This is my newest picture project.
Lots of people know the sights in Vienna's Inner City yet don't know that there are actually 23 districts in my city.
I am going to portray each and every one of the districts in this series to make you familiar with the Real World Vienna.

HERNALS - 17th District

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Area: 11.53 km²
Pop.: 52,600

Quite similarly to the 14th and 16th districts, Hernals can be regarded as divided into (at least) two major parts, a lower densely populated one in the east and a green and largely unurban western one, up the hillsides.

Hernalser Hauptstraße:
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One of the most beautiful swimming pools in Vienna, the Jörgerbad:
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Rather steep streets towards the north:
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Elterleinplatz:
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High School (Gymnasium) on Parhamerplatz:
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The sex industry can be found here, as well.
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Lazaristenkirche? (Can anyone confirm, please?)
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Crossing Hernalser Hauptstraße, an important E-W connection. Facing east (into the city):
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Facing west. A line 43 tram and a northbound S45 light rail train can be seen.
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A southbound S45:
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A beautifully melancholic flower shop:
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The cemetary of Hernals:
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Call me crazy, but I love cemetaries. Especially this one.
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We are gaining altitude pretty quickly:
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Uh, bad lighting....
Anyway, the stadium flare lights belong to Sportclubplatz. Wiener Sportclub is one of the most important traditional Viennese football clubs. Unfortunately, they've seen better days.
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No, we have not left the city:
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Not exactly a poor hood:
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A view of the whole city. That's one thing I really adore about Vienna: the hills.
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The entrance of Schafbergbad, a fine open air pool. Actually (I only recently found out), the fence is also the border beween Hernals and Währing (18th District).
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Alszeile:
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The most idyllic tramway loop I know of:
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A last evening view of the vineyards from the tram:
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OK, first of all: I know that the image quality is largely not up to par. I'm sorry. That's because I left home way to late to do a careful and really sensible tour. When you know that the sun's going down soon, you start to hurry and end up with less than convincing results. I might even re-do it, who knows?

But anyway, I hope you enjoyed this next report!
(The other links are in my sig!)

:cheers:

Leiwand as usual!

I am especially delighted this time, as this is the district where I spent most of my childhood. Great to see the Jörgerbad, Parhamerplatz (my ex-school) as well as the tramway loop of the 43 (our damn teachers wandered the crap out of us in the Neuwaldegg area...) again, as I currently have no time to go there myself.
Lazaristenkirche? (Can anyone confirm, please?)It is the Marienkirche. Damn, I had to look it up. The knowledge from my church-project is disappearing...

Cant wait for the damn spring, as it will propably motivate you properly for the last few districts... ;)

Hernals ;)