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Motto, in the Margareten Vorstadt (inner suburb), has for many years been a household name among food aficionados in Vienna. Now another fascinating Motto augments this on the Danube Canal, inside the Wien-City ferry terminal. The tastefully designed Motto am Fluss is a restaurant, bar and cafe, which resembles a luxury cruiser, with exposed iron struts and waterside windows offering wonderful views over the Danube Canal.
Dip into the sensual world of Vienna’s most famous Secessionist at the neo-baroque Klimt Villa in Hietzing.
Roll up for a circus-themed extravaganza of a sleep at the 25hours Hotel, with big-top views of Vienna.
Marvel at Renaissance and baroque wonders in the Kunsthistorisches Museum’s new Kunstkammer, a cabinet of art and curiosities.
Hidden away inside Palais Palffy in the shadows of the Hofburg, the new Phantastenmuseum Wien fills a gap for fantastic realism in Vienna’s museum landscape.
Cat cafes are common in Japan, but Cafe Neko is the only one in Vienna. Feline friends roam around and gaze down from the elevated walkway upon the disgracefully fallible but admiring human species.
Sleek, modern and with a bar area, Tian serves some of Vienna’s best vegetarian food. Ingredients are organic and it’s all aimed at sustainability.
Factor in a rest day of thermal bubbles at the new Therme Wien day spa south of the centre.
Hear the Vienna Boys’ Choir hit angelic high notes at MuTh, their new home in the Augarten.
Mozart, Emperor Franz Joseph, Freud and Falco hang out under one roof at Madame Tussauds Vienna, the waxwork wonderland in the Prater.
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