Monument of Johann Strauss II at Stadtpark, Vienna
Vienna
We had a wonderful four days in Vienna. Staying at the Best Western hotel.
Great walking city and we took a cruise on the not so blue Danube. My wife still talks about our trip down the Brown Danube. My father loved to play Strauss music on his cassette player. So I knew the music long before I made it to Vienna.
We had a wonderful four days in Vienna. Staying at the Best Western hotel.
Great walking city and we took a cruise on the not so blue Danube. My wife still talks about our trip down the Brown Danube. My father loved to play Strauss music on his cassette player. So I knew the music long before I made it to Vienna.
Austrian Busker on left --Bambot on right
Below Monument of Johann Strauss II at Stadtpark, Scattered throughout the park are statues of famous Viennese artists, writers, and composers, including Hans Canon, Emil Jakob Schindler, Johann Strauss II,Franz Schubert, and Anton Bruckner. The opulent Kursalon building on Johannesgasse, with its broad terrace that reaches into the park, is the site of popular waltz concerts.
Vienna is located in north eastern Austria, at the easternmost extension of the Alps in the Vienna Basin.Music is one of Vienna's legacies. Musical prodigies including Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Joseph Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johannes Brahms, Gustav Mahler, Robert Stolz , and Arnold Schoenberg have worked there.
Best Western Vienna
The Stephansplatz is a square at the geographical centre of Vienna. It is named after its most prominent building, the Stephansdom, Vienna's cathedral and one of the tallest churches in the world. Before the 20th century, a row of houses separated Stephansplatz from Stock-im-Eisen-Platz.
Stephansdom
Vienna is divided into 23 districts. The central first district "Innere Stadt" is the historic city centre, which is surrounded by Ringstraße, a 19th century boulevard with most representative buildings.
Schönbrunn Palace
