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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 building known from 1999-2016 as the Essl Museum in Klosterneuburg near Vienna, designed by Arch. Heinz Tesar was reopened as the Albertina Klosterneuburg in April ’24 after being closed for almost 8 years. The underlying Essl Collection of Austrian and international contemporary art was transferred to the Albertina on permanent loan in 2017 and […]
The 113m long and up to 28m high Palm House in Schönbrunn Palace Park was first built in 1880-1882 according to plans by Arch. Xaver Segenschmid by the “k. und k. Hofschlosser und Eisenconstructeur” Ignaz Gridl and is one of the largest plant houses of its kind in the world. State-of-the-art technology was built into […]
The 2001 monument to Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741) in the Votive Park next to the Votive Church made of Carrara marble by Italian sculptor Gianni Aricò shows a group of figures with three female musicians, probably an allusion to Vivaldi’s teaching activities at the “Ospedale della Pietà” in Venice, formerly an orphanage for girls, where he […]
Evening view of the Danube Canal with a reflection of the inner city skyline at the „IBM Center“ on Obere Donaustraße in Leopoldstadt. The striking office building from 1969 was built according to plans by Viennese Arch. Georg Lippert on the site of the former Diana baths and renovated in 1999-2001.
The Liberation of the Spring Fountain, one of six fountains in the Stadtpark in the 1st district dating from 1903, shows two giant male figures struggling to lift a boulder that is obstructing the flow of water from a spring. The water flows from a gap that has already formed into an oval water basin […]
The Georg-Emmerling-Hof municipal residential complex in the 2nd district – opposite Schwedenplatz – built in 1957 and renovated between 2019 and 2022 was named after the social democratic politician and Viennese deputy mayor (1919-1934) Georg Emmerling. The building, designed by Arch. Rudolf Hofbauer, Elisabeth Hofbauer-Lachner and Leo Kammel, with six to seven-storey side wings flanking […]
The Karmelitermarkt in the 2nd district is one of the oldest markets still in existence in Vienna. With over 17,000 visitors per week, it is one of the insider tips among Vienna’s markets. There is a wide range of products on offer: in addition to cheese specialties, horse and bison meat, you can buy organic […]
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 […]
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22. September 2024 / 10:30 - 13:30
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!
