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Ringstrasse, Vienna

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A ring road surrounding the Old Town of Vienna, Ringstrasse contains many historically and architecturally important buildings. The 5.3 km (3.3 mi) road replaced Vienna's former city walls. While this road was designed mostly as a display of the Habsburg Empire's grandeur, a second, parallel street called Lastenstrasse serves more practical purposes for traffic. Lined with many notable museums and cultural institutions, many of Rinstrasse's buildings are older than the street itself. A loop of the street will take you to the Vienna State Opera, Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Austrian parliament building, Vienna's city hall, and other historic buildings. Plan to see Ringstrasse and other attractions that appeal to you using our Vienna vacation trip planner.
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  • August 15, 2017
    This street which has the form of ring has many buildings of great beauty architectural as the City Hall, Parliament, museums, the Imperial Palace and others
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  • August 14, 2017
    Allows travel around the city and get off at the places most interesting to know and then resume. Clean and cheap
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  • August 12, 2017
    Area with imposing buildings. You can be walking or with the yellow tram runs to the area. We did walk
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