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Vienna has one of Europe’s best public transport networks. Metro, trams and buses run until midnight, and on weekends all night. Buy a 24h, 48h or 72h pass — much cheaper than individual tickets. The Wiener Linien app shows real-time connections. Taxis and Uber are expensive in Vienna; public transport is fast and reliable.

Coffee house culture in Vienna is UNESCO-listed. A real Viennese café is not somewhere you rush through — you can sit for hours, read newspapers and order just one coffee. Nobody will hurry you. The waiter automatically brings a glass of water with the coffee. Order a Melange (coffee with frothed milk) or an Einspänner (black coffee with whipped cream).

If you’re visiting Salzburg, try to see Hohensalzburg Fortress and the old town early in the morning before day-trippers from Munich arrive. Salzburg is a small city and very walkable. The Sound of Music phenomenon is real — many tourists come just for that, which locals find mildly amusing, but the tours are genuinely beautiful.

A Heuriger is an Austrian wine tavern that serves its own wine, often in the vineyard itself. Around Vienna in Grinzing, Günzing or Klosterneuburg you’ll find genuine Heurige where locals go for an evening of food and wine. The food is typically Austrian (cold meat and cheese boards, bread, salads) and the wine is the house wine from the winery.

The Vienna State Opera and the Philharmonic are world-famous but tickets can be very expensive and sell out fast. For last-minute budget: standing room tickets (Stehparterre) are sold on the day of the performance from 80 minutes before curtain and cost just €3–4. One of the greatest opera experiences in the world for the price of a coffee.