This time you will discover the beautiful world of Vienna’s extraordinary churches, an important part of the Austrian capital city’s history, culture and street-life in winter and spring.

My blog is mostly written for my guests, visiting various locations in Indonesia, Croatia, Brazil and Austria. Mauritius hopefully will be added very soon. I market my friends properties mostly online and also handle bookings. Our visitors appreciate some insider tips where to go and what to do aside from the information you can find in regular tour guide books.

The Tomb Of Emperor Frederick III In The Stephansdom In Vienna- Painting by Rudolph von Alt

The Stephansdom Crypt is the resting place of the imperial family and holds royal intestines and thousands of skeletons.

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The transportation system is amazing, subways, trains, buses and trams take you quickly from one place to another and there is no need to own a car. Best to get your 24/48 or 3 to 7 day pass to go wherever you want. During the week the subways run until 12.30 and weekends for 24 hours. In case you miss it there are also night-buses.

Vienna, Stephansplatz and Stephansdom around 1700 ( Image Source)

Since I lived in Bali past 1.5 decades, it's been so much fun to explore my lovely and finally also very cosmopolitan town, which I see with completely different eyes.

When I left at age 18 it was another style, feeling and ambience in town than it is now.

My visit last winter with a crystal clear blue sky

I advice to download the very helpful App called QANDO WIEN ( in english) and I guarantee you that you will never get lost.

Waiting for the Christmas Mass on December 24th

The first stop I always suggest is the centre of Wien " Stephansplatz" and from there just walk around to check in all small streets and around the famous Ringstrasse.

For my privat guests I suggest to take the tram #2 until you reach Schwedenplatz and just walk around towards Graben.

Eat a delicious Topfenstrudl at Cafe Hawelka or some classic Viennese dishes at "The Beisl" right next to it, then walk down to Albertina Gallery ose by the opera, then visit The Hofburg but don't forget to enjoy the sun setting behind both museums of Nature and Art.

Chill out a little bit in the green chairs at the Museums Quartier or have a yummy dinner at one of many restaurants you will find there.

Cafe Hawelka

Museums Quartier

Next stop Albertina

Albertina Film Museum

The Most Beautiful Churches In Vienna, Austria

This article will give you a detailed description of incredibly interesting cathedrals for your culture trip.

The city has a lot to offer for young, old, foodies or sightseeing junkies and also an interesting nightlife, mostly on weekends but make sure you don't miss out to visit at least 2 of those spiritual places, to say your prayer and THANK YOU for Life!

1. The Gothic St. Stephen’s Cathedral (Stephansdom) survived many wars but was first built in 1147.

Here I will show my personal top choices including mostly original photos

Book your classical concert for an unforgettable musical evening directly infront of the gigantic entrance gate.

In 1870 it looked like this

Image Source: Zeffiro Ciuffoletti: Das Reich der Habsburger 1848-1918 - Photographien aus der österreichisch-ungarischen Monarchie

Winter 2017, drinking some hot Gluehwein at the Christmas markets around the church

Spring 2017 and shopping. Street cafes opened everywhere and empty street are filled with many more happy people than usual.

I personally love this alienlike wacky construction a lot.

2. An extraordinary design, The Wotruba Church opened 1976

This cubist Vienna church building looks like some sort of alien stonehenge - Source

This Brutalist-style building in the Vienna Woods is constructed with an abstract pile of 152 grey concrete asymmetrical blocks, staggering on top of one another. This unique church is located in the suburban 23 rd district and might be well worth a trip out of town. This bizzare building is designed by Austrian sculptor Fritz Wotruba, who died before it opened. It couldn't be more different from the grand Baroque buildings of old Vienna.

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The ambition of Wotruba to design something that shows that poverty does not have to be ugly, that renunciation may be in an environment that is beautiful despite the greatest simplicity and makes you happy” is a beautiful goal. But perhaps something else can be taken away from the project and its process that also speaks to the current state of architecture. Instead of the profession’s recent trend towards the introspective, protectionist and self-referential, the Wotruba Church reminds that being more open and collaborative with those “outside of the profession” can bring something greater to the profession as a whole. Architecture is not merely for architects. Nor does it need to be conceived solely by architects. – Jason Hilgefort

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3. Karlskirche is one of the landmarks, a mix of ancient Greek and Roman elements with Renaissance, Baroque and Byzanthine styles, was built to give thanks for the passing of a horrific plague epidemic, this cathedral is an architectural hybrid, created by Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach.

In the early 18th century, Central Europe was hit by the last great outbreak of the Black Plague. Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI made a vow to build a church dedicated to St. Carlo Borromeo—revered for attending to Milanese plague victims in the 16th century, and the emperor’s namesake—if the city was saved. After the plague passed, the new church was officially announced in 1713. - Source

4. Dominikaner Kirche is an exquisite Italian Baroque church in the old town.

Dominican Order came into being at a time when religion began to be contemplated in a new way and is a Catholic religious order founded by the Spanish priest Saint Dominic de Guzman (1170 – 1221) in France, approved by Pope Honorius III on 22 December 1216.

5. Votive Kirche is located in the neighborhood that surrounds the major university in Vienna.

This church is the second highest church in Vienna, one of the most important neo-Gothic sacred buildings in the whole world.

After an assassination attempt on Franz Joseph in 1853, the monarch’s brother commissioned this church to give thanks for saving the life of the emperor. In 1854 a project by the 26-year-old architect Heinrich von Ferstel was chosen as the design, and construction began. After a construction period lasting 23 years, the finished church was dedicated on the day of the silver wedding anniversary of the imperial couple.

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