Come with me! Tour guide Michael
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Join me on a unique tour to the Schönbrunn Palace Park and let’s enjoy together the most beautiful baroque garden in Austria […]
Follow me on a moving tour through a green oasis, the beginning of the Alps in the middle of Vienna and lets feel the vibrant athmospher! […]
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The Hermesvilla in the Lainzer Tiergarten in the 13th district was designed by the Ringstrasse architect Carl von Hasenauer in 1886 and was a gift from Emperor Franz Josef I to his wife, Empress Elisabeth. The palace was named after the statue “Hermes the Guardian”, commissioned by Elisabeth from the Berlin sculptor Ernst Herter, which […]
From a path above a vineyard in the Ried Alsegg on the Alszeile, there is a wonderful view of the Dornbach district in the 17th district. Characterized by the Alserbach, the Heuberg is located to the south with the „Heubergsiedlung“, a housing estate that emerged from the settlers‘ movement in 1920. However, only fragments of […]
In the listed branch of the Dorotheum auction house in the 10th district, built in 1929 according to plans by Arch. Michael Rosenauer, special auctions on the subject of „historical entertainment technology“ are also held in addition to weekly auctions. The three-zone, cubist, block-like reinforced concrete building features slit-like, three-window groups spanning several storeys and […]
The monument to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, created by sculptor Viktor Tilgner and Arch. Carl König was unveiled on Albertinaplatz five days after Tilgner’s death on April 21, 1896. Soon after its unveiling, there were calls for a change of location, and after bomb damage during World War II, it was finally moved to the Burggarten […]
Named after the arch. Günther Domenig in the 10th district the Domenig House from 1979 is considered a major work of the avant-garde „Graz School“, a movement of the 2nd half of the 20th century with impressive cubatures and façades. Originally built as a bank building for the former Zentralsparkasse (now Bank Austria), it now […]
The Simmering crematorium with its urn grove and later extensions in the 11th district was built in 1922 as the first Austrian crematorium directly opposite the central cemetery. The facility with influences of German sacred architecture is considered one of the most famous buildings by the Austrian architect Clemens Holzmeister. The construction was based on […]
The listed and recently renovated Villa Schmutzer in the Cottage Quarter in the 18th district was commissioned by Prof. Ferdinand Schmutzer in 1909/10 and built in country house style by the innovative Viennese Art Nouveau architect Robert Oerley. Schmutzer came from a family of artists; his great-grandfather founded the „k.k. Kupferstecher-Academie“ in Vienna, a building […]
The equestrian statue of Emperor Joseph II from 1807 on Josefplatz in the 1st district was commissioned by his nephew Emperor Franz II/I from the sculptor Franz Anton Zauner and is modeled on the Roman statue of Marcus Aurelius on the Capitol in the Palace of the Conservators in Rome. In addition to the exemplary […]
The Grillparzer monument by Carl Kundmann (figures), Rudolf Weyr (reliefs) and Carl Hasenauser (architecture) in the Volksgarten in the 1st district was unveiled in 1889, around 17 years after the 81-year-old’s death. It depicts the famous 19th century Austrian playwright together with scenes from his literary works (left: Die Ahnfrau, Der Traum ein Leben, König […]
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26. Mai 2024 / 15:00 - 17:30
150 Jahre traumhaft Leben: Das Cottage (in Deutsch)
Gymnasiumstraße 85, 1190 Wien
About me
I am a certified tourist guide and tour manager, travel blogger and globetrotter. As a local I love to explore the city that inspires me with my guests.
As a trainer, lecturer and former cabaret artist with stage experience and I stand for eloquence and punchlines.
Follow me on a tour to the most important sights with exciting stories in a good and fun mood!
