5 spring highlights

Here’s what not to miss if you want to enjoy a perfect spring day in Vienna: Admire great art in Vienna’s museums, visit the new Johann Strauss Museum, enjoy a sweet Strauss interpretation in a Viennese coffee house, explore a Viennese neighborhood and round off the day with food and cocktails. A spring day in Vienna doesn’t get more perfect than this.

1. Time for art

Painting by Giuseppe Arcimboldo, Sommer, 1563

Visiting some of Vienna’s museums is simply a must. The city’s more than 100 museums house world-class collections and exhibitions. The current highlight this spring is the exhibition “Arcimboldo – Bassano – Bruegel” at the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien opening on March 11, which explores the interaction between man, nature and time.

2. New Johann Strauss Museum

Room at the Johann Strauss Musuem - New Dimensions with installations of light and music.

All of Vienna has caught the Strauss fever. In 2025 the city is celebrating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the Waltz King, Johann Strauss. Vienna has even opened a new museum to mark the occasion: the Johann Strauss Museum – New Dimensions presents his life in an immersive exhibition. It takes things to a whole new technical level. You have certainly never seen the Waltz King like this before.

3. Find Strauss in a coffee house

Strauss mania is also sweeping through Vienna’s coffee houses. Conditorei Sluka is honoring the composer with a special culinary creation – the Strauss Donauwelle is a tribute to the Danube Waltz, one of Johann Strauss’ most famous works. The characteristic ripple pattern of the popular dessert echoes the gentle flow of the Danube.

4. Explore a Viennese Grätzel

An orthodox Jew makes a telephone call in a street in Vienna

In Vienna, the neighborhoods are called “Grätzel”. Every Grätzel has a very unique atmosphere and its own particular flair. Are you familiar with the Karmeliterviertel, for example? The Jewish quarter in the 2nd district is very authentic and has many different aspects, from cool to kosher. The Karmeliterviertel Walk in our ivie app will also help you to discover this exciting neighborhood.

5. In the evening: dinner, bar & club

Dancing, dining and cocktails – all under one roof at the new Kleinod (meaning “little gem”) on the Ringstrasse. The Kleinod Group already runs several cocktail bars in Vienna, and at this new venue on Vienna’s Ringstrasse, the range is being expanded to include culinary offerings that really stand out from the crowd. There is also a dance floor in the basement, and the famously good Kleinod cocktails are served on every floor.

Kunsthistorisches Museum (Art History Museum)

Maria-Theresien-Platz
1010 Vienna

Opening times
Accessibility
- Main entrance
  - 5 Steps (Double swinging doors 300 cm wide)
    on Maria-Theresien-Platz, no ramp
- Side entrance
  - Barrier-free entrance: Burgring 5 via porter, visitor service accompanies you to the elevator and into the building
- Car parks Main entrance
  - 5 Parking spaces for people with disabilities
    on Heldenplatz
- Elevator available
  - Door 99 cm wide
- Further information
  - Wheelchair accessible restroom available.
- Special offers for people with disabilities
  Wheelchair rental possible (please reserve one day in advance). Special tours for visitors with dementia, in easy language, in sign language as well as guided touch tours (Tel. +41 1 525 24-5202 or email: kunstvermittlung@khm.at), Three masterpieces of the Renaissance collection of the painting gallery, selected objects of the Kunstkammer, the Egyptian-Oriental collection and the collection of antiquities are available to the blind and visually impaired as castings for touching. A brochure with image descriptions of this in Braille is available.
- Comments
  Wheelchair users who visit the museum via Burgring 5 can purchase their tickets at the shop in the lobby.
  Induction loop available at the audio guide stand.
  https://www.khm.at/en/learn/art-education/inclusive-art-education/

Map Points of interest in the area

Johann Strauss Museum - New Dimensions

Friedrichstraße 7
1010 Vienna

Vienna City Card
- Benefits of the Vienna City Card: -20%
  
  Additional information on the offer:
  
  Discount valid on regular Time Slot tickets for adults (no Flex Tickets). Bookable on site and online (Booking code: VCC20).
  
  Please book here to get your Vienna City Card discount:
  - office@johannstraussmuseum.at
  - https://feverup.com/m/274699/en?cp_landing_source=www.johannstraussmuseum&utm_source=direct
Opening times
- Su - Th, 10:00 - 19:00
- Fr - Sa, 10:00 - 20:00