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Rating: 5 | Votes: 1 | Date: 04/06/2026 14:17:00

A relaxed green retreat tucked beside the Hofburg, the Burggarten was once the private garden of the emperors and is now one of the most popular parks in central Vienna. Laid out in the English landscape style after an earlier formal garden was destroyed, it opened to the public in 1919 following the fall of the monarchy, and its lawns have been a favourite spot to lounge in the sun ever since. The park is dotted with monuments to figures associated with the imperial court, the best known being...