Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
The 1st-floor
Vienna 1880-1914
collection is a holy grail for Klimt fans, with an entire
room devoted to erotic golden wonders like
Judith
(1901),
Salome
(1909),
Adam and Eve
(1917) and
The Kiss
(1908).
Neoclassicism, Romanticism & Biedermeier Art
is strong on works by
Georg Waldmüller and Caspar David Friedrich, whereas in the
Realism & Impressionism
sec-
tion French masters share the limelight with their Austrian and German contemporaries.
VIENNA FOR CHILDREN
It was once said the Viennese love dogs more than they love children, and while this might be true for some
folk, Vienna is actually quite child friendly. Its museums, attractions and theatres, such as the Kunsthistorisches
Museum (
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) and the Albertina (
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)
, arrange children's programs over the summer months.
The Prater, with its wide playing fields, giant Ferris wheel (
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), playgrounds and funfair, is ideal for
children. There are good combined tickets (see boxed text
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)
for a magic show on Riesenradplatz
known as Miraculum, Austria's highest structure,
Donauturm
(
www.donauturm.at
;
22, Donauturmstrasse 4;
adult/child €7.40/5.20, combined ticket incl Riesenrad €13/7.4; 10am-midnight; Kaisermühlen Vienna
International Centre), and the
Liliputbahn
(
www.liliputbahn.com
; complete circuit adult/child €4/2.50), a mini-
ature railway connecting the Würstelprater with Ernst-Happel-Stadion,
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. Just as fascinating for adults
as for kids - and adults can also relax here over a drink and sausage while the kids see the animals - is the Tirol-
erhof, inside the Tiergarten (
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) at Schloss Schönbrunn. Actually a historic farmhouse from Tyrol decon-
structed and rebuilt inside the zoo, it holds ancient Noric horses, as well as goats, bulls, chickens and other farm
animals. The Donauinsel (
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)
is another place where kids can run off their energy. Swimming pools, loc-
ated here and throughout Vienna, are free to children under 15 over the summer school holidays.
www.kindermuseum.at
; 07, Museumsplatz 1; exhibition adult/child €4/free, activities child €4-6, accompanying
adult free; 8.45am-4pm Tue-Fri, 9.45am-4pm Sat & Sun, activity times vary; ; Museumsquartier,
Volkstheater), next door to the WienXtra-Kinderinfo (
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) in the MuseumsQuartier, is a bonanza for kids,
with a craft studio and ocean, lab, and science and exhibition sections (some of these multimedia) for exciting
sessions of about 1½ or two hours aimed at kids up to the age of 14; book ahead.
child €7/5.50; 10am-5pm Sat & Sun; ) focuses quite understandably on the 16 children of Maria Ther-
esia, and the kids dress up in costume. But it's not all hobnobbing - they'll also find out what aspects of life
made the right royal Habsburgs different from mere low-life mortals. The obvious - fortune, fame, pets you can
ride - are a start.
PALACE, MUSEUM
Unteres Belvedere
(Lower Belvedere; 03, Rennweg 6; adult/child €11/free; 10am-6pm Thu-Tue, to 9pm Wed; D)
Built
between 1712 and 1716, Lower Belvedere is a treat of baroque delights. Highlights in-
clude Prince Eugene's former residential apartment and ceremonial rooms, the
Groteskensaal
(Hall of the Grotesque; now the museum shop), a second
Marmorsaal
(Marble
Hall), the
Marmorgalerie
(Marble Gallery) and the
Goldenes Zimmer
(Golden Room). Tempor-
