Down There...

Last Sunday I did an afternoon walk in the 19th district. When I turned back I had this view of the town.

Colourful Cardigan

I don't know if this is really a gentlemen's cardigan or if he just hastily threw over the next best piece of clothing before leaving for an afternoon walk, but I must say this cardigan is really eye-catching...

Spring

Spring has its blue ribbon

Fluttering through the winds

Sweet, well-known scents

Touch lightly and forbodingly the country.

The violets are already dreaming

Willing to come soon.

Listen, the faint sound of a harp from afar!

Springs, yes it's you!

It's you I heard! - Eduard Mörike

Togetherness #1

When I will be their age, I also want so sit on a bench in cosy togetherness...

The Boats Are Back

The boat rentals at the Old Danube have already put the boats to water.

Sunday Flowers #222

"The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another.
The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month."- Henry Van Dyke

Old & New

A modern and an old office building in the Viertel Zwei area. The modern building houses the headquarter of the Austrian mineral oil authority.

Deserted Campus

Another impression of my walk on the deserted campus of the University of Economics and Business last Sunday. The building in the background was designed by Estudio Carme Pinós S.L., based in Barcelona, Spain.

Outdoor Staircases

Last Sunday I did another walk on the campus of the University of Economics and Business where the outdoor staircases of the Teaching Center, designed by Vienna-based architects BUSarchitektur ZT GmbH, caught my eyes.

I'll Give You Three Guesses

Guess which of these very similar apartment buildings has recently been renovated... I love the French windows!

Advance Warning

If you want to know what to expect in the very near future, sometimes you just have to watch the ground: in this case there are stairs ahead in 15m. I have never seen a similar warning before...

Luxury Design And Furniture Fair

Yesterday I was at the luxury design and furniture fair H.O.M.E.D.E.P.O.T. at the Semperdepot. The building was constructed from 1874 to 1877 according to the plans of Gottfried Semper and Karl von Hasenauer and originally served as a depot for the stage sets of the Austrian Federal Theatres. Today one part of the building houses studios of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, the other part can be rented for events.

Sunday Flowers #221

"I glanced out the window at the signs of spring. The sky was almost blue, the trees were almost budding, 
the sun was almost bright." - Millard Kaufman, Bowl of Cherries

Donauturm

The 252m high Donauturm was opened in April 1964 on the occasion of the Vienna International Garden Show. Two high-speed elevators transport passengers to the observation deck and a rotating restaurant which offer a splendid view of the town and it environs.

7th Blogiversary

Today this blog turns 7!! I can't believe it! I created the blog seven years ago very late in the evening (or rather early in the morning) without really knowing what I was doing,and I had no idea how I should publish 365 photos a year thinking that there weren't so many interesting things to photograph. Throughout the years I didn't manage to publish a photo every day because I was on vacation, too busy, too tired... or I published photos one or two days late, but I'm still proud that I didn't give up blogging. It is fun, but also rather time-consuming. Anyway, looking for photo subjects I experienced my hometown more attentively and discovered things never seen before. Thank you for visiting my blog and for commenting on the photos! I appreciate your support and I am looking forward to sharing more photos of Vienna with you. And now let's cut the cake and celebrate!

Modern Living

The 110m high "Mischek Tower" is an apartment building in the Donaucity area. It was erected from 1998 to 2000 and was the highest residential building in Austria until 2002, it is still the highest prefab house of the world. Definitely not the kind of building I want to live in...

Sunset Obsession #37

The Light House on the Danube Island at sunset last Sunday.
By the way, the international consulting firm Mercer ranks Vienna highest for quality of living for the 8th year in a row! The annual survey compares the political, social and economic climate, medical care, education and infrastructural conditions such as public transportation, power and water supply. It also takes into consideration recreational offers, the availability of all kinds of consumer goods (from food to cars), as well as environmental conditions.

Training Day

I did so many walks along the Old Danube when it was frozen over in January and February that it seemed "strange" to me to see it in its "normal" condition on Sunday... Some people have already digged out their rowing boats. These group did some training in their dragon boat.

Sitting, Watching...

Did you notice that I haven't been at the Old Danube for some weeks? Well, yesterday I relapsed... And I admired this girl sitting on the edge of one of the platforms... I always have an unpleasant feeling when I'm too close to the edge...

Sunday Flowers #220

"That is one good thing about this world... there are always sure to be more springs." - L.M. Montgomery

Girl With Flower in her Hair

Street art by an unknown artist on a shutter in the 4th district.

Never Getting Tired of This View

Standing in front of the Upper Belvedere you can see the spire of St. Stephen's Cathedral in the city center but also Leopoldsberg and Kahlenberg in the norhtern outskirts.

Restart Your Heart

There's not much to say about this photo... We all have to restart our heart one day, I guess... 

First Spring Flowers

Nature is awakening... On Sunday I discovered some first shy spring flowers (crocuses and snowdrops) in the Botanical Garden.

Beautiful Sphinx

I'll never get tired of photographing the sphinxes in the garden between the Upper and the Lower Belvedere.

Sunday Flowers #219

"Flowers seem intended for the solace of ordinary humanity." - John Ruskin

Interesting Style

I love art fairs not only for the art, but also because it's a perfect place for people watching. This couple had a really eye-catching style of clothing and got some funny looks... You can't see it in this photo: the girl's eyebrows were turquoise...

Art Vienna #2

Here's another work that caught my eyes at the art fair "Art Vienna": it combines an old papercollage with modern spraypaint and was realised on a vintage wood drawer by 3stepscrew, a German street art collective.

Art Vienna #1

Recently the first "Art Vienna" took place at the Leopold Museum. The art fair focused on Austrian and international contemporary art and classical modernism. This photos shows two eye-catching works by Spanish artist Samuel Salcedo.

March Theme Day: Black and White in Color

I love bright colours, black and white subjects don't really catch my eyes, but this heart on the banks of the Danube Canal did (because underneath there was written in red "for my beloved")...
Click here to view thumbnails of all participants in the theme day.