Vienna - Concert Hall Musikvereinsgebäude

Must-see attractions nearby: St Stephen's Cathedral Schönbrunn Palace Belvedere Palaces (Austrian Galleries) Imperial Palace Karlskirche Natural History Museum Vienna State Opera

Gustav Mahler and Hugo Wolf once taught here, and such famous conductors as Furtwängler, Böhm, Karajan, Bernstein and Claudio Abbado have held their audiences entranced in these surroundings. The Golden Hall is decorated with 36 golden caryatids and boasts a magnificent coffered ceiling. It is 51.2m/165ft long, 18.9m/63ft wide and 17.6m/55ft high, and can seat an audience of 2,000. There is room for 400 musicians and is reckoned to be one of the world's best concert halls for acoustics. The organ which was installed in 1968 has 100 registers and 7,500 pipes. The "Music Lovers" also possess a comprehensive collection of items relating to the history of music and a vast store of over 300,000 musical scores.