picnic aboard the donau
by herbertfaust
we spend 2 days in vienna it's quite big but we went during june in donau area a lot a people are eating here bringing their own barbecue, there s also a lot of little restaurant closes to the pedaloboats to make a little cruise cycling in the water.
Vienna History: the Habsburgian empire
by Pavlik_NL
Troubled times roled in when the Osmanic troops appraoched and even knocked on Vienna's doors. It was here that finally the European joined forces had a victory against the muslim invasions and turned the tide. The battle of Vienna became a turning point of Europe. The renaissance could now fully start blossoming.
Later the Habsburgian Eastern Empire, that grew out to the Austrian-Hungarian double monarchie and stretched out from Austria, Hungaria to Czech republic, Slowakia, former Jugoslavia, Romenia, Bulgaria and parts of Poland and Ukraine. Vienna was the capitol and became a town with several million inhabitants.
The dominant of Vienna
by Skipka
Stephansdom is the dominant and everyone can recognize this city according it. Really beuatiful cathedral with the possibility to lift you up to the peak of it just to see a view of Vienna center for 4 Euro. The cathedral itself is large but pictures u should see wherever makes it bigger. Optical trick :) I like its windows but expected more decoration even if it is Gothic building.
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Danube Canal
by reeka
This is the Danube canal with the refuse burning plant in the distance.
The canal was made because occassionally the Danube River still flooded, which created an island between the river and canal, approximately 20 km long.
Gluwein
by MishyM
One of the best things to try when in Vienna around Christmas time in the Gluwein.
This can be found on many street corner stalls in most parts of the inner city, as well as (more famously) in the Christmas Markets.
It is basically like the British mulled wine, and is a fantastic warm wine, often mixed with fruit and different spices (and other liqueur's as well I have noticed). I tried one mixed with berries, and another mixed with orange juice and slices of orange. It is the perfect way to warm up in the winter, plus if you go to the right places it is a great way to meet new people.
One of the best places to buy some is at the "Christkindlmarkt" in front of the City Hall, every year they have a new mug you can buy, which you can take with you when you want to buy gluwein from the stalls there and keep or give back when you are finished for a return of the mug deposit.
This area is very social and filled with locals and tourists, so you are bound to find someone to chat with, plus around the back of the stalls they often have large barrel type things you can use for a table to drink with your friends.
Also, Austrians normally say "Prost" and look eachother in the eyes before they drink.