Vienna - The Museum District & Neubau (PDF Chapter)

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
• maps
• 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.