This tourist map of Vienna marks 12 top sights and a 4.2 km walking route through the centre, from the Ankeruhr to the MuseumsQuartier Wien, with hidden gems in orange; the PDF lists all 28. It is free to view, print and download.
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Each sight is described in full on the tourist attractions in Vienna.
The numbers below match the pins on the map, the PDF and the video. The first 9 sights sit on the walking route through the centre; the other 3 are a U-Bahn or tram ride away.
The map marks 23 of the 28 hidden gems in orange. The other 5, The Lost Garden of Schloss Schönbrunn, Gasometer Town, the Jubiläumswarte, Wotruba Church and the Cemetery of the Nameless, lie outside its frame and appear in the PDF with their distance from the centre. Twenty of the 23 on the map are listed below; the PDF gives all 28 with addresses.
The PDF is the same map on four A4 pages. Page 1 holds the map with the numbered legend, a box on getting around and the licence. Page 2 describes sights 1 to 7 with a photo, a short text, the address and access. Page 3 covers sights 8 to 12 and starts the 28 hidden gems, which continue on page 4 before seven neighbourhoods. In English, 1.6 MB. Edition: October 2026.
Start of a 4.2 km (2.6 miles) route, about 55 min on foot without the visits, at Hoher Markt 10-11. The Art Nouveau clock is free to see from the street at any hour, and at noon the whole procession of figures parades across it. The first leg, 0.4 km, runs south to Stephansplatz.
On Stephansplatz. The rear of the nave is free; the main nave, the catacombs and both towers are ticketed. The next leg is the longest of the route, 1.1 km and about 13 min, along the Graben past the Wiener Pestsäule to the Hofburg.
At Michaelerkuppel. The Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Silver Collection are ticketed, while the outer courtyards and squares stay open and free. Walk 0.6 km on to the Burggarten and the Palmenhaus.
At Burggarten 1. The garden and the glasshouse, whose central hall is now a brasserie, are free to walk into; the Butterfly House in the wing alongside is ticketed. The Albertina is 0.3 km away at the corner of the garden.
At Albertinaplatz 1, on the last standing bastion of the old city walls. Entry is ticketed, and the terrace above the entrance looks straight down Operngasse to the Vienna State Opera, the next stop 0.2 km away.
At Opernring 2, on the Ringstrasse. Performances are ticketed, and the loggia, grand staircase and tea salon are shown on daytime guided tours. The next leg, 0.7 km, follows the Ring to Maria-Theresien-Platz.
On Maria-Theresien-Platz, facing its natural history twin. Entry is ticketed; the Picture Gallery holds the largest group of Bruegel paintings anywhere and the Kunstkammer is downstairs. The Naturhistorisches Museum is 0.3 km across the square.
At Burgring 7. Entry is ticketed and the museum is closed on Tuesdays. The Venus of Willendorf, a limestone figurine roughly 29,500 years old, sits in her own room. The last leg, 0.5 km, leads to the MuseumsQuartier.
End of the route at Museumsplatz 1, in Neubau. The site is open around the clock and free to cross; each museum, from the Leopold Museum to mumok, charges its own admission. Museumsquartier station, on the U2, is next to it.
The centre is walkable: the 9 stops of the route cover 4.2 km, about 55 min on foot without the visits. The longest leg, 1.1 km and about 13 minutes, runs from St. Stephen's Cathedral along the Graben to the Hofburg Palace.
On the U-Bahn, Stephansplatz (U1 and U3) serves the cathedral and the Ankeruhr, Herrengasse (U3) the Hofburg Palace, Karlsplatz (U1, U2 and U4) the Vienna State Opera and the Albertina, Volkstheater (U2 and U3) the two museums on Maria-Theresien-Platz and Museumsquartier (U2) the MuseumsQuartier Wien. Trams 1, 2, D and 71 run along the Ring with stops at the Opera and at Burgring, and city buses 1A, 2A and 3A stop at Hoher Markt, by the Ankeruhr. One ticket covers the U-Bahn, trams and city buses.
Sights outside the walking route:
Entry to three of the numbered sights can be booked online: the Hofburg Palace, with the Sisi Museum, on the walking route, and Schönbrunn Palace and Belvedere Palace outside it.
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