St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom)

Vienna

Vienna's Gothic cathedral and the symbol of the city, with its 136-metre south tower and the patterned tile roof rising above Stephansplatz in the very centre of the old town.

How to get there by public transport

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Lines stopping nearby

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What it is

The present church was built mostly between the 14th and 16th centuries on the site of a Romanesque predecessor, whose Giants' Door and Heathen Towers still form the west front. The roof is covered with some 230,000 glazed tiles laid out as the double-headed Habsburg eagle and the arms of Vienna, and the unfinished north tower holds the Pummerin, Austria's largest bell.

The nave can be entered freely; guided tours lead to the catacombs, and stairs climb the south tower (the Steffl) for a view over the rooftops of the Innere Stadt.

Getting there by bus

Stephansplatz station on U1 and U3 opens directly onto the cathedral square, which makes this one of the easiest sights in Vienna to reach. The small city-centre buses 1A, 2A and 3A also stop at Stephansplatz and at Brandstätte, a couple of minutes away.

From here the pedestrian streets Graben and Kärntner Straße lead to the Hofburg and the State Opera on foot.

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Stephansplatz (stop code 2903), about 70 m from St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom). On the stop page you can see all the lines that stop there and live arrival estimates.

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St. Stephen's Cathedral (Stephansdom) is in Vienna. You can see its exact location and a 3D view at the top of this page.

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