Vienna Off The Beaten Path

The Order of the Teutonic Knights was purely German military religious society founded in 1190 in the Holy Land. Templars were backed by the French crown and supported they French interests in Holy...

Depending the weather a real nice excursion from Vienna would be by train to Melk, visit the abbey then boat to Dürnstein, boat, bus or train to Krems and back to Vienna. If you stop in Dürnstein...

The Sternwartepark was opened to the public only in May 2013. In the middle stands the University Observatory (under renovation at the moment) built by Fellner & Helmer (famous for the construction of...

Linke Wienzeile is a street that runs along the left bank of the Vienna River. The wonderful Naschmarkt is located here with its great selection of food stalls and restaurants. The street is also...

The strange building of "Haus des Meeres" used to be an air-raid-shelter during WW II and after the war they built various aquariums inside. Outside of the tower you may practice climbing up the walls...

The first Orthodox Christians began to be settled in Vienna in the 17th century, they were the merchants from Greece. At that time in the territory of the Habsburg Empire, which was also the part of...

Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000) was born as a child of mixed marriage under the name Friedrich Stowasser. In Slavic languages of the Balkans, "sto" is the term for the number of a hundred, and...

St. Leopoldskirche am Steinhof is also called Otto-Wagner-Kirche or St.Leopold am Spiegelgrund and it is a lovely art-nouveau-church built by Otto Wagner at the beginning of the 20th century. For many...

Kahlenberg can be reached from Grinzing on bus 38A. It is 484m high, set in the midst of the Vienna Woods and famous for its views. Unfortunately for us the views were not clear when we visited. There...

Mozarthaus is the name of a newly restored building just a few meters behind the Stephansdom. It was there, where Mozart lived the last 3 years of his life 1784 bis 1787 and where he had died. He had...

Day 3 - Zentralfriedhof Enkel de fotos werden gepost, in afwachting van de informatie, deze informatie komt wat later. bedankt voor uw bezoek en tot nog eens. I have just posted the photographs,...

Taborstrasse is the less explored part of Vienna. Taborstrasse is in the 2nd Viennese district called Leopoldstadt, across the Donau canal from Schwedenplatz. The 2nd district is also locally...

I was browsing through the Kettenbrucken gasse (street) off the Naschmarkt when I came upon this shop called Bendinelli Home Store. It mainly sells coffee and food products from Bendinelli company....

Get to the town of Melk. It is one of the most spectacular abbeys ever. Controlled by Benedictine monks for 900 years, they really knew how to preserve the splendor. The abbey is really a multiple...

The Karlsplatz (Charles Aquare) is a special place to roam around in. Here, in between the huge Karlskirche (Charles church), the city centre with the Artists House (Kunstlerhaus), the conservatorium...

Dating back from the 16th century, Naschmarkt is one of the best places to visit in Vienna if you want to experience one of the cities greatest markets. Here you are able to experience traditional...

"I go, where the Kaiser is going to WALK" - "Ich gehe, wohin der Kaiser zu Fuss geht"... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This proverb is used very often in Austria, when someone would...