Recommendations

Rule of thumb
– Day trips to Vienna for max. 2 persons rather public
– Extension to day ticket within Vienna: plus approx. 8 €
– On Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays rather by car, as easier to park
The tickets can be purchased at the ticket counter, ticket machine or here.

By car
Albizia-Apartments – Wien Mitte: approx. 35 min
A short-term parking zone applies throughout Vienna, valid Mon.-Fri. (working day), 08:00 – 22:00, maximum parking time = 2 hours. There are a few exceptions on business streets or street sides that are reserved exclusively for residents. These exceptions are always well signposted at the beginning and end of the parking lane. Outside Mon.-Fri. (working day), 08:00 – 22:00, parking is also possible for residents in marked areas.

Public transportation: Train and subway
Baden station – U1, Stephansplatz: approx. 45 min. Single tickets, day and weekly tickets are available at Baden station, optionally including all public transport within Vienna. Discounts for children, senior citizens, people in need, students and groups of 6 or more.Tickets can be purchased at the ticket counter, ticket machines or here.

Public transportation: Badener Bahn
Josefsplatz Baden – Vienna State Opera: approx. 60 min.
The tickets described above are also valid for the traditional, somewhat slower Badener Bahn, Josefsplatz stop. This also takes you to one of the largest shopping centers in Europe, the SCS Westfield (bus stop: Vösendorf SCS). There is also plenty of free parking at SCS Westfield. (Exit A2: Mödling)

Cafè Mozart
Albertinapl. 2, 1010 Vienna (behind the State Opera)
Nice souvenir: poster with all Viennese coffee varieties
www.cafe-mozart.at

Café Central
Herrengasse 14, 1010 Vienna
Traditional coffee in a nice atmosphere
www.cafecentral.wien

Café Friedrich at Kunst im Haus Wien
Weißbergerlände 14, 1030 Vienna
In the style and museum of Hunddertwasser
www.friedlich.wien/index.php/de

Only if you’re around there anyway:

Café Zartl
Rasumofskygasse 7, 1030 Vienna
What’s special: no tourists (from you)

Café Rüdigerhof
Hamburgerstraße 20, 1050 Vienna
Beautiful, cool garden in summer
www.tripadvisor.at/Restaurant_Review-g190454-d1319632-Reviews-Cafe_Rudigerhof-Vienna.html

Café Prückel
Stubenring 24, 1010 Vienna
Wonderful literary coffee in the style of the 50s.
www.prueckel.at

Rollettmuseum Baden
1 km, 13 min. on foot
www.rollettmuseum.at

Beethoven House
1.2 km, 15 min. on foot
www.beethovenhaus-baden.at

Römertherme
1.5 km, 20 min. on foot
www.roemertherme.at

Kaiser Franz Josef Museum
3 km, 40 min. on foot
www.kaiser-franz-josef-museum-baden.at

Hinterbrühl lake grotto
18 km, 25 min. car
www.seegrotte.at

SCS Westfield (shopping center)
20 km, 20 minutes by car
www.westfield.com/austria/scs/

Time Travel
An entertaining, interactive 4-D journey through the history of Vienna
www.timetravel-vienna.at

Coffee houses in Vienna
Coffee houses are made for lingering for hours and enjoying coffee in a pleasant atmosphere.
See separate chapter.

Technisches Museum Wien
A foray into technology for the whole family
www.technischesmuseum.at

House of Music
A playful approach to music
www.hausdermusik.com

Natural History Museum
with many old skeletons of dinosaurs and other extinct creatures
www.nhm-wien.ac.at

Butterfly house
Tropical oasis with lots of butterflies in the middle of Vienna
www.schmetterlinghaus.at

House of the Sea
Huge terrariums and aquariums in an old flack tower
www.haus-des-meeres.at

Kunsthistorisches Museen
Many old paintings by Rembrandt, Bruegel, Rubens, Dürer etc.
www.khm.at

Albertina
A very large art museum. Ideal for a rainy holiday.
www.albertina.at

Vienna Prater
40 km, 45 min. by car. 40 min. Public
A nice leisure park and green park for the whole family
www.praterwien.com/startseite/

Schönbrunn Zoo
oldest zoo in the world
www.zoovienna.at

Technisches Museum Wien
A foray into technology for the whole family
www.technischesmuseum.at

Punch and Judy theater at Urania
between Praterstern and Stephansplatz
www.kasperlundpezi.at

Punch and Judy show in the Prater
in the Prater (watch out for the crocodile!)
www.praterkasperl.com

House of the Sea
Huge terrariums and aquariums in an old flack tower
www.haus-des-meeres.at

House of Music
A playful approach to music
www.hausdermusik.com

Family Park near Rust
45 km, 45 min. by car. Leave early!
A nice amusement park for the whole family
www.familypark.at

Heurigen restaurants are simple wine taverns, run by local winegrowers, in which they are allowed to offer their own wine, the “Heurigen” as well as food to go with it. They are found in Baden and all other wine villages in Austria. Since the wine taverns are not allowed to be open all year round, they alternate and publish their opening times in wine tavern calendars, also on the internet. But there are always enough open at the same time.

Heurigen calendar Baden
www.baden.at/heurigenkalender

In summer, various communities in Lower Austria and Burgenland offer open-air performances.
See https://theaterfest-noe.at

Here is our personal selection:

Stage Baden
Near Cassino
Genre: Operetta, Musical
www.buehnebaden.at

Sommerspiele Perchtoldsdorf
Car: 30 km, 25 min.
Genre: Drama, serious
www.sommerspiele-perchtoldsdorf.at

Opera in the quarry, St. Margarethen, Burgenland
Car: 45 km, 40 min.
Genre: Opera heavy
www.operimsteinbruch.at

Seefestspiele Mörbisch, Mörbisch, Burgenland
Car: 55 km, 55 min.
Genre: Musical/operetta with Lake Neusiedl in the background
www.seefestspiele-moerbisch.at

Christmas market at the town hall
The main Christmas market and very crowded, the beautifully decorated park makes up for the crowds
www.christkindlmarkt.at

Schönbrunn Christmas market
with lots of space, it’s not so crowded
https://www.weihnachtsmarkt-schoenbrunn.at

Christmas market on Karlsplatz
with lots of artistic products