Streets in Vienna

thumb|The Burgring with the Museum of Art History to the right|250x250px The Ringstrasse or Ringstraße (pronounced [ʁɪŋˌʃtʁaːsə] ⓘ, lit. ring road) is a 5.3 km (3.3 mi) circular grand boulevard that serves as a ring road around the historic city centre, the Innere Stadt, of Vienna, Austria. The road is built where the city walls once stood. The Ring, as it is colloquially known, was built, along with grand buildings on either side of the road, in the second half of the 19th century. The road runs clockwise, from the Urania to the Schottenring, and is divided into nine parts.

thumb|upright=1.5|Museumsquartier panorama thumb|upright=1.5|Front view of the Museumsquartier The Museumsquartier (MQ) is an area of in the 7th district of the city of Vienna, Austria.

thumb|upright=1.35|Karlskirche on Karlsplatz, Vienna. is a town square on the border of the first and fourth districts of Vienna, Austria. It is one of the most frequented and best connected transportation hubs in Vienna. The Karlskirche is located here.

street in Vienna

street in Vienna, Austria

Main thoroughfare in Vienna

street in Vienna

street in Vienna, Austria

hill in Vienna, Austria

The Herrengasse (meaning in German language: "Street of the Lords" or "Lords Lane") is a street in Vienna, located in the first district Innere Stadt.

thumb|right|250px|The replica of the namesake lantern thumb|250px|Schönlaterngasse with the entrance to the Heiligenkreuzer Hof in the backgroundSchönlaterngasse ("Street of the Beautiful Lantern") is a small winding alleyway in central Vienna. In the Middle Ages it was known as Straße der Herren von Heiligenkreuz ("street of the gentlemen of Heiligenkreuz"), as it passes the Heiligenkreuzer Hof ("Holy Cross courtyard"). Later on, it carried several names that still referred to the Heiligenkreuzer Hof before being named after the "beautiful lantern" in 1780. The buildings along the alley date