My very private Vienna

Vienna today - part 2


Ballett training







Palais Kinsky










Sparrows in a hedge near "Old Vienna Christmas Market" at "Freyung"







Palais Kinsky










At "Old Vienna Christmas Market"

Vienna today - part 3


Art shops in the backyard of the Palais
















At the entrance of Palais Ferstel...




Inside Palais Ferstel (4 impressions)

openlyJane said:

Some beautifully observed details in this set; especially the pine cones, and the one above.

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Woman's photography. ;-)
I'm glad you like it, Jane - thank you!


Vienna today - part 4


"Herrengasse" near "Freyung"




Scots Church




Art shop




Scots Church, Detail




Vienna's most famous Christmas Market near the Town Hall:




"Fiaker"
(a hard job for the horses...)




In tram No. 46



It was a fine, but cold walk in the 1st district - weather a little bit less foggy than yesterday. ;-)

Again thank you all for looking and liking!

Today we take a walk through the expensive shopping areas in Viennas 1st district.


Part 1


Annagasse, a small side street of the famous Kärntner Street:







Shop details on Kärntner Straße; in the background the Malteser Cross at the facade of Malteser Church:







Kapuziner Church







Three impressions of the beautiful "Donnerbrunnen" (or "Providentia Fountain") at the place "Neuer Markt" ("New Market")

Part 2



We now are on Kärntner Street




This Austrian crystal company exports worldwide:







Fast food and advertisements ;-)







St. Stephens Cathedral and Place

Part 3


The next pics are taken on "Graben" with it's famous Baroque "Pestsäule" (Pest Column - was built in thankfulness for the end of the cruel plague)






















We reach "Tuchlauben" and "Kohlmarkt" - many designer Shops

Part 4









Very nice shop window decoration:





Vienna, your dogs... ;-)







Facade details of a very exclusive food store (2 impressions)










In the background "Michaelerplatz" and "Michaelertor" of the "Hofburg":

Part 5


Window of "Hofzuckerbäcker Demel" at "Kohlmarkt"




View from Kohlmarkt to "Michaeler Place" and "Hofburg":




In the background our "Bundeskanzleramt" (Chancellors Office):




We look back to "Michaeler Church"




"Minoriten Place", in the left part of the old "Minoriten Church", church of the Italians in Vienna




The tourists still love the "Fiaker" - you meet them everywhere in the 1st district...




Partly rusty fence of one of Vienna's beautiful 1st-district-parks, the "Volksgarten":




Flyer for an (underground? ;-) concert, found on a wall:




Between "Volksgarten" and "Hofburg" (the Habsburgers' Palace):

Thank you very much, gratteciel and shik2005!


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Dear friends, as I will not be online during the next few days,
let me now already wish you all

A merry Christmas and a happy New Year!

openlyJane said:

Lots of lovely little observations..... in quirky style.

Can I ask what camera you use?

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Jane, I have a Canon PowerShot S110 and a Rollei Powerflex 240 HD.
As the Canon is broken ("lens error"), I now always use the Rollei. Must admit that my cameras are under high stress ;-) - I am a busy photographer and sometimes take 300 - 400 pics during a 3 hours photo-walk. And I sometimes take photos in the rain, which I should'nt. My cameras are not waterproof.

General Electric said:

Wonderfull pics of a legendary city! Merry christmas you too!

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Thank you, General Electric!

openlyJane said:

I think smaller cameras can often mean greater spontaneity anyway......and are less obtrusive & obvious when it comes to people portraits.

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You are right, Jane - the small ones have their advantages too!

toshijmx said:

Looks very intimate, but very posh at the same time. Lovely collection!

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Thank you, that's very kind of you, toshijmx!