[2025 Vienna Attraction] Travel Guide for Schmetterlinghaus (Updated Mar)
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The Butterfly House is located in the Hofburg Palace in the heart of Vienna, only 200 metres from the Vienna Opera House. Here you can watch hundreds of beautiful butterflies fluttering in the simulated rainforest.
Address:
Palmenhaus, Schmetterlinghaus Hofburg Burggarten, 1010 Wien, Austria
Recommended sightseeing time:
2-3 hours
Phone:
+43 1 5338570
Dining in the Beautiful Castle Garden Greenhouse: Brasserie Palmenhaus Wien.
At the back of the Vienna Castle Garden, there is a large glass building. On one side is the tropical rainforest butterfly garden 'Schmetterlinghaus', and on the other side is the greenhouse restaurant 'Brasserie Palmenhaus Wien'. In the elegant white translucent space, it feels like dining in the jungle, with beautiful interlaced light and shadows.
In addition to classic Austrian dishes, there are also whole fresh fish dishes. The river fish from Vienna are quite delicious when grilled, with the white fish meat being particularly tender. Eastern European meat dishes are of high standard, not only steaks and schnitzels but also pan-fried hamburgers are very tasty.
The lush greenery, warm lighting, beautiful garden scenery, and delicious food make Brasserie Palmenhaus Wien very popular, although the prices are slightly on the higher side. In spring, the garden is in full bloom, making dining in the greenhouse even more beautiful.
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Butterfly
Butterfly zoo in Vienna's 1st district, Inner City. It is located in the north-west wing of the Palm House on the edge of the Burggarten. The palm house in its current form was built in 1901 according to plans by the architect Friedrich Ohmann and is 128 meters long and has a floor area of around 2,050 m². After it was closed for security reasons in 1988, a general renovation costing around 13 million euros was carried out. The palm house was reopened in 1998. Since then, the left, north-west wing has housed the butterfly house, which has an area of 280 m²..