The term Straßenbahnremise refers to the historic brick depots once used to house Vienna’s extensive fleet of streetcars. The Hernals district is home to one of these early sites, which served as the terminus for the first horse-drawn tram…
The Living Daylights in Vienna
This self-guided tour takes you to the iconic Viennese filming locations from the 1987 James Bond classic, showing how the city played both itself and Cold War Bratislava.
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1. Straßenbahnremise
2. Antonigasse & Paulinengasse
The intersection of Antonigasse and Paulinengasse in Vienna’s seventeenth district, Hernals, is marked by its unremarkable residential character. This quiet corner became a point of interest for film enthusiasts as a location for the…
3. Volksoper Wien
The name Volksoper is stamped in giant lettering across the facade of this theater, marking it as the youngest of Vienna’s three major opera houses. Architects Franz von Krauß and Alexander Graf finished the building in eighteen…
4. Währinger Str. 65
Währinger Straße sixty-five is home to the Confiserie zum süßen Eck, a candy shop that has operated at this location for over one hundred and ten years. The shop is recognizable by its storefront, which sits directly across from the…
5. Viennese Giant Ferris Wheel
The Wiener Riesenrad is a massive iron structure standing near the entrance of the Prater amusement park. Rising nearly sixty-five meters above the ground, this ferris wheel features red passenger cabins suspended from a steel frame that…
6. Palais Schwarzenberg
Palais Schwarzenberg is defined by the ornate iron garden fence encircling its grounds, where small, sculpted, decapitated figures commemorate the defeat of Ottoman forces during the historic sieges of Vienna. This grand Baroque structure,…
7. Gasometer
Four enormous red-brick cylinders dominate the skyline here, each standing seventy meters tall and sixty meters in diameter. These structures were built between eighteen ninety-six and eighteen ninety-nine to serve as gas holders for the…
8. Schönbrunn Palace
Schönbrunn Palace is defined by its long, symmetrical facade finished in a distinctive, warm yellow color. This massive Baroque structure contains one thousand four hundred forty-one rooms and served as the imperial summer residence for…
9. Schönbrunn Palace Theatre
The Schönbrunn Palace Theatre sits within a wing of the palace, identifiable by its baroque architecture and its history as one of the first court theaters in Europe. Commissioned by Empress Maria Theresa and designed by architect Nicolò…