Vienna, Austria:
Upper Belvedere
At the end of April, I traveled to Vienna for a week in order to attend a congress.
Despite the busy conference schedule, I was able to see the major sights of Austria’s capital. In addition to a good number of impressive churches, I visited such world-class museums as the Secession, the Albertina, the Upper Belvedere, the Natural History Museum, the Imperial Treasury, and the Museum of Art History. Some of humankind’s most valued treasures are kept here – from the truly ancient Venus of Willendorf up to the 20th century paintings of Pablo Picasso, Gustav Klimt, and Egon Schiele. I was really stunned by all the magnificence!
Danube in Vienna
view towards the Donauturm (Danube Tower)
Vienna International Centre
modern architecture
Donauturm (Danube Tower)
tulips
Karlskirche (St. Charles’s Church)
High Altar
detail of the High Altar
detail of the High Altar
view towards the ceiling
“Running and jumping is life threatening! Screaming is not cool!”
ceiling painting
ceiling painting
painting in the topmost cupola
view towards St. Stephen’s Cathedral
library of the Vienna University of Technology
Secession Building
detail of the ‘Beethoven Frieze’ by Gustav Klimt (1901)
modern art exhibition in the Secession Building
facades in Vienna
Museum of Art History
Museum of Art History
Neue Burg (New Castle)
equestrian statue of Prince Eugene of Savoy
at the Hofburg Palace
at the Hofburg Palace
Kohlmarkt
St. Michael’s Wing
St. Michael’s Wing
Looshaus
St. Michael’s Church
High Altar
remains from Roman times
beautiful facade
Kohlmarkt
sculpture at building’s facade
Peterskirche (St. Peter’s Church)
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
St. Stephen’s Cathedral
inside St. Stephen’s Cathedral
old architecture mirrored in modern architecture
Capuchin Church
Capuchin Church
the Albertina art museum
‘Self Portrait Grimacing’ by Egon Schiele (1910)
‘Self Portrait with Peacock Waistcoat’ by Egon Schiele (1911)
‘Fighter’ by Egon Schiele (1913)
‘The Water Lily Pond’ by Claude Monet (1917-1919)
‘Inner Alliance’ by Wassily Kandinsky (1929)
‘Bullfight’ by Pablo Picasso (ca. 1960)
detail of ‘Bust of a Woman after Cranach the Younger’ by Pablo Picasso (1958)
detail of ‘Woman in a Green Hat’ by Pablo Picasso (1947)
‘Venice, the Pink Cloud’ by Paul Signac (1909)
Habsburg Staterooms
Habsburg Staterooms
Monument against War and Fascism
Monument against War and Fascism
Palm House
Neue Burg (New Castle)
equestrian statue of Prince Eugene of Savoy
Theseus Temple in the Volksgarten
Volksgarten (People’s Garden)
Rathaus (city hall)
Burgtheater (Court Theatre)
Parliament Building
Wiener Konzerthaus (Concert Hall)
Soviet War Memorial
Soviet War Memorial
Lower Belvedere
Lower Belvedere
Upper Belvedere
sphinx sculpture
Upper Belvedere
Belvedere Gardens
Upper Belvedere
inside the Upper Belvedere
inside the Upper Belvedere
selfie point with a copy of Gustav Klimt’s ‘The Kiss’
view across the Belvedere Gardens
Upper Belvedere
main staircase of the Natural History Museum
main staircase of the Natural History Museum
main staircase of the Natural History Museum
main staircase of the Natural History Museum
main staircase of the Natural History Museum
mineral collection
mineral collection
fossil collection
a trilobite from the Ordovician of Russia
an ammonite from the Cretaceous of Germany
dinosaur hall
marine reptile from the Cretaceous of the USA (~88 million years old)
Venus of Willendorf (~28,000-25,000 BCE)
Venus of Willendorf (~28,000-25,000 BCE)
Venus of Galgenberg (~30,000 BCE)
Emperor Francis I in his collection
zoology collection
stuffed Anaconda
reptile room
stuffed crocodiles
Sigmund Freud Museum
Sigmund Freud Museum
Votive Church
inside Votive Church
Main Altar
stained glass
Vienna State Opera
Augustinian Church
inside Augustinian Church
altar
Court Library
roof of the Court Library
at the Spanish Riding School
coronation vestments of the Kingdom of Lombardy and Venetia
Austrian Crown Jewels in the Imperial Treasury
Imperial Crown
Cradle of the King of Rome
Holy Nail Relic
Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire
Holy Lance, Imperial Cross, Particle of the True Cross
main staircase of the Museum of Art History
ceiling painting
Egyptian collection
Egyptian collection
Egyptian collection
Stele of An-em-her (217 BC)
Stele of An-em-her (217 BC)
collection of antiques
collection of antiques
collection of antiques
collection of antiques
clock with wooden case (1584)
clock with wooden case (1577-78)
ornamental basin with ewer (1590-94)
Saliera by Benvenuto Cellini (1543)
detail of ‘Portrait of Maximilian I’ by Albrecht DĆ¼rer (1519)
detail of ‘Portrait of a Woman’ by Lucas Cranach the Younger (1564)
collection room
detail of ‘Large Self-portrait’ by Rembrandt (1652)
‘The Head of Medusa’ by Peter Paul Rubens (1617-18)
‘Water’ by Giuseppe Arcimboldo (1566)
‘Madonna of the Rosary’ by Caravaggio (1603)
coin collection
I can only recommend a visit to beautiful Vienna to see all of it with your own eyes!
Matt Travels 
Thank you, Matthias, for this extensive tour of Venice. You covered so many places, shared many lovely photos and took the time to label each one, much appreciated as I visited the city with you. I really like how you captured the modern as well as ancient times of Vienna. Especially found the ancient clocks beautiful.
thank you so much for checking out my post and writing such a nice comment!! I am very happy that you liked it!! š
Woow these are such beautiful photos! ā¤
thank you so much!! Glad you liked them!! š
Such gorgeous photos of my home city ā”
thank you so much – glad you like them! š
Love the pictures! But Vienna isn’t a place where you can be for 2 days and gain the full experience. It would take about a year to take all that city has got for you. It is a place to stay.
thanks – I was there for a week and surely didn’t have time to really see and experience everything as I went there for work! The world has too much to offer for one person to see everything in detail!