City Guide
Vienna’s Imperial Counters
Published · 1 min read · ORBIS Editorial
Vienna still shops in the imperial tense. The counters are marble, the boxes are ribboned, and the staff address you like an archduke with a budget.
“Between purchases, the cafés are the museum.”
Article references
From the Atlas
- Gino Venturini Vienna / Spiegelgasse
Vienna's bespoke shirtmaker — imperial-city collars cut by hand near the Graben since 1957. store page → · open in the atlas → - Knize Graben 13, Vienna
Tailors of the k.u.k. court since 1858 behind Adolf Loos’s 1913 portal — the most beautiful small shopfront in retail; Marlene Dietrich’s tailcoats cut upstairs. store page → · open in the atlas → - J. & L. Lobmeyr Kärntner Straße 26, Vienna
Glass since 1823 — lit the world’s first electric chandelier with Edison, hangs today in the Met Opera; muslin glasses thin as held breath. store page → · open in the atlas → - Demel Kohlmarkt 14, Vienna
K.u.k. court confectioner, 1786 — the Sachertorte feud’s other party; candied violets Empress Sisi ordered, still made by hand in the window. store page → · open in the atlas → - Loden-Plankl Michaelerplatz 6, Vienna
Loden-Plankl specialises in loden and traditional Austrian clothing at Michaelerplatz in Vienna, opposite the Hofburg. Its selection covers adults and children in a shop that has traded at the square since the nineteenth century. The business offers alterations with new clothing purchases and can arrange shipping for customers who prefer not to carry their purchases home. store page → · open in the atlas →