from € 350 per tour · 2.5 to 3 hours (3.5 with the museum) · 1 bis 10 Personen
Highlights: Heldenplatz and Altan, Morzinplatz, Am Hof with the Third Man filming locations, Flak tower, Danube Canal with a view of the Giant Ferris Wheel, State Treaty. Saturday option: Third Man Museum as a finale.
MEETING POINT | Heldenplatz, Outer Castle Gate
2 – 4 hours
1 – 10 people
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Seventeen years that Vienna cannot forget to this day. In March 1938, hundreds of thousands cheered on Heldenplatz; a few streets away, persecution began for Jewish neighbors. Then war, bombs, Flak towers, which still stand in the parks. In April 1945, the Red Army arrived, followed in the summer by the Americans, British, and French, and for ten years, four military policemen drove together in a jeep through a divided city. During this time, Carol Reed filmed “The Third Man”: the Giant Ferris Wheel, the sewers, Am Hof, the zither in the coffee house. We walk the locations, tell stories of illicit trade and the black market, of reconstruction, and of May 15, 1955, when Leopold Figl displayed the State Treaty from the Belvedere balcony.
The Third Man runs through the entire route. For those who want to delve deeper, the tour ends on Saturday at the Third Man Museum in Pressgasse, which is only open on this day.
From Heldenplatz via Minoritenplatz and Am Hof (filming location, with the advertising pillar through which Harry Lime climbs down into the sewers) to Morzinplatz, formerly Gestapo headquarters, then to Schwedenplatz and the Danube Canal with a view of the Giant Ferris Wheel. For three-hour tours, additionally the Flak tower in Esterházypark and ending in Pressgasse at the museum; alternatively, ending at the Belvedere with the State Treaty balcony.
Guide fee €350 per tour (up to 3 hrs) or €445 (up to 4 hrs with museum). Third Man Museum option: admission per person, current price upon request.
Included: private Austria Guide
Excluded: Third Man Museum admission, Giant Ferris Wheel ride (optional), coffee house
Giant Ferris Wheel ride, Café Mozart (filming location) as a finale, combination with JEWISH Vienna as a half-day tour. In the evening, we show the Third Man filming locations by lantern light: Vienna by Night.
All prices are final prices for private individuals and are valid for 2026. Admissions and tastings are determined by the respective establishments and may change at short notice. You select additional services when making your inquiry, and the total price will be calculated automatically.
Yes. The Third Man is the thread, but the history of Anschluss, war and occupation carries the tour for everyone who has never seen the film.
Saturday afternoons only. On other days you get the film stories on the way; the museum is skipped.
No, the sewer tour is a separate offer by the City of Vienna. We show the entrances and tell how the scenes were shot.
For private tours our cancellation terms apply: up to 14 days before the tour we charge 20% of the price as a flat fee for organisation, from 14 to 7 days before 50%, after that or in case of a no-show the full amount. If your plans change, please let us know as early as possible and we will look for a solution together. You will find all details in our terms and conditions.
Yes, our tours take place in any weather. When it rains we adapt the programme wherever possible and gladly plan a break somewhere dry. In case of a storm we will contact you before the tour and agree together on how to proceed.
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