Free-flying butterflies
Hundreds circling around you and occasionally landing on you — a close, direct encounter children especially love.
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With children, or if you're already in the Burggarten: yes — the price is low and the time short. As a dedicated cross-city trip: no.
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An art nouveau glasshouse built in 1901 in the palace garden, and among Europe's finest: wrought iron, curved glass and a small cupola. Part of it is now a well-known café; the other part became a butterfly house. Inside is a full tropical climate — heat, high humidity, a waterfall and dense planting — with hundreds of butterflies flying freely around you and occasionally landing on a shoulder or hand. The space is relatively small and a visit takes half an hour at most, which is exactly what makes it a good short stop rather than a day's destination. Its real value is the location: you are inside the Burggarten directly behind the Hofburg, minutes from the Opera and the Albertina. Half an hour in, out again, and on with your day — and in winter it is the warmest half-hour in Vienna.
Hundreds circling around you and occasionally landing on you — a close, direct encounter children especially love.
Art nouveau from 1901 in wrought iron and curved glass — the building rewards looking as much as its contents.
Burggarten, Vienna