Rent a bike, Segway, or scooter and explore the best Vienna has to offer on wheels. With your wheels, you can cover a lot of ground, meaning you’ll finish this tour with a well-rounded overview of the makeup of this old dame of a city and the stories it has to tell.&nbsp;

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This magnificent Baroque beauty was the summer residence for the Habsburg Monarchy throughout the 19th century. The Habsburgs ruled over the Austro-Hungarian Empire for 51 prosperous years up until 1918. Schönbrunn Palace started being built at the end of the 17th century, with the intention of it being an Imperial Hunting Lodge. But over the centuries it became much more than that. The sweeping palace grounds now contain a zoo, greenhouses and much more.

Schloss Schönbrunn

If you’re an avid shopper and fashionista, you’re going to love this stop on the tour. This is Mariahilfer Straße, a long pedestrian street stretching all the way down to the city center, lined with shops, cafes and restaurants of all varieties.&nbsp;

Mariahilfer Straße

Haus des Meeres translates in English to House of the Sea, so as you can already probably guess, this is an aquarium. And quite a special one, to say the least. Why? Well, it has to be one of the few aquariums housed in an old World War II tower and this has to be one of the few war towers that now contains around 1.5 million liters of water.&nbsp;

Haus des Meeres

Welcome to the colorful and bustling market known as the Naschmarkt. It’s the biggest in Vienna and attracts visitors for various different reasons, one being the raft of culinary experience you can have here. Also, located either side of the market are some of the best examples of Art Nouveau architecture in the city.

Naschmarkt

The creed scrawled across its front facade says a lot of what this art exhibition space stands for. It also says a lot about the Secession movement from which it got its name. “To each era its art. To art its freedom.” The spectacular Secession building was born in 1898. The style rose up as a reaction to the conservatism that was present in Austria’s art institutions of the time. Its first ever president was Gustav Klimt. His piece, Beethoven Frieze, can also be found in the basement of the Secession.

Secession

From above, it looks just like any other busy intersection, however from below, the story of Karlsplatz is revealed. Yes, this is one of the main junctions of Vienna’s subway lines, but if you go even deeper you’ll find an underground river. You’ll also find here a Baroque church sporting an impressive look and an interesting history.&nbsp;

Karlsplatz

The huge fountain at the heart of this sweeping square and intersection is known as the Hochstrahlbrunnen and was built by the Habsburgs to celebrate the construction of the first water pipe which supplied the citizens of the city access to safe drinking water. Behind the fountain is a Soviet memorial that speaks of the post-war time when Vienna was divided into four occupied zones at the end of World War II.

Schwarzenbergplatz

Vienna’s city center is surrounded by a grand looking tree-lined boulevard. This boulevard roughly traces the same path that a city wall once stood. During the second half of the 19th century, when Vienna was enjoying a period of prosperity and prominent members of the populace started to pressure the Monarchy, Emperor Franz Joseph called for the walls to be torn down and a grand boulevard to be built in its place. Today, the boulevard is dotted with architectural and historical highlights.&nbsp;

Ride Along the Ring

Before Vienna started to take shape as the city it is today, it was a Roman military base called Vindobona. And like all military bases, it was encircled by fortifications. Located here in the past was one of the few city gates that controlled the flow of the traffic passing in and out of the city. It was actually an important gate as it saw traffic coming and going from the Eastern reaches of the Empire. At this spot, you’ll witness remnants of the old city’s wall.&nbsp;

Alte Stadtmauer Stubentor

We hope you enjoyed your time exploring Vienna on wheels and learning about this magnificent city! This tour has been put together by the Cultural Places team, in cooperation with the content production agency, pow. bang. boom, and Sounds &amp; Words.

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