Vienna is a gorgeous city with the wealth of centuries on display.

The home of Empires: the Babenberg, the Habsburgs, the Holy Roman Empire, the Austrian Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

This is the wealthiest city in the world and every year called the first or second world city with the best quality of life. From the humblest to the richest of goods for sale in the city all are top quality and top price.

The traditional European home of music and art.

The entire old town is now a UNESCO world heritage site.

Saint Steven’s Cathedral, parts dating from the 1200’s, is the symbol of the city.

Magnificent buildings, palaces, churches are literally on every corner and I could fill many blogs with pictures of them.

 

If you visit here please be sure to tour the Hofburg Castle, home to the Habsburg family for 600 years.

There are countless restaurants here, of course. Here are some fun food shots taken while walking around.  I could have shot hundreds.

A Vienna story. When the second Turkish siege of Vienna was lifted by the Polish army in 1687, the Turks left behind hundreds of bags of coffee. The enterprising Viennese used them to set up the first coffee houses. Their patrons did not like the grounds in their coffee typical of the Turkish brew and so they invented filter coffee.