Along the Ring Road Some 2 centuries ago, Vienna's enormous city walls & bastions were replaced by the wide & tree-lined Ring Road around the historical center. Along the Ring Road are the reminders of former Austro-Hungarian grandezza, including the Hofburg Palace (now housing the Spanish Riding School, the Vienna Boys' Choir, the National Library, seven museums, a butterfly house, the president's office, an OECD dependance & a conference center), the State Opera, the Burg Theater, the City Hall, the Parliament Building, the newly restored Museums quarter, the Karls Church (tell them you just want to pray or you'll pay an entrance fee), the Votiv Church, the stock exchange, four universities etc.........................

A tramway loop around the center (lines 1 & 2) is an absolute must for every visitor.

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Prater & Danube Island.

The Prater fun-fair is a Viennese institution. Its landmark is the 65 meter high Giant Ferris Wheel, towering over the 200 booths, the ghostly trains (as if u needed another one of those), go-cart's, grotto railways & the merry-go-rounds & rounds. There's a large dogshit park behind it. 21 km long & up to 250 m wide, the Danube Island is a heaven for joggers, cyclists & skaters, sunbathers hang out on Copa Kagrana Beach. Summer evenings are celebrated with steak, wine & dance till dawn. Annual highlight is the Donauinselfest (Austria's biggest open air festival) in 2003: June 19-22, with all kinds of music performed on countless stages. Free entrance. Beyond the island, a new commercial area booms up around the Vienna International Center & the United Nations building. Plenty straight lines for dull architects..............................

Hundertwasserhaus http:// www.kunsthauswien.com Despite architects calling it a "painted barn" (maybe because Friedensreich Hundertwasser - who hated straight lines - wasn't an architect himself), this social housing project @ Loweng \ Kegelgasse is Wien's most popular modern sight Please mind that this is NOT a museum, regurlar people actually LIVE there, so don't throw peanuts at them (= behave). If you can't get enough of it, Mr. Wasser has his own museum with a nice cafe & shop on Weißgerber Lände (just 5 minutes walk away) Open: 10.oo-19.oo & the shite processing plant at U4/U6 station Spittelau

 

 

The Big Picture..

 

 

 

The Wunder Bar. Walk the Sights Underground... Pedal Power bike hire & tours Hunterwasser House Club Fluc