6 Local Spots in Vienna Tourists Don't Know About
6 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Café Central
14 Herrengasse, Innere Stadt, Vienna, 1010, Austria
In January 1913, you could have walked into Café Central and found, at various tables on any given week, Leon Trotsky, Joseph Stalin, Sigmund Freud, Josip Broz Tito, and Adolf Hitler — all living in Vienna simultaneously, all unknown to history, all nursing coffees in the same neighbourhood.
Donauinsel
Donaustadt, Vienna, 1220, Austria
The Donauinsel is a twenty-one-kilometre artificial island that exists because Vienna got tired of flooding.
Hotel Sacher
4 Philharmonikerstraße, Innere Stadt, Vienna, 1010, Austria
In 1832, a sixteen-year-old apprentice chef named Franz Sacher was tasked with creating a dessert for Prince Metternich's dinner guests because the head chef was ill.
Kohlmarkt & Demel
14 Kohlmarkt, Innere Stadt, Vienna, 1010, Austria
Kohlmarkt has undergone the most dramatic social climbing of any street in Vienna.
MuseumsQuartier
1 Museums-Platz, Neubau, Vienna, 1070, Austria
In 1713, Emperor Charles VI needed somewhere to park 600 horses and 200 carriages, so he commissioned Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach to build the most magnificent stables in Europe.
Naschmarkt
Mariahilf, Vienna, Austria
Vienna's oldest market has been feeding the city since the 16th century, and it's spent most of that time arguing about its own name.
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