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Vienna is a cool place for fans of music and cemeteries. On our bike tour we saw monuments to Johann Strauss, Franz Schubert, Beethoven, Brahms, and Bruckner –

Johann Strauss monument – Vienna

Beethoven monument – Vienna

Brahms monument – Vienna

Treble clef in the grass in front of the Mozart monument – Vienna

Anton Bruckner – Stadtpark

Mozart monument – Vienna

Franz Schubert memorial – Stadtpark

The Vienna Central Cemetery (Wiener Zentralfriedhof) is a few miles out of town, a quick Uber ride away if you don’t want to figure out the buses. If you can decipher the map or just wander around long enough you’ll find Group 32A, final resting place of Ludwig Van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, and Johann Strauss.

Vienna cemetery – Beethoven grave

Vienna cemetery – Schubert grave

Vienna cemetery – Johann Strauss and Brahms graves

There’s also a monument to Mozart (who died in 1791 and was buried in a pauper’s grave in the St. Marx Communal Cemetery).

While you’re at it, you can find modern composer Arnold Schönberg (Group 32C), Mozart’s rival (in the movie Amadeus if not in real life) Antonio Salieri (grave 54 along the outer wall of the cemetery), and a nice little honorary grave to Austrian musician Heinz Neubrand.

Also, remember the weird 80s hit Rock Me Amadeus by Falco? His real name was Hans Hölzel and he was buried in the Vienna Central Cemetery after he died in a car crash in 1998 (grave 64 in Group 40).

Vienna cemetery – Heinz Neubrand grave

Vienna cemetery – Falco grave

Vienna cemetery – Falco grave

Vienna cemetery – Antonio Salieri grave

All over town you will see Mozart chocolates (Mozartkugel) for sale. You almost can’t help buying a few but please try to resist. They are filled with pistachio marzipan, which tastes like powdered bones.

Instead, spend your hard-earned euros on the most amazing gummy candies you’ll ever try, at Bärenland –

Favorite flavor: Rote Grütze.