9 places in Innere Stadt, chosen by Klára and checked by the editors.
Made in Vienna
Glass, porcelain and silverVienna's old court suppliers still make glass, porcelain and silver by hand in the city. Designers of the Wiener Werkstätte era such as Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos designed pieces for these workshops.
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Glass and lighting maker founded in Vienna in 1823. Its mouth-blown crystal is cut, engraved and polished by hand; it still makes glasses designed with Josef Hoffmann and Adolf Loos, and builds its chandeliers in central Vienna.
KláraThe glasses Loos designed are still blown by the same firm.
Innere Stadt
City-centre flagship of Augarten, the porcelain manufactory re-founded in 1923 in the Augarten palace to continue Vienna's porcelain works begun in 1718 (closed 1864). The porcelain is still made by hand in the palace workshop.
KláraThe shop interior is by Philipp Bruni. Worth reading next to the porcelain.
Made in Vienna
Leather goods, hats and shoesSmall family workshops in Vienna have made shoes, hats and leather goods by hand for generations, some since the time they supplied the imperial court.
Innere Stadt
Viennese maker of handmade leather bags and small leather goods: handbags, travel bags, document cases. Three shops in the old town.
KláraA few steps from Michaelerplatz and the Looshaus.
Innere Stadt
Bespoke shoemaker founded in 1816, a former imperial court supplier, now run by the seventh generation, Markus Scheer. It makes around 300 pairs a year, plus leather bags.
KláraA last is cut for each foot. Shoes start from a survey too.
Innere Stadt
Delicatessen and restaurant on the same Bognergasse site since 1618: a bar and deli counter downstairs, and an upstairs dining room with its Jugendstil interior.
KláraThe upstairs room dates from the 1901 remodel. Tiles and marquetry intact.
Innere Stadt
Sausage stand between the Albertina and the State Opera, open from morning until late at night; known for its Käsekrainer.
KláraThe opera house across the square. Seen from standing distance.
Innere Stadt
Coffee house opened in 1899; its original interior was Adolf Loos's first major commission (the present interior dates from a 2003 remodel). It runs regular readings.
KláraRight by the Karlsplatz station exit. Where Loos's first big job was.
Innere Stadt
Ringstrasse coffee house since 1903, opposite the MAK. The front rooms keep Oswald Haerdtl's 1950s redesign.
KláraA short walk from the Postsparkasse. The 1950s interior survives.
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