Vienna’s Central Cemetery: Visit Second Largest Graveyard in Europe

The Vienna Central Cemetery is the world’s second-largest cemetery by the number of people buried, and Vienna’s most popular cemetery among its almost 50 cemeteries.Travelers from the city center approach through Gate 1. This is the entrance to the old Israelite part, a verdant green burial ground filled with plenty of architecturally significant monuments and tombs of well-known Jewish figures. Address: Simmeringer Hauptstraße 234, 1110 Wien, Austria. * Get to know the Viennese Central Cemetery and everything about what really was the largest city of Austria with about 330,000 graves. * Find out about the graves of numerous prominent figures, view the graves of honor and pay a visit to the vast Luegerkirche. * Stroll through the large, park-like premises of the 19th century and discover the relatively unknown sections.

Go to the Central Cemetery of Vienna, which is one of Europe’s largest, and view the resting places of a number of famous musicians, such as Brahms, Strauss, and Beethoven, and the Memorial to Mozart. Enjoy a viewing of the Church of St. Charles Borromeo, the central architectural building of the Cemetery opened in 1911, and hear about the history of the Presidential Tomb placed merely at the feet of the Church.

Spend a moody half-day exploring Vienna on this private tour with an emphasis on the city’s deceased—including the resting places of Brahms, Strauss, Schönberg, and Beethoven. Visit St. Stephen’s Cathedral and its spooky catacombs—for the catacombs, you’ll be in a small group—then enjoy a sightseeing drive with photo stops to Vienna Central Cemetery. Stop by the Burggarten for the Mozart Statue, then conclude your tour on the Stephansplatz.