Monday, September 22, 2008

Vienna (Wien)

It was shaky weather in Vienna for the most part. Here and there a blue sky would pop up, but unfortunately it was pretty gloomy. I biked quite a bit and took a lot of pictures my first full day in Vienna. Here come a lot of pictures..

Some arches to start.

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Vienna Town Hall

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The Votivkirche (which was under construction when I later went to go see it), can be seen down the road.

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Here is a statue of Dr. Karl Renner who was the first Chancellor of the German Austrian Republic.

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(Parlament) Austrian Parliament Building with Pallas-Athena-Brunnen (The Athena Fountain) in front.

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A state of Jakob Reumann, Victor Adler and Ferdinand Hanush, three important Austrian Socialists.

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The Museumsquartier which looked pretty cool. The next time I visit Vienna (hopefully there's a next time) I'd like to see some museums.

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Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Natural History Museum of Vienna)

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Statue of Kaiser Franz I at Alte Hofburg (Old castle)

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More statues in the area.

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This entryway is in a domed archway at Alte Hofburg.

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Alte Hofburg from one side.

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Statues on Michaelerkirche (St. Michael's Church)

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Petersplatz and the Pestsäule (Plague Column)

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Nearing Stephansplatz on the Graben.

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Stephansplatz and Stephansdom (St. Stephen's Cathedral)

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Looking towards the Graben from Stephansdom

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The front of Mozarthaus which is the only one of Mozart's apartments which still exists. He lived here from 1784 to 1787.

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I took some pictures in the Mozarthaus without realizing that pictures weren't allowed. I'll only share this one because I don't know how I feel about putting "illegal" photographs online. :P I have non-blurred shots, but I actually like the way this came out.

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A fountain at The Austrian Academy of Sciences (Akademie der Wissenschaften)

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I think this is the doorway to Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church).

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Schönlaterngasse

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Fleischmarkt Greek Church

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Griechengasse

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Here is the plaque on the building where Mozart died. He was there for a year and finished a few pieces, but never finished Requiem.

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Singerstraße

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I found this cute little courtyard which after I made my way through it, I realized it came out very near Michaelerkirche. Before heading out to the church I turned around and took a picture of the courtyard. There's a shoe store to the left and an antique store beyond and to the right. If it weren't for people wearing modern clothing nearby, I would've sworn I went back in time. The next picture is a mural near the archway to Michaelerkirche.

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A view inside of Michaelerkirche.

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Raiffeisenbank in Michaelerplatz.

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I biked just a street or two over and randomly decided to go left. I found a place called Minoritenplatz which I found very interesting (stones everywhere), and there weren't many tourists. This is one of the oldest public squares in Vienna as well.

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And I took pictures of the church with many names, and a strange monument in front of it. It goes by Minoritenkirche (Greyfriars Church or Minorite Church), or formally as Italienische Nationalkirche Maria Schnee (Italian National Church of Mary of the Snows).

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Volksgarten

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It was starting to get dark so I started making my way back to where I was staying.

I biked by the Vienna Town Hall on my way back, and now they were putting something up in front of it.

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To finish off the day, I decided to go to the Konzerthaus to watch a Mozart Concert performed by the Vienna Mozart Orchestra.

The Venue.

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And the performers.

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So that was a long post.

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