Our journey continues by train from Vienna to Budapest. It takes about 2.5 hours and leads us through the Hungarian lowlands and the low mountain range. When we arrive, we are in for a few surprises. The station building consists of an underground passageway under the tracks. While looking for an ATM, we come across […]
Walk in Vienna – Part3
We want to start our day with breakfast in a traditional Viennese coffeehouse, the Café Ritter. Therefore, we take the bus to Mariahilferstraße. Famous writers such as Peter Rosegger, Ludwig Anzengruber, and other artists have frequented this café. After breakfast at Café Ritter, we take the subway to the Volkstheater at Arthur-Schnitzler-Platz. From there, it […]
Walk in Vienna – Part2
We take the number 13A bus from the Kolschitzkygasse stop at the Austria Trend Hotel near the Theresianum to the Lederergasse stop at the Theater in der Josefstadt. We get some interesting insights into Vienna’s future-oriented street and traffic planning. Most roads are one-way. If they are wide enough, there is a lane for cars, […]
A walk in Vienna – Part1
Passing the exhibition center, we reach the WU (Vienna University of Economics and Business). It impresses with its modern architecture. The University Library (Library & Learning Center), designed by Zaha Hadid, is particularly worth seeing and is also the central heart of the WU campus. More than 20,000 students can pursue their studies here. We […]
Vienna International Centre, Danube Tower and Freyung
The day after our return from Bratislava, we visited the Vienna International Center and then the Danube Park with the Danube Tower, where we met two friends from Rosenheim (Germany). They had come from Rosenheim to Vienna and returned in the afternoon. The friendship has existed for decades, since our time in Munich. We hadn’t […]
By Twin City Liner from Slovakia to Austria
After a beautiful day in Bratislava, it’s time to go home. The Twin City Liner has just docked on the banks of the Danube to take us back to Vienna. We have gathered a lot of impressions this day. Of course, we are also interested in the historical background of the region. The first settlements […]