performances were broadcast on national television.
AWA visted hereThis five-star hotel experienced highs and lows over its 144-year history, but the one constant has been its signature Sacher-Torte cake.
From the CommunityThis public square in Vienna features a monument to Emperor Joseph II and is surrounded on all sides by historic buildings.
This Otto Wagner-designed former station of the Viennese Stadtbahn was saved from demolition by public outcry.
This Viennese bank remains one of architect Otto Wagner's greatest functionalist masterpieces.
A traditional Austrian riding school for Lipizzan horses that dates back to the 1500s.