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Many thanks to the travellers who used the last edition and wrote to us with helpful hints, useful advice and interesting anecdotes:
John Carroll, Albert Castell, Lene Cools, Graham Courtenay, Cristina Domínguez, Daniel Hammerl, Alessandra Ongaro, Cristian Polescu, Amanda Raffaelli, Martin Rauch, Glenn van der Knijff, Daniel Ward
Many thanks to the many Viennese who helped with expert knowledge and advice while this book was being researched and written – including staff at the Vienna Tourist Board, Tom Venning and Ishimitsu Takako for interviews, Reini Weissensteiner for offering tips, and the folks at the galleries around town who gave insights into the art scene. Huge thanks to coauthor Kerry Christiani for her fantastic work on the book, and commissioning editor Dora Whitaker, Annelies Mertens and the rest of the Lonely Planet team.
A big Dankeschön in Vienna to Astrid Pockfuss and her team at the Vienna Tourist Board. Huge thanks also to the fantastic folk I met and interviewed: shopping maven Lucie Lamster-Thury, coffee-house connoisseur Eugene Quinn, Kay Fröhlich at Café Central, Rainer Staub at Café Sperl and Vienna Guides Service tour guide Gertrude Frantal. I’d also like to say Danke to my Vienna friends Chiara and Karin for invaluable tips, Monika Christiani for being a fun travel companion, and coordinating author Anthony Haywood for being a star to work with. Finally, thanks go to Dora Whitaker for giving me the gig and the entire Lonely Planet production team.
Firstly, I am forever indebted to the dedicated staff at tourist offices in Krems, Znojmo, Bratislava and Melk who helped me along the way. A huge thank you to my Ukrainian parents-in-law for their free child-care services, and to my wife and two sons, for all the days we spend apart.
Vienna U- & S-Bahn map © 2013 Wiener Linien
Cover photograph: Schloss Belvedere, Colin Dutton/4Corners ©.
This 7th edition of Lonely Planet’s Vienna guidebook was researched and written by Anthony Haywood, Kerry Christiani and Marc Di Duca. The 6th edition was written by Anthony and Caroline Sieg. The 5th edition was written by Neal Bedford with assistance from Janine Eberle. This guidebook was commissioned in Lonely Planet’s London office, and produced by the following:
Commissioning Editor Dora Whitaker
Coordinating Editors Carolyn Boicos, Gabrielle Innes
Senior Cartographers Mark Griffiths, Anthony Phelan
Coordinating Layout Designer Wibowo Rusli
Managing Editors Sasha Baskett, Annelies Mertens
Senior Editor Catherine Naghten
Managing Layout Designer Jane Hart
Assisting Editors Janice Bird, Tali Budlender
Assisting Cartographer Alison Lyall
Cover Research Naomi Parker
Internal Image Research Gerard Walker
Language Content Branislava Vladisavljevic
Thanks to Laura Crawford, Ryan Evans, Larissa Frost, Chris Girdler, Genesys India, Jouve India, Trent Paton, Kerrianne Southway, Ross Taylor