This is the Alsergrund & the University District chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

These cool but far from contrived neighbourhoods are decidedly local and best experienced at a laid-back Viennese pace – wandering and stopping for well-made coffees, a sneaky Grüner Veltliner white wine or quietly smart lunches, rather than ticking off iconic museums.

• get in touch with your inner Freudian as you explore the elegant rooms of his former home, with exhibits providing an insight into the life of the father of psychoanalysis
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• delve into the anatomical collection of the Josephinum, one of Vienna’s most weird and wonderful museums
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• tiptoe through Palais Liechtenstein’s baroque apartments and landscaped gardens on a guided tour
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping.

This is the Day Trips from Vienna chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guide-book.

Want to escape the city? This chapter includes the very best excursions from Vienna and they can each be completed in a day. Must-sees include Two-Day Trip to Salzburg and Krems an der Donau.

• crowned by its hilltop fortress (Mozart’s birthplace and the backdrop for the evergreen mu-sical The Sound of Music), Salzburg has a fairy-tale charm
• gateway to the Wachau, quaint Krems an der Donau centres on its historic core by the Danube (Donau) and makes an ideal starting point for a loop through the beautiful Dan-ube Valley
• easily reached from the Austrian capital, Stift Melk and nearby Shallaburg castle are an unmissable architectural duo

Coverage includes: Salzburg, Krems an der Donau, Melk & Around.

This is the Karlsplatz & Around Naschmarkt chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

Here days can be spent gazing upon the baroque frescos that dance across the Karlskirche, Otto Wagner’s art nouveau buildings and Klimt’s sensual friezes. Nights lift the curtain on high-calibre opera and classical music in some of the world’s finest concert halls.

• catch the lift up to mesmerising Karlskirche’s elliptical copper dome for a view of the in-credible frescos by Johann Michael Rottmayr
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• relive operatic highs with a guided tour of the resplendent gold-and-crystal-adorned Staatsoper
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• contemplate the sensuous shapes, gold mosaics and mythological symbolism of Klimt’s Beethoven Frieze at the 1897-designed exhibition centre of the Vienna Seces-sion–movement artists
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.

This chapter contains the Welcome to Vienna, Vienna’s Top 10, What’s New, Need to Know, First Time Vienna, Top Itineraries, If You Like..., Month By Month, Like a Local, For Free, Guided Tours & Walks, Eating, Coffee Houses & Cake Shops, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, and Sports & Activities chapters from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guide-book.

Your journey to Vienna starts here. You’ll find the tools to plan your adventure: where to go and when, how much to budget, plus in-depth info on guided tours and walks.

• tailor-made itineraries, arranged by region, themes and events
• list of highlights and best experiences
• everything you need to know about coffee shops and cake shops
• user-friendly country overview ensures you won’t miss a thing

Coverage includes: Welcome to Vienna, Vienna’s Top 10, What’s New, Need to Know, First Time Vienna, Top Itineraries, If You Like: Grand Architecture, Great Works of Art, Classical Music, Churches, Getting Active, Live Music & Clubs, Markets, Panoramas, Month By Month, Like a Local, For Free, Guided Tours & Walks, Eating, Coffee Houses & Cake Shops, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, and Sports & Activities.

This is the Prater & East of the Danube chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

Leopoldstadt, the city’s Jewish quarter, is one of Vienna’s hippest districts, with graffiti art, beach bars by the Danube Canal and enticing new boutiques, restaurants, galleries and edgy cafes hiding down its sleepy backstreets. Its centrepiece is the leafy Prater.

• enjoy a slice of Viennese park life in the Prater, with boulevards for strolling, woods for roaming and a funfair
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• waltz over to where ball chart-topper ‘The Blue Danube’ was composed at the Johann Strauss Residence
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• eye banquet-worthy porcelain in the making behind the scenes at the Porzellanmuseum im Augarten
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.

This is the Schloss Belvedere to the Canal chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

If you only see one palace in Vienna, make it Schloss Belvedere. Packed with giddy ro-mance, Belvedere is overwhelming in both scale and substance: a day-long marathon of a sight that engrosses from start to finish.

• draw breath as you ramble through Schloss Belvedere’s lavishly frescoed apartments, sculpture-strewn gardens and a gallery home to the ultimate embrace: Klimt’s The Kiss
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• send shivers down your spine as you venture through Vienna’s war-torn history at the Heeresgeschichtliches Museum
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• be dazzled by Hundertwasser’s wonky floors, madcap mosaics and hallucinatory colours at KunstHausWien
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Sports & Activities.

This is the Schloss Schönbrunn & Around chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

Few sights in Vienna enthral like Schloss Schönbrunn. The vision of its imposing baroque facade, glowing like warm butter on a sunny afternoon, is not one you are likely to forget in a hurry.

• wander the gloriously over-the-top baroque state apartments and laze in the foun-tain-dotted gardens of Schloss Schönbrunn, Vienna’s paean to the giddy, gilded late-Habsburg era
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• dive into the sensual, colour-charged imagination of Klimt at Klimt Villa, a reproduction of his last studio built on the site of the original property
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• wander in Empress Elisabeth’s footsteps at 19th-century Hermesvilla, romantically nestled in woodland.
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.

This is the Stephansdom & the Historic Centre chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

Vienna’s most distinctive landmark is Gothic cathedral Stephansdom. This is the oldest part of the city, with a tangle of cobbled lanes and elegant thoroughfares. Early evening is one of the best times to stroll around and soak up the atmosphere.

• marvel at the intricate details of Stephansdom, the city’s most famous landmark and Aus-tria’s best-known Gothic cathedral
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• conduct your own virtual orchestra and engage with other interactive exhibits at the inno-vative Haus der Musik
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• get acquainted with Austria’s literary luminaries and their seminal works, from the 18th century to the present day, at the Literaturmuseum
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.

This is the Hofburg & Around chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guide-book.

Vienna’s imperial splendour peaks in this part of the city centre, where horse-drawn carriag-es prance along curved, cobbled streets. Its centrepiece is the magnificent Hofburg palace com-plex, which brims with museums and world-famous attractions.

• stroll through the monumental Hofburg palace complex, explore courtyards like the Schweizerhof, and admire the elegant gates, impressive squares, statues of the Habsburg rulers and monumental architecture
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• view Albertina’s world-class graphic-arts exhibitions and its collection of original graphics by masters within its luxurious palace rooms
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• tour the Habsburg imperial apartments – the Kaiserappartements – the Sisi Museum, dedi-cated to Empress Elisabeth, and the Silberkammer (Silver Depot)
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping.

This is the Museum District & Neubau chapter from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

Attractions in this cultural neighbourhood include the incomparable Kunsthistorisches Mu-seum Vienna, packed with old masters; the MuseumsQuartier’s cache of museums, cafes, res-taurants, bars and performance spaces; and the Renaissance-style Burgtheater, where premieres have included Mozart’s and Beethoven’s works.

• throw yourself head first into the artistic vortex of the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, a whirl of Habsburg treasures from Egyptian tombs to rare-breed Raphael, Dürer and Cara-vaggio masterworks
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• check Vienna’s cultural pulse during an art-packed day at the vast MuseumsQuartier, an ensemble of museums, cafes, restaurants and bars inside the Hofburg’s former imperial stables
• transport
• encounter the dinosaurs and prehistoric divas at the Naturhistorisches Museum
• restaurants & accommodation

Coverage includes: Sights, Eating, Drinking & Nightlife, Entertainment, Shopping, Sports & Activities.

This chapter contains the Understand Vienna, Vienna Today, History, City of Music, Visual Arts & Architecture, Vienna in Print & on Film, Transport, Directory A–Z, and Language chapters from Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook.

All the info you need on everything from history, arts and music to flights, public transport, climate, money, the internet... you name it. Get tips for women travellers, gay and lesbian travel-lers, travellers with disabilities, and travellers with kids. And get the most out of your conversa-tions with a handy language guide and glossary.

• a rundown on the city of music, including Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert
• info on Vienna in print and film
• full coverage of the city’s history
• details on arts and architecture, from Habsburg grandeur to innovative modern design

Coverage includes: Understand Vienna, Vienna Today, History, City of Music, Visual Arts & Architecture, Vienna in Print & on Film, Transport, Directory A–Z, and Lan-guage.