Walk out of the Michaelertor, the domed gate of the Hofburg, and the first thing you'll hear is hooves. A row of open black carriages waits along the palace wall on Michaelerplatz, two horses to each, the horses dozing in their blinkers while the drivers wait for fares. These…
The court is gone, but the places that fed it are still open. Within ten minutes' walk of the Hofburg are a confectioner that held the imperial…
The Hofburg has no single front door. It's a block of 19 courtyards with gates on every side, and the museums inside each have their own entrance…
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…
The most visited part of the Hofburg is in the middle of a makeover. On 19 November 2026 the Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Imperial…
The Spanish Riding School is the oldest working part of the Hofburg. It's been training horses here since at least 20 September 1565, the date of the…
