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Vienna is well known for its antiques, and Dorotheergasse is one of the main areas to head for if this is your interest. At the city’s main auction house, in operation since 1907, you can buy everything from antique furniture to jewellery and paintings. Prices can be rather steep, but it’s a fascinating place to browse around if you can’t afford to buy.

Also situated among the many galleries and antiques shops in Dorotheergasse, beautiful jewellery from the beginning of the 20th century up to the 1960s is on offer here. A gem-lover’s paradise.

Here you can find signs and posters that comprised some of the first-ever advertisements in Austria and around the world, as well as antique toys and striking glassware.

Beautiful and innovative furniture from Viennese designers and manufacturers, such as Josef Hoffmann and Thonet, is sold at Ambiente. They can also arrange shipping to get your goods home.

Scientific books, early prints and a wide range of Austrian memorabilia are just some of the specialities of this antiquarian bookshop. You can browse here for hours.

Here old uniforms from the imperial age and military medals are on display.

The gallery organizes several major exhibitions a year of Austrian postwar and contemporary artists.

In nine exhibitions a year Hilger shows early 20th-century artworks as well as contemporary Austrian and international artists.

This gallery in the former Palais Gatterburg specializes in Austrian art, such as new media and object art, as well as photography.

Chairs, tables and other striking pieces of furniture ranging from 1900 to 1970 are lovingly restored here. Designer furniture is also on sale.