Unique look inside the United Nations complex in Vienna's 22nd District

Booking

Standard tour times are Monday-Friday 11am, 12.30pm, 2pm and 3.30pm, subject to availability (see calendar).

Rates

Per person, including online booking fee: Adults: 15.90€ Reduced rate: 13.78€ Children (bookable together with an adult): 7.42€

Duration

The standard tour for individual visitors takes about one hour.

Languages

English: Several tours per day German: Several tours per day

Other languages (subject to availability): French: Mondays 12.30 pm Chinese: Wednesdays 12.30pm Spanish: Thursdays 12.30pm Italian: Fridays 12.30 pm

On the occasion of the 2025 Zero Project Conference at the UN in Vienna: Plain language (English): Wed, 5 March 2pm Touch tour (English): Thurs, 6 March 3.30pm

About

Our standard guided tour offers visitors the opportunity to see the inside of the United Nations complex in Vienna's 22nd District, and learn about the work and purposes of the United Nations in Vienna and around the world.

Tour outline Each tour is led by one of our multilingual tour guides who can easily tailor the tour to any level of prior knowledge.

He or she will introduce the United Nations organization and its efforts to 'transform our world' through the Sustainable Development Goals. The Vienna International Centre is home to members of the United Nations family working on many aspects of peace and security, human rights and development. They seek to use atoms for peace and development, to reduce poverty through inclusive and sustainable industrial development, to ban nuclear testing, to bring the benefits of the peaceful uses of outer space to every part of the world, to remove legal obstacles to international trade, and to make the world safer from drugs, crime and terrorism.

The tour will also take in the history and architecture of the Vienna International Centre (VIC), and explain exhibits along the tour route illustrating the work that goes on here. Visitors will usually have a chance to see one of the conference rooms where international negotiations take place, and can enjoy some of the fine art works on display at the Vienna International Centre, such as an original Hundertwasser. A highlight for many young visitors is a real moonrock on loan to the UN in Vienna from NASA.

The tour route can vary for operational reasons, so requests for specific areas that interest you should be communicated before the tour.

Tour brochure A 32-page colour booklet documenting the tour highlights is available for purchase.

Important information

When preparing for an on-site visit to the VIC, please bear in mind the following:

• You will have to pass a security check requiring a valid official identification document (national ID card, passport or driving licence; a paper copy or a photo of the ID is not acceptable).
• As the security check might get busy, we recommend arriving at the VIC at least 15 minutes before the scheduled starting time of the tour.
• Small bags may be carried on tour. For security reasons there is no possibility to store luggage at the VIC.
• The Visitors Service is closed on weekends and the official UN Holidays, and there are no tours over the year-end period.

Contact

Please email us at tours.vienna[at]un.org in case of any questions about your booking.

More information about visiting the United Nations in Vienna: www.unvienna.org/visit