Zentralfriedhof

Vienna's Central Cemetery, opened in 1874, is among the largest cemeteries in Europe and one of the most beautiful. The composers' grove (Gruppe 32 A) is the destination for music pilgrims: Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Johann Strauss father and son, Schoenberg, and Falco are all buried within a few square metres of each other.

The art nouveau Lueger Church at the centre is worth a look, and the older Jewish sections (one of the few large Jewish cemeteries in central Europe that survived the Nazi era) are deeply moving. The cemetery is enormous: take tram 71 to the Tor 2 entrance and walk to the composers' graves. Bring a map.

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The Zentralfriedhof has more than 330,000 graves and around three million burials — more dead than the city has living. Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, the Strauss family, Schoenberg, and Falco all lie in the musicians' section. A separate Honorary Grave for Mozart was added in the 19th century, even though his real burial place at St Marx remains unknown.