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Best Things to do in Austria (2026)

Activities and experiences, from markets and classes to outdoor trips and evening entertainment, for filling your time in a destination.

5 places · Updated October 27, 2026

Our top 3 things to do in Austria

  1. Naschmarkt Food market, Mariahilf and WiedenVienna's best-known food market, a long strip of around 130 stands and small restaurants along the Wienzeile, with a flea market every Saturday morning.
  2. Spanish Riding School Classical riding performances, Innere StadtThe Habsburg riding school in the Hofburg, where Lipizzaner stallions perform classical dressage in the Baroque Winter Riding School and train in public most mornings.
  3. Musikverein Concert hall, Innere StadtThe 1870 concert building by Theophil Hansen, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, whose gilded Golden Hall hosts the New Year's Concert and has famously fine acoustics.

Thing to do

1. Naschmarkt

Food marketMariahilf and Wieden

Vienna's best-known food market, a long strip of around 130 stands and small restaurants along the Wienzeile, with a flea market every Saturday morning.

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3. Musikverein

Concert hallInnere Stadt

The 1870 concert building by Theophil Hansen, home of the Vienna Philharmonic, whose gilded Golden Hall hosts the New Year's Concert and has famously fine acoustics.

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Thing to do

4. Kahlenberg

Viewpoint and hiking hillDöbling

A 484-metre hill on the edge of the Vienna Woods with a terrace looking over the city and the Danube, reached by bus via Grinzing or on foot through vineyards.

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