Innere Stadt
The Innere Stadt is the 1st municipal district of Vienna located in the center of the Austrian capital.

The Innere Stadt is the 1st municipal district of Vienna located in the center of the Austrian capital. The Innere Stadt is the old town of Vienna. Until the city boundaries were expanded in 1850, the Innere Stadt was congruent with the city of Vienna. Traditionally it was divided into four quarters, which were designated after important town gates: Stubenviertel (northeast), Kärntner Viertel (southeast), Widmerviertel (southwest), Schottenviertel (northwest).
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Worth seeing in and around Innere Stadt
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01University of Vienna
The University of Vienna is a public research university in Vienna, Austria. Founded by Duke Rudolph IV in 1365, it is the oldest university in the German-speaking world and one of the oldest universities in the world in continuous operation.
800 m · public university in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 02Belvedere
The Belvedere is a historic building complex and art museum in Vienna, Austria. The complex consists of two Baroque palaces, the Upper and Lower Belvedere, together with the Orangery, the Palace Stables, and a formal Baroque garden.
2 km · building complex that includes two Baroque palaces in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 03St. Stephen's Cathedral
St. Stephen's Cathedral (German: Domkirche St.
300 m · church in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 04Hofburg Palace
The Hofburg is the former principal imperial palace of the Habsburg dynasty in Austria. Located in the center of Vienna, it was built in the 13th century by Ottokar II of Bohemia and expanded several times afterwards.
500 m · palace located in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 05Vienna State Opera house
The Vienna State Opera is an opera house and opera company located in Vienna, Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road.
700 m · opera house in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 06Kunsthistorisches Museum
The Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien is an art museum in Vienna, Austria.
900 m · art museum in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 07Ernst-Happel-Stadion
Ernst-Happel-Stadion, known as Praterstadion until 1992, is a football stadium in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Austria's capital Vienna. With 50,865 seats, it is the largest stadium in Austria.
3.8 km · stadium in Vienna · Wikipedia - 08Albertina
The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings.
600 m · art museum in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia - 09Austrian National Library
The Austrian National Library is the largest library in Austria, with more than 12 million items in its various collections. The library is located in the Neue Burg Wing of the Hofburg in center of Vienna.
500 m · largest library in Austria · Wikipedia - 10Natural History Museum, Vienna
The Natural History Museum Vienna is a large natural history museum located in Vienna, Austria. The NHM Vienna is one of the largest museums and non-university research institutions in Austria and an important center of excellence for all matters relating to natural sciences.
900 m · natural history museum in Vienna, Austria · Wikipedia
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Getting to Innere Stadt
- Airports
- Vienna (VIE), 18 km · M. R. Štefánik (BTS), 63 km · Graz (GRZ), 152 km
- Stations
- Wien Hauptbahnhof, 2.8 km
- Feldkirchen bei Graz → Innere Stadt6 km · quickest by road, 22 min · €0.5–1
- Linz → Innere Stadt155 km · quickest by road, 2h 42m · €19–26
- Klagenfurt am Wörthersee → Innere Stadt0 km · quickest by road, 3 min · €0
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Innere Stadt
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Innere Stadt. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inCompare prices at https://www.elines.cz and http://www.eurolines.at }} Minibuses, or shuttle vans to Český Krumlov and surrounds are common, but more expensive that EURegio train tickets, especially for round-trips.
- Get inMinibuses may match their times to passengers needs.
- Go nextYou may also consider making the journey by ferry: The Twin City Liner makes the journey through the Danube.
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Next door to Innere Stadt
- Leopoldstadt2nd municipal District of Vienna, Austria3.1 km
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- Alsergrund9. district of Vienna2 km
- Landstraße3rd municipal District of Vienna, Austria2.4 km
- Wieden4. district of Vienna2 km
- Josefstadt8. district of Vienna1.6 km