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Though not nearly as canal-rich as Amsterdam is, Vienna does have a few canals attached the Danube. Though it’s situated along one of Europe’s most important rivers, for reasons I haven’t explored, the heart of Vienna is actually a few km west of the river itself. (I suspect we’d had more time and visited in the summer with longer days, we might have gotten over the Danube and found it’s popular for outdoor recreation.) This is a side canal on the edge of the City Park, featured in our last post.

Though not nearly as canal-rich as Amsterdam is, Vienna does have a few canals attached the Danube. Though it’s situated along one of Europe’s most important rivers, for reasons I haven’t explored, the heart of Vienna is actually a few km west of the river itself. (I suspect we’d had more time and visited in the summer with longer days, we might have gotten over the Danube and found it’s popular for outdoor recreation.) This is a side canal on the edge of the City Park, featured in our last post.

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 8, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Vienna | Leave a comment

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These are all from a lovely morning walk in the Wiener Stadtpark (Vienna City Park) before setting out on our longer exploration of the whole Schönbrunn complex. Our hotel was just next to this park, which is smack in the heart of the city. Seeing how many monuments with sculptures of Vienna’s great composers (including Schubert, below), or other artistic flourishes such as the other sculpture below — entitled “freeing the spring” (more or less) and apparently depicting two men working to remove a stone that’s blocking a well or spring — reminded me that quite aside from being for centuries an important center of power in Europe, Vienna was also / has also long been a leading center of culture for centuries. In that “spa” building shown above are frequent waltz events, the waltz being probably the form of music and dancing most closely associated with Vienna.

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 7, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Outdoor Sculpture, public art, Vienna | 1 Comment

Small Wonders.150

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 6, 2022 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: amsterdam, flower photography, flowers | Leave a comment

City Views.150

All three images taken from pretty much the same location right by the subway stop whose entrance is the image on the left.

All three images taken from pretty much the same location right by the subway stop whose entrance is the image on the left.

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 5, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Vienna | Leave a comment

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Urban Entrances.50

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 4, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Vienna | Leave a comment

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Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 3, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Vienna | 1 Comment

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A (rainy) daytime view of Vienna’s Stephansdom (of you’ve seen the nighttime view in an earlier post), along with a few scenes from the plaza and adjoining streets around it on that particular afternoon.

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 2, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Vienna | Leave a comment

Small Wonders.149

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | November 1, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: autumn leaves, fall foliage, Vienna | Leave a comment

Urban Garden.119

That’s the actual Schönbrunn Palace at the bottom of the hill — and we will show more of it in future posts, I promise – but since the stroll through the grounds with autumnal foliage everywhere was so lovely, that’s the focus today :-).

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Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 31, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: autumn leaves, fall foliage, Vienna | Leave a comment

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Urban Canals.109

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 30, 2022 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: amsterdam, amsterdam canals, autumn leaves, Dutch Rivers & Canals, fall foliage | 1 Comment

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Urban Canals.108

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 29, 2022 | Categories: Netherlands, North Holland & Amsterdam | Tags: amsterdam, amsterdam canals, Dutch Rivers & Canals | Leave a comment

Urban Garden.118

I’m certainly happy that we lingered in the gardens first before approaching the actual palace at Schönbrunn. And didn’t this particular leaf times its fall well? 🙂

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 28, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: autumn leaves, fall foliage, Vienna | Leave a comment

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This is Vienna’s Anker Clock, whose 12 pairs of people are dressed to represent different phases of Viennese cultural history. A different pair parades across each hour, and at noon each day, all 12 parade across in succession – so the guide books say. It was raining so we weren’t able to stay long enough to get the full experience.

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 27, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: Vienna | 1 Comment

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…still in the gorgeous autumnal gardens of Schloss Schönbrunn 🙂

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 27, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: autumn leaves, fall foliage, Vienna | Leave a comment

Urban Entrances.48

From the grounds of Schloss Schönbrunn, former summer stomping grounds of imperial Austria’s monarchs.

Posted by somuchworldsolittletime | October 26, 2022 | Categories: Austria | Tags: autumn leaves, fall foliage, Vienna | Leave a comment

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