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Vienna Central Cemetery

One of Europe's largest cemeteries, with the graves of Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms and the Strauss family.

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Open
Every day
Price
Free
Time Needed
2 hours
Address
Simmeringer Hauptstrasse 234, 1110 ViennaDirections
Getting There
Tram 71 or 11 to Zentralfriedhof 2. Tor.

Why Go

Opened in 1874, the cemetery holds some three million people. Its section of honor gathers the great composers, with a memorial to Mozart among them.

Its Art Nouveau church and avenues of trees make it a peaceful place to walk.

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