¤ Landmark of the city is the "fire tower"/"Feuerturm" (Tüztorony, Fö tér 1), with a museum of history of the city.

¤ The barock main square (Fő tér) with the City Hall, fire tower, Storno-house (museum) and main roman catholic church. In December there is a christmas market on the square (must see!)

¤ Fabricius - House (Fö tér 6) from 14th century with interior from 17th and 18th century

¤ Pharmacymuseum (Fö tér 2)

¤ Old Synagogue (Uj u. 22, end of 13th century)

¤ Várnegyed/Burgviertel (medieval city core)

¤ St. Michael Church with tower (15th century, Szent Mihály utca)

¤ Mining Museum in Palais Esterhazy.

¤ Liszt Ferenc Cultural Centre on the Széchenyi square.

By car: From Vienna, Austria on A2 until the Traiskirchen intersection, then on A3 until the Eisenstadt intersection, and on B16 to Sopron.

By train: Connected to Vienna by trains every hour, departure from Wien Südbahnhof at the top of the hour. Travel takes about one hour.

By plane: Nearest international airports are Vienna (70 km), Bratislava (70 km), and Budapest (200 km).

The city isn't large, so you can walk or buy a ticket to ride the public bus lines.

Shopping is (still) cheaper than in neighbouring Austria.

In the city you can buy trendy clothes in the shop "Jeans Club" or you can buy clothes and other stuff in the Plaza outside of the city. There's a new shopping centre near to the border of the town, where you can find shops of various famous brands, like Benetton or New Yorker.

Lots of restaurants, predominantly Hungarian but also Viennese cuisine, frequented by Austrian daytime tourists.

Tips: Graben Restaurant on the street around the city centre, Hungarian and Austrian specialites. The restaurant has a good atmosphere.

Mediterrano: it has 3 restaurants, one of them is called "Spago". Italian food and good wines, there are mostly jounger people because of it's design.

If you're in Sopron, you have to drink a glass of the famous wine of the area around sopron, it's called "Kékfrankos".

There's also a disco in the city plaza, the "Colosso".