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Vienna is located east of the Austrian [[Alps]], in the Vienna Basin, and immediately to the west of the city lie the Vienna Woods, which were immortalized in waltz form by Johann Strauss Jr. in ''Tales from the Vienna Woods''. The Danube and Danube canal run northwest to southeast through the city.

Vienna is located east of the Austrian [[Alps]], in the Vienna Basin, and immediately to the west of the city lie the Vienna Woods, which were immortalized in waltz form by Johann Strauss Jr. in ''Tales from the Vienna Woods''. The Danube and Danube canal run northwest to southeast through the city.

The old city, which was walled until the second half of the 19th-century is in a circular shape, with St. Stephen's Cathedral marking the precise center of the circle. It is today known as the first of 23 municipal districts. The other 22 districts also have long histories as suburbs or villages, and each has a distinct architectural flavor. For example, the third district, just east of the city center, is named "Landstrasse," or "Country Road," and accordingly contains many 18th and 19th-century buildings which were country estates, including the house on Ungargasse where Beethoven finished his 9th symphony. As another example, the second district, Leopoldstadt, was a Jewish ghetto from the early 17th-century through the [[WWII|second world war]], and thus has a strikingly different style of architecture.

The old city, which was walled until the second half of the 19th-century, is in a circular shape, with St. Stephen's Cathedral marking the precise center of the circle. It is today known as the first of 23 municipal districts. Most of the main historical attractions are located either within first district, or just outside of it on the Ringstrasse. The whole district is bisected north to south by the famous shopping street Kärntnerstrasse which becomes Rotenturmstrasse after passing by St. Stephen's. Running perpendicular to this street is the Graben (or "Grave"), which contains a memorial to the [[Black Plague]].

 

The other 22 districts also have long histories as suburbs or villages, and each accordingly has a distinct architectural flavor. For example, the third district, just east of the city center, is named "Landstrasse," or "Country Road," and accordingly contains many 18th and 19th-century buildings which were country estates, including the house on Ungargasse where Beethoven finished his 9th symphony. As another example, the second district, Leopoldstadt, was a Jewish ghetto from the early 17th-century through the [[WWII|second world war]], and thus has a strikingly different style of architecture.

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