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VIENNA

A cheeky, well-

written series of guidebooks.”

The New York Times

December 2010 - February 2011

Explore the 7th

Vienna's creative

district

Freezing fun

Skiing, ice skating &

Christmas markets

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CONTENTS

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Contents

Arrival

Getting your bearings on S, U and tram

History

Basics

Vienna Districts

Getting streetwise

Skiing

Slippery slopes near Vienna

Christmas & New Year's Eve

The lights, the gifts, the Glühwein

Culture & Events

Kaiserin Elisabeth

Open air festivals & wine tasting

City of Music

Nightlife

Bars, clubs and other dark rooms

Family Fun

Vienna sounds good

Where to stay

It's a child's world

Sightseeing

From park bench to Park Grand

Coffeehouses

From imperial to contemporary

Wellness & Beauty

Coffee, cake & culture

Restaurants

Spas and more pampering

Getting Around

From Wiener Schnitzel to BBQ

Heurigen & Wine bars

Plains, trains, automobiles

Wine, wine and Wien

Neubau – the 7 th District

Vienna's trendiest shops

Shopping

Whatever you want

Wien Products

Viennese quality

Directory

Maps & Index

Centre map

61-63

Street register

Public transport map

Lind

Venue index

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December 2010 - February 2011

FOREWORD

In December, Vienna undoubtedly looks at its best.

The 'city of dreams' nickname comes to life when the

Christmas decorations are in place and thousands of

lights brighten up the city streets. The city spent over

€3 million on Christmas decorations last year, and in

addition to traditional crystal chandeliers on Graben and

large Asian-style red lanterns on Rotenturmstrasse,

new lights sparkled all over town. This year Vienna

promises to be even more beautiful. Wander around

the streets and visit the Christmas markets (p.10),

the largest of them on Rathausplatz with their gifts,

souvenirs, sweets and delicious Glühwein .

In this issue of Vienna In Your Pocket, we're on a mission

to drag you away from the highstreet and to get you

to shop for cool local products. The city's funky 7th

district is a hive of creativity and partying, and on p.50

we've highlighted some special places here. Then, we're

added some content about the Wien Products that

allow you to “take Vienna home” with you.

Bored husbands and Santaphobes can easily escape

the retail onslaught and head out for some healthy fun in

the snow – Vienna is close to two great ski resorts, within

daytrip distance; see p.9 for details. If that's too fast for

you, try the ice skating in front of the Rathaus (p.39).

No matter what you do this winter, hang on to a copy of

Vienna In Your Pocket to be your guide to this wonderful

city. We're always happy to hear from readers, so do

add your own comments about individual venues to our

website reviews, or send your suggestions to vienna@

inyourpocket.com. Enjoy Vienna.

Greeting from the mayor

Vienna is a city of dreams.

A city full of life, economic

vitality, efficient transportation,

numerous modern buildings and

architectural gems. A city that

offers people work and the youth

a wide range of opportunities.

Vienna is also the city of green

parks, calm, dreamy alleys, art

and music. This city attracts

people. Vienna is growing; life

can be felt on every corner and

in every street.

Vienna is rightly deemed a city

worth living in, a model of providing medical and social

benefits. Hardly any other city in the world is as closely tied

to both medical tradition and medical advances as Vienna.

As the headquarters of international agencies such

as OPEC, the UN and the International Atomic Energy

Agency, Vienna is also a cosmopolitan city of culture and

gastronomy - just as the “Vienna School of Medicine”

became an international term, so too has Viennese

cuisine gained an international reputation.

Simply put, Vienna is the perfect mix: street art and the

State Opera are just as much a Viennese pair as the

Heuriger and first class cuisine. Internationally acclaimed

exhibitions in the Albertina or the Museumsquartier are

just as much a part of us as an improvised stage in

the outer districts or the film festival at Rathausplatz,

Europe’s biggest open air cinema.

The rich spectrum of cultural offerings makes Vienna

a leading cultural metropolis; one often hears the term

“international capital of music” connected with it. On the

one hand, there are the many composers and musicians

who have lived and worked in Vienna over the past few

centuries. On the other, there are the Viennese music

institutions with their grand tradition, which constantly

keep this reputation fresh and carry it forth into the world.

In the best tradition of the many Viennese markets, I can

only say: have a look around!

Welcome to Vienna!

Photo: Hubert Dimko

Cover story

Vienna's magnificent Schönbrunn Palace is one of

the top sights in town, attracting 2,5 million visitors in

2009. The former imperial summer residence was the

Habsburg's Versailles, and the palace and its enormous

gardens illustrate the taste and aspirations of that era.

The park also hosts the oldest zoo in the world, a great

experience for the whole family. Visit the palace and

gard ens, warm up wi th a c o f fe e i n th e won d er full y- na m e d

Gloriette belvedere at the top of the gardens, and enjoy

the glorious views over the palace, the park and the city.

Dr. Michael Häupl

In Your Pocket GmbH

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Editorial

Editor-in-Chief Jeroen van Marle

Contributors

Paul Nogid, Monika Kierewicz,

Dune Johnson, Gretl Satorius

Research Monika Kierewicz

Layout & Design Tomáš Haman

Photos Evi Bauer, Reinhard Böhm

Maps IYP GmbH

Cover: © Schloss Schönbrunn Kultur-

und Betriebsges.m.b.H.

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ARRIVING

By plane

Vienna’s international airport is located in Schwechat, 18km

southeast of the city centre. After passing customs (for ar-

rivals from outside the Schengen zone) and collecting your

baggage, ATMs, banks and tourist information can be found

in the arrivals hall.

To get to town, there’s a choice of rail or road. The City

Airport Train (CAT, +43 1 252 50, www.cityairporttrain.

com) departs every half hour between 06:05 and 23:35,

arriving at S-Bahn station Wien Mitte. The ride takes 16

minutes and costs €10 for a single trip (€7,50 with the

Vienna Card), €18 for a return trip. It’s cheaper to take a

regular S-Bahn train, departing from the airport to Wien

Mitte station approximately every 30 minutes between

04:34 and 00:18; tickets cost €3,60 and the ride takes

about 25 minutes.

Vienna Airport Lines buses (tel. +43 1 700 73 23 00, www.

viennaairportlines.at) depart every 30 minutes between

05:00 to 23:00, stopping of f at U-Bahn Schwedenplatz, the

train stations Wien Meidling and Wien Westbahnhof and the

Vienna International Center (VIC), taking about 30 minutes.

A single ride costs €6, a return trip €11, and tickets can be

bought from the driver.

Ta k i n g a taxi to the centre takes about 15 minutes. If you just

hop into a waiting taxi outside, the ride will cost about €45,

including the fee for returning to the airport empty; it costs

€33 if you mention to the driver or dispatcher that you’d like

the set price ( Pauschaltariff ).

By train

The new Wien-Hauptbahnhof (central station) is currently

under construction, so in the meantime trains from Prague,

Warsaw, Venice, Rome, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Graz arrive

at Wien-Meidling station, above the Philadelphiabrücke U-

Bahn station. Trains from Salzburg, Munich, Zurich, Berlin,

Frankfurt and Budapest arrive at Wien-Westbahnhof, which

is conveniently built on top of the Westbahnhof U-Bahn

station. Trains from Bratislava and Burgenland arrive at the

temporary Ostbahnterminal near the new central station,

which is reached on tram D from the Ringstrasse. All these

stations have luggage lockers and ATMs, and a tourist

information desk office.

Aiport

The City Airport Train departs every half hour from the city

c e n ter (U - Bah n L a n d stras se/S - Bah n Wi en M i t te) to Vi en na

International Airport. The ride takes 16 minutes and costs

€10 for a single trip (€7,50 with the Vienna Card) and €18

for a return trip. The City Air Terminal in the city centre

offers travellers the services of an international airport

terminal. Check in your baggage up to 75 minutes before

departure, get your boarding pass and enjoy the rest of

your journey to the airport comfortably and stress-free.

The City Check-In can only be used with a valid CAT ticket.

The building complex above the train station includes

130,000m² of offices, shops and catering areas as well

as the CAT terminal, and is currently Vienna’s largest in-

ner city project development. Construction was started

in 2007 and is projected to be completed in 2012, with

CAT operating normally the entire time.

City Airport Train , M Landstraße/Wien Mittw,

www.cityairporttrain.com, tel. +43 1 252 50.

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By bus

All international buses arrive at the Vienna International

Busterminal (VIB), which has ATMs and luggage lockers.

Right across the street is the Erdberg U-Bahn station, from

where it’s a 10 minute ride to the city centre.

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By car

Major highways lead from Vienna west to Munich, south

to Venice, east to Budapest and north to Brno. Driving the

350km from Munich will take approximately four hours, the

250km from Budapest are covered in three hours. When

parking in Vienna, pay attention to the short-term parking

zones in the inner districts of the city; using the well-sign-

posted Park & Ride facilities (€3 per day) in the outer districts

and taking a tram into town is a good idea.

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The Danube river is increasingly used for ferry routes to

H u n gar y, Sl ovakia an d G ermany. Ferri es arri ve at Anl e gestell e

Reichsbrücke near U-Bahn station Vorgartenstrasse. Twin

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