Summer days on the Danube Canal are best spent lolling in a deckchair at this urban beach, where you can chill over craft beers, ice cream or Aperol spritz. Inside, it's a massive glasshouse with sofas to lounge on as you gaze out at the waterway, imagining it's the Adriatic coast (Adria = Adriatic): appealing should weather turn inclement.


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1. Monument to the Victims of Fascism

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On the site of the former Gestapo headquarters during the Nazi era at Morzinplatz, this 1985 monument features the Star of David and the pink triangle,…

2. Morzinplatz

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Situated on the Danube Canal between Salztorbrücke and Marienbrücke, Morzinplatz is dominated by the Monument to the Victims of Fascism.

3. Ruprechtskirche

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Vienna's oldest church is believed to date from 740. The lower levels of the tower date from the 12th century, the roof from the 15th century and the iron…

4. Stadttempel

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Vienna’s main synagogue, seating 500 people, was completed in 1826, after Toleranzpatent reforms by Joseph II in the 1780s granted rights to Vienna’s Jews…

5. Maria am Gestade

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Originally a wooden church built by Danube boatsmen around 880, Maria am Gestade (Maria on the Riverbank) was built in stone between 1394 and 1414, making…

6. Wiener Kriminalmuseum

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The Vienna Crime Museum is a gruesome chapter in the Viennese obsession with death. It takes a tabloid-style look at crimes and criminals in Austria and…

8. Ankeruhr

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A Jugendstil (Art Nouveau) masterpiece created by Franz von Matsch in 1911, this mechanical clock was named after the Anker Insurance Co, which…