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Here you get hot pots from all over the globe, including Oriental, Caribbean and Mediterranean.

Vienna’s in-crowd gathers in this bar with a magnificent view of the Stephansdom (see pp8–11). Snacks, cocktails and groovy background music are on offer.

The two pavilions on Karlsplatz were built by the architect Otto Wagner in 1897 as twin stations for the Vienna City Train, the horse-drawn and then steam-powered predecessors of today’s underground. In total Wagner designed 34 stations and various bridges and viaducts for the train line that was finished in 1901. The pavilions on Karlsplatz are made of steel and marble slabs, and the roof over the arched entrance gate is decorated with golden ornaments. Both stations lost their function when the modern underground lines were built and are today used as exhibition spaces by the Historic Museum and as a popular café.

The six-year-old gave his first Vienna concert here in 1762.

This is Baroque architect Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt’s most splendid palace (1713–16). The Kinsky family purchased it in 1784 and today it hosts various businesses, shops and a restaurant.

This grand building in Historicist style was constructed between 1856–60 by Heinrich Ferstel as a stock exchange for the National Bank. Now part of the palace is the Café Central (see p94), while the courtyard is used as a shopping arcade.

Otto Wagner built this Neo-Renaissance palace as his home in 1891, before he joined the Secessionist movement. The windows of the upper floor are framed with floral details, but the ground and first floors are built in sombre stone.

Constructed as the summer residence for the Liechtenstein family at the end of the 17th century, the palace is Vienna’s premier home of Baroque art. It has undergone extensive renovation and has been reopened as a museum. This magnificent private collection of Baroque art includes masterpieces by many important artists, such as Raphael, the Brueghels, Rubens, Van Dyck and Rembrandt. The gardens are also open to the public (see p50).

At the end of the 17th century the Liechtenstein family commissioned various architects to build them an impressive Baroque summer residence. It has been renovated and reopened as a museum, exhibiting the private collection of the Liechtenstein family (mainly 17th-century art) (see p98).