about Vienna
Vienna invokes the images of creamy pastries and Strauss waltzes, sumptuous concert halls and grandiose buildings. Once home to the powerful Habsburg dynasty, present day Vienna combines modern glass facades and noble old buildings, a wealth of cultural heritage and numerous festivals and events. The driving force of Vienna is the music. Vienna is the city, which helped boost the works of Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Brahms and Maler on the world scene. Elegantly positioned on the Danube River, Vienna boasts charming old city with lavish neo-Gothic and neo- Baroque buildings sidelining the popular Ringstrasse. The central city is dominated by the remarkable St. Stephen's Cathedral towers.