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Vienna

Vienna is a city that loves its music and food. Kids will have a great time enjoying traditional sweets and hot chocolate. Famous for Mozart and Strauss, at every turn you'll hear waltzes and impromptu violin concerts on street corners, and don't forget the Vienna Boy's Choir. Vienna is also home to the dancing Lipizzaner stallions, trained at the oldest riding school in Europe. An ancient city founded by the Romans, Vindobona became Vienna, one of the great capitals of Europe.
Vienna Photo Album
    City Center – Innere Stadt
    Hofburg Palace
    East – Prater and Danube (Donau)
    Schoenbrunn Palace
    Vienna day trips
    Take the U-Bahn – The Vienna subway, U-Bahn, is wonderful. Fast and modern, trains run every three minutes or so and will take you throughout the city.
    Tip: If your family is headed to Vienna in summer, you won't see either the Lipizzaner horses (relaxing down on the farm), or the Vienna Boy's Choir (they're usually performing on tour).
   

Fun food

     

There's no end of fun food in Vienna. Hot dogs (bratwurst) are available at snack stands everywhere, and it's a really good hot dog. We also liked a traditional dish of ham and noodles, called Schinken-fleckerin (or Schinkenfleckerl). Vienna is famous for its sweets. Two places to go are Aida, which has chocolate cakes and lovely fruit pastries, and Demel's, the windows are filled with amazing marizpan creations (sit down for a treat, or get goodies to go). When you're feeling in need of a snack or place to rest, stop into a Viennese café, and order up hot chocolate loaded with whipped cream.

kids books vienna austria
     
who was wolfgang amadeus mozart  
Who Was Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart?
Yona Zeldis McDonough

Illustrated biography of Mozart, who as a six year old, played the piano and dazzled the empress of Austria. When Mozart was grown, he and his family lived in Vienna, where he composed some of his finest music. (Chapter book)

 

     
Moonlight on the Magic Flute
(Magic Tree House)
Mary Pope Osborne

It's 1762 in Vienna. Jack and Annie are invited to a party at Schoenbrunn Palace, where they save a young musician named Wolfie from wild animals who've escaped from the palace zoo. (Easy reader)

 

 
moonlight on magic flute
     
i am mozart too  

Anna Maria Mozart (Nannerl), older sister of Wolfgang (Wolfie) Mozart, was a prodigy in her own right. Nannerl and Wolfi played duets on the harpsichord for kings and queens in the palaces of Europe. After he became famous, she continued to compose in secret. (Picture book)

 

     

Antonia, daughter of Empress Maria Theresa, grew up in Vienna, and after she married, became Marie Antoinette. Fictional diary of thirteen year old Antonia, living with her family in the imperial palaces of Vienna and preparing to become the Queen of France. (Chapter book)

 

 
marie antoinette kids books austria
     
klimt and his cat  
Klimt and His Cat
Berenice Capatti, Octavia Monaco

Charming story of the painter Gustav Klimt, and his cat, Katze. Katze watches as Klimt paints in his studio in Vienna, sketches outdoors or in museums, and with swirls, shapes, gold and silver paint, creates a new style of art. Fabulous illustrations. (Picture book)

 

     
White Stallion of Lipizza
Marquerite Henry

Hans works in his family bakery, but he dreams of of the white Lipizzaner stallions and the famous Riding School in Vienna. After seeing a performance with "Airs Above the Ground," Hans knows that he's going to become a Riding Master at the school. (Illustrated chapter book)

 

 
white stallion of lipizza henry
     
childrens books austria The Star of Kazan
 
The Star of Kazan
Eva Ibbotson, Kevin Hawkes

Annika, a foundling, lives in Vienna with three professors. She loves to see the Lipizanner horses, and ride the giant ferris wheel, but Annika dreams of finding her mother. When an old lady moves next door, stories of priceless jewels and the Star of Kazan are the beginning of Annika's adventures. Full of warmth and Vienna from times past, this is a gem. (Chapter book)

 

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