While thousands of sporty people were running the Vienna City Marathon other chillaxed in the parks and even other ones jumped on (or with?) their bikes in front of Vienna City Hall – all in all just a normal sunday in Vienna!
Tag: Ringstraße 2015
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Marathon Sunday
Crossing Heldenplatz over the Heldentor (Äußeres Burgtor) – well that´s a first for me! View from the Heldentor (Äußeres Burgtor): Hofburg -
Up in the air
Until March 8th there is a special attraction in Vienna: next to the Vienna Ice World at Rathausplatz is a mobile observation tower, the City Skyliner. At a height of 70 meters a glass observation capsule (looking like an UFO) rotates around 360 degrees and provides the most amazing view on the Vienna Ringstraße and huge parts of the city! It is really breathtaking and I almost completely forgot about my fear of hights!
Vienna Ice World 
Burgtheater 
Votivkirche 
Rathaus (City Hall) 
Rathausmann 
Hofburg 
St. Stephens Cathedral and in front of it: Hochhaus Herrengasse -
Sunday at Stadtpark
This morning I woke up to Winterwonderland ♥. Finally! Join me on a walk at Stadtpark and enjoy the white blanket – it has already melted and is gone again!
In the Biedermeier period, the glacis before the Karolinenstadttor (Caroline City Gate) was a popular site of entertainment. During the demolition of the city walls and the creation of the Vienna Ringstraße in its place about 150 years ago, the mayor at that time, Andreas Zelinka, promoted the project of creating a public park on the territory: Stadtpark was opened in August 1862 as Viennas first public park.
Vienna´s Ringstraße (The Vienna Ring) is celebrating its 150th birthday this year – it was opened on May 1st 1865 by Emperor Franz Joseph. I´m going to show a lot of its buildings, parks and monuments throughout this year.