For an overview of the Viennese churches, private houses, and landmarks like the Russian Embassy and monumental Postal Savings Bank on the Ringstrasse designed by one of Vienna’s premier architects, visit the Otto Wagner Pavillon Karlsplatz (originally known as the Karlsplatz Stadtbahn Station) as part of an art nouveau tour of Vienna. Such tours also include other highlights like the Secession Building, home of Klimt’s “Beethoven Frieze”. Otherwise, stop here independently or on a hop-on hop-off bus tour of Vienna’s top attractions.
The Otto Wagner Pavillon is located on Karlsplatz, one of Vienna's main squares and a busy transportation hub. Take metro lines U1, U2, or U4 to the Karlsplatz stop; a number of bus and tram lines also stop in the square.
The pavilion is open April to October from Tuesday to Sunday; the site closes for an hour each day for lunch. Try to visit during daylight hours to best admire the exterior and interior architecture of this former station.
Vienna is known for its unique offshoot of the Art Nouveau movement known as the Vienna Secession, of which Jugendstil is the most famous style. Otto Wagner was one of the main proponents of this movement, along with architect Joseph Maria Olbrich and artist Gustav Klimt. The best examples of this style in Vienna include the Secession Building and Wagner’s landmark apartment building at Linke Wienzeile, overlooking the Naschmarkt.
