What's Open in Vienna on a Sunday?

Kärntner Straße & Graben.

Neubau — 7th district.

Dorotheum — Mon–Fri roughly 10:00–18:00, Sat 10:00–17:00; closed Sunday.

Stephansdom — Church Mon–Sat 06:00–22:00, Sun/holidays 07:00–22:00. South Tower daily 09:00–19:00. North Tower lift Jan–Mar 09:00–17:30, Apr–Dec 09:00–20:30. Free to enter the nave; towers, catacombs and guided tours are separately ticketed.

Hofburg Palace — Daily 09:00–17:30 (Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments, Silberkammer combined ticket). The Kaiserappartements/Sisi Museum area is under ongoing redesign (started 2024) — some rooms may be temporarily inaccessible.

Schönbrunn Palace — Daily, seasonal: 08:00–17:00 (Nov–Mar/Sep–Oct), extending to 08:00–18:30 (Jul–Aug). Palace gardens are free and open year-round; the palace interior needs a ticket.

Belvedere Palace — Upper and Lower Belvedere both daily 09:00/10:00–18:00. Renovation work in the Upper Belvedere's east wing from April 2026 may temporarily close some areas.

Rathaus & Ringstraße — open-air, no ticket, no closing day.

Prater & the Riesenrad — Riesenrad daily 09:00–24:00 year-round; the wider Prater fairground runs seasonally, roughly March–October.

Hundertwasserhaus — open-air, no ticket, no closing day.

Albertina — Daily roughly 10:00–18:00, Wednesday until 21:00.

The schedule above is what the MEVAYA planner builds for a Sunday. It only contains stops that are open that day — the planner reads each stop's closing days and will not route you to a closed venue, even one marked as essential.

The day covers about 0.8 km on foot and 1 public-transport hop (about 5.9 km), used only where walking would cost more time than it saves.

Only 2 stops need booking: Hofburg Palace and Schönbrunn Palace. Everything else is free or sold at the door.

09:00–10:07 — Stephansdom. The Gothic cathedral at the exact centre of Vienna, with a tiled roof of 230,000 glazed tiles and a south tower of 343 steps. The nave is free to enter; the towers and catacombs are ticketed separately. Verified opening hours: Church Mon–Sat 06:00–22:00, Sun/holidays 07:00–22:00. South Tower daily 09:00–19:00. North Tower lift Jan–Mar 09:00–17:30, Apr–Dec 09:00–20:30. Free to enter the nave; towers, catacombs and guided tours are separately ticketed.

10:23–12:40 — Hofburg Palace. The winter residence of the Habsburgs for six centuries — the Imperial Apartments, the Sisi Museum and the Silver Collection under one ticket. The courtyards themselves are free to walk through. Verified opening hours: Daily 09:00–17:30 (Sisi Museum, Imperial Apartments, Silberkammer combined ticket). The Kaiserappartements/Sisi Museum area is under ongoing redesign (started 2024) — some rooms may be temporarily inaccessible. Book ahead: this stop needs a reservation or a timed ticket.

12:40–13:40 — Lunch. The planner reserves time to eat right after Hofburg Palace, so the afternoon continues from where the morning ended instead of detouring for food.

14:08–17:07 — Schönbrunn Palace. 1,441 rooms, a Habsburg summer residence, and gardens that are free to enter and enormous. The Gloriette on the hill behind gives the view the postcards use. Verified opening hours: Daily, seasonal: 08:00–17:00 (Nov–Mar/Sep–Oct), extending to 08:00–18:30 (Jul–Aug). Palace gardens are free and open year-round; the palace interior needs a ticket. Book ahead: this stop needs a reservation or a timed ticket.

Built by the MEVAYA planner from MEVAYA's curated Vienna data. Opening hours were checked against official and independent sources in September 2026; the route, times and durations are the planner's own output, not estimates written by hand.