Sex History in Vienna: Tour without Taboos

Please note: this tour is guided in German.

Vienna was never only waltzes and Sachertorte. Behind the palaces lies a racier story of secret affairs, scandalous royals and a red-light history most guidebooks leave out. This tour takes you off the postcard route and into the city's cheekiest corners, told with humor and real historical research and without explicit content.

You find out where Napoleon's penis was cut off and sold, where the city's most visited prostitution corner was in the 19th century and where the best money was made, and which kinky secrets were whispered about the Viennese royals. In imperial Vienna, prostitution was part of everyday life, whether you were emperor or citizen.

The tour is playful but firmly historical, and you leave with facts as memorable as the jokes. It suits curious travelers, couples and bachelor and bachelorette groups, and is best suited to adults.