Vienna State Opera, located on the Ringstrasse in the heart of Vienna, is one of the world's most renowned opera houses and a major symbol of Vienna. Built in 1869, its inaugural performance was Mozart's "Don Giovanni," and it quickly became the center of the opera world, earning the nickname "the world's opera capital."
The State Opera is a grand neoclassical building constructed with yellow marble. It features five arches on the main entrance, each representing heroism, drama, imagination, art, and love, with bronze statues of the five opera goddesses.
Spanning 9,000 square meters, the opera house has 6 tiers of seating. The walls of the foyers and corridors are adorned with magnificent oil paintings depicting scenes from the most famous works of celebrated composers, including Mozart's "The Marriage of Figaro," "The Magic Flute," and "Don Giovanni," Beethoven's "Fidelio," Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," and more.
During World War II, the stage of the Vienna State Opera was destroyed by Allied bombing, and in 1945, the entire building was consumed by fire. The opera house we see today is a reconstruction, completed in 1955 with over 2,200 seats, and it premiered with Beethoven's "Fidelio" conducted by Karl Böhm on November 5th.
Located in the center of Vienna's Ringstrasse, the Maria-Theresien-Platz, the Vienna Museum of Art History is one of the largest and most important museums in the world. Built with funds from the Habsburg family, the museum has 8 branches and 7 other branches in Vienna and Innsbruck. The art collection at the Vienna Museum of Art History spans five thousand years, from ancient Egypt through ancient Greece to the late 18th century. The museum's art collection focuses on the Renaissance and Baroque periods. The museum's collection is housed in several buildings, including the Picture Gallery, the Collection of Classical Art, the Kunstkammer, the Egyptian and Oriental Art Collection, and the Coin Collection. Visiting the museum's architecture itself is an extraordinary artistic experience, showcasing the grand dome hall and a wealth of Neo-Baroque decorations that are among the most magnificent interior decorations in Vienna, unmatched by other European museums.
Vienna City Hall is a magnificent Neo-Gothic building and serves as the residence of the mayor and city council. The facade of the City Hall features five towers, with a particularly striking central tower reaching a height of 98 meters. When the City Hall was constructed, the church set a rule that non-church buildings should not exceed a height of 100 meters. In order to challenge this rule, the designer cleverly added a statue of a "City Hall Iron Man" on top of the tower, standing at a height of 3.4 meters, symbolizing the spirit of challenging the old order. In front of the City Hall, there is a large park called Rathauspark. Every summer (July and August), concerts and performances are held on the square in front of the City Hall. One month before Christmas, wooden huts are set up on the square to form a Christmas market. During winter, the square transforms into an artificial ice-skating rink, creating a lively atmosphere and serving as a venue for winter ice and snow activities.
Long-standing venue for Viennese cuisine, with famous historic links including to Freud & Trotsky.
