What's Open in Vienna on a Sunday?

1. 09:00Schönbrunn Palace · about 179 min

2. 11:59Lunch break · about 60 min

3. Public transport (planner estimate) · 5.9 km · about 28 min

   13:27Hofburg Palace · about 137 min

4. Walk · 0.8 km · about 16 min

   16:00Stephansdom · about 58 min

Shops: under the Austrian Opening Hours Act (Öffnungszeitengesetz 2003, section 3), shops stay closed on Sundays and public holidays. Section 7 allows shops in railway and bus stations, at airports and at ship landing stages to open, for food, travel souvenirs and travel necessities. Vienna's tourist board names the large railway stations, the airport and the museum shops as the places to shop on a Sunday.

The Naschmarkt stalls trade Monday to Friday from 06:00 to 21:00 and on Saturday from 06:00 to 18:00, with the flea market on Saturday from 06:30 to 15:00. On Sunday only the restaurants and bars along the market open, from 09:00 to 21:00, according to the City of Vienna, last checked on 25 September 2026. A Sunday lunch at the Naschmarkt works; a Sunday food shop does not.

The Dorotheum auction house is open Monday to Friday from about 10:00 to 18:00 and on Saturday from 10:00 to 17:00, and closed on Sundays, according to its own listing, last checked on 6 September 2026.

Six typical-class stops are marked closed on Sundays: Kärntner Straße & Graben, the Neubau district and four restaurants and bars. The streets are open at any hour; what MEVAYA marks as closed is the shopping and the venues in them, and that is an assumption, not a checked fact. Plan a Sunday walk there, not a shopping trip, and check a restaurant's own Sunday hours before you go.

The Kunsthistorisches Museum is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00 and on Thursday until 21:00, according to khm.at on 18 October 2026. Since 8 September 2026 admission is by reserved time slot. Check the current opening days on khm.at before your visit.

Schönbrunn Palace is open every day: from 08:30 to 17:30 until 2 November, and from 08:30 to 17:00 from 3 November to 31 March, with last admission 45 minutes before closing. The palace park opens at 06:30 and closes at 19:00 in October and at 17:30 in November and December.

The Hofburg is open daily from 10:00 to 16:30 until 18 November, with last admission and the ticket office at 16:00. Its museum area is temporarily closed until the redesigned Sisi Museum opens on 19 November, and until then revised hours and reduced prices apply. For a visit from 19 November, check the hours again.

Stephansdom is open on Sundays and public holidays from 07:00 to 22:00, but visits for sightseeing on Sundays are only from 13:00 to 16:30, and the cathedral may change this for services. The north tower runs daily from 09:00 to 19:00 (last ride 18:30), the south tower from 09:00 to 19:00 (last climb 18:15), and the Sunday catacomb tours start at 13:30, 14:30, 15:30 and 16:30.

The Albertina is open daily from 10:00 to 18:00, on Wednesday and Friday until 21:00. The Upper Belvedere is open Monday to Sunday from 09:00 to 18:00. The Leopold Museum is open daily except Tuesday, from 10:00 to 18:00.

The Prater grounds are open around the clock. The amusement park's summer season, with the rides open daily, ran until 31 October 2026; from 1 November not every ride operates. The Giant Ferris Wheel runs all year, and its own page listed 10:00 to 21:45 for 18 October 2026; it gives one day at a time, so check the date of your visit.

The route above is what the MEVAYA planner builds for Sunday 4 October 2026 with Schönbrunn, the Hofburg and Stephansdom as fixed points: about 0.8 km on foot and one public-transport hop of about 5.9 km, from 09:00 to 16:58. It starts at Schönbrunn, takes lunch near the palace, then goes to the Hofburg at 13:27 and Stephansdom at 16:00.

One timing point matters. The route reaches Stephansdom at 16:00, which leaves half an hour of the Sunday sightseeing window, 13:00 to 16:30. For a longer look inside, swap the order of the Hofburg and the cathedral, or keep the end of the day for the north tower, which runs until 19:00, or the 16:30 catacomb tour.

Lunch is a 60-minute break after Schönbrunn, not a reservation. Restaurants in MEVAYA's Vienna data are typical-class stops, so their Sunday hours are not verified. Book a table or call first.

The Hofburg stop runs from 13:27 to 15:44, inside the hours until 18 November and before last admission at 16:00.

09:00–11:59 — Schönbrunn Palace. The Habsburg summer palace and its park: open from 08:30 until 2 November, so the route arrives after the doors open. The park is free.

11:59–12:59 — Lunch. A 60-minute break near Schönbrunn before the public-transport hop into the centre.

13:27–15:44 — Hofburg Palace. The Habsburgs' palace in the centre, open until 16:30 with last admission at 16:00 until 18 November; the redesigned Sisi Museum opens on 19 November. The courtyards are free to walk through.

16:00–16:58 — Stephansdom. The cathedral is open until 22:00; Sunday sightseeing ends at 16:30, and the north tower runs until 19:00.

Sunday is Vienna's museum and palace day: the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Schönbrunn and the Hofburg are open, and Stephansdom opens for visitors in the afternoon. Shopping is the Sunday trap. Buy what you need on Saturday, or use the shops in the large railway stations.

The Leopold Museum closes on Tuesdays. If your trip covers a Sunday and a Tuesday, put the Leopold on the Sunday.