Kohlmarkt

Fans of high-carat luxury will quickly find what they are looking for around Kohlmarkt. The area is home to traditional Viennese jewelers Wagner, Bucherer, and Schullin, as well as resonant international luxury brands. Rare pieces can also be acquired at the Dorotheum auction house.

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The most prestigious shopping zone in downtown Vienna – also called the “Golden U” – stretches from Hofburg Palace and Kohlmarkt via Graben to KärntnerStrasse. Formerly the location of numerous court-appointed jewelers, international luxury brands such as Cartier, Chopard, Tiffany, and Wellendorff are the present-day answer to exclusive glittering dreams.