Austria | Texture of Life

Vienna, Austria’s capital, lies in the country’s east on the Danube River. Its artistic and intellectual legacy was shaped by residents including Mozart, Beethoven and Sigmund Freud. Nowadays Vienna is also known as a modern art centre and a city with a very high quality of life

Hofburg Palace Hofburg Palace has been the heart of power in Vienna since 1279, this massive palace complex now serves as the workplace and home of the President of Austria	Hofburg Palace The palace complex – one of the largest in the world – is particularly interesting, as its major buildings reflect more than 700 years of architectural history.
Dome interior at the Hofburg Palace	Statue in Neue Burg, Hofburg Palace
Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church) The church was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI. In 1713, when the Black Plague was sweeping through Vienna, Charles vowed that if the plague left the city, he’d build a church in the name of St Charles Borromeo – an Italian bishop who helped plague victims.	St. Stephen's Cathedral The magnificent Gothic edifice that is St Stephen’s Cathedral is one of Vienna’s most culturally significant landmarks. It’s also an important heritage site, and is respected across Austria and indeed throughout the world.
Schönbrunn Palace Schönbrunn Palace was once the summer residence of Austria’s imperial family. Today Schönbrunn is one of Europe’s finest surviving Baroque complexes and the most popular attraction in Vienna.	The Albertina Art Museum The Albertina art museum is the home to one of the world's largest and most important graphic collections, with more than 65,000 drawings and around a million old master prints.
Breathtaking view of Vienna from Danube Tower	Breathtaking view of Vienna from Danube Tower
Breathtaking view of Vienna from Danube Tower	Vienna’s skyline as seen from Danube Tower
Vienna’s skyline as seen from Danube Tower	Danube River The Danube’s course from west to east takes it through ten countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Ukraine), and as Europe’s lifeline it unites a wide variety of peoples, religions, and cultures into a harmonious whole.
Danube Riverfront.	Donaukanal The Donaukanal is a former arm of the river Danube, now regulated as a water channel, within the city of Vienna
Vienna Skyline	Village landscape of Austria

Hofburg Palace

Hofburg Palace has been the heart of power in Vienna since 1279, this massive palace complex now serves as the workplace and home of the President of Austria

Hofburg Palace

The palace complex – one of the largest in the world – is particularly interesting, as its major buildings reflect more than 700 years of architectural history.

Dome interior at the Hofburg Palace

Statue in Neue Burg, Hofburg Palace

Karlskirche (St. Charles's Church)

The church was originally commissioned by Emperor Charles VI. In 1713, when the Black Plague was sweeping through Vienna, Charles vowed that if the plague left the city, he’d build a church in the name of St Charles Borromeo – an Italian bishop who helped plague victims.

St. Stephen's Cathedral

The magnificent Gothic edifice that is St Stephen’s Cathedral is one of Vienna’s most culturally significant landmarks. It’s also an important heritage site, and is respected across Austria and indeed throughout the world.

Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace was once the summer residence of Austria’s imperial family. Today Schönbrunn is one of Europe’s finest surviving Baroque complexes and the most popular attraction in Vienna.

The Albertina Art Museum

The Albertina art museum is the home to one of the world's largest and most important graphic collections, with more than 65,000 drawings and around a million old master prints.

Breathtaking view of Vienna from Danube Tower

Breathtaking view of Vienna from Danube Tower

Breathtaking view of Vienna from Danube Tower

Vienna’s skyline as seen from Danube Tower

Vienna’s skyline as seen from Danube Tower

Danube River

The Danube’s course from west to east takes it through ten countries (Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Romania, Moldova, Bulgaria, and Ukraine), and as Europe’s lifeline it unites a wide variety of peoples, religions, and cultures into a harmonious whole.

Danube Riverfront.

Donaukanal

The Donaukanal is a former arm of the river Danube, now regulated as a water channel, within the city of Vienna

Vienna Skyline

Village landscape of Austria