<p><br> In Vienna’s central park, Stadtpark, a statue honors Austrian composer Johann Strauss the Younger, known as the "Waltz King."</p>

Stadtpark


In Vienna’s central park, Stadtpark, a statue honors Austrian composer Johann Strauss the Younger, known as the "Waltz King."

Photograph by Siegfried Layda/Getty Images

Vibrant Vienna

See Vienna photos in this gallery from National Geographic’s Ultimate City Guide for Vienna.

Published January 29, 2010

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