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The Lobau is spread over more than 4,900 acres and creates a romantic landscape, with trails winding between lakes and a path with labelled plants and trees.

This old family business offers traditional Austrian clothing ranging from Loden coats and jackets to beautiful Dirndl dresses and Lederhosen leather trousers. Also stocks modern variations of traditional garments.

Everything about the famous Russian Lomo cameras and Lomo accessories that you could wish to find.

No other building triggered so much controversy as the Loos Haus, finished in 1911. Emperor Franz Joseph thought the functional building ruined the square’s look and had the curtains closed at his Hofburg palace to avoid looking at it. Four floors are covered in green marble but the building’s plain upper floors caused uproar among the architect’s contemporaries. Today it is home to a bank.

When Beethoven (1770–1827) gave his first concert in the Vienna Court Theatre in 1795 he already had a reputation as an excellent pianist. Born in Bonn, he moved to Vienna aged 22 to receive tuition from Joseph Haydn and, briefly, Mozart. In 1805 his opera Fidelio premiered at the Theater an der Wien (see p111).

This cosy beer hall not only offers a large variety of national and international beers but also live music and cultural events. Toys, books and special facilities for kids are also available.

Enjoy classic Viennese cuisine and creative variations in the grand Art Nouveau atmosphere of the Konzerthaus. There are frequent special concert dinners on Sundays (see p123).

A great place for a luxury dinner in the magnificent Konzerthaus. Sophisticated Viennese cuisine.

Gustav Mahler, the director of the Vienna State Opera from 1897 to 1907, was buried at the Grinzinger Friedhof in 1911. The cemetery is in a peaceful location on the outskirts of the city. Mahler’s simple white gravestone was designed by his friend, the architect and designer Josef Hoffmann.

One of the finest examples of an Art Nouveau-style house was designed by the celebrated architect Otto Wagner in 1898. The house is decorated with colourful floral patterns on glazed tiles – pink roses, green leaves and blue blossoms spread across the building’s weather-resistant surface. The window sills bear matching floral patterns. The house is now divided into apartments with shops on the ground floor.