Best Places to Buy Souvenirs and Gifts in Vienna (2026)

Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur Augarten has produced hard-paste porcelain in Vienna since 1718, making it Europe's second-oldest porcelain manufactory. It moved into the Augarten palace in 1923 and still hand-paints pieces like the 1929 Melon Service designed by Josef Hoffmann. The flagship store at Spiegelgasse 3 sells figurines, tea sets and smaller gift items alongside museum-scale tableware, giving visitors both a €30-range trinket and a serious collector's piece under one roof.

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Best for: Hand-painted porcelain heirlooms

J. & L. Lobmeyr has blown, cut and engraved crystal in Vienna since 1823 and is still owned by the founding family six generations on. Its Kärntner Straße flagship sells the Service No. 4 stemware line, presented at the 1873 Vienna World's Fair and still in production, alongside chandeliers held in the collections of MoMA and London's V&A. It suits shoppers who want a documented, museum-grade piece rather than a quick trinket.

Best for: Hand-blown crystal glassware and chandeliers

Altmann & Kühne has hand-produced miniature Liliput chocolates since 1928 from its Graben 30 storefront, a listed building with a facade and counter designed by architect Josef Hoffmann. The shop once advertised itself as supplier to the former Imperial Court, and today's Schick family ownership, in place since 1983, still sells the same jewel-box-style packaging. It is one of the easiest heritage gifts to carry home in a suitcase.

Best for: Miniature pralines in Wiener Werkstätte boxes

Xocolat's retail shop occupies part of the historic Palais Ferstel at Freyung 2 and stocks more than 400 selected chocolate bars alongside around 100 other confectionery items, sourced from its own manufactory and outside producers. A second manufactory address at Servitengasse 5 offers free walk-throughs of chocolate production. With nine stores across Austria, it gives visitors more variety per visit than a single-brand confectioner.

Best for: Curated artisan chocolate tasting gifts

Österreichische Werkstätten was founded in 1948 by architect Josef Hoffmann as a successor to the Wiener Werkstätte design movement, and its main store at Kärntner Straße 6 was renovated in 2018 and won a German Design Award in 2019. It sells jewelry, glassware and textiles built on early-20th-century Viennese Modernism patterns. It suits gift buyers looking for design objects rather than food or tableware.

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Best for: Contemporary Viennese design, jewelry and textiles

The Manner Shop at Stephansplatz 7 is the flagship store of the Josef Manner wafer brand, whose founder opened his first shop on the same square in the 1890s and whose logo has featured St. Stephen's Cathedral ever since. Manner Schnitten wafers are delivered fresh from the production line every morning, and the shop also sells pink-branded merchandise such as T-shirts and umbrellas. It is the cheapest, most convenient stop on this list for a quick, recognizable gift.

Best for: Budget-friendly wafer souvenirs

Dorotheum was founded in 1707 by Emperor Joseph I and now runs roughly 700 auctions a year across about 40 categories from its neo-Baroque Dorotheergasse headquarters, completed in 1901. Its in-house jewelry and gallery counters also sell at fixed prices outside the auction calendar, so buyers who want a genuinely one-off antique gift do not have to wait for a sale date, though outcomes are less predictable than the manufactory shops on this list.

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Best for: One-of-a-kind antique and vintage gifts