EXPLORE VIENNA

History & Stories

Vienna, only you.
Romans and Habsburgs. Emperors and princesses.
Maria Theresa and Bertha von Suttner.
White Horses and Red Vienna. Boys’ Choir, Mozart and Falco.
Baroque and modern.

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YOUR GUIDE

Robert

born, raised & lives in Vienna

Many years of experience in tourism at Vienna Airport and with airlines.

Learned a lot about art and culture in 17 years at the Dorotheum auction house.

Completed the training as a certified tourist guide.

Let’s discover this beautiful city together.
Because in Vienna, history is fun.

YOUR VIENNA TOURS

Discover the city, its history and stories.
I look forward to showing you around my Vienna.

The current Covid-19 regulations unfortunately do not allow us Viennese guides to offer guided tours at the moment. As difficult as this situation is, I understand and support this measure. Only together we can make it through this time.

All the more reason for me to look forward to welcoming you to one – or more – of my guided tours in a few weeks time.

In the meantime, I will of course be happy to take your requests for guided tours.

Tour

CITY WALK

Each step a piece of history
First the Celts, then the Romans, the Babenbergs and the Habsburgs. Now it’s up to you to explore Vienna. We’re going to walk from St. Stephen’s Square via the Graben and Kohlmarkt to the Hofburg – the centre of imperial power and splendour of the Danube Monarchy. Across the Josefsplatz and to Albertina we will return to St. Stephen’s Cathedral. Vienna at its finest.

Costs	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 or more guests group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I'D LIKE TO SEE THAT

Registration: City Walk

Tour

ZENTRALFRIEDHOF FOREVER

135 years, 330.000 graves, last resting place for Viennese and many celebrities

Walk with me about Europes second largest cemetery. Our tour takes us past historically interesting graves, graves of honour and into the impressive Art Nouveau church by Max Hegele.
Discover great history and small stories around Viennas Central Cemetery. A graveyard does not necessesarily have to be sad.

Costs	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 persons or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I WANT TO PARTICIPATE

Registration: Central Cemetery

Tour

VIENNA AT 1900 – Part 1

On the trail of Art Nouveau from Wienzeile to Karlsplatz

Art Nouveau architects – to a certain extent they were the punks at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. The old no longer suited them, so they created something new and never before seen.
On our walk we pass Otto Wagner’s famous houses at Wienzeile, the Secession and also some less known testimonies from the time around 1900.

Costs	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 persons or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I'LL JOIN THE TOUR

Tour: Vienna at 1900: Tour 1

Tour

VIENNA AT 1900 – Part 2

From the Hohe Brücke to the Stadtpark

Starting at the Art Nouveau bridge, our path leads across the Graben to the Trattnerhof and Fleischmarkt. Otto Wagner’s legendary building for the Postal Savings Bank and the Vienna River Portal in the Stadtpark are further highlights on our way through Vienna around the time of 1900.

Costs	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 persons or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I'LL SIGN UP RIGHT AWAY

Tour: Vienna around 1900: Tour 2

Tour

PALAIS DOROTHEUM

More than 300 years of auction history
From the founding of the Dorotheum by Joseph I in 1707 to the current auctions – in the historical rooms you will learn about the history of the renowned auction house, how auctions work and what the Dorotheum has to offer to its clients in addition to sales.

In cooperation with Dorotheum.

Cost	EUR 23 per person
Duration	about. 90 minutes
Dates	by arrangement

I'LL BOOK THIS NOW

Registration: Palais Dorotheum

Tour

HELDENPLATZ

“Heroes Square”

Of “heroes” and other people
Historically biased, appropriated by rulers and governments and reclaimed by the Viennese, this symbolic and historic square is today in close proximity to some of the most important political and cultural institutions of the republican Austria.
A tour through the history of the “Main Square of the Republic”. And then we are heroes…

Cost	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 guests or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I WANNA SEE THIS

Tour: Heldenplatz-ENG

Tour

COURT SUPPLIERS & OTHER STORES

From Aida to Zacherl – on the tracks of traditional Viennese companies in the 1st district.
Between all thecity centers international chains, designer boutiques and souvenir stores we look for and find traces of the “good old business-times”. Where people shop in the Steffl departement store today, there was once a shopping temple designed by Otto Wagner. And not far from there you could find the “most Parisian of all department stores in the world”.
A few traditional companies still exist. Others are now history. On this walk we will bring them back to life a little bit.

Cost	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 guests or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

THIS IS SOMETHING FOR ME

Tour: Heldenplatz-ENG

Tour

MEMORIALS AT THE CENTRAL CEMETERY

Big tragedies and the small drama
Vienna’s largest cemetery also reminds us of the great tragedies of Austrian history. Our tour takes us to memorial sites such as the National Memorial to the Victims for a Free Austria and the February Fighters Memorial. But we also visit places of remembrance on a smaller scale: cemeteries of different religious communities, anatomy graves, forest cemetery… A walk around the central cemetery away from the graves of honour.
Please note, the memorials tour takes about 3 hours.

Cost	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 guests or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 3 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I LIKE TO GO

Tour: Memorials Central Cemetary

Tour

BOULEVARD OF PROLETARIANS

100 years of Viennese council housing
What Viennese take for granted today was an internationally admired social experiment 100 years ago.
We will visit and talk about seven municipal buildings, which were built between 1919 and 1934 on the Margareten Gürtel and provided decent housing for Viennese workers.

Cost	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 guests or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I AM GAME

Registration: Boulevards of Proletarians

Tour

MY SIMMERING

Community buildings, football stars and the last executioner of Vienna
The 11th district of Vienna is probably not the first choice for visitors to Vienna. But this former suburb offers a long and interesting history. As one of the centres of Red Vienna fought over in the interwar period, the district is now a popular residential area.
If you would like to see Vienna off the beaten tourist track, I look forward to showing you the Simmering where I grew up.

Cost	EUR 23 per adult (min. 3 guests) EUR 10 per child under 12 years 9 guests or more group price EUR 200
Duration	about 2,5 hours
Dates	by arrangement

I'M IN

Registration: Simmering

Your personal Tour

EXTRAWÜRSCHTL* & SPECIAL WISHES

That’s all well and good, but maybe you would actually much rather have a different tour, prefer a private tour or want to show Vienna to your guests?

Let me know what you are up to. I will be happy to take care of your wishes.

*Extrawürschtl: typical viennese expression for a very special request

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PICTURE-PERFECT VIENNA

Take a look at our impressions. And come to Vienna afterwards. Everything is even more magnificent in reality. You will be amazed. Word of honour.

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FANCY A TOUR?

I am looking forward to hearing from you.

Robert Eichhorn
certified tour guide
+43 660 60 28 308