What is the Headout Vienna Pass?

The Headout Vienna Pass is a flexible sightseeing card covering 35+ attractions across the city. Its main advantage is simple: save up to 40% when your plans include pricier headliners rather than offbeat experiences. Included standouts range from Schönbrunn Palace and Gardens and Upper Belvedere Palace to the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Albertina Museum, Schönbrunn Zoo, and the Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel. Choose an Essential or Flexi pass for 2-10 attractions, then use it over 30 days at your pace.

Why should you buy the Headout Vienna Pass?

Ease of use

The Headout Vienna Pass is easier to verify before you book, with clearly stated inclusions, activation rules, and public-transport limitations.

Save more without locking your schedule

Choose your attraction count and use this Vienna City Pass over a month-long window. During this time, your savings can reach up to 40% as opposed to buying separate tickets for palaces, museums, and cruises.

Option access to public transport

The Headout Vienna Pass offers an optional 48-hour Vienna City Card upgrade, so you have access to trams, buses, S-Bahn, and metros alongside attractions.

Ideal for structured Vienna itineraries

This Vienna city pass suits three types of travelers: first-timers mapping headline sights, museum-and-palace hoppers stacking top paid entries, and families mixing the Schönbrunn sights with lighter stops.

Which Headout Vienna Pass is best for you?

If you want to cover premium and standard sights in one go: The Headout Vienna Essential Pass

Pass type: Attraction-based
Savings: Up to 40%

Pass overview:

  • Pick between 2 and 10 attractions from 35+ options.
  • Top attractions include Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens, Upper Belvedere Palace, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Albertina Museum, Schönbrunn Zoo, and a Danube Canal cruise.
  • The ideal pass if you'd like to visit a mix of premium sights like Upper Belvedere Palace or Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, and standard experiences like a visit to Schönbrunn Palace, or attending Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concert.

Who will love this pass:

  • First-time visitors who want to check off some premium and standard attractions on their bucket list.
  • Adventure seekers open to a mix of popular and offbeat attractions.

Pass validity and usage:

  • Valid for 30 calendar days from the selected date.
  • Reserve high-demand entries as early as possible. Do not put this off until the last minute or you will find yourself unable to enter popular sights despite having a pass.
  • Note that you can use your pass to enter a given attraction only once.

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If you only want a few top attractions on a budget: The Headout Vienna Flexi Pass

Pass type: Attraction-based
Savings: Up to 40%

Pass overview

  • Choose 2 to 10 attractions from a long list of Vienna's most popular and underrated experiences.
  • Some highlights include Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens, Kunsthistorisches Museum, and Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concert.
  • This pass is the ideal fit for anyone who enjoys slower trips that mix cafe hopping and market strolls alongside attraction visits.

Who will love this pass:

  • Travelers with weekend plans, who have a list of fixed must-sees, packed into one day.
  • Return visitors to the city, who want to combine top sights along with other, less popular attractions.
  • Budget travelers who only want to pay for what they paid for.

Pass validity and usage:

  • Valid for 30 calendar days from the selected date.
  • Many historical landmarks, museums, city tours, and cruises need reservations in advance.
  • Use the voucher emailed to you directly after booking. Note that each attraction is single-use only.

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What does the Headout Vienna Pass include?

Attractions & landmarks

  • Schönbrunn Palace & Gardens – Step through Habsburg summer rooms, stroll formal gardens, and take in Vienna's grandest imperial backdrop at the city's most visited palace. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Upper Belvedere Palace – Discover Klimt's The Kiss inside a baroque hilltop palace, then linger over mirrored pools and postcard views of Vienna's historic skyline. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel – Soar above Prater in a historic red cabin and watch domes, rooftops, and the Danube unfold from Vienna's most nostalgic panorama. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Lower Belvedere Palace – Wander baroque galleries and tucked-away palace rooms at the Belvedere's lower complex, where ornate interiors reveal a quieter imperial side. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Schönbrunn Zoo – Discover giant pandas, rainforest habitats, and imperial pavilions inside the world's oldest zoo, set within Schönbrunn's grand palace grounds today. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)

Museums & cultural experiences

  • Kunsthistorisches Museum – Discover Bruegel, Velázquez, and lavish marble halls inside Vienna's great art treasury, where the collected wealth of the Habsburgs still dazzles at every turn. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Albertina Museum – Wander from Dürer's Hare to Monet and Picasso in state rooms that pair blockbuster art with one of Vienna's sharpest museum settings. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Leopold Museum – Discover Schiele's raw portraits and Wiener Moderne masterpieces in the MuseumsQuartier, where fin-de-siècle Vienna feels intense, intimate, and unmistakably modern. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Natural History Museum Vienna – Journey past dinosaur skeletons, meteorites, and the Venus of Willendorf in a domed natural history museum built to overwhelm and delight. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Light of Creation at Votivkirche – Step into a neo-Gothic church as light, music, and projection mapping sweep across soaring vaults in one of Vienna's most atmospheric night experiences. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)

Bus tours, cruises & transport

  • Big Bus Hop-on Hop-off Bus Tour – Glide past the State Opera, Hofburg, and Schönbrunn on an open-top loop that turns Vienna's imperial sprawl into an easy panorama. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • City Sightseeing Cruise on Danube Canal – Cruise beneath graffiti-lined embankments and elegant bridges, watching central Vienna drift by from the canal's quieter, more cinematic perspective below. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Evening Danube Cruise – Glide along the Danube at dusk as riverfront lights flicker on, giving Vienna's stately edges a softer, slower, almost theatrical glow. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • City Airport Train (CAT) Round-Trip Tickets – Ride between the airport and city center on Vienna's sleek airport train, trimming transfer stress with a fast, straightforward, round-trip connection. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)

Guided tours & unique experiences

  • Sisi Museum & Imperial Apartments Tour – Step through Hofburg apartments and trace Empress Elisabeth's world of ritual, rebellion, and royal myth inside Vienna's most storied imperial residence. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Historical Vienna Walking Tour – Wander past grand boulevards, hidden courtyards, and Roman traces as a local guide stitches together the layers of Vienna's old center. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Time Travel Vienna – Journey through plague years, imperial pomp, and wartime shelters in a multimedia ride that makes Vienna's past feel unexpectedly vivid and playful. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Museum of Illusions Vienna – Discover upside-down rooms, shifting perspectives, and brain-bending exhibits that turn a quick stop into a delightfully disorienting break from palace grandeur. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)
  • Vivaldi's Four Seasons Concert – Hear Vivaldi's Four Seasons performed in a candlelit Viennese setting, where classical music feels less like a recital and more like time travel. (Included with both Essential & Flexi Passes)

How to use a Headout Vienna Card

Step 1: Choose your City Card

Pick the pass that best fits your needs! Make sure you check the attractions covered and make a choice between Flexi and Essential passes.

Step 2: Book your tickets

Purchase your City Card easily using PayPal, a credit/debit card, or iDEAL.

Step 3: Check your email

Receive your ticket instantly in your inbox. Be sure to check the spam and junk folders.

Step 4: Download the operator's app

Download the operator's app on your phone and follow the activation instructions.

Step 5: Start exploring!

Present your activated pass at attractions to gain entry and enjoy your sightseeing!

Frequently asked questions about the Headout Vienna Pass

Yes. Your pass runs for 30 calendar days from the date you selected at booking, not from first use. That means you should choose your travel dates carefully and avoid booking it too far ahead by mistake.