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Ringstrasse: THE RING (Ringstrasse)
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  • The Ring is called this way because it has a circle shape,it limits the old town of Vienna with Danube river.Walking by the ring,you'll see some of best and most beautiful buildings of the city.A good point to start the ring is the Opera House (Staatoper) and the only thing that you must to do is follow the cars on the big avenue. There are three lanes of just one way,so all cars are running at same direction.You never get lost just looking at the cars directions.It is a nice and large walk to finish the whole ring,about 2,30 hours,it depends of your speed of course! :-) but I am sure that you'll spend lots of time taken pictures of all beautiful buildings along the ring!. Now I'll show you some of best places to see along the ring. This is a picture of Art History Museum.

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    Ringstrasse: Take a tram ride around the "Ring"
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  • Kunsthistorisches Museum (museum of Fine Arts) - Vienna
    Kunsthistorisches Museum
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    The Ringstrasse was started in the middle of the 19th century when the inner fortifications around the heart of the city were removed. This wide and mostly tree lined boulevard runs through that what can be called World's most important ensemble of Historism. The various parts of the Ringstrasse have different names even including the full academic degrees of the historical persons which makes US students to write letters to the University's admission department starting with "Dear Dr. Karl Renner Ring..." Along the Ring you can find really impressive fakes of all European styles from Greek Temple (Parliament) via Gothic Cathedral (Rathaus and Votivkirche) to Renaissance (University) and Baroque, all built at the same time and often by the same architects. The both tram lines 1 and 2 run all around the Ring (which is closed by the Kai along the Donaukanal) and you have the choice to do the tour clockwise or counterclockwise and can excellently watch all through the windows of the tram. Highly recommendable!

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    Ringstrasse: Mozart at last: Mozart in the Burggarten
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  • Mozart, lording it over the Burggarten - Vienna
    Mozart, lording it over the
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    In pursuit of art and architecture in Vienna I freely confess that I neglected a major part of the city's cultural and musical heritage. Apart from my trip to Don Giovanni and my dedicated if unknowledgeable attention for three hours, I sought out none of the musical haunts. In a small effort to atone for this, on my last day I went along to the Burggarten in search of the Mozart Denkmal, Victor Tilgner's marble tribute to the great composer. I found it very easily as it is right inside the main entrance to the park. This was unveiled on Augustinerplatz in 1896 but subsequently moved to the Burggarten. It is very large, with a triumphal Mozart in the middle surrounded by reliefs from Don Giovanni and attended by cheerful cherubs. It is an exhuberant and fitting tribute to this man who brought such fame to Vienna.

  • Directions: Just inside the main entrance to the Burggarten
  • Website: www.vienna.info

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    Ringstrasse: Greece/Rome or Vienna ? Theseus Temple
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  • Theseu Temple - A Volksgarten surprise - Vienna
    Theseu Temple - A Volksgarten
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    In a sort of architectural leapfrog from Jugendstil to Classicism I would like to point out the Theseus Temple, another little outburst of classical form in a predominantly Baroque Vienna. This temple is to be found in the Volksgarten and was erected around 1820, in imitation of the Theseion in Athens. Apparently Napoleon had planned to house a piece of sculpture by Canova there but this was subsequently transferred to the Kunsthistoriche museum. In the 1930's there were plans to use it as a musicians centre but this didn't materialise either. Now it sits in solitary splendour, like a cuckoo in the nest of the Volksgarten and is infrequently used at all.

  • Directions: Near the Hofburg end of the Volksgarten
  • Website: www.vienna.info

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    Ringstrasse: Essential Stop: The Rathaus.
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    Fiacres outside The Rathaus
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    Vienna's Rathaus is an elaborate gothic confection which you certainly can't miss. It stands on it's own platz, with the Burg Theatre opposite and this part of the Ringstrasse is about as impressive as it gets. At Christmas the Rathaus is one of the city's principal festive showpieces. Immediately to the front stands the 150-year old spruce Christmas tree with no less than 1000 lights illuminating it. In front of this there is a crib and then the 143 stalls of the Christmas market. As if this wasn't enough all the trees growing in the platz are also decorated. This year the lovliest was the Herzerlbaum - tree of hearts, hung with 280 glowing red hearts . The town hallhas seven courtyards and these are open to visitors without any retrictions. To visit the inside, however you must take a guided tour. These tours are free and take place Monday, Wednesday and Friday ( except during council sessions and holidays). Groups must register in writing a month in advance.

  • Phone: 525 50
  • Directions: Opposite the Burg Theatre on the Ringstrasse
  • Website: www.wien.gv.at/ma55/fuehrungen

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    Ringstrasse: Parlament
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  • The Parlament building was constructed between 1873 and 1883, and was designed in the style of the Greek revival by Theophil Hansen. In front of the building is the famous Pallas Athena fountain - which after renovation works is now once again open to the public to see. The building has served as a parliament building since its construction and is home to the lower and upper houses of parliament, both of which are composed of elected politicians. The Parlament has been undergoing restoration work for several years now, and is now finished - you can once again walk up the ramp and admire the view to the Hofburg and the building is once again in pristine condition.

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  • Directions: U2/U3 Volkstheater J tram to Stadiongasse Parlament Ringlinien (1 and 2) and tram D

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    Ringstrasse: Kunsthistoriches Museum: You just have to see #3
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  • A damp day at the Kunsthistoriches Museum - Vienna
    A damp day at the
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    I thought it something of a surprise that , proportional to the number of tourists in Vienna, the Kunsthistoriches Museum (let’s just call it KHM) seemed relatively less popular than the Louvre in Paris, although there are distinct parallels. Both house stunning collections of art, both have great displays of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities. OK, the KHM isn’t as large and hasn’t featured in any well-known stories, but it is up there with the best and certainly deserves to feature on the “must visit” list of all visitors to Vienna. Not only are the collections stunning, so is the building itself (and, no doubt, also the matching Naturhistorisches Museum facing it across the park). Both opened in 1891, but it is the KHM which now draws the attention. It was raining when we visited, so we didn’t linger to admire the outside façade and details (main photo). Step inside though, and be amazed at the richness of the marble columns and the painted ceiling in the central atrium area (vertical panorama, photo 2) with its ‘trompe d’oeil’ effect. Then stroll through the Egyptian antiquities section on the ground floor (photo 3) and you’ll be overwhelmed. That feeling continues as you visit the Roman antiquities collection. As enthusiastic collectors, the Hapsburgs also gathered a vast array of carved ivory: the quality of some of the work is ethereal (photo 4), though I must admit being quite uncomfortable about the slaughter of wildlife necessary to have produced it. Finally, the art collection is world famous, and justly so, with a huge array of works by Rembrandt, Raphael, Caravaggio, Bruegel, Van Dyck… and on it goes! (photo 5). What’s more, apart from a ban on using flash or tripods, there is no restriction on photography – our Australian galleries might well care to take note!

  • Phone: +43.1.52.24-4025
  • Directions: On the Ringstrasse in the Museum Quarter
  • Website: www.khm.at/
  • Other Contact: info@khm.at

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    Ringstrasse: Ring of Confidence: The Ringstrasse
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  • Parlament -classical whammy on the ringstrasse - Vienna
    Parlament -classical whammy on
    the ringstrasse
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    Ringstrasse is one of the most enduring legacies of the Hapsburgs to Vienna. Concieved in 1857 by decree of Emperor Franz-Joseph 1, it replaced the old zig-zag fortifications with a string of Imperial avenues, strung rond the throat of the Innere Stadt like a necklace. It's monumental buildings are well known, among them The Kunsthistoriche Museum, The Staatoper, The Rathaus, Burg Theatre etc. On my many meanders around the Ringstrasse (cut in half incidentally when I realised that I could take a short-cut through the Hofburg) one of them made an immediate and different impression on me. The Parlament building with its perfectly classical structure is quite noticeable among the other, mostly Baroque buildings. Part of the square that comprises the Rathaus, Burg Theatre and University, it was sesigned by the Danish architect , Theophil Hansen. Establishing the classical tradition a massive statue of pallas Athena lords it over a fountain representing the Elbe, Danube, Inn and Moldova. The impediment on the main portico is outstanding and would do Athens or Rome proud. All along the top of the building are statue, horses and chariots. A feast for the classsicaly inclined eye. Guided Tours aavailable. Check website. If you're not a great walker you can catch tram no 1 or 2 and go round the Ringstrasse as often as it takes to see all the sights.

  • Phone: 40 110 2715
  • Directions: Next to the Rathaus on the ringstrasse
  • Website: www.parliament.gv.at

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    Ringstrasse: Imperial Garden : Burggarten
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    Sunny morning reflections at
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    One of the two large public gardens seperated by the Neue Hofburg, the Burggarten is actually part of the Hofburg Palace complex. This means it's a little more formal than your average park and it has lots of rules and restrictions: No dogs, no football, no walking on the grass and (God forbid!) No LYING on the grass. Coming in from the Opern Ring you pass the statue of Goethe reclining magestically on his chair and casting an appraising eye over everything he surveys. Inside, the garden is really idyllic with a pretty pond, loads of trees and grass, statues all over the place and the whole thing framed by the huge glasshouses of the Palm House and Schmetterlinghaus.The morning of my visit the sun was so brilliant there were actually peole sunbathing and lying around ( but not on the grass ) relaxing. On leaving, I discovered that there is one area reserved as a 'Liegewiese' ie., a rest-cure meadow and here you CAN actually lie on the grass. Hurrah ! The photo shows the burggarten and the whole thing reflected in the pond. Don't miss this park, it's a real treat.

  • Directions: Betweenthe Opera and Burg rings - you can't miss it.
  • Website: www.vienna.info

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    Ringstrasse: Walk around the "Ring"
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  • The Ringstrasse would be the place to go if you want a speedy view of Vienna. Walk around the Ringstrasse and you'll see the long-gone golden era of monarchical rule, where the buildings are still grand and baroque. Along the Ringstrasse, you will find many of Vienna's most famous buildings, from the university, Votiv Church, the city town hall (Rathaus), the Burgtheater (imperial theatre), the Parliament building, Museums, Opera house and Otto Wagner's famous Postal Savings Bank. The Ringstrasse is certainly Vienna in all its grandeous, centuries-old splendour.

  • Directions: If you don't feel like walking, trams 1 or 2 will take you around the Ringstrasse.

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