Getreidegasse and the old town passages

It is the busiest street in the old town, narrow and pedestrianised, between the Alter Markt and the Herbert-von-Karajan-Platz. Look up: the wrought-iron signs hanging from the facades, many of them gilded, advertise each shop, and they are still made by hand by the Wieber workshop on the street itself. The houses have windows that narrow floor by floor and dates and inscriptions on the doorways.

Look for the Durchhäuser, passage houses with an arcaded courtyard that link the Getreidegasse with the streets behind. The best known, the Schatz-Haus one, leaves from number 3 towards the Universitätsplatz, where there is a daily market. At number 9 is Mozart's birthplace. Go early or late: in mid-morning the street is a river of people.