Wow that really does look like an event and a half lol. Great shots.

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Nice!

Stadtpark:

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:D

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Sometimes, less is more, qrde!

Definitely a beautiful city. Not the most exciting place though to have fun but more exciting than Brussels.lol, I totally dont agree on this one.

Uitp

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Tirol in Wien :D

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Only 30 in the world 1 in Wien :)Wiesmann Roadster 20th Anniversary Edition


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Very nice pictures!

As a newcomer to this forum I would like to thank everybody - especially Bahnsteig4 - for some great photos. They bring back some great memories of many happy days spent in Vienna - either working/living there or returning as a regular tourist.

I will try to share some of my own photos on here.

For starters, here's one of the UN and Austria Centre - taken in November 1988. It's a very different view today!

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1256/1172382631_e2f09e84c0.jpg?v=0

Looking across the vineyards (during the winter) towards the village of Kahlenbergerdorf and the River Danube:

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1313/1172373787_0ddccbb54d.jpg?v=0

Window display in Demel - December 2006:

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Taken during the Neujahrskonzert 'Preview' performance on 30th December 2006 in the Golden Hall of the Musikverein in Vienna. Zubin Mehta conducts the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra:

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Roof of Stephansdom

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City Hall

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Rose at Volksgarten Parc, 1st district

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Background: General Hospital of the city of Vienna, East Tower (85m), 9th district
Biggest hospital of Europe

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Michaelerplatz

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Kohlmarkt

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Michaelertrakt

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Vienna is simply stunning!

Tuchlauben

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Boeing 777 at the airport

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Nice pictures!

Thanks a lot!

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Great photos, stefan!

Close to the UN building I found this interesting mural:

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^^Very interesting ;)

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I like the last photo, very nice. Regards.

Thanks Jan, me too.

I like that very special view.

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Freaked me out for a second, that guy throwing the Frisbee looks a lot like my uncle when he was a little younger except his hair is more reddish.
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;)

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Excellent thread with many cool and unique shots :)

Thanks! :)

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Last week:

Rapid Wien - Liverpool FC

Sorry for bad quality, the picture was taken with the phone

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This Vienna's thread is really amazing; very nice photos btw

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This is a really nice thread. Cool photos, Stefan! :)

Thanks, schum-ho!

great photos stefan, do you have your own flickr page or something similar where can I see only your photos?

^ This is Stefans photobucket album:

http://s246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/stefanguti/


:)

^^
Exactly!

Most of the pictures are normal random shots. Nothing special ;)

Have fun!

Thx erbse

Millennium Tower

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Very nice photo @stefan :cheers:

Thanks christos!
I have some more! :)

Florido Tower

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Up at Kahlenberg

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Great shots of a great city!

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Geil. What and where is this place?

millennium tower rocks

Geil. What and where is this place?

That´s on the Kahlenberg! Indeed it´s a great place

millennium tower rocks
I agree; the Millennium tower its indeed great

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Any idea what was going on here? Thanks for the pics

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Someone suggested 'car blessing'.

Location : Kahlenberg , in the rear the so-called Sobieski Church .

car blessing ;)

I have never seen this before myself...


Graben

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Great sets of photos mate. Keep 'em coming :).

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St. Stephan's Cathedral from distance

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I really enjoy this amazing Vienna show! Keep'em coming :)

Vienna seems to be the most interesting city in Central Europe.

^^
Maybe it is - not only in central Europe :)

Palais Coburg

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^^

Mmmmmmh :)

Fehlen nur noch Ansichten der Rückseite zur völligen Zufriedenheit :)

Need for speed on the Ring
http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/stefanguti/DSC04071.jpg


Hofburg at night
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Hofburg looks amazing. One of the greatest palaces. It used to be the official residence of the Emperor, wasn't it?

Exactly, until 1918.

Here is a picture from 1900:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Heldenplatz_Luftaufnahme_1900.jpg

Awesome!

Exactly, until 1918.

Here is a picture from 1900:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Heldenplatz_Luftaufnahme_1900.jpg

Oh, the golden times!:cheers:

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Kohlmarkt

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The great thing about this city is that it managed to retain the imperial Belle Époque appearance.
:cheers:

Not everywhere: some buildings were destroyed during WW II.

http://i246.photobucket.com/albums/gg90/stefanguti/DSC04255.jpg


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In this last photo, isnt' that a major commercial throughfare of Vienna? I can't remember the name...

The last photo represents the "Graben" (1st district), pedestrian area in the inner city.

Especially that last picture is very beautiful, so many lovely buildings. I love the architecture of Vienna and cities in that area of Europe. :)

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:cheers:Vienna is truly a pearl in the heart of Europe!

^^

And stefanguti its truly devoted chronicler :)

Thanks ;) I try my best.


PortNuts: Come visit the SSC Vienna community! ;)

Thanks ;) I try my best.


PortNuts: Come visit the SSC Vienna community! ;)

:okay:I aprecciate your suggestion. But speaking german is not one of my talents, unfortunately. :|

No worries, we all speak english :)


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Amazing pics

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Very atmospheric piccies all round mate, looking out for more as always :).

This last photo is stunning.

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I have another picture, have to look for it ;)

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Is this building a palace?

It is the already posted Hofburg. You know that building already! ;)

Oh thanks. I'm not very acquainted with the façade.

Here is the main facade at night:

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^^ So, you pretended taking a picture of roses, right? ;)

great thread, i have to visit vienna when i'm in europe again next year. this city is indeed the "core" of europe's soul.

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Young and crunchy - and I wasn't there :gaah:

;)

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They also did that «free hugs» iniciative here!

Beautiful dome.

Did you take one?

I am about to travel for the next 3 weeks.
So no picture updates for that period.

:)
All the best

One more before I am off to Asia ;)

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One more before I am off to Asia ;)




Where to ?

Amazing recent photos from Vienna :cheers:

I wouldn't take a free hug in Swine Flu times at all ;)



Nice stuff anyway.

I would hug the cute guy! lol But that's just me! LOL Great photos BTW!

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For 4 days in August this year I visited Vienna (and Bratislava) and I will make an extensive thread about it, but I will also post the pictures here.

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Vienna International Airport INNERE STADT (CITY CENTER)

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Vienna State Opera (Wiener Staatsoper). The members of Vienna Philharmonic are recruited from its orchestra. It was completed in 1869 in Neo-Renaissance style. Parts of the opera was destroyed during bombings by Americans in 1945.
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A Mozart concert taking place in the opera house.

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Ringstrasse towards KärntnerStrasse. To the left is the opera and in the background is St Stephen's Cathedral.

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Kärntner Strasse is the main pedestrian street of Vienna and feature famous store brands.

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A building under deconstruction at KärntnerStrasse.

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Donnerbrunnen near Neue Markt Square near KärntnerStrasse.

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Mostly Mozart, a typical tourist store at KärntnerStrasse.

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To the right on KärntnerStrasse is Steffl, the most famous department store in Vienna.

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The view over St Stephen's Cathedral at Steffl's rooftop restaurant.

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The exterior glass elevator of Steffl's department store.


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A painted building opposite Steffl's.

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Kärntner Strasse from the department store, southwards.


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Kärntner Strasse, towards Haas Haus.

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Fancy facades with elegant stores at KärntnerStrasse.

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Window washing at a luxorious classic building.

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Haas House with its postmodern facade at the end of KärntnerStrasse is hated by many viennese, probably because it is located opposite the old landmark Stephansdom, that is mirrored in its curved glass.

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Haas Hause was completed in 1990 and houses offices, a hotel, shops and restaurants. In my opinion it fits in well at Stephansplatz.

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Haas Haus from the other side.

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Partly nice building, but a bit odd building with a mix of materials, especially with the Mc Donalds sign.

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The top of Stephansdom can be seen above this decorated building.

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Stephansdom, St Stephen's Cathedral, is Vienna's mos famous landmark. It was completed in 1160 and is the mother church of the Archdiocese of Vienna and the seat of the archbishop of Vienna. The architecure style is a mix of Gothic and Romanesque.

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The top of the spire has a height of 107m and the width is 70m. Stephansdom is one of the world's most famous cathedrals.

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When visiting in summer 2009, parts of the cathedral was under renovation. The cathedral is printed on the Austrian 10 cent Euro coins.

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The side of St Stephen's Cathedral.

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The impressive interior of the cathedral.

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Horse carriages outside the cathedral.

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Details of Stephansdom.

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Mozarthaus Vienna was the residence of Mozart when he lived in Vienna. It is now a Mozart museum. He only lived there from 1784 to 1787.

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View from the entrance to Mozart's residence in Vienna.

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Stephansplatz with the cathedral to the left and Haas Haus to the right.

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A small street between Stephansplatz and Petersplatz.

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Exclusive chocolate is a typical Vienna speciality, perhaps because Mozart loved it.

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Grauben is beginnning to the west where KärntnerStrasse ends and is, if possible, even more exclusive. To the left is Haas Haus and behind me Stephensdom.

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Exclusive stores at Graben pedestrian street.

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This beautiful building...

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...hosts a Swedish clothes store, H&M.

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Graben, looking towards Pestsäule with another statue to the right.

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Generali-Hof at Graben also hosts exclusive stores...
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...and so is Graben-Hof.

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Pestsäule (the plague column) at Gragen is a reminder of the victims of the plague. It was Emperor Leopold I that vowed to erect it. It was designed by Paul Strudel and inaugurated in 1693. During the design period, it changed from conservative style to high baroque.

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Overview of Graben.

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Pestsäule at Graben.

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Phoenix Krawatten building at Graben.

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These sculpture imitators can be seen in most big cities these days.

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Peterskirche (St Peter's Church), seen from Graben though Jungferngasse. Peterskirche, with its origins in medieval times, was transferred in 1970 to the priest of Opus Dei.The dome is 57 m tall. The baroque church was completed in 1733.

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Petrikirche seen from KärntnerStrasse.

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Kohlmarkt, the short but exclusive pedetrian street that leads to Michaelerplatz and Hofburg Palace.

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Exclusive brand stores at Kohlmarkt.

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Hofburg Imperial Palace at Michaelerplatz. This part is called Michaelerwing and includes the Spanish riding school, to the left. Hofburg has hosted some of the most important people in Austrian history, including the Habsburg dynasty, rulers of the Austrian-Hungarina empire. It is currently the official residence of Austria's president. Marie Antoinette was born here in 1755.

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The circular place called Michelerplatz is filled with horse carriages and a lot of tourists.

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Michaelerkirke (St Michael's Church) at Michaelerplatz is one of the few remaining Romanesque builidngs of Vienna. It was completed in 1792. The church, close to the Michaeler used to be the parish church of the Imperial Court

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Looshaus by the secession architect Adolf Loos at Michaelerplatz.

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Sculptures stand at the entrance to Hofburg.

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The famous Spanish Riding School, Spanische Hofreitschule it is located in the west wing of Hofburg. It is the oldest riding school in the world and a major tourist attraction. The word “Spanish” comes from the exclusive Spanish horses.

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Heldenplatz, Heroes Square, is located at the other side of Hofburg's entrance, next to the Spanish riding school.

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Heldenplatz is where Hitler declared Austria's Anschluss to the German Nazi reich. The statue portraits military leaders.

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An arcade throuh Hofburg, that today is filled with tourist shops, where I bought postcards.

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Hofburg has hosted several royal families, the Habsburg dynasty and today the president of Austria. It consists of several grandiose palaces.

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Heldenplatz, looking towards Volksgarten and Rathaus.

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The statue of Prince Eugene of Savoy in front of Neue Burg.

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Hofburg Palace's Neue Burg wing with the National Library.

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Austrian National Library, &Ouml;sterreichische Nationalbibliothek is located in Hofburg Palace's Neue Burg section. It has 7.4 million items in its collections, including ancient and rare books, papiry, music and more.

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The marble interior of the Baroque library has museums.
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The marble interior of Austrian National Library in Neue Burg, part of Hofburg Palace.

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The gate to the Hofburg Palace, seen from Ringstrasse.

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Asculpture in Volksgarten (the Public Garden).

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Volksgarten, a monument and the 2 identical museum buildings.

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Volksgarten with City Hall and Votivkirche in the background.

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The famous Burgtheater from Burggarten.

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The parliament building was completed in 1883 and features many details, like the statue Pallas-Athena-Brunnen. It is house for many Austrian ceremonies, like the state speech on the national day and the swearing-in ceremony of the president. A statue of Franz Josef is in the center of the top.

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Trams in front of the parliament.

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Rathaus, the City Hall of Vienna. It was designed in a Gothic style by Friedrich von Schmidt and was completed in 1883.

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On the top of the city hall tower is the Rathausmann, a symbol of Vienna.

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An event was going on in front of the Town Hall this hot day.

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Rathauspark, the park in front of Rathaus.

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Burgtheater, formerly Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theater. It was created in 1741 by Maria Therese and has since then became one of the world's most important Germans language theaters. Three Mozart operas premiered there. It was designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer, just like the twin museums. It was detroyed during WW2, but was restored in the 1950s.
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Burggarten with the Mozart statue and Hofburg. Note the G clave in flowers in front of Mozart.

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Burggarten, the park next to Hofburg.

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The statue of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Volksgarten with Hofburg Palace's east side behind.

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Herkulesbrunnen in Burggarten.

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Historical buildings seen from Burggarten.

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The East side of Hofburg seen from Burggarten.

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Palmenhauses.

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Goethe statue at Goethegasse.

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A Steinway grand piano store.

You can also watch the thread at the Vienna page of World Travel Images:
http://www.worldtravelimages.net/Vienna_Innercity.html

Next is Innere Stadt (City Center) – part 2!

INNERE STADT (CITY CENTER) – Part 2: Around Karlsplatz, Schwedenplatz and Stadtpark

The city center, Innere Stadt, the 1st district of Vienna, is where most of the historical buildings and palaces are. This section is focusing on the areas around Karlsplatz, Schwedenplatz and west of Stadtpark, some blocks away from the immediate city center, East and South of Ringstrasse and the South bank of Danube Canal.

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A column in front of Beethoven museum. Perhaps the golden face in the middle represents Beethoven.

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The University of Vienna (Universität Wien). Opened in 1365, it is one of Europe's oldest universities.

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Schottentor, a busy traffic hub, partly underground, includes this grand building.

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Votivkirche at Schottentor. Unfortunately under reconstruction. The neo-Gothic church from 1879 reminds of Notre-Dame.

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Both the trams and the metro is underground at Schottentor.

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Bank Austria at Schottentor.

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Palais Ephrussi at Schottentor with the HQ of Casinos Austria, one of the world's largest casino operators.

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A grandiose jugend building opposite Sezessionhaus.

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Sezessionhaus, the Secession Building was built in 1897 by Joseph Maria Olbrich for exhibitions of the secession group, a movement towards the existing art that lead to the origin of for example Jugend style (Art Noveau).

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The Secessionist movement's motto is written above the entrance to the pavilion: "Der Zeit ihre Kunst. Der Kunst ihre Freiheit" that means "To every age its art, to art its freedom".
The text at the 3 faces means ”;Painting, architecture, sculpture”;.

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Jugendstil owls at Secession house.

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Sezessionhaus features the Beethoven Frieze by Gustav Klimt. It is contained at the Austrian 50 euro coin.

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Karlsplatz seen from Secessionhouse.

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Kunsthalle glass pavilion.

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Kunsthalle and Technical University.

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Karlsplatz, a large square/park that is dominated by Karlskirche. Even if it is hard to see on the pictures, heavy traffic surrounds the place.

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Karlskirche, the impressive church from 1737 at Karlsplatz. It is the largest and most important Baroque church of Vienna. Johann Bernard Fischer von Erlach designed it. Trajan's Column in Rome was model for the two massive pillars. The church is totally 70m tall.

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Karlsplatz: Wiener Musikverein to the right is a grand concert hall for classical music. The world famous new years concert is performed here every year by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. It was designed by Theophil Hansen, who also designed the Parliament.

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The sculpture in front of Karlskirche.

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Karlplatz nice historical metro underground entrance.

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The postmodern Technische Universität (Technical University) building.

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The old part of Technisches Universität, seen from Karlsplatz.

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A special kind of vehicle one of many in a row at Karlplatz.

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French's embassy's neo Baroque building.

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Schwarzenbergplatz with Hochstrahlbrunnen fountain and the Russian soldiers monument.

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Heldendenkmal, or The Russian soldier's monument at Schwarzenbergplatz. It was built in 1945 by the Soviet army to honour the 17 000 Russian soldiers that died in the battle of Vienna. Many people have tried to destroyed the memorial.

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The beautiful Hochstrahlbrunnen fountain at Schwarzenbergplatz with the French embassy in the background.

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Schwarzenberg Palace, the palace of the Bohemian noblemen that Schwarzenbergplatz is named after. Its gardens are not open to public. The palace hosts a hotel, offices, a restaurant and the Swiss embassy.

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Wiener Konzert Haus from 1913. The idea of the building was to attract a broader audience than the more conservative Wiener Musikverein. An ice skating rink is situated just next to the building. Hotel Intercontinental, an ugly but luxorious hotel is in the background.

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A McDonald's in a historical building at Schwarzenbergplatz. Does it add life or does it ruin the building?

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Hotel Imperial, a 5-star luxury hotel from 1873 at Schwarzenbergplatz. The top floors were added in 1928.

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A museum near Stadtpark.

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An unusual metro station.

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Österreischiche Postsparkasse, the famous Austrian Postal Saving Bank by Otto Wagner. The stile is jugend,a style that Wagner along with the other secession architects more or less invented. There is an Otto Wagner museum inside the building.

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Österreischiche Postsparkasse was completed in 1906 and is built by reinforced concrete. It was spared any damage during WW2.

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Details of the Savings Bank. It is hard to get an idea of how large the building is from the street level, since it is almost hidden on the backstreets behind Ringstrasse. The interior was designed so that it should be easy to feel the difference between the monotone workingclass spaces and the luxorious office of the boss.

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Regierungsgebäude, the former Imperial and Royal Ministry of War (Kriegsministerium) at Ringstrasse. Ludwig Bauman was the architect and it was completed in 1913.
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Regierungsgebäude seen from Postal Savings Bank.

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Urania at Franz Josefs Kai, near Schwedenplatz, is a jugend building that houses the public educational institute and observatory. It was damaged during WW2, but has been reconstructed.

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Schwedenplatz. Formerly called Ferdinandplatz, it got its name as an honour for the Swedish assistance during WW1. Note the green jugend building with the ugly McDonalds signs.
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The roof garden.

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Schwedenplatz.

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Schwedenplatz is a metro traffic hub for the U-bahn and trams and is where I lasted my long first day in Vienna.

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St Josefs Kai with Stephansdom towering over the buildings.

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Ringturm from 1955, Vienna's first ”;skyscraper”;. 93m tall.

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Sunset view over Donau Canal (Danube Canal) the divides Innere Stadt (to the left) from Leopoldstadt (to the right).

You can also watch the thread at the Vienna page of World Travel Images:
http://www.worldtravelimages.net/Vienna_Innercity2.html

LANDSTRASSE

Landstrasse is a district, not a street even if the name tells so, that consists of Landstrasse plus smaller districts that have been merged. It is situated just east of the first district (city center) on the same side of the Danube Canal. The beautiful Belvedere Palace and garden and the architect/artist Hundertwasser's 2 famous innovative buildings are probably what the district is mostly known for. Except for around the tourist attractions the district feels a little bit empty compared to the city center. In Landstrasse, most American hotel chains are situated around Stadtpark that is bordering the first district. Some tall modern office buildings have been constructed in Landstrasse recently.


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KunstHausWien. Friedensrich Hundertwasser's innovative building from 1991 that is now a permanent exhibition of Hundertwasser's drawings and works. There is also a shop where you can by Hundertwasser stuff and and indoor and an outdoor caf&eacute;, designed by Hundertwasser.

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Details of KunstHausWien's exterior. Note that this is a museum, a different building from the nearby Hundertwasserhaus that is a residential building.

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The restaurant.

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The shop with Hundertwasser stuff at KunstHausWien.

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The cozy outdoor caf&eacute; of Hundertwasser's KunstHausWien.

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Hundertwasser decorations atUntere Weissgerberstrasse, the street that goes between Hundertwasser's 2 most famous buildings in Vienna.

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These colourful houses I saw on my way to Hundertwasserhaus on Untere Weissgerberstrasse.

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The first sight of Hundertwasserhaus. The grey building to the left of it is a shame.

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Hundertwasserhaus, the famous residential building designed by Friedensrich Hundertwasser. That is how it looks when a an artist become an architect. Magnificent!
It was built between 1983 and 1986.

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Details of Hundertwasserhaus at Kegelgasse. Huge amount of tourists.

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Hundertwasserhaus. Hundertwasser didn't want to get payed for the work, he thought it was worth it to prevent something ugly to get built on the site.

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Hundertwasser Village, a complex opposite Hundertwasserhaus made to take care of all the tourists visiting that wants to buy gifts.
Unfortunately there has became some kind of a Disneyland feeling in it.

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The interior of Hundertwasser Village with galleries and tourist shops, also designed by Hundertwasser.

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The caf&eacute; of Hundertwasser Village.

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Please do not sit on Hundertwasser's cat sofa!

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The nice gallery and gift shop of Hunderwasser Village.

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”Skyscrapers” by Hundertwasser can be yours for 109 euro.

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Hundertwasser's staircase leading down to the Hundertwasser toilet in the Hundertwasser basement of Hundertwasser Village.

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That is how Hundertwasserhaus looks from LÖwengasse.

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The tallest church in Landstrasse.

To the west, closer to the city center, a totally different kind of architecture could be found:
The Belvedere, a baroque palace and gardens built by Prince
Eugene of Savoy. Both the upper and lower Belvedere were drawn by the architect Johan Lukas von Hildebrandt.

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Upper Belvedere. Built in 1720-23 by

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Lower Belvedere. That was the first part built, originally not a palace but a villa finished in 1716. Lower Belvedere is closer to the city center than the upper version.
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The entrance to Belvedere. In 1752 the complex was sold to Maria Theresa of Austria, who invented the name Belvedere.
It was extended by the Habsburgs family. Archduke Franz Ferdinand was the last one to reside in Belvedere.
The Austrian Gallery museum resides in Belvedere since WWI.

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The buildings and gardens have recently got a facelift.

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The garden is a cheaper and more centrally located alternative to the very hyped SchÖnbrunn.

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Unfortunately it was closed inside just when I reached the palace.

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The terrace of Upper Belvedere offers views over the city.
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The city center with Stephansdom seen from Upper Belvedere.

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Funkturm seen from Belvedere.

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Traffic jam at the hilly Prinz-Eugenstrasse.

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The Brazilian embassy at Prinz-Eugenstrasse.

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Hilton Hotel seen from the Stadtpark (City Park), where most American hotel chains are.

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Stadtpark, the park that divides Landstrasse from Innere Stadt. A canal goes through the park.

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The reconstrution of Wien-Mitte Station, with City Tower in the background. Most of Vienna's railway stations were very shabby and looked like something that belongs
in communist Soviet.

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A modern glass facade mirroring an old one. Next to the station.

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City Tower 1. 97m tall and 26 floors. This modern cubistic highrise from 2003 is an example of a new construction wave in Vienna.

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Marxergasse. A number of modern office highrises have been constructed on this street.

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The end of Marxstrasse.

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The colourful Hotel Ukraina.

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UNIQA Tower in Leopoldstadt seen from Dampfschiffstrasse from Landstrasse at Danube Canal.

Very beautiful set Nightsky, it seems you know Vienna well too.. ;)

Thx for so many pictures!

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I'm glad the updates are back! :okay:

Thanks ;)

Have been in Asia the last month.

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LEOPOLDSTADT

Leopoldstadt, the second district, is an island in the city, divided from the city center by Danube Canal in the south and from Donaustadt by the wide River Danube. A large part of Leopoldstadt is occupied by the park and amusement park Prater. Leopoldstadt is also home to the fictive nation Kugelmugel. Leopoldstadt once had a large Jewish population, but was partly destroyed by the holocaust Leopoldstadt south part has recently experienced a construction boom.

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Looking towards Leopoldstadt from Ringstrasse. Modern office highrise buildings in glass and steel has been constructed at Leopoldstadt's river bank of Danube Canal recently.

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UNIQA Tower is the first thing that meets you when you enter Leopoldstadt from the city center. 75m, 22 floors. It is the first so called green building in Austria.

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New glass towers under construction in Leopoldstadt.

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Traffic jam over Danube, at the foot UNIQA Tower.
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Sunset over Danube Canal.

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A floating swimmingpool in Danube Canal.

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A tram rides over Danube. Ringturm in the background.

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Swimming in the canal.

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Modern architecture of Leopoldstadt.

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Can you spot the golden tower of Hundertwasser's Plant?

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Towards the mountains.

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The “beach” of Leopoldstadt's strand.
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Praterstern column. Praterstern is a busy railway station and traffic hub near Praterpark.

PRATERPARK:
Prater is a huge park, that occupies the majority of the land of Leopoldstadt. It is divided into 2 parts: A green area for cycling and walking, and a famous amusement park.

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Hauptallee in Praterpark, where I relaxed.

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Wurstelprater amusement park is filled with rides, merry-go-rounds, a roller coaster, shooting galleries and restaurants. The most famous attraction is the more than 100 year old ferris wheel Riesenrad.

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Prater Amusement Park - The Disneyland of Vienna!

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Riesenrad ferris wheel is the landmark of Prater and is one of the world's oldest moving ferris wheels. It is 65 m high and was erected in 1897 to celebrate Franz Josef I's golden jubilee. In the past, there was a theme park “Venice of Vienna” with canals, gondolas and Italian buildings that surrounded the wheel.

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It has been seen in many movies, such as The Third Man, Before Sunrise and James Bond: The Living Daylight.

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An exhibition about Riesenrad with models inside red wagons that are similar to the ones of the wheel. This model shows the damage of the wheel after WWII bombings. Before the bombings, Riesenrad had twice as many wagons.

Some of the views over Leopoldstadt from Riesenrad can be seen below:
Views of other districts from Riesenrad can be seen in the
Vienna skylines and views section that is highly recommendable: http://www.worldtravelimages.net/Vienna_skylines.html

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Towards UNIQA Tower.

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Leopoldstadt new highrises.

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Leopoldstadt and Donaustadt.

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Leopoldstadt with Landstrasse in the background.

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Leopoldstadt with Donaustadt in the background.

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There is a restaurant in the wagon below.

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The other, smaller ferris wheel.
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The old wooden interior of the ferris wheel's wagons. It is swinging in the air as it reaches the top. Some of the windows can be partly opened.

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For views from Riesenrahd that is not in Leopoldstadt, look in the http://www.worldtravelimages.net/Vienna_skylines.htmlskylinesection.

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Prater Amusement Park.

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Reichsbr&uuml;cke (Empire brigde), the bridge to Donaustadt over Danube.

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Mexikoplatz with Franz von Assisi Church. The name of the square comes from the fact that Mexico was one of only 2 countries that protested against Austria's Anschluss to Nazi Germany.

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Assisi Kirche is one of Vienna's most underrated churches. It is not so famous despite it is very rare, built in a historicist style that resembles romanesque style. It was completed in 1913, but was planned to be completed upon Emperor Franz Josef I:s golden jubilee, so the opening ceremony was held in 1898 despite the fact that the building wasn't completed.

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Assisi Church in Leopoldstadt seen from the bridge over Danube.

Leopoldstadt on World Travel Images:

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Thank you for the photos!

Thank you for the photos!

I'm glad you like my posts, I also made separate threads about my trip, and have included it on my website, but thought it was worth to put it on this thread as well.

Quite interesting, that you chose to put Leopoldstadt up! :)

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Very nice updated photos as well, @stefanguti

Thx!

Great photos! I wanna hug the cute guy in blue! lol

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This last one is gorgeous:drool:.

Japan Media Arts Festival Vienna

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Burgtheater

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Now to the most modern part of Vienna:

Donaustadt at the north side of Danube River, is the district with the largest amount of highrises and small skyscrapers in Vienna, together with Wienerberg district. It is also where Donauturm, the TV tower that is Vienna's tallest structure is situated. The atmosphere of the highrise part of the district, called Donau City, is a bit cold since it was originally a district with many commie blocks and mostly highways and large roads are surrounding the complex. Ugly tunnels and skybridges are what meets the pedestrian. Even if the highrises looks good from a distance, the architects have failed to create a personal atmosphere. The large Donaupark is also situated here. It is Vienna's largest district in area and has 149 000 inhabitants. Since Donaustadt consists of 6 former villages there are also older, more smallscale parts of Donaustadt that I didn't visit.

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Donaustadt skyline seen from Donauturm. From the left: IZD Tower, UNO City&acute;s VIC Towers, Saturn-Tower, Hochhaus Neue Donau, Andromeda Tower and Mischek Tower. Donaupark is in front.

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Donaustadt from the North from a local bus, including Donauturm.

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Donaustadt seen from Leopoldstadt. I walked over the bridge Reichsbrücke's pedestrian section over Danube to Donaustadt.

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River Danube is very wide. Taken during my walk over Reichsbrücke.

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Danube is so wide it has a thin island in the middle, Donauinsel.

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Hochhaus Neue Donau. At 150m and 34 floors it is the second tallest skyscraper of Vienna and the tallest in Donau City, since it was completed in 2001.

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The backside of Hochaus Neue Donau.

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Hochhaus Neue Donau is famous for its curved roof.

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UNO City complex, also called Vienna International Center (VIC), is Vienna's branch of United Nations, consisting of beige curved highrises. The tallest of these so called VIC buildings is127m. To the right: IZD Tower from 2001. 130m, 37 floors. Vienna's 3rd tallest skyscraper.
Note the highway that takes you to famous cities like Budapest, Graz, Prague and Brno.

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Vienna International Centre was built in 1978. Albert Wimmer was the architect.

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A glass building and UNO City.

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Donauturm.

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Mountains and Millennium Tower seen from Donau City. Millennium Tower is Austria's tallest skyscraper, but located on the other side of the river in Brigittenau.

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Andromeda Tower.

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Austria Center: the stairway to this congress center is pretending to be a flag.

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Austria Center congress center with Donauturm in the background.

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Ares Tower.

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UNO City again.

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Saturn-Tower from 2004 has 23 floors.

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Donau City is Vienna's answer to Paris La Def&egrave;nse. To the right: Andromeda Tower from 1998, 110m, 29 floors.

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Mischek Tower from 1999. In my opinion this residential building doesn't fit in to the concept of Donau City, since it reminds a bit of the ugly commie blocks from the 60s. 36 floors, 108m.

DONAUPARK
This large park is a contrast to the stiff atmosphere of Donau City's cool skyscrapers. On the other side of the park you will reach Donauturm, Austria's tallest TV tower.

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When you enter Donaupark you see this warning sign for small locomotives that drives around the park on a min railway.

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The train from Donauturm.

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Millennium Tower seen from Donaupark.

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Donau City skyline from Donaupark. From the left: IZD Tower, UNO City, Saturn-Tower and Mischek Tower.

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Donauturm TV Tower seen from Donaupark. Donauturm, that opened in 1964 is the tallest structure in Austria at a height of 252m to the top. It was built for the Horticultural Show that took place in Donaupark in 1964.

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Donauturm (Danube Tower) has a revolving rooftop restaurant and an outdoor observation deck.

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Looking up Donauturm, the highest TV tower in Austria. A fatal accident happened in 1968 when an American balloon crashed into the tower.

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From Donauturm's highspeed elevator there is a glass window in the roof so you can look up to the top of the elevator shaft while it is moving.It takes only 35 seconds to the top.

It is 152m to the observation deck. There is also a revolving restaurant.

Views of Donaustadt from the outdoor observation deck of Donauturm, at 152m height:

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This is a bungee jump site, that is used in the summer if the views are not enough!

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Villas in Donaustadt.

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Urban Donau City seen from Donauturm.

The future of Donau City:

A new master plan for the remaining empty plots have been drawn by the French architect Dominique Perrault. The focus point of this project will be two skyscrapers called DC Towers. The 60-storey Tower 1 will be Austria's new tallest building at a height of 220m and the 46-storey Tower 2 will be somewhat lower, 160m, but still taller than all existing buildings in Donaustadt. A 3rd 100m tower will also be built plus a large aquarium and other highrises.

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Vienna, future Olympics host? :P

http://lorddavid04.deviantart.com/art/Vienna-2020-Bid-Book-100313338

Just click download.

I don't think so... But it is worth a try.

Well by looking at the intricacies of my fake bid, it could work. There's plenty of space to work with, existing main stadium, all that's needed are some new venues and upgrades.

Very nice set of photos @stefanguti :)

;) Thx christos!

Why did you do that Lord David?
Just for fun?
Looks like a lot of work!

Anyway I think it is pretty unlikely that the olypmics will be held in Europe in 2020, considering they will be in UK 2012 already...

;) Thx christos!

Why did you do that Lord David?
Just for fun?
Looks like a lot of work!

Anyway I think it is pretty unlikely that the olypmics will be held in Europe in 2020, considering they will be in UK 2012 already...

It was for the Gamesbids, 2020 Olympics Comp. Well one of them :P
The closest thing to a real bid book, following the IOC Questionnaire.

http://www.gamesbids.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=12898

Came 2nd! :bleep:

2nd after KL?
That is a good place considering the other participating cities!

You have a great talent for photography :cheers:!

I have to get time and make a (long) stop in Vienna. Gorgeous city.

Thx PortoNuts. You are very welcome!

^^

It's always a pleasure to visit this thread.

I've never gone to Vienna but I already have a souvenir from there :D.

Here is another photo just for you :)

Street concert of pianist So Ryang:

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And another one from So Ryang:

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That's an evidence of Vienna's cosmopolitanism:cheers:.

I love street concerts. They make everything much more vibrant.

Thanks ;).

Vienna Opera

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Karlskirche

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Very nice, awesome photos once again @stefanguti :)

Every architect should visit Vienna a few times. A truly open space architecture school.

Every architect should visit Vienna a few times. A truly open space architecture school.

In particular the black haired girl with the victory sign :)

In particular the black haired girl with the victory sign :)

:D

;)

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Amazing thread! Vienna sure is one of the greatest and most beautiful cities in the world!

;)

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Horse carriages are so associated with Vienna and the glories of the past empire. I must try that one day.:cheers:

Try that.
The most spectacular thing about it seems to be the price ;)
Of course, as a genuine Viennese guy, I never do that ;)

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Vienna is beautiful

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BRIGITTENAU AND MILLENNIUM TOWER

Brigitteanu is just a normal residential district in west part of Vienna, with no specific tourist attractions. But since year 2000 the district looks a lot more exciting from afar at least, since the Millennium City has been built, a huge shopping and entertainment complex that were completed just before the new millennium, crowned by Millennium Tower, Austria's tallest skyscraper, is the landmark. And the Danube riverbank is really nice, with views of Donaustadt.

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Millennium Tower is 202 m tall to the top of the antennas and 171m to the roof, has 51 floors, and was completed in 1999 before the new millennium.

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Millennium Tower is Austria's tallest building (Donauturm is taller but is not counted as a building).

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The lead architect was Gustav Peischl. The tower works as an office building.

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The area around Millennium Tower is a bit desolate and it is hard to reach the entrance of the mall as a pedestrian. The tower can only be reached from the inside of the mall.
So even if it looks good from the distance, it is not recommandable to walk around the building, since it is huge and you have to pass through several horribly ugly warehouses and garages.

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Millennium City has about 100 stores and restaurants and houses the biggest cinema in Austria.

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Merkur, a very fresh supermarket inside Millennium City.

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Looking up Millennium Tower from inside the mall.

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The riverbank of Danube is a good place to relax and you can see Donaustadt from Brigittenau.

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A fast hoovercraft at Danube.

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A normal street in Brigittenau. The area is not popular about the Viennese citizens, but is not that bad after all.

NEUBAU

Neuebau is the district that starts opposite Ringstrasse from downtown, and borders Mariahilfe to the north. It includes MuseumsQuartier, a large block with only museums and Spittelberg, the six blocks with the oldest preserved streets of Vienna.

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Naturhistorisches Museum (Museum of Natural History), one of two identical museum palace, is one of the world's most important and largest museums and was built to house the huge collection of the Habsburgs. It includes the 25 000 year old Venus of Willensdorf and a skeleton of a dinosaur. The dome is 60m high.

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Note the golden Mozart imitator. The museum building opened in 1889 at the same time as the Kunsthistorisches Museum, an identical museum across Maria-Theresien-Platz, where you can see the special greenery.

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Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History). The two museums have identical exteriors, designed by Gottfried Semper and Karl Freiherr von Hasenauer and face each other across Maria-Thereien-Platz.

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Both museum buildings were built between 1872 and 1891 on Ringstrasse. Kunsthistorisches Museum was built to host the large art collections of the Habsbergs, including famous paintings.

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The first sight after walking the long Mariahilfer Strasse from my hostel. The huge building is the Museum of Fine Arts.

MUSEUMSQUARTIER:
MuseumsQuartier, the 8th largest cultural area in the world, contains Baroque and modern museum buildlings. Museum of Modern Art and Leopold Musuem is within the area.

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MuseumsQuartier, a large block with only museums.

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The passage to MuseumsQuartier.

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Museum Moderner Kunst (Museum of Modern Art).
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The yellow boxes in MuseumsQuartier contain outdoor sofas.

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The busy Ringstrasse that goes around the city center.

SPITTELBERG:
Spittelberg contains of six quartiers between Burggasse and Siebensterngasse and is a part of Neubau district. The area with its old smallscale houses and hilly streets is an example of how Vienna looked before it was transformed into a big city.

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Spittelberggasse. The area was saved from demolision in the 1970s.

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Spittelberggasse is a short pedestrian street.

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Gutenberggasse.

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A police station near Spittelberg.

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Siebensterngasse.

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Burggasse.

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Ringstrasse where Spittelberg meets Innere Stadt.

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Volkstheater. Founded 1889.

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Palais Trautson. A baroque palace from 1712.

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Ringstrasse, towards the baroque Palais Auersperg.

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I'll change what I said previously. Vienna is the diamond of Europe! :dj:

Really beautiful photos of Vienna, @stefanguti once again

Thx guys.

:)

Mandarin Duck

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Naschmarkt

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Mandarin Duck
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Its actually the second time i see that bird in the photos... its a local duck of Austria (Alps)?

Actually no, the mandarin duck is from East-Asia.

But you can find some of them in parks!

I love street markets!

They make everything much more lively :okay:.

Actually no, the mandarin duck is from East-Asia.

But you can find some of them in parks!


Exceptionally beautiful duck and great pic :applause::applause::applause:

What park did you take it ?

I happened to discover this beautiful mandarin duck in Vienna's biggest park,
the Prater!

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You manage to capture the most amazing, natural moments.

Beautiful :).

ausgezeichnet Bilder! Hallo aus Columbus, Ohio! =-0)

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So, zur Abwechslung mal was von der Wienzeile, ein bisschen Historismus und Jugendstil.

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Hier ist der starke Kontrast zwischen den historistischen Häusern rechts und Otto Wagners Wienzeilenhäusern (1898 erbaut), das Linke heißt auch Majolikahaus, die Medaillons am rechten Gebäude stammen von Kolo Moser.

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Hier ein etwas späterer Bau, um 1917.

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Hier wieder Wagners Werke.

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Die Medaillons en detail, von Kolo Moser.

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Hier auch ein Werk Wagners, das Aufnahmegebäude der Stadtbahnstation Kettenbrückengasse, heute eine Ubahnstation.

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Ein schöner Kontrast.

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Und hier die wunderbare Ecklösung von Otto Wagner.

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Hier geht´s Richtung Karlsplatz und Secession, die rechte Wienzeile entlang. In der Mitte verläuft der tw. überdachte Wienfluss sowie der Naschmarkt.

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Der Blick in die andere Richtung.

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Wir bewegen uns jetzt stadtauswärts.

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Jetzt sind wir an der linken Wienzeile etwas stadtauswärts, hier ein(!) Gebäude Plecniks, quasi ein Schüler Otto Wagners, dieses Haus ist 1901 entstanden und schlichter als Wagners Gebäude.

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Im Inneren befindet sich ein alter Aufzug, der jedoch momentan nicht in Betrieb ist. Ansonsten wäre noch der schöne Boden zu beachten, ansonsten wurde an Details gespart.

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Das Portal jedenfalls kann sich sehen lassen.

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Daneben befindet sich der sog. "Rüdigerhof", der ein Jahr später (1902) von Marmorek erbaut wurde und seit mittlerweile 106 Jahren das "Café Rüdigerhof" mit schöner Terrasse beherbergt.

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Hier eine Aufnahme der Hamburgerstraße.

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Jetzt machen wir einen Sprung und befinden uns im Inneren des Majolikahauses. Bilder des Innenhofs, der recht schlicht ist, gibt´s leider keine, da er momentan eingerüstet ist.

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Das wunderschöne Gitter des Aufzugs.

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Das Innere ist mit den floralen Motiven wunderschön detailreich gestaltet, der alte Aufzug ist sehenswert.

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Nun der Blick in die Köstlergasse.

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Auf der anderen Seite ein weiters, unbekannteres Werk Wagners, da man es von der Wienzeile nicht sieht.

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Nun befinden wir uns im Inneren des Hauses Wienzeile 38/Köstlergasse 1. Das Innere steht dem des Majolikahauses in Nichts nach.

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So, das war´s von der Wienzeile an diesem traumhaften Sommertag im Oktober.

Super Fotos aus Wien, Danke!

That´s Vienna how i like it! Thx

Hallo. Ich wäre sehr dankbar, wenn Put Fotos innerhalb dieser Gebäude.
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Посмотреть на Яндекс.Фотках (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/slava2007s/view/51770/)

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Посмотреть на Яндекс.Фотках (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/slava2007s/view/51778/)

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Посмотреть на Яндекс.Фотках (http://fotki.yandex.ru/users/slava2007s/view/51779/)

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Hier Wohnung oder Ihrem Büro?

^^Could be both!

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Ein Foto in diesen Gebäuden nicht?

The architecture is so complex and beautiful!

Ein Foto in diesen Gebäuden nicht?

I could do a photo, but you would have to wait for it.

@ Naschmarkt

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I could do a photo, but you would have to wait for it.

I shall be very grateful if you take a photo.

Some more fruits and vegetables from Naschmarkt

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Amazing mix of colours! :cheers:

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Vienna International Airport

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Another one at night:

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Korean Air Boeing 747

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For a city of its size, Vienna is much more lively and cosmopolitan than some bigger cities.

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Awesome! He's not exactly the poster boy for Burn Energy Drink...

stefanguti, you're a genius! ;)

^^thx ;)

haha the guy is too funny!
burn!!!

^^thx ;)

haha the guy is too funny!
burn!!!

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das Range Rover Foto gefällt auch mal mir ... :)

Here is another one for you

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City Lines

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