Madame Tussauds Vienna - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

One of Vienna's trademark sights is the Riesenrad or giant Ferris wheel located at the start of the Prater amusement park.The Giant Ferris Wheel was erected in 1897 to mark the 50th year of Emperor Franz Joseph's accession to the throne. It has been an enduring feature of the city's skyline ever since. It is one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the district as well as the city for many people.

The Prater is a large public park in Leopoldstadt, Vienna, Austria. The Wurstelprater, an amusement park that is often simply called "Prater", lies in one corner of the Wiener Prater and includes the Wiener Riesenrad Ferris wheel. Full of turbulent roller coasters, spooky ghost trains and attractions of all sorts - there is hardly any other place in the world to challenge your senses in this intoxicating way.

The KunstHausWien is a museum in Vienna, designed by the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. This museum in the Landstraße district houses the world's only permanent exhibition of Hundertwasser's works, and also hosts regular temporary exhibitions of other artists. The KunstHausWien operates as a private business and does not receive any government aid. In 2009 the KunstHausWien received 174,000 visitors.

The Hundertwasser House in Vienna is one of Austria’s architectural highlights. The house designed by Friedensreich Hundertwasser draws visitors from around the world. The Hundertwasser Village is open everyday from 9:00 till 18:00 o'clock. The Hundertwasser Museum in the Kunst Haus Wien may be visited daily from 10:00 till 18:00 o'clock.

Otto Wagner's Postal Savings Bank building is considered a key work of European modernism and turn-of-the-century Vienna. With the 1904-1912 building, Wagner (1841-1918) created his most modern and important building. In every structural detail, every feature, every piece of furniture designed by Wagner, practicality and usability lead to intelligent, coherent, highly aesthetic solutions.

Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna stands for an extraordinary union of applied art, design, contemporary art and architecture. Founded as the Imperial Royal Austrian Museum of Art and Industry in 1863, today’s museum—with its unique collection of applied arts and as a first-class address for contemporary art—can boast an incomparable identity.