It is less well-known that Budapest is the largest spa city in Europe. It has over 120 hot springs, which can be enjoyed in 21 baths. 10 of them are spas. On the way to the metro, we pass the Memorial for the Victims of the German Occupation and St. Stephen’s Basilica, the largest basilica […]
Budapest – along the Danube to the parliament
From the lower station of the funicular in the Castle District, we turn towards the Danube and cross the Széchenyi Chain Bridge to reach the Pest District. The bridge bears the name of its builder, Count István Széchenyi. On his initiative the bridge was designed by the English engineer William Tierney Clark in 1839, while […]
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 […]