Imperial palaces, coffee houses and music
Vienna was the seat of the Habsburg empire for centuries, and it still has an imperial grandeur. The Hofburg palace, the Schönbrunn summer palace and the Belvedere, with Klimt's The Kiss, are essential visits, and the Kunsthistorisches Museum holds one of the world's finest art collections. The Ringstrasse circles the old town with monumental buildings. The city's musical legacy lives on at the State Opera and the Musikverein. Daily life has its own rituals: coffee and cake in grand coffee houses and wine in the Heuriger taverns on the city's edge.