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Hotel Kugel, located next to the Spittelberg area, has been in operation for more than 100 years. The house offers a relaxed atmosphere and tasteful rooms, some with four-poster beds.

Dedicated to the modern classics and their forerunners, the Kunstforum organizes several major exhibitions a year. By presenting shows of world-famous artists such as Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Paul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso and Vincent van Gogh, the gallery is a constant visitors’ magnet and has always attracted large crowds of art-lovers.

The Kunsthalle has two venues – one within the Museumsquartier and one at Karlsplatz – thereby offering a large amount of space for changing exhibitions. It specializes in contemporary art, particularly object art. At the Karlsplatz site the exhibits can be seen from the outside, as the building is constructed as an airy glass cube.

A fashionable hang-out in the Kunsthalle exhibition space on Karlsplatz (see p45). Occasionally DJs hit the decks and in summer there is seating in a very pleasant garden.

Not only is this gallery home to the paintings and architectural models by the Austrian artist Friedens-reich Hundertwasser, but the colourful building is a work of art in itself. Near the famous Hundertwasserhaus (see pp34–5), the museum’s black-and-white façade, uneven floors and roof gardens were designed by the artist in 1989.

The imperial art collection is housed in the Museum of Fine Arts and includes one of the world’s finest gatherings of works by the Old Masters (see pp18–21).

This remarkable museum contains a stunning array of paintings, including one of the world’s largest collections of Old Masters (see pp18–21).

The Museum of Fine Arts (see pp18–21) and the Natural History Museum (see p103) are the two gems of Vienna’s world-class exhibition spaces and shouldn’t be missed by any visitor.

This edifice was commissioned by the Society of Graphic Artists and built between 1865–8 in the style of the Italian Renaissance. The house serves as a location for changing exhibitions but there is also the House Gallery which is mainly used by the society’s members to present their works in solo shows. Outside the Künstlerhaus is the Passage Gallery, which offers up and coming artists a place to experiment with media and projection art.