Photos and the City

Author: Ursula Schmitz

Sommerfrische at Burggarten

In the summertime I regard Burggarten as one of my personal little oases, my summer resort. Situated right in the middle of the city between Hofburg and Albertina it´s the perfect place to lie in the gras or enjoy a coffee at Palmenhaus and forget everything.

Laid out around 1821 it used to be the private garden of the royal family until it was opened for the public in 1919. And right now I have to share Burggarten with some very special guests. While the Lipizzaner enjoy their holiday at Piber, their little foals are having fun in Vienna.

29/07/2014
Sunday at Palmenhaus

27/07/2014
Popfest at Karlsplatz

Slowly, sometimes very, very, very slowly but steady Vienna is changing, even if some might deny it, it is happening. Until some years Karlsplatz was know to be the place to buy drugs and use them right there. It was kind of a lost place. But about ten years ago a project called “Kunstplatz Karlsplatz” was initiated to redesign the park area and promote art projects on Karlsplatz. In last years it was transformed to an area of cultural exchange and became a lovely location for festivals, concerts, exhibitions, open air cinema and lots of other events. There is always something going on Karlsplatz, even if you´re just sitting at the large pond in front of Karlskirche and watching the ducks floating by.

Today Karlsplatz became an open air concert stage again, the Popfest is held for the fifth time. There will be around 60 concerts outdoors on Karlsplatz and indoors in neighboring cultural institutions, such as the Wien Museum, Künstlerhaus and the Vienna University of Technology. See the full program at: Popfest 2014

24/07/2014