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Secrets of the Innenstadt

Warm days are slowly returning back to Vienna: days are getting longer and you can already feel this warm spring wind blowing in your face. I guess now we can start preparing some space in our closets for the winter jackets, and take out the comfiest shoes for long walks – you’ll need them!

One of the best areas in Vienna to go out and explore is, of course, Innenstadt. You can easily spend a whole day wandering around here because of countless activities and sights you can find here: Rathaus, Hofburg, Opera, Stephansdom, Graben, Kärtnerstrasse, museums and many other things. This would be your typical tourist walk though. There’s another, less known side of Innenstadt: quiet, calm and almost devoid of people.

One minute you’re standing near Stephansdom, another – you’re in absolutely peaceful and charming old area, where it’s so quiet, that you start lowering your voice almost to whisper, too. The area I’m talking about is located right near Stephansplatz: what you need is basically just to dive into one of the surrounding arches, big doors, or just follow tiny streets that are spreading from the cathedral.

It’s easy to get lost here, but you’ll enjoy this feeling of purposeless and carefree wandering around. Try doing this walk on a warm spring day and flee away from the big city while not even leaving its borderlines.