What you'll hear inside Vienna City Hall:

• 1
  Volkshalle

  Ground floor hall featuring vaulted ceilings, tracery windows and portrait reliefs of City Hall commissioners.

• 2
  Festsaal

  Austria's largest historic hall, featuring a Renaissance barrel vault, loggia, three galleries and adorned with statues of historical figures.

• 3
  Senate Chamber

  A room featuring a coffered wooden ceiling with gilt decoration and a majolica fireplace, which displays part of the Burgomaster's Gallery.

• 4
  Halls of the Coats of Arms

  Two rooms decorated with flags representing Austria's federal states and their state capitals.

• 5
  Council Chamber

  A room adorned with a coffered ceiling decorated with golden rosettes, featuring a grand chandelier designed by Friedrich Schmidt and frescoes depicting key moments in Vienna's history.

• 6
  Central Porticoed Courtyard

  The most prominent of the seven courtyards at the Rathaus, home to the Vienna Festival and decorated with sculptures since 1989.

• 7
  Main Tower with the Rathausmann

  A 98-metre tower crowned by the Rathausmann, Vienna's symbolic figure, featuring equestrian sculptures on its main façade.

• 8
  Schmidthalle

  Originally a council vestibule with a carriage entrance, it now serves as an information centre.