Vienna, Austria - 5 days to discover the city
 

It's the first time I discover by myself, a foreign city which is not US, I went in London but it was for a school trip.
The US will always have the priority but as I really appreciate this trip, in the future I will try to visit other European capitals.

I took a lot of photos so I hope you will enjoy the visit as I did

1.Josefstadt district where my hotel was located


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4. The Rathaus (Town Hall)

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7. The Parliament

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8. The Votiv church

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13. The Burgtheater

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14. The Schönbrunn castle, imperial house

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25. The Gloriette

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29. Light rail stop

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32. French Ambassy

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34. Wiener Concert Haus

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36. Staatoper - National Opera

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38. Graben street

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41. St Peter's church

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44. Stephansdom

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51. Stephansplatz et the Haas Haus

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57. Adolf Loos' Bar

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58. Near Hofburg

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59. Michaelerplatz

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60. Looshaus

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63. Hofburg

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70. The Lippizan horses of the Spanish riding school

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75. The Rathaus is not so far

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103. Museums Quartier

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104. MUMOK (MOMA) :(

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105. Leopold Museum :tup:

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109. The Volkstheater

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110. Natural history museum

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112. Schottentorplatz

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I will continue later, I've a lot more to post :yes:

Awesome pics...this thread reminds me of my History of Architecture classes. Lol

Damn son. Intense.

One imperial thread

Talk about being ornate..

Now, let's go to the winemaker villages in the suburbs of the city.
I took the light rail to the lovely Grinzing.

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114. The end of the line, everybody gets out !

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120. Many restaurants (Heurigen) where you can taste Vienna specialities and local wine

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128. One of the houses where Beethoven lived

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132. other Beethoven's house

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134. The wineyards are not si far

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135. My guidebook says that there's a very nice point of view on the city if we climb the hill and walk among the wineyards

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142. My guidebook is right, the point of view is amazing

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146. Millenium Tower

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148. I don't know what it is

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I made 2 panoramas, not the best ones, but...

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151. Now it's time to go back to the village : Heilingenstadt

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154. and back to the inner city

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155. The Belvédère Castle

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to come Otto Wagner buildings, Hundertwasser Haus, Gazometer city...

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Beautiful pictures of Vienna. You totally got around! Did you take the panos from Kahlenberg?

For me, Figlmüller is THE place in Vienna for Wiener Schnitzel ;)

What a fabulous city! Gotta get there soon. Thanks for the great tour.

Yes I think from Kahlenberg, Nussberg exactly.

Thanks guys for this comments :)

lovely shots, i hope you had a good time. i see you stayed in the josefstadt, funny enough that's my home disctrict lol, it's considered to be the most beautiful district in vienna, after the innere stadt (1.) of course. and yeah the kahlenberg offers a great view of the whole city, i guess you took the bus up there!? also great shots of grinzing and nußdorf, not many people who visit vienna make a stop there. did you go to the prater and tried the riesenrad? i also suggest to visit the türkenschanzpark, it's one the most beautiful parks of the city (much better than the stadtpark) and certainly the most romantic one. if you have any questions, feel free to ask. once again, cool pics. :cheers:

awesome pictures.

Yes, I went to the Prater but I didnt go to the türkenschanzpark, too bad because i didn't even know that this park exist ! :shrug:
I didn't take the bus, I walked, I took the light rail to Grinzing and I walked up to Nußdorf ! at the end, I really had enough ! I've been attacked by mosquitos, there was wineyards everywhere and I was thinking : I love cities and urban environment, I paid to come and visit this city and where I am ? in the countryside !!!! :koko:

omg that's crazy, i mean walking out there in the middle of the mosquitos season! :haha: yes, this area of vienna is quite rural. the city council keeps it that way intentionally, mainly because of maintaining the romantic charm of those old villages. you have to know that grinzing, nußdorf and others were independent once upon a time, later they were integrated into the city.

also worth a visit (coming from a native :D), when considering going out:

- donaukanal: lots of young folks there and also quite vibrant, one of the hotspots in summertime. clubs, open bars, restaurants, rafts (with swimmingpools), etc. and all by the water. :)

- schwedenplatz: nearby the donaukanal, many underground clubs. in summer crowded with people.

- donauinsel: unique in europe! http://www.donauinsel.at/. also, every year there is the so called "donauinselfest", the biggest open air festival in europe. about 3,000,000 people visit!

- the "gürtel" scene. preferable audience: students, young hip people. here you can find the coolest bars & clubs. music: from jazz, blues to house. just everything. :cool:

- sand in the city: huge area where you feel like you are in the middle of a sand beach. best cocktails in town.

-...

I missed some things but I've seen some you're talking about: sand beach on Danaukanal, the swimming pool on the boat, Swedenplatz.

I will continue to post soon, thanks for your advice, I'll contact you next time I'll visit Vienna, it's nice to speak with someone who perfectly knows the city.
I meet a Wiener on my last day, he asked me if I have 5 minutes to show me something and we spent 4 hours together! I really appreciate, it's always better to visit a city with someone who live in. I hope one day I will find someone to show me the NYC secrets!

you got it! :tup:

Nice from you but maybe you think: OK she's in France and won't be in NYC soon, I could answer this without taking many risks ;)
But you should be informed that I'm going to the US twice a year and one time in NYC because I can't live without seeing what is going on there, what are the new buildings, I love too much this city !
so I will be normally there next October, for my 10th visit! :D

Judging from these photos, it's easy to understand why Vienna is frequently rated among the top three most livable cities in the world. Thanks for the great photos!

It would be amazing to live in Europe and be able to easily hop on a train and visit so many great old historic cities. :)

163. Rossauer Kaserne

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165. North railroad station

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Now Hundertwasser, his work is very interested and I really appreciate it.

163. First, the Vienna incinerator, all plants shoulb be like this :tup:

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171. Karl Marx Hof : 1930, 1 km long, 1300 appartments of about 430 sqf which, at this time, was a dream for the blue collars.

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175. Near Swedenplatz (I think ?)

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178. Vienna is amazing, look at these middle age houses

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181. Hundertwasser house

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i see you visited the hundertwasserhaus as well.
btw your words made me laugh, i never offered my services in NY lol :haha:, i think there are plenty of people here which know this city better than i do. vienna on the other hand ... :D. next time you visit my hometown let me know, i'm sure i can help you with some indside info. ;) who knows, maybe the dc tower will already make an appearance in the skyline!

We always want what we don't have !! ;)