Soul of Vienna Guide

Enjoy unforgettable experiences with the Soul of Vienna guide.

Here are unforgettable experiences that capture the soul of Vienna. Discover the best experiences, read interviews with those who give the city its spirit and see illustrations that capture the city's soul.

Inside Soul of Vienna you can:

• Visit culinary snail farm on the outskirts of the city
• Discover a ship on which you can go ice swimming
• Experience an unknown Renaissance palace
• Enjoy a night in a luxury bunk bed panelled with polished mahogany wood
• Taste a scoop from the most delicious goulash pot in Central Europe
• Take a fake detour to Tokyo
• Visit a cemetery for people who drowned in the River Danube

Soul of Vienna is written by Barbara Kadletz and Wolfgang Reitter who explored the city at length to discover the multiple facets of this legendary city that is capable of reinventing itself and surprising us.

If we really want to experience the true essence of Vienna today, where do we go? Soul of Vienna is your guide to the best of what this city really is right now – and how it’s evolving. 

Celebrating both the old and the new, we’ll meet the guardians of the city’s authentic heritage and talk with the bright young things who are building its future, we’ll eat at hidden restaurants and explore the city’s long-forgotten corners.

Join us as we experience the soul of Vienna together.