If you cannot afford full price for an opera or ballet, queue for one of the 600 standing places – which will set you back two or four euros.

Opernring; www.staatsoper.at/Content.Node2/en/index.php

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Vienna’s grand coffee houses do not just serve coffee and cake, they also offer a range of meals and drinks. Try Café Bellaria (adjacent to Dr Karl Renner Ring, near Rathaus (the town hall), which may well have a pianist playing. Friendly staff.

For something completely different try Café Hawelka, the traditional haunt of artists and writers. You may be served by old Mr Hawelka himself, or one of the family.
Dorotheergasse (off the Graben one minute from Stephansplatz)

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There’s a wide choice of different beers and English football on the TV.

Schwarzenbergstrasse 2;
tel: 961 1516;
www.1516brewingcompany.com/

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What could be better than a beer clinic? This is a traditional Austrian tavern situated in the heart of Vienna. Try the dunkles (dark) beer for a change. Hearty Austrian food. Try the bauernschmaus if you are very hungry and like meat/sausage, it comes with a dumpling. Friendly staff and lots of interesting rooms.

Steindlgasse 4;
tel: 533 75 98 12;
www.goesser-bierklinik.at/

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A quiet family run hotel opposite St Peters church. You may have a room that overlooks the 18th-century dome, modelled on St Peters in Rome. Reasonably priced for such a central location.

Petersplatz 9; tel: 553 540;
www.hotel-wandl.com/

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Delightful, intimate Sala Terrena decorated with frescos. Mozart Ensemble perform daily, often to small audiences, which makes it appear that they are performing just for you.

Singerstrasse (two minutes from Stephansplatz);
www.mozarthaus.at/lang/en/english.htm

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