Flower Bicycle

Spring has sprung... also on this bicycle. I recently saw it twice in my neighbourhood - in different locations. So it's not only there for decoration, but also used for getting around. I would love to know who is its owner.

Ghost Bike

A ghost bike is a bicycle roadside memorial, placed where a cyclist has been killed or severely injured, usually by a motor vehicle. I discovered this ghost bike in the 19th district where a 65 year old man got killed by a truck in May 2018.

Taking a Break

During the summer months I usually spend most of my evenings riding my bicycle. This year the bicycle season started already at the end of April and I enjoyed my bicylcle tours more than ever before - still I had to take a break once in a while...

Bicycle Parking

In Vienna you have to lock your bicycle carefully to make sure that it is not stolen. As I don't want to take a risk, I never leave my bicycle outside... Other people choose to attach their bicycle to the fence of a park. Unfortunately you can't see that it is installed at breast height. Maybe the owner thinks that it better blends in with the leaves this way...

Decorated Handlebar

While running an errand in the city center, this biycle handlebar with its autumnal flower decoration recently caught my eyes.

One of my Favourite Places

My favourite part of Praterstraße in the 2nd district seen through a lomo filter. As I love tables and chairs as well as bicycles, this seems a rather perfect photo to me ;-)

August Theme Day: Bicycle

This interesting bicycle indicates a repair shop in the 15th district that is run as a collective.

Dragon Bicycle

Amongst the 7.000 people who took part in Sunday's bicycle parade I discovered these young men with their eye-catching dragon bicycle.

Bicycle Parade

Yesterday's public bicylce parade passed through my street. The parade started at the Burgtheater and ended in the Prater park with a picknick. Several bands along the route entertained the cyclists. I loved the percussion group underneath my windows.

European Bicycle Day

Today is the European Bicycle Day. It was established in 1998 to show that the bicycle is not only the most environmentally friendly but also the healthiest means of transport. As you probably know by now, I love to do after work bicycle tours during the warm season. But sometimes I'm lazy and just cycle to Augarten, sit on a bench, lay my legs on the bicycle and read a book or magazine.

February Theme Day: What Would You Miss?

There are a lot of things that I would miss if I had to leave Vienna forever, but I think there's one activity that I would miss most: my evening bicyle tours on Danube Island and along the Old Danube during the warm season. I'm already looking forward to the first ride in 2015!
Click here to view thumbnails of all participants in the theme day.

Citybike Wien

The Citybike Wien public bike rental system was launched in 2003. You can hire a bike at currently 110 stations across Vienna and return it at any other station. The first hour of every ride is free of charge. Before hiring a citybike you need to register on the internet or directly at one of the terminals either with a credit card or an Austrian cash card. To my shame I have to admit that, although I love cycling, it wasn't until two weeks ago that I hired a citybike for the very first time. It was such a good experience that I have repeatedly rented a bicycle since then. It's perfect if you have lost the last subway...

Bicycles in The Snow

This photo is courtesy by my aunt who took it last Friday in the courtyard of the apartment building where she´s living.

Yellow

Yellow roses and a perfectly matching bicycle in Heiligenkreuzerhof in the city center.

Bicycle on The Wall

I discovered this frontpart of a bicycle on a building in the 15th district. According to my parents who live around the corner, the building is affiliated to a youth hostel. I´m wondering if the hostel addresses particularly young people who love to ride a bicycle or if the bicycle is just a funny "sign".

Crazy Bicycle

This creatively decorated bycicle is the advertising vehicle of a shop of "beautiful things of life" in the city center.

The Orange Bicycle

During my holiday in Paris last summer, I photographed a lot of doors and portals in different colours - blue, red, pink, green, yellow. A friend of mine complained that there were no orange things (Guess which is her favourite colour), so I promised her to watch out for the colour orange during my next trip to Paris. I went back there recently, kept my word and she was happy. The other evening I took a short walk in the city center of Vienna and in quick succession several orange things caught my eyes (obviously I´m still focused on this colour), amongst others this bicycle.

Bicylces

We are currently having an unbelievable beautiful Indian summer with unusual high temperatures for the season. Everybody tries to take advantage of the great weather: the outdoor areas of the restaurants and the parks are crowded, a lot of cyclists are on their way and park their bicycles all over the city.

Goethe (And My Bicylce)

Usually I cycle only on Donauinsel (Danube Island) because it´s near my place and there´s no traffic (aside from other cyclists, joggers, skaters, walkers), but some days ago I gave the cycle lanes on Ringstrasse a try and thus circled the whole city center. I took some photographic proofs of this "adventure", this one shows the monument to Johann Wolfgang von Goethe near Burggarten which was created by Eduard Hellmer in 1895 and erected in 1900.

For ladies who want to cycle in style...

Hermès collaborated with a Dutch bicycle manufacturer and adorned a typical old Dutch bicycle with meticulously stitched leather accents on the frame, saddle and handles. Personally, I prefer the modern, more sportive bicycles - but maybe that´s only because I can´t afford such a chic one...