“Schaufensterbummel” in the 7th district
Author: Ursula Schmitz
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Window shopping Siebensterngasse
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Sunday at Spittelberg
The first Christmas Market, called “Christkindlmarkt”, are opening this weekend. I went to visit the one on Spittelberg in the 7th district near Mariahilfer Straße and Volkstheater. The area is known for its charming Biedermeier lanes of Vienna‘s former suburb. As I´ve been there very early in the day, the market was unusual empty, it´s one of the busiest markets and buzzing with people usually. Have a hot punch in the picturesque courtyard of the Amerlingbeisl and you definitely have to try bohemian Kartoffelpuffer (potato pancakes)!
“Die Zeitungs-Strickerin” by Helga Petrau-Heinzel 
“Die Zeitungs-Strickerin” by Helga Petrau-Heinzel 
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Secession
Founded on April 3rd 1897 by a group of artists including Klimt, Koloman Moser, Josef Hoffmann, Max Kurzweil and Joseph Maria Olbrich the Vienna Secession objected to the prevailing conservatism of the Vienna Künstlerhaus with its traditional orientation. The movement included painters, sculptors, and architects, there wasn´t one single style among the artists. They wanted to explore all the possibilities of creating art outside of the academic tradition.
The building for their exhibition, designed by Joseph Maria Olbrich, was built near Naschmarkt in 1898 and soon became the icon of the movement.