Vienna - Vienna

Vienna: Meadowlark Botanical Gardens
Vienna
StateVirginia
Residents
15.687 (2010)
height
109 m
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location
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Vienna

Vienna is a city in the Piedmont region of the US state Virginia. The city has a good name due to its extraordinarily high quality of life. For travelers, Vienna is primarily due to its proximity to Washington, D.C. Interesting. The journey time by car and public transport is less than 1 hour.

background

Vienna is predominantly a dormitory and residential city with 17,000 inhabitants (2018). It is located in Virginia, not far from Washington, DC. There are many small shops in the city center. Part of the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park's network of hiking and biking trails runs through the city center.

The first European settler was the former soldier and landowner in 1754 Colonel Charles Broadwater. His son-in-law John Hunter built a house here in 1767 and named the town after his Scottish hometown Ayr Hill. When the doctor William Hendrick settled here, the city was named after his birthplace Vienna renamed. This place is known today by the name Phelps.

getting there

By plane

The Dulles International Airport (IAD) is ½ hour west, on the edge of Chantilly and Herndon. The closer to D.C. located Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) is 45 minutes away.

By train

Vienna does not have an Amtrak train station. However, on the southern edge of the city, already in the area of ​​the neighboring town of Oakden, is the Vienna-Fairfax Station, the terminus of the Orange line, a S-Bahn line of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authoritywho have favourited Vienna with Washington D.C. connects. The station is also ideal for Park & ​​Ride.

By bus

In the street

The interstate I66 comes from Washington, D.C., goes south past Vienna and leads to the interstate I81 at Middletown.

mobility

Map of Vienna

Tourist Attractions

  • 1  Freeman Store & Museum, 131 Church St NE, Vienna, VA 22180. last change: Sep. 2020
  • 2  Meadowlark Botanical Gardens. Meadowlark Botanical Gardens in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMeadowlark Botanical Gardens in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryMeadowlark Botanical Gardens (Q9010908) in the Wikidata database.Garden with flowers, several ponds, Korean bell garden, wildlife (birds, koi, turtles) and hiking trails. There is a Christmas light show in winter.last change: Nov. 2019

activities

shop

  • 1  Tyson's Corner Center. Tyson's Corner Center in the Wikipedia encyclopediaTysons Corner Center in the Wikimedia Commons media directoryTyson's Corner Center (Q3546388) in the Wikidata database.Shopping center with around 300 shops, a cinema with 16 screens and several food courts.last change: Nov. 2019

kitchen

nightlife

accommodation

health

Practical advice

trips

The shopping city is right next door Tyson's Corner.

literature

Web links

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