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1. Schönbrunn Palace

Imperial palace and gardensHietzing

The Habsburgs' 1,441-room summer palace in Hietzing, with state apartments, formal Baroque gardens, the Gloriette and the world's oldest working zoo in its grounds.

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2. St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Gothic cathedralInnere Stadt

Vienna's Gothic cathedral on Stephansplatz, with a 136-metre south tower, a patterned tiled roof, catacombs and the Pummerin, the largest bell in Austria.

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3. Hofburg Imperial Apartments and Sisi Museum

Imperial palace museumInnere Stadt

Three linked museums in the Hofburg, the Habsburgs' winter palace: Emperor Franz Joseph's state rooms, a museum on Empress Elisabeth and the court silver and tableware.

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4. Kunsthistorisches Museum

Art museumInnere Stadt

Vienna's great art museum on the Ring, built to house the Habsburg collections, with the largest group of Bruegel paintings anywhere, the Kunstkammer and Egyptian galleries.

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5. Upper Belvedere

Baroque palace and art museumLandstraße

Prince Eugene's Baroque summer palace, now a museum of Austrian art holding Klimt's The Kiss, with terraced French gardens running down to the Lower Belvedere.

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6. Albertina

Art museum and Habsburg state roomsInnere Stadt

A former Habsburg palace by the State Opera holding one of the world's great print rooms, restored state rooms and a permanent collection from Monet to Picasso.

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7. Vienna State Opera

Opera houseInnere Stadt

The Ringstrasse opera house that opened in 1869, home to one of the world's busiest repertory companies, with guided tours by day and cheap standing places at night.

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8. Leopold Museum

Modern art museumMuseumsQuartier

A white limestone museum in the MuseumsQuartier built around Rudolf and Elisabeth Leopold's collection, with the world's largest group of works by Egon Schiele.

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9. Wiener Riesenrad

Historic Ferris wheelLeopoldstadt

The Prater's Ferris wheel of 1897, nearly 65 metres high, whose wooden gondolas give slow views across Vienna and featured famously in the film The Third Man.

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10. Karlskirche

Baroque churchWieden

The great Baroque church on Karlsplatz, vowed by Charles VI after the plague of 1713, with a green copper dome, twin columns and Rottmayr's dome fresco.

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