Welcome to Vienna

Wow   What a great city.  As you can tell from the main pages we have been to a lot of places and seen some really amazing things.  Vienna certainly ranks up there with the best.  This is certainly a city we would go back to on our own and spend time. I think I would like to see it in the winter, maybe with the Christmas Markets.

We had to dock about 20 minutes from the downtown area and took a bus into the city in the morning for a guided walking tour.  Then we went back in the afternoon and walked around on our own. Not much time to go into the museums etc.

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  • Population of 1,862,605
  • Urban area 2.6 million
  • Largest city
  • National Capital of Austria
  • Records back to 560 BC
  • Became capital in 1440
  • City Center is UNESCO World Heritage site
  • Before 20th century it was the largest German speaking city in the world
  • Today second after Berlin
  • Known as the city of music
  • Ranked as most livable city in the world
  • 6.8 million tourists a year
  • #1 destination in world for conventions

Walking Tour Pt 1

Walking Tour Pt 2

St. Stevens Church