The editors’ selection

Vienna is home to more city vineyards than anywhere else in the world and the Viennese know how to enjoy their produce better than most. Dotted throughout the city centre are Heuriger, traditional Austrian taverns for wine lovers, but you’ll find the best of them skirting the edges of town. Take a short trip up to Nussdorfer Weinberge and sit outside at Sirbu, where you can enjoy a fine local riesling and a breathtaking view over the city.

Sweet tooth? Well, even if the answer is no, Vienna will soon change your mind. Austrian Mehlspeisen (think tortes, pastries, cakes) are a staple of city life in the nation’s capital. While the rest of the world is ditching dairy, giving up gluten, shunning sugar and watching its waistline, little has changed here since the Habsburg days. A good thing too. Any of Vienna’s storied old-world coffeehouses serve a delicious apple strudel (our favourites include Café Sperl and Café Goldegg) but for something less formal and arguably healthier, try organic bakeries Meinklang and Joseph Brot.

This furniture emporium combines restored modernist pieces with contemporary items made by owners and founders Dagmar Moser, Philipp-Markus Pernhaupt and Christof Stein. “Our focus is 20th-century furniture from the 1920s to 1970s,” says Moser (pictured). The chairs, cabinets, tables and lamps are picked up at European vintage markets from Italy to France and restored in the team’s workshop in Vienna. Moser is particularly fond of pieces such as the embellished iron hallstands and Roland Rainer-designed Stadthallensessel stacking chairs that formerly graced Vienna’s concert hall. “Every piece tells a story and documents history,” she says. For more contemporary furniture with a nod to mid-century design, head to Das Möbel down the street.