Bona Ventura

Innere Stadt (1st) · Vienna

Anker Clock

Ankeruhr

Monument

An Art Nouveau bridge-clock by painter Franz Matsch (1911-1914) linking two buildings of the Anker insurance company. Over twelve hours twelve figures or pairs from Viennese history cross the four-metre mosaic dial, each with music of its era; at noon they all parade.

Address
Hoher Markt 10-11, 1010 Wien
Hours
Parade of all figures with music daily at 12:00; Christmas carols daily at 17:00 in Advent
Best time to go
Morning · About 20 min
Price
Free
Price level
€

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Good to know

  • Be on Hoher Markt a few minutes before noon for the full parade.
  • The Roman Museum is on the same square and the Baroque Vermählungsbrunnen fountain stands in the middle.
  • The figures of Adam, Eve, an angel and the devil hold up the bridge: look up.

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