Stand in the large courtyard of the Hofburg, In der Burg, and turn toward the side opposite the Imperial Chancellery Wing. The building across from you, with its tower, clock and plain Renaissance front, is the Amalienburg. It's one of the older parts of the palace complex, and…
Two gardens on either side of the Hofburg tell a quieter part of the palace's history. The Burggarten, between the Neue Burg and the Albertina, began…
Plenty of palaces have a library. The Hofburg has a library hall nearly 80 metres long, all shelving, galleries and painted ceiling, built so an…
The Hofburg isn't a palace in the way Schönbrunn or Versailles is. Nobody designed it. It grew, wing by wing, for more than six hundred years, each…
When Austria swears in a new government, the ceremony takes place in a Rococo room in the Hofburg called the Maria Theresa Room. It was once the…
Most people on Josefsplatz look at the bronze emperor on his horse, then at the doors of the State Hall, and go in. Very few look up. They should. On…
Walk into the courtyard In der Burg and turn towards the oldest part of the palace, and you're looking at the most photographed doorway in the…
