The restaurant Meierei located in the Stadtpark, last Sunday after the rain had stopped. At the Meierei you can savour Viennese delicacies and more than 100 different types of cheese. The building originally was erected in 1903 as a milk bar of the City of Vienna. During World War II it was badly damaged and afterwards it was considerably remodelled.
Yesterday it was raining cats and dogs until the early evening. I took a walk in the Stadtpark when the sun tried to get through the clouds...
Let's start the weekend with some music! I saw this duo some weeks ago in Stadtpark. They performed popular contemporary songs and had a lot of fun...
We haven't seen the sun for weeks now. The days are humid and dreary... I have to admit that by now this weather has a negative impact on my mood...
After a rather overcast and chilly week, yesterday the weather was again sunny and warm, and everybody was out and about. Some people even made their siesta in the Stadtpark.
For one week the weather in Vienna was just like in spring, yesterday with 20°C (68°F) even like in summer. The outdoor areas of the cafés and the parks were crowded... Last Sunday some people had a first picnic in Stadtpark.
The Kursalon Hübner is located in Stadtpark and was intended to increase the recreational value of the park by offering curative waters to drink, but after its completion in 1867, it soon experienced a change of use: In 1868 the first concert featuring compositions by Johann Strauss took place. The Kursalon rapidly became the meeting place for Viennese society and celebrated the cult of the waltz and joie de vivre. Today it is an event location with two ballrooms, hosts Mozart and Strauss concerts and also houses a restaurant.
A closer look at the ducks and seagulls in Stadtpark. Due to the past days' low temperature the pond is partly frozen.
Until some days ago winter was rather mild, but now it's freezing cold, and on Sunday evening it started even to snow. Yesterday I had the day off and took a walk in Stadtpark where - as usual - some people were feeding the ducks.
The monument to Andreas Zelinka (1802- 1868) is located in Stadtpark. He served as the mayor of Vienna from 1861 to 1868 and spent his whole salary for charity and donations.
Sunday afternoon - the perfect time for a girl talk. I would rather have chosen a cozy café, but these two girls braved the cold and had their chat by the pond in Stadtpark.
The pond in Stadtpark is the home of a lot of ducks. They are used to be fed by promenaders and come close to everybody who stops at the water's edge. Luckily for them the lady in the foreground had brought some breadcrumbs.
Here's another example of art in public space: Donald Judd's sculpture "Stage Set" was created for the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts on the occasion of his exhibition at the museum in 1991. The installation was gifted to the city of Vienna in 1995, and has been located in Stadtpark since 1996.
The Wien (Vienna River) has its source in the western Wienerwald and flows into the Danube canal. It is 34 kilometres (21 miles) long, of which 15 km are within the city of Vienna. In this photo you see the river running through the autumnal Stadtpark.
For the meteoroligsts summer started on June 1. Unfortunately they forgot to tell the weather to behave accordingly - it´s rainy and rather cool. The only sign of the new season is this figure in Stadtpark which represents summer. For spring please click here.
Due to the cold and cloudy weather the Stadtpark looks still rather winterly.
While I´m eagerly waiting for spring, winter doesn´t want to end and covers the city again with snow. I took this photo some weeks ago in Stadtpark, but looking out of my window, I´m pretty sure that it looks exactly like this today.
