{"id":1493,"date":"2019-10-23T05:16:35","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T04:16:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=1493"},"modified":"2025-12-16T21:43:00","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T20:43:00","slug":"neue-burg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/neue-burg\/","title":{"rendered":"The Neue Burg"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/neueburg.jpg\" alt=\"Neue Burg constructed during the time of the Austro-Hungary Empire\" class=\"wp-image-13036\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/neueburg.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/neueburg-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Hofburg winter palace is actually a complex of courtyards and historical tracts that lacks a single standalone gem of a building. But one part does tick all the right architectural boxes: the Neue Burg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Relatively new wing of the palace area<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Completed in the early 20th century<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Home to the National Library, Weltmuseum &amp; more<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hitler infamously spoke on the terrace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Browse and book a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-city-tours-l205280\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_CityTours\" rel=\"sponsored\">guided tour<\/a>* in Vienna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sightseeing\/hofburg\/\">The Hofburg<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Unfinished business<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neueburg.jpg\" alt=\"The Neue Burg\" class=\"wp-image-41728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neueburg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/neueburg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The front view from across the square)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Neue Burg forms an extended wing from the main Hofburg palace area and lines one side of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/heldenplatz\/\">Heldenplatz square<\/a> (see the photo above) in the centre of Vienna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the grand look, this building is a relative baby in Vienna&#8217;s historical architectural landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/city-walls\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"9943\">city walls<\/a> came down in the mid-1800s and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/history-of-the-ringstrassen\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"68027\">great period of construction<\/a> began around the edge of the old town, they made plans to put up an imposing set of imperial buildings known as the <em>Kaiserforum<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Unfortunately, the good intentions foundered on such small matters as cash, project management, and the inappropriateness of all things imperial given the end of the monarchy in the early1900s.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/neueburg1895.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Eugene monument with the Neue Burg behind in 1895\" class=\"wp-image-58435\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/neueburg1895.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/neueburg1895-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/prince-eugene-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"41885\">Prince Eugene monument<\/a>, photographed by Friedrich Strau\u00df in 1895. You can see the Neue Burg and construction scaffolding behind; Wien Museum Inv.-Nr. 94600\/22\/2; excerpt reproduced with permission under the terms of the CC0 licence)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only part of the Kaiserforum actually saw the light of day: the gorgeous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/overview\/\">Kunsthistorisches<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/natural-history-museum\/\">Naturhistorisches<\/a> museums, for example&#8230;and the Neue Burg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction on the new wing began in 1881, but various delays meant work was still ongoing at the end of World War I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The building should have provided apartments for the imperial family and associates, with rooms for guests and other luminaries in a twin building opposite that never got past the planning stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By 1918, however, the need for additional imperial apartments had largely disappeared (on account of there being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/austria\/\">no imperial family to go in them<\/a>).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Neue Burg today<\/h3>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"373\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weltmuseumfront.jpg\" alt=\"Weltmuseum entrance\" class=\"wp-image-43307\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weltmuseumfront.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/weltmuseumfront-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The Weltmuseum is one of several institutions that count the Neue Burg as its home)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Construction work continued (particularly inside) over subsequent years, with the Neue Burg fulfilling a changing variety of functions. It eventually assumed its current form and purpose, which is to offer a home to the national library and various museal collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, you cannot visit the Neue Burg per se. But you can visit the various institutions within to get a look at the rather lovely architecture, design, and interior decoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your best option is probably the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/weltmuseum\/\">Weltmuseum<\/a> on the right of the building as you face it (the magnificent atrium requires no entrance ticket to view).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><em>Ad:<\/em><br><\/div><div data-tiqets-widget=\"discovery\" data-cards-layout=\"horizontal\" data-slug-ids=\"pro1068009,pro1007575\" data-partner=\"visitingvienna\" data-tq-campaign=\"DA_Hofburg\"><\/div><script defer src=\"https:\/\/widgets.tiqets.com\/loader.js\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A &#8220;Neue Hofburg&#8221; ticket gets you into this ethnographic museum and includes entry to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/historical-instruments\/\">Historical Musical Instrument Collection<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/imperial-armoury\/\">Imperial Armoury<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The Armoury, in particular, proves great for viewing huge curving halls: look for the one with the full models of tournament horses and knights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also upgrade your ticket to include a special <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiqets.com\/en\/vienna-attractions-c60335\/tickets-for-neue-hofburg-house-of-habsburg-entry-audio-guide-p1105061\/?partner=visitingvienna&amp;tq_campaign=LG_NeueBurg\" rel=\"sponsored\">audioguide tour<\/a>*, which focuses on the history of the Habsburgs as illustrated by the Neue Burg itself and by items on display within the collections in this part of the building.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg.jpg\" alt=\"The Neue Burg\" class=\"wp-image-50414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/walkingtourneueburg-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Looking lovely in the sunlight)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Other locations within the Neue Burg include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The National Library (the modern library and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/papyrus-museum\/\">Papyrus Museum<\/a>, but not the astonishing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/prunksaal\/\">Prunksaal<\/a>, which you access from the nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/josefsplatz\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"30648\">Josefsplatz<\/a> square)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Hofburg info centre and imperial shop (now integrated with the Weltmuseum shop, too)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/khm\/ephesos-museum\/\">Ephesos Museum<\/a> (also a wonderful way to see marbled halls and staircases)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/austrian-history\/\">House of Austrian History<\/a> (the country&#8217;s post-WWI history)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nationallibrarynight.jpg\" alt=\"The National Library at night\" class=\"wp-image-42861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nationallibrarynight.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/nationallibrarynight-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The building looks lovely at night, too)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite its youth, the Neue Burg did witness one of the most memorable (for all the wrong reasons) moments of world history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On March 15th, 1938, Adolf Hitler <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/hitler-balcony\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"68913\">stood on the balcony<\/a> before the cheering crowds and formally announced that Nazi Germany had absorbed Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As one newspaper wrote the next day (my rough translation):<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Unimaginable expressions of joy and enthusiasm rang out for minutes across Heldenplatz after many words of the F\u00fchrer<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Not one of Vienna&#8217;s greatest moments, to say the least.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, the Neue Burg&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/songsfilms\/woman-in-gold-locations\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"67389\">brief appearance<\/a> in the movie <em>Woman in Gold<\/em> (which tells the tale of the restitution of a painting stolen by the Nazis) carries a degree of pathos with it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/neueburg2025.jpg\" alt=\"View of the Neue Burg from the Burggarten park\" class=\"wp-image-80844\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/neueburg2025.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/neueburg2025-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(The rear of the Neue Burg viewed from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/burggarten\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"2746\">Burggarten<\/a> park it looks down onto)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Incidentally, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/winter-palace\/prince-eugene-monument\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"41885\">monument<\/a> immediately outside this great curved building commemorates <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/culture\/prince-eugene-savoy\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"58031\">Prince Eugene of Savoy<\/a>. Our man Eugene wasn&#8217;t even a Habsburg (or Austrian), but he qualified for a statue after doing an awful lot to keep the dynasty in power and possessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the Neue Burg<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Meander around Vienna&#8217;s centre and you&#8217;ll likely bump into the Neue Burg, anyway, as you <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/transport\/walking-tour-hofburg\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"50396\">explore the Hofburg area<\/a> and soak up the atmosphere in the historical old town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Subway: the closest station is Museumsquartier on the U2 line. But it&#8217;s only a short walk from Volkstheater (U3 and U2), Herrengasse (U3) and Stephansplatz (U3 and U1).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tram\/bus: the Ring trams stop practically outside. Take the 1, 2, D or 71 to Burgring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Heldenplatz, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1asmHlbVpicbQLt1557vf6l4l0zQ\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hofburg winter palace is actually a complex of courtyards and historical tracts that lacks a single standalone gem of a building. But one part does tick all the right architectural boxes: the Neue Burg. 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