The Strudlhofstiege (also known as the Strudlhof Steps)[1] is an outdoor staircase of architectural and literary significance in Vienna, Austria.

He settled in the northern suburb where he opened his Strudlhof painting school in 1688, one of the first art colleges in Central Europe.

Shortly afterwards, the Vienna city administration under Mayor Karl Lueger resolved upon the construction of a staircase at the end of the street, in order to create a facilitated access to the lower Lichtental terrain level beyond.

Built from luminescent Mannersdorf limestone, it today rates as an Art Nouveau (Jugendstil) masterpiece, resembling the Stadtbahn architecture by Otto Wagner.

The symmetric lower part of the staircase is centered on two fountains, with a facial mask, and a fish head as a waterspout.