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Vienna


Vienna, the capital of Austria, a dynamic city, always full with tourists and students. I’ve been a few times here and I was not disappointed to come again. There is so much to do and see that whenever you come back here, you see something new or discover an interesting part of it you’ve never seen.
The trip to Vienna was short a weekend, but it felt like just a day. We’ve visited the typically touristic places, because I wanted to show D. the city.

Some of the places we’ve visited was the City Hall, which is such a beautiful neo-gothic building.


What I’ve seen for the first time quite close to the City Hall was the Nail Man, the story behind this statue is quite interesting, people could put a nail in the wooden man in exchange for donations, the money were used afterwards for the 1st World War.


Next was the museum quarter starting, with a stop in Maria-Theresien-Platz,



…here in front of the Museum of Natural History you can find this cute elephant.


Our next stop was the National Library….


And later that day we went to see the Hundertwasser House….


…and the Republic of Kugelmugel (read more about it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kugelmugel).



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  1. i had never heard of kugelmugel but it's fascinating! and that elephant has really the cutest expression! thanks for sharing these wonderful captures..........

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