Tulln an der Donau is a small Danube town 35-40 minutes northwest of Vienna by S-Bahn, notable as the birthplace of Expressionist painter Egon Schiele (1890-1918). The Egon Schiele Museum, in a former medieval prison building, holds original works and documents connecting Schiele’s early Tulln years to his later work. The Danube cycling route passes directly through town, making Tulln a natural overnight stop on a Vienna-to-Wachau cycling trip. The Gartentulln garden show runs in summer along the Danube embankment. For travelers who want a fast Viennese day trip with genuine cultural content, the museum and the riverside location justify the 40-minute journey.
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Tulln an der Donau
Egon Schiele was born in Tulln in 1890 in a house adjacent to the railway station where his father was the stationmaster, and the Egon Schiele Museum here is one of two Schiele institutions in Austria (the other is in Cesky Krumlov, where he was briefly imprisoned).