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The Schoenbrunnerbad has a pool for adults and a pool for children.

The Schoenbrunnerbad, the pool adjacent to Vienna's Schoenbrunn Palace, is the place to be seen on the swimming scene. The pool's steep admission price and its swanky location make it a hotspot for members of elite Viennese society. Famous Austrian actors, actresses, and politicians have been sighted there on occasion. However, you don't have to ...

Phil's serves a "stellar" cappuccino.

At Phil, dining patrons have the option to purchase the unique posh furniture they sat on while enjoying a divine coffee beverage or sandwich. The inventive cafe poses as a chic place to have a light meal or drink, but it doubles as a shop selling designer furniture, hip books, and music. Its eclectic nature draws a wide array of customers and provides ...

The Vienna Fan Zone is full of jumbo screens for game-watching.

When the Euro Cup soccer tournament kicked off this past weekend, Vienna's Fan Zone was the place to be. About 250,000 visitors are reported to be in the city for the Euro Cup and close to 30,000 visited the Fan Zone areas throughout opening day. In addition to the plethora of huge TV screens displaying the day's ...

The rose arbors at Schönbrunn are perfect backdrops for memorable photos.

Rose bushes throughout Vienna are currently in bloom, and the Schönbrunn Palace is a prime place to catch a glimpse of some of the best. The right side of the palace is flanked by numerous flowering bushes, with an abundance of roses in various colors, sizes, and scents. A highlight is the two long, adjacent arbors covered ...

Lucie adds expertise and energy to every tour.

Former New York City fashion stylist Lucie Lamster-Thury has taken her designer know-how to the streets of Vienna. Through her new Shopping With Lucie! tour, tour participants travel off the beaten path to the best boutiques Vienna has to offer. In addition to providing background information on the shops and designers, Lucie equips each tour-goer with a coupon card worth ...

The Neubaugasse Flea Market is advertised as "Vienna's coolest".

The Neubaugasse Flea Market returns this Friday and Saturday, May 30-31, from about 10am-6:30pm. Numerous vendors will line several kilometers of the Neubaugasse and will be hawking antiques, cheap clothing, and street festival food. The old-fashioned hand-crank coffee grinders, retro uniform pieces, craft supplies, and inexpensive Asian imports are particularly desirable finds. Many Neubaugasse shops will also have ...

Help yourself to Bobby's free books.

When in Vienna without a book to read, stop by Bobby's British Imports before shelling out a lot of money at a posh bookstore. The shop is now offering a Take-A-Book, Leave-A-Book bin for customer use. Since the shop sells a variety of food products from Great Britain and America, the majority of the books available are in English. Some German copies ...

Colorful butterflies await at the Schmetterlinghaus.

Spring is in the air in Vienna and so are the butterflies at the Schmetterlinghaus (Butterfly House). The Schmetterlinghaus is a gorgeous Jugendstil (German version of art nouveau) greenhouse where visitors can walk freely among hundreds of exclusively tropical butterflies. The space encompasses 280 sq. meters and is located inside the Burggarten Palmenhaus of the Hofburg Palace, what was once the private ...

This sensational strudel is a steal at €2.

For a sensational slice of apple strudel at an incredible value, head to the Naschmarkt. There, the Wiener Naschmarkt Bäckerei (Vienna Naschmarkt Bakery) sells huge hunks of delicious strudel for a mere €2 each. Each slice is fresh, packed full of apples, and topped with a sprinkling of confectioner's sugar. For more information about the Naschmarkt, see ...

The Secession can be seen from the edge of the Naschmarkt.

When exiting or entering Vienna's Naschmarkt from the Karlsplatz end, be sure to catch a gimpse of the picturesque Secession building. The building is one of Vienna's famous landmarks and served as a place for cutting-edge Jugendstil (German version of art nouveau) artists to display their work. Today, it houses a lovely art museum that contains Gustav ...