Vienna´s secret sights - gorgeous places you might have never heard of

The first time I heard about this church I was watching a quiz show on TV. That time I´ve already been living in Vienna for some years, so I was quite surprised that I´ve never heard of this extraoridnary church before. This special building is located on the outskirts of the city at the edge of the "Wienerwald" looking more like an abstract sculpture than an actual church.  Visiting Wotruba Church, you´ve also got a pretty good view over the surrunding area as "the church of the holy trinity" (as it´s also called) is located on a hill named "Sankt Georgenberg". After visiting this place you can enjoy a relaxed glass of wine in one of the nearby "Heurigen" (traditional wine taverns) that are very common around that area. So what are you waiting for?

You´ve never heard of Vienna´s Peace Pagoda? So did I for ages! There are currently around 80 peace pagodas worldwide and this one was actually one of the first one being erected - in 1983, the same year that Buddhism was formally recognised as a religion by the Austrian authorities. As we went there for the first time, it was about to rain, which gave this place kind of a dramatic look (like you can see on the first and second picture). You can´t enter this building, but I was really impressed by its facade. And as it´s located quite outside, there were zero tourists, so we could take as much time as we wanted to explore this beautiful unknown sight. But it´s not only about the building´s special look giving that place its unique touch, but also about its idiyllic setting right at the edge of river Danube, but still at a really quiet spot! So I´d say it deserves the name peace pagoda also because of its peaceful location!

This church is located only a short walking distance from the train station "Rennbahnweg", so pretty much in the heart of Vienna, but still you kinda feel like travelling to Russia. Even thought the church isn´t really big, it´s golden towers and colourful walls make it still look absolutely impressive! There´s also a little bridge leading over the train tracks just next to the church, so climbing those steps will give you the best view on it! You can also go inside, but when I visitied this place it was already quite late, so they were about to close, but it seemed to be looking great from indide as well! Definitely one of those sights I never thought would exist in Vienna, but that´s what I really love about my city. You never know what you gonna find when turning left or right at the next crossing. 

We actually found this unknown sight by coincidence as it´s located not too far from my boyfriend´s apartment. Fortunately there was an old woman walking past the building as we were standing infront of it asking us if she should tell us a bit about its history because otherwise we would not even have been able to find it online as this villa is pretty unknow even thought it does look pretty impressive! I just loved looking at all those little towers and cute details from different perspectives - at the front facade there is even a huge sundial! So if you wanna check out this beauty, you ain´t gonna have parking issues, as it´s just located next to a small mall which kinda makes it look even cooler as there´s a great contrast between this old building and the modern surrundings.

This cemetery is definitely less famous than the Vienna Central Cemetery, but in my point of view much more beautiful! St. Marx Biedermeier Cemetery was in use from 1784 to 1874 and has been preserved as a memorial. In 1791 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was burried here, but this cemetry is still pretty unknown as his grave isn´t marked at all and his symbolic grave is nowadays located at the Central Cemetery. So as this cemetery hasn´t even been used for 100 years, it´s pretty small which also gives it its distinctive charm. Most of the graves are covered by moss and there are many statues of angels which are sometimes skewed or partly broken which also gives this place a special look! Definitely a great photo spot, especially in autumn.