Vienna State History

A truly gorgeous city with fantastic architecture and history throughout! The museums are fantastic esp the main art museum, where you could literally spend all day. However when the sun is shining a visit to the river is a must although you may wish to avoid the artificial beach as it gets quite crowded. However if you fancy a swim there is a boat down river from the city centre where there is a swimming pool on board! The Kaffe houses are also a must see and a day trip to the nearby slovakian capital should be a priority.

Anybody that knows at least little thing about fashion,knows about Italy, and most of all, knows about Milano!

Fashion,glamour, models....but most of all one beautiful city, like every italian one, with lots of history!

Wien is a cultural phenomenon. It´s just filled with museums and history. Complete package for the art lover.

Stay at the Christina, af airly inexpensive and unpretentious hotel with a VERY friendly and helpful staff. The Art Deco surroundings are tasteful and reflect one of the most important periods in Viennese art history. Speaking of art, do not miss the Hundertwasser Haus. Down the street is a coffeeshop (I forget the name but a peek inside to look for the dark paneled rooms will tell you, you have found it). I mention the place because we had the best strudel I have ever eaten at this coffee shop. If you compliment the strudel you will probably be introduced to the Strudel maker, a big Austrian mama.

It's convenient to feel like you're dreaming in Vienna. It's convenient to be pretentious about everything in Vienna. One way or another, you will find yourself reflecting in this polite city where getting melancholic and feeling happily romantic seem to happen amid the crevices of each breath you take. Here I am experiencing that while in front of the Hundertwasserhaus.

I love Classical Music. Vienna is a wonderful city to feel the inspiration that created some of the most beautiful works of all time. If you walk the streets of Vienna, you'll feel the ghosts of past composers about you humming a motiff of a Piano Concerto or scribbling down the opening passages of a symphony. Vienna, with it's wonderful food, cafes, museums, history, friendly people, and attractions is to me as memorable as any experiences I've had in Europe.

My favorite movie was also filmed in Vienna, Carol Reed's "The Third Man." Around the Ring All within the encircled District 1 (or known as the Ring; a hexagon of streets that go around the city centre) are amazing cathedrals, shops, tourists sites, museums, and great architectural wonders.

My most enjoyable experience was at the Kunsthistorisches Museum. The details of interior design of this museum is breath taking such as this picture of the entrance to the Egytian Exhibits.

The history is amazing in this museum. Not only will you see many great paintings, archaelogical artifacts, but you'll learn where the origin of the term "dollar" came from in the top floor exhibit of the history of currency which was fascinating. Visit Beethoven at the Zentralfriedhoff (Central Cemetary), the final resting place of over 2 million including famous Classical Composers: Beethoven, Brahms, Schoenberg, Strauss, and Schubert.

Vienna is a quiet city of a crowd of people in deep thought, and warmth, even in the oppressive winter months. You'll find lots of history here and if you're a fan of the movie "The Third Man", walking at night, you'll almost feel that haunting solitude of a Vienna night.