Vienna City Break
A short escape into imperial Vienna, where Habsburg palaces, coffee-house culture and world-class concerts fill every day.
- Common scams — costumed 'Mozart' concert-ticket sellers, U-Bahn pickpockets: Men in red frock-coats and powdered wigs selling 'Mozart' or 'Strauss' concert tickets around Stephansplatz, Graben and outside the Staatsoper push overpriced seats to student ensembles in rented halls — not the palace performances the costume implies; buy directly from a venue box office (Musikverein, Konzerthaus, Staatsoper) instead. Pickpocketing is Vienna's most common tourist crime, concentrated on the U1 and U3 lines and around Stephansplatz, Praterstern and the main stations — keep bags zipped and in front on crowded platforms and as doors close. Clipboard 'deaf-charity' petitions near the cathedral are a distraction cover for the same teams.
- Innere Stadt (1): The central Old Town and most important part of the city where most sights and tourists can be found.
- Neubau (7): The seventh district features the acclaimed MuseumsQuartier, which connects directly the modern museums to the classic museums of the inner city, plus other artsy spots.
- Mariahilf (6): The sixth district continues on from the Naschmarkt up to the Mariahilfer Straße. It has popular bohemian neighborhoods.
- Inner East: The second district used to be the Jewish part of the Vienna town. It stretches from the more wild forests of the Prater to the newly gentrified areas of the Karmeliterviertel and Augarten.
- Landstraße (3): The third district is the largest inner district including the Belvedere Palace, the Schwarzenbergplatz, embassies and an industrial hinterland.
- Source: Wikivoyage, https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Vienna?oldid=5332721 (CC BY-SA 4.0)