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District guide · Vienna

Historic sites, Up to 1 hour in Innere Stadt, Vienna — page 2

The Innere Stadt is Vienna's central district, the old town that once defined the entire city until 1850. Stephansdom cathedral, the Wiener Staatsoper, and the...

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Editorial responsibility: Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor

The Innere Stadt is Vienna's central district, the old town that once defined the entire city until 1850. Stephansdom cathedral, the Wiener Staatsoper, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum stand among the major landmarks here. The district contains exceptional architecture and cultural institutions that justify a visit to its historic streets.

Checked 2026-09-04

Practical information

Language spoken
German
German is Austria's official language; Croatian, Slovenian and Hungarian also have official status in some regions
Dialling code
+43 1
Vienna landlines; drop the leading 0 of 01 when calling from abroad
Currency
Euro (€, EUR)
Austria introduced euro banknotes and coins in 2002
Emergency number
112
One number across the country; 144 reaches an ambulance directly
Plug type
Not recorded
No verified national official source was found
Tap water
Safe to drink
Austria's national tourism authority states that tap water is drinkable in every region

Top things to see

Ranked by importance — sitelinks, pageviews and heritage status, not editor preference.

  1. Stephansplatz Stephansplatz
    26 20 min

    Stephansplatz

    Stephansplatz is the square at the geographic and historic centre of Vienna, formed around St. Stephen's Cathedral and taking its name directly from it.

    • High
    • Historic site
  2. Schottenstift Schottenstift
    27 1 hour

    Schottenstift

    Schottenstift is a working Benedictine abbey on Freyung square in the Innere Stadt, founded in 1155 by Duke Henry II Jasomirgott.

    • Notable
    • Historic site
  3. Palais Kinsky Palais Kinsky
    28 30 min

    Palais Kinsky

    Palais Kinsky is a Baroque palace at Freyung 4 in Vienna's first district, built between 1713 and 1716 by Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt for Count Philipp Vinzenz Daun, a Habsburg field marshal, and later passed by marriage to the Kinsky…

    • Notable
    • Historic site
  4. Palais Todesco Palais Todesco
    29 15 min

    Palais Todesco

    Palais Todesco is a Ringstrasse-era palace facing the Vienna State Opera across Kärntner Straße, built between 1861 and 1864 by Ludwig Förster and Theophil Hansen for the brothers Eduard and Hermann Todesco, Jewish bankers ennobled by Franz Joseph I as…

    • Notable
    • Historic site
  5. Hofburg Palace Hofburg Palace
    30 20 min

    Hofburg Palace

    Schweizertor

    The Hofburg is not a palace but a district of palaces, and the Austrian president works in it.

    • Notable
    • Historic site

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