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25T70 Vienna: chasing marks in the 15., 10., & 5.

E69, V17.

By chance, the math happened to work out very well today. I wandered into three city districts for some “list clearing” activity. Here’s what I found, even with me ending up in the inner city.

15. Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus

As a boy, Friedrich Stowasser lived in the area with his Jewish mother, Elsa. In 1938, they were forcibly moved out to a relative’s apartment in the 2nd district, where they survived until war’s end. That boy became the artist known as Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000), whose influence is visible as an “onion dome” on top of the advertising column in the background. The City of Vienna inaugurated the small plaza in his name in 2007.

5. Margareten

On the outside wall of the building at the corner of Leitgebgasse and Stöbergasse are three panels each protected by transparent plexiglass. Each panel is a visual record of what was required of residents during Allied air-raids in World War II.

*The arrow shows the direction residents could go for additional shelter, pointing southeast towards Margaretengürtel (Margareten belt road).*

*The two arrows point to “NA” for Notausstieg, or emergency entry to an air-raid shelter below ground during World War II.*

10. Favoriten

Ceramic mosaic of architect Eduard van der Nüll (1812-1868), by Fritz Rocca-Humpoletz (1894-1971). Van der Nüll and Sicardsburg designed Vienna’s Opera House whose public unveiling brought reviews so poor, they drove van der Nüll to despair and suicide.

*Giant wall mural (2021), by Viennese artist nychos, at tram stop Knöllgasse. I saw this in June 2024, but to see this again in-person is neither chore nor burden at all.*

1. Innere Stadt

*“Yellow Fog”, by artist Olafur Eliasson for Verbund whose headquarters are located at Am Hof. The dynamic sculpture is active only at dusk.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 16 July 2025. This post composed within Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

24T37 Vienna: choices from 10th district (Favoriten)

E36 V3

Parts of me will belong to and stay with these Vienna city districts: Mariahilf, the 6.; Leopoldstadt, the 2.; and Alsergrund, the 9. But, the 10. is also a favourite, described in part by these images in Favoriten from today.

Hauptbahnhof (central station): Markuslöwe (St. Mark’s Lion), in front of ticketing offices. Completed in 2015, the Hauptbahnhof was built at the site of the city’s former Südbahnhof (south station, 1874-1945), whose roof was once home to eight of these winged-lion sculptures.

*The Südbahnhof had been home to the first-ever direct train service from Vienna to Venice. A symbol for Venice is the Lion of St. Mark.*

*ÖBB (Austria national rail) regional trains at Hauptbahnhof, as I was on my way to Vienna’s 23rd district.*

The Amalienbad is one of Vienna’s indoor swimming-pools, housed in this 1926 structure at Reumannplatz. Damaged during the 2nd World War, renovations took place in the early-1980s and completed by 1986.

*Next to and over tram-stop Knöllgasse.*

*In this “0.5x” view, there’s a dark grey skeletal figure, Death, at lower-right, holding a scythe with a long curved blade in grey.*

*Street artist nychos created this wall-mural “Love, Life, and Death” in 2021.*

I made all images above with an iPhone15 on 13 Jun 2024. This post composed with Jetpack for iOS appears on Fotoeins Fotografie at fotoeins DOT com.

Vienna: Bohemian Prater, Europe’s oldest carousel

I’m on foot in Vienna’s Favoriten (10th district), slowly making my way uphill onto Laaer Berg. I pass apartment blocks and summer garden cottages and plots. After about 10 to 15 minutes, a clearing appears in the forest.

There’s a ferris wheel. There’s another ride with a vertical drop, some flat rides, even a small roller coaster.

The modest fairground is open on this warm late-afternoon in early-June, which means crowds are a little sparse with most kids in school and adults at work. Still, there’s a scatter of families: some with strollers, and others with young children dragging their parents to the nearest ride or closest treat.

There are spots to buy cold pop/soda, ice cream, and grilled sausage. There are also a couple of larger places for beer, wine, and typical Austrian “fare at the fair”.

And somewhere in the midst of a blaring soundtrack of top-40 and classic rock is home to Europe’s oldest carousel or merry-go-round.

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