This transboundary property stretches over 12 countries. Since the end of the last Ice Age, European Beech spread from a few isolated refuge areas in the Alps, Carpathians, Dinarides, Mediterranean and Pyrenees over a short period of a few thousand years in a process that is still ongoing. Read more .
Founded in 1923, the Austrian Theater Museum exhibits permanently sketches, models, suits, decors, and numerous paintings.
The City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of the Habsburgs and the cultural and artistic role played by the main aristocratic families. Read more .
The Fertö/Neusiedler Lake area has been the meeting place of different cultures for eight millennia. This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment. Read more .
Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being exploited as early as the 2nd millennium BC. Read more .
Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It played an essential role as a leading European music centre, from the great age of Viennese Classicism through the early part of the 20th century. Read more .
Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Read more .
The Holocaust Memorial, unveiled on 25 October 2, stands in Judenplatz in the centre of Vienna.
In the middle of Vienna's beautiful historical Burggarten, encased in an impressive Jugendstil greenhouse, lies an enclosed little tropical utopia of swirling colourful butterflies and lush rainforest - the Schmetterlinghaus.
The Jüdisches Museum Wien, or the Jewish Museum Vienna, is a museum of Jewish history, life and religion in Austria.
In Salzburg, Mozart's hometown, it's possible to visit his own house, an exciting experience for all the classical music lovers.
The Museums Quartier Wien houses several autonomous artistic institutions, ranging from a creativity centre for children to a classical art museum, from headquarters for dance, film, architecture and theatre to forums for new media and art theatre.
The Haus der Musik (House of Music) in Vienna opened in 2000, and is the first museum of sound and music in Austria.
The Prater, overlooked by the Riesenrad ferris wheel, is one of Vienna's most extensive parks and a favourite with the Viennese for fresh air and exercise.
The 17th and 18th-century collection includes Italian, French, Austrian and Dutch paintings, including masterpieces by Rembrandt and Peter Paul Rubens.
The Wachau is a stretch of the Danube Valley between Melk and Krems, a landscape of high visual quality. Read more .