4 Hidden Gems in Vienna Most People Walk Right Past
4 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Hundertwasserhaus
36 Kegelgasse, Landstraße, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Friedensreich Hundertwasser hated straight lines.
Narrenturm
2 Spitalgasse, Alsergrund, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Emperor Joseph II built Europe's first dedicated psychiatric institution in 1784, and it looked exactly like what you'd expect from a man who believed mental illness could be cured with architecture: a perfectly circular five-storey tower with cells arranged around a central courtyard, designed so patients could exercise in a controlled circle and never find a corner to hide in.
Sigmund Freud Museum
Berggasse 19, 1090 Vienna
Sigmund Freud lived and worked at Berggasse 19 for forty-seven years — from 1891 until 1938, when the Nazis forced him to flee to London.
Third Man Sewers
Girardipark (near Karlsplatz), 1040 Vienna
In 1949, Orson Welles ran through these sewers as the black marketeer Harry Lime, and a network of cholera-era drainage tunnels became one of the most famous film locations in cinema history.
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