Wiener Staatsoper
The Staatsoper is considered to be the N°1 Opera House of Central Europe. Even if you’re not into that kind of culture, the impressing building itself is worth a visit. Show up there two hours before the regular start of the perfomance and you can get tickets for as little money as 20 Austrian shillings (US$ 1.50).
When they are playing to a full house, there are no seats for holders of these cheap tickets, but the atmosphere in the standing room is funny anyway and most days enough seats remain free. T-shirt and jeans is also ok as long as you do not attend to a premiere. See the Staatsoper programme
Address: Opernring, 1. Bezirk
Related Travel Information
Vienna Nighclubs
Cafe Spitt
Pleasant, unpretentious student place with brown wall panels and flowered curtains. It's cosy place and the waitress is un-Viennese friendly. Try the exellent cider-like Radler beer. Subway: Friedensbrücke, 9th district
address: Fuchtshallergasse.
Tunnel
Beer, Wine and Food (Pizza, Pasta, Arabic stuff) at modest prices. Great breakfast variety for about US$ 2.50. Very gemütlich place. Service is unfriendly enough to remind you that you're in Vienna. Livemusic in the cellar (therefore Tunnel) on most evenings, sometimes entrance free.
Subway: Josefstädter Strasse or Schottentor, 8th district.
address: Florianigasse.
Wiener Staatsoper
The Staatsoper is considered to be the N°1 Opera House of Central Europe. Even if
Stephansdom
The heart of the inner city. The 'Steffl', like some locals call it, dominates the Stephansplatz and the Vienna skyline with its Gothic bulk and the brightly coloured chevrons of its tiled roof. Inside, the high vaulted interior is studded with Baroque details. The highlight is an early 16th century carved stone pulpit with portraits of the four fathers of Christian church, sculpted by Anton Pilgram. The area beyond the transepts is roped off, so to get a good look at the Wiener Neustädter Altar, a masterpiece of late Gothic art.
Another feature of interest is the catacombs, where the entrails
Vienna - Eating Out
Austria's cooking is great. If you like flummeries, pastries and sweets, it is the paradise on earth. These dishes are not necessarily served as a dessert, they can also be a complete main dish. The traditional venue for eating out in Vienna is the Beisl, an intimate neighbourhood place, somewhere between restaurant and pub, providing good home cooking and a cosy refuge for local beer drinkers. There are plenty of these both within and beyond the Ring. The best places to look are districts 6,7 and 8.
Vienna is also the true home of the traditional Kaffeehaus or
