Scavenger hunt in Austria

Belvedere fountain pose

In the Belvedere gardens: take a group photo by a fountain or sculpture, everyone striking a serene baroque pose.

Checkpoint: Belvedere

Navigate to the Belvedere palace gardens and check in.

Checkpoint: Hofburg

Navigate to the Hofburg, the former imperial palace, and check in.

Checkpoint: Schönbrunn

Navigate to Schönbrunn Palace and check in (the Gloriette hilltop is a great alternative spot).

Checkpoint: Stephansdom

Navigate to St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) and check in.

Coffee house moment

Vienna invented the coffee house. Find a traditional one (Café Central, Café Sacher, Demel, anywhere with marble tables). Take a team photo with the team holding melange or strudel.

Hofburg emperor pose

At the Hofburg: take a group photo where one team member strikes an emperor pose, the rest are courtiers bowing.

Local Wiener tip

Convince a local to share a tip about the city. Take a photo with your impromptu guide.

Mozart pose

Vienna is the city of Mozart. Find a Mozart statue or painting (or a Mozart-costumed concert promoter on the street) and take a team photo.

Sachertorte moment

Sachertorte is Vienna's most famous cake. Find a slice (Café Sacher is the original) and take a group photo of everyone tasting it at the same time.

Schönbrunn yellow facade

In front of Schönbrunn's yellow facade: take a group photo where the team poses as 18th-century courtiers, gloves on, fans up.

Spot a Belvedere upper palace view

Walk to the Schloss Belvedere upper palace and find the long Baroque facade with the fountain pond. Photograph it from the lower gardens.

Spot a Demel storefront

Find the Demel pastry shop on Kohlmarkt, the imperial pâtissier with the gold lettering. Photograph the storefront.

Spot a fiaker horse

Find a fiaker (horse-drawn carriage) waiting on Stephansplatz, Heldenplatz or in front of the Hofburg. Photograph the horses with the driver in top hat.

Spot a Habsburg double-headed eagle

Find the Habsburg double-headed eagle on a building facade, a fountain, a coach or a souvenir. Photograph the heraldic bird.

Spot a Hundertwasserhaus tile

Walk to the Hundertwasserhaus on Kegelgasse. Photograph the colourful tiled facade with the wavy floors and rooftop trees.

Spot a Karlsplatz Otto Wagner pavilion

Find one of the two Otto Wagner Jugendstil pavilions at Karlsplatz (green-and-white iron, gold sunflowers). Photograph one.

Spot a Käsekrainer with mustard

At a Würstelstand order a Käsekrainer (cheese-filled sausage). Photograph the cut open sausage with cheese oozing.

Spot a Klimt Kiss reference

Find a Klimt Kiss reference: museum-shop reproductions, posters, prints, Belvedere souvenir bags. Photograph the gold-and-couple image.

Spot a Lipizzaner stallion

Find a Lipizzaner horse: at the Spanish Riding School stables, training in the Hofburg courtyard or on a souvenir poster. Photograph the white horse.

Spot a Manner pink wafer

Find a pink Manner wafer pack in a shop window, café display or on a tram seat. The pink-and-blue Vienna logo is iconic. Photograph the package.

Spot a Mozart bust or poster

Find a Mozart reference: a busker dressed as Mozart, a concert poster, a Mozartkugel chocolate, a bust in a window. Photograph the wig.

Spot a Mozartkugel chocolate

Find a Mozartkugel chocolate (red-and-gold-wrapped marzipan ball with a Mozart silhouette). Photograph the wrapper.

Spot a Naschmarkt stall

Walk along Naschmarkt and find a stall with stuffed olives, dried fruits, Turkish delights or Sachertorte boxes. Photograph the stall.