Discover Vienna from a new perspective! This introductory tour shows the diverse queer history and culture of our city. Whether you are a community member or a curious person – experience Vienna in all its diversity and get an authentic insight into queer history.

In Leopoldstadt, we learn about the life stories of well-known people such as Ruth Maier and Fritzi Löwy and remember lesser-known victims of Nazi persecution. This walk focuses on the fate of Jews. The Prater and its surroundings were also a center of queer life for a long time, especially the public baths had a great attraction. In terms of time, this walk spans from the early 19th century to the present day.

To find out more, join us on this queer walk through Leopoldstadt!

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Wieden is a particularly queer district. It starts with a bisexual Habsburg, leads us to Franz Schubert and a number of other queer artists. We come to Palais Wittgenstein, where we learn more about the fate of three (unhappy) gay brothers. We discover gay and lesbian bars from the 1930s and 1980s, a prominent lesbian activist and historian and the Schikaneder Cinema as a venue for queer films.

To find out more, join us on this queer walk through the Wieden!

Starting from Qwien, we discover the links between the labor movement, social democracy and homosexuality in proletarian Margareten. If they were gay or lesbian, the lives of the so-called small and ordinary people were often marked by persecution. Nevertheless, not only the younger gay movement but also the rainbow parade was launched in the fifth district.

To find out more, join us on this queer walk through Margareten!

On this tour through Mariahilf and around Vienna’s Naschmarkt, we come across trendy names such as Orlando, Nightshift and Lurloch. To this day, this is where most queer bars are located. We also meet revue stars and film divas as well as Sigmund Freud with his lesbian client. We get to know them and many others on this exciting and entertaining tour.

To find out more, join us on this queer walk through Mariahilf!

On our tour of Neubau, we learn at the Ministry of Justice how criminal law affects generations of queer people. Right next door, on the other hand, there were important queer theater events at the Volkstheater. But fetish fashion, trendy bars on Spittelberg and events such as EuroPride have also found their place in this walk.

To find out more, join us on this exciting and entertaining tour of Neubau!

During this tour, we look at the biographies of queer victims of the Shoah and the Nazi era, discover Austria’s first AIDS charity and follow in the footsteps of the women’s and lesbian movement in the 1970s. The tour continues in an entertaining way as we sway to the hit song “Die Rose vom Wörthersee” and discover the typical Viennese lodges as early gay meeting places in the city.

To find out more, join us on this queer walk through Josefstadt!

We start at Rossauer Lände, Vienna’s former police station, and remember the police persecution apparatus during the Nazi era and the people affected. At the same time, we also discover more pleasant things on this tour, such as the now legendary Löwenherz bookshop, Café Berg and of course – how could it be otherwise in the 9th district – Sigmund Freud.

To find out more, join us on this queer walk through Alsergrund!

A unique search for traces in Vienna’s famous necropolis: discover the gravesites of important queer personalities who have shaped Vienna. From famous artists to lesser-known figures in LGBTIQ+ history. The tour tells stories of people who went their own way despite social resistance and shows how queer people have helped shape our society today – even beyond death. A respectful journey through queer history and the culture of remembrance at one of Europe’s largest cemeteries.

Discover Vienna from a new perspective! This introductory tour shows the diverse queer history and culture of our city. Whether you are a community member or a curious person – experience Vienna in all its diversity and get an authentic insight into queer history.

Whether Habsburgs, famous personalities or queer artists – there were always homosexual men and women who were able to live out their desires in niches. Either they lived as high nobility outside of a criminal framework anyway, or they were able to create freedom through their art and largely ignore bourgeois norms.

The tour through almost 1000 years of Viennese city history shows that queer life has always existed. But these stories were not told, their visibility was suppressed. We are making them visible again.

A fascinating journey through the emergence of concepts and identities that shape our understanding of queerness today.

On this tour, we look at the long struggle for equal rights, acceptance and legal recognition over the past decades and shed light on the rights queer people have today and the legal issues in which queer people continue to be disadvantaged and discriminated against.

Moving stories of courage and resistance, persecution and despair during the National Socialist era. “Repressed injustice” and “Persecuted as homosexuals” are two different tours that trace the lives of people who were persecuted, tortured and murdered during the Nazi era in the 1st, 2nd and 9th districts.

Schönbrunn Palace and the Sisi Museum with the Imperial Apartments in the Hofburg are among the tourist highlights in Vienna. We tell the queer stories of the imperial house and the monarchy’s center of power from the Baroque period to the end of the monarchy.

Experience Vienna’s queer history up close – in the Wien Museum’s new permanent exhibition you can learn about queer history from its beginnings to the present day.

As state-certified Austria Guides, Queer Guides also offer guided tours on special aspects of Vienna’s city history that do not have any queer content or only deal with it in passing.

Guided tours can be booked with Qwien for travel agencies, groups and individuals.All tours last between 2 – 2.5 hours. Inquiries, price information and booking at

E-mail: guide@qwien.at

The thematic focus of the tours includes diversity, Jewish history and music history.

• Genuinely Viennese? The diversity factor in the history of Vienna
• Jewish life in Leopoldstadt
• Scandal! Excitement and scandal stories that moved Vienna
• The cemetery in St. Marks – the Biedermeier jewel and its hidden stories
• Aristocratic palace on the Wieden (4th district)
• Entertainment venues and artists in the 1st and 4th districts

Further topics on request.