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Karlsplatz station

Karlsplatz is a station on U1, U2 and U4 of the Vienna U-Bahn. It is located in the district. It first opened on June 30, 1899, as the Academiestrasse station of the Wiener Stadtbahn, and received its current name in the same year that the associated square was named after Karl VI.
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  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: Metro station in Vienna, Austria
  • Also known as: “Karlsplatz” and “Karlsplatz (Vienna U-Bahn)”
  • Wheelchair access: yes
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Vienna State Opera and Musikverein.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house and opera company based in , Austria. The 1,709-seat Renaissance Revival venue was the first major building on the Vienna Ring Road. is situated 250 metres north of Karlsplatz station.

Theater building
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The Wiener , commonly shortened to , is a concert hall in , Austria, which is located in the district. The building opened in 1870 and is the home of the Vienna Philharmonic orchestra. is situated 270 metres east of Karlsplatz station.

Museum
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The is a in the of , . It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well as more modern graphic works, photographs and architectural drawings. is situated 410 metres north of Karlsplatz station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wieden and Bermudadreieck.

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is the fourth district of . Its north border is the Vienna river, the Prinz Eugen Straße the east and the Gürtel the south.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Karlsplatz station

Latitude
48.201° or 48° 12′ 4″ north
Longitude
16.36914° or 16° 22′ 9″ east
Operator
Wiener Linien
Network
Vienna U-Bahn
Open location code
8FWR6929+9M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4560843527
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Wiki­data ID
Q335894
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Karlsplatz station” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Karlsplatz”
  • Armenian: “Կառլսպլաց (մետրոյի կայարան)”
  • Armenian: “Կառլսպլաց”
  • Belarusian: “Карльспляц (станцыя мэтро)”
  • Belarusian: “Карльспляц”
  • Bulgarian: “Карлсплатц”
  • Chinese: “卡尔广场城铁站”
  • Chinese: “卡爾廣場城鐵站”
  • Chinese: “卡爾廣場站”
  • Dutch: “U-Bahn-Station Karlsplatz”
  • French: “Karlsplatz”
  • Georgian: “კარლსპლაცი”
  • German: “Karlsplatz”
  • German: “Station Karlsplatz”
  • German: “U-Bahn-Station Karlsplatz”
  • German: “Wien Karlsplatz”
  • Greek: “Σταθμός Κάρλσπλατς”
  • Hungarian: “Karlsplatz metróállomás”
  • Indonesian: “Karlsplatz”
  • Italian: “Karlsplatz”
  • Japanese: “カールスプラッツ駅”
  • Korean: “카를스플라츠역”
  • Lombard: “Karlsplatz (metropolitana de Vienna)”
  • Lombard: “Karlsplatz”
  • Macedonian: “Карлсплац”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karlsplatz undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Karlsplatz undergrunnstasjon”
  • Norwegian: “Karlsplatz undergrunnsstasjon”
  • Polish: “Karlsplatz”
  • Russian: “Карлсплац”
  • Turkish: “Karlsplatz metro istasyonu”
  • Ukrainian: “Карлс-плац”
  • “Karlsplatz”

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