Lower Austria
The Nationalparkhaus, near Hardegg, has loads of information and an exhibition on the park’s various ecosystems and animal residents, including wildcats,…
Must-see attractions in Lower Austria & Burgenland
The Danube Valley
This city-promoted museum space features some excellent changing exhibitions based around mostly Austrian artists. Schiele has made a couple of…
Burgenland
This small museum in the town centre concentrates its displays on the gemstone serpentine and its local mining (it was first mined in the town in the mid…
The Danube Valley
This 15th-century Gothic church sits on a hilltop overlooking the town; its front doors are approached along a labyrinth of covered pathways. Look out for…
Pfarr-und Wallfahrtskirche Maria Taferl
The Danube Valley
Rising high above the Danube Valley, this baroque church was created by Jakob Prandtauer (of Melk fame), and has two onion domes and dark dome-frescoes…
The Danube Valley
A fabulously evocative castle ruin from the 12th-century, set high above the Danube. The views from the ramparts are worth the climb and various events…
Lower Austria
This monument on Hauptplatz to the Holy Trinity, dating from 1714, is one of Austria's weirdest. It's a dribbly affair, like cake left out in the rain…
Lower Austria
Partly housed in the former St Peter’s monastery, the city museum was undergoing complete renovation at the time of writing. It's expected to reopen…
Neusiedler See
The church’s tower is a good vantage point for observing storks' nests and the priest doesn't seem to mind. It’s located at the eastern end of…
Lower Austria
Romanian-born Swiss artist Daniel Spoerri shows both his own work and that of others at this beautiful former convent. Exhibitions change at least yearly.
Neusiedler See
At the opposite end of Rathausplatz from the Katholische Kirche, this is the oldest church for miles around, built between the 12th and 16th centuries.
The Danube Valley
This parish church combines Gothic and baroque elements, along with the wonderful 13th-century frescoed Romanesque funerary chapel.
The Danube Valley
Alongside the tourist office, the rococo Minorite church from 1739 is decorated with magnificent ceiling frescoes dedicated to St Johannes Nepomuk.
Südburgenländisches Freilichtmuseum
Burgenland
Next to the Burgenland Therme, this small but rewarding open-air museum is filled with thatched buildings from 19th-century Burgenland.
Lower Austria
For a bird’s-eye view of the Landhausviertel, take the lift to the top of this tower, which often stages temporary art exhibitions.
Lower Austria
This Cistercian monastery offers tours of its historic site and is also just a nice place for a spot of contemplation.
The Danube Valley
Directly below the church, the tiny, pretty Wachau Museum showcases artists of the Danube School.
Krems an der Donau
Stein's pretty and impressive central square: look for the 18th-century Steinerathaus.
Lower Austria
Dating from the 13th century, this former castle was turned into a military academy in the mid-18th century (founded by Empress Maria Theresia) and was…
Lower Austria
This Carmelite convent, 6km southwest of Heiligenkreuz, was the site of the famous Mayerling murder-suicide of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Empress…
The Danube Valley
Of the picturesque 16th-century houses and other prominent buildings lining Dürnstein’s streets, the meticulously restored Chorherrenstift is the most…
Lower Austria
The Rollett Museum covers important aspects of the town’s history. The most unusual exhibit is the collection of skulls, busts and death masks amassed by…
Burgenland
The Europäisches Hundemuseum is Europe's only museum dedicated to our four-legged friends. The oddball collection of dog paraphernalia includes paintings,…
Burgenland
Situated in a house dating from the early 18th century, this museum dedicated to Haydn was where the great composer lived from 1766 to 1778. Probably one…
Burgenland
The Landesmuseum plunges you deep into the local history of the region, seemingly all at once, including a collection of Roman mosaics, ancient artefacts,…
Krems an der Donau
Housed in a former Dominican monastery, the town’s museum has collections of religious and modern art, including works by Kremser Schmidt, who painted the…
Lower Austria
The tall Dreifaltigkeitssäule dates from 1782. It has a captivating, white, oversized swirl of motifs, and was built partly to mark the passing of the…
Lower Austria
Franziskanerkirche was completed in 1770 and has a grandiose altar offset by side altar paintings by Kremser Schmidt.
Amphitheater Bad Deutsch-Altenburg
Lower Austria
This grass-covered amphitheatre formerly seated 15,000. It now hosts a theatre festival over summer.
