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Vienna – Austria

Austria World Places July 2011 150 photos

A few days in Vienna under a mostly grey sky, which suits the city: gilded eagles, green copper domes and cream facades look best against clouds. I walked from the Gothic roof tiles of St Stephen’s through the Hofburg gateways, past white horse carriages waiting on the cobbles, to the Karlskirche with its twin columns reflected in a pool.

Out at Schönbrunn the yellow palace sits above clipped hedges and flower beds, with the hilltop colonnade at the far end. Back in town I rode the red trams, ate apple strudel, and found small oddities: a mobile phone tied to a hammer on a signpost, a statue wrapped in white cloth. The last pictures are from the Prater Ferris wheel and from the streets at dusk.

Elevated U-Bahn train crossing a wide junction beside glass office towersBlue U-Bahn sign in front of a pale panelled buildingCurved tower block of an international office complex under grey cloudsTwo children crossing a quiet street past a bicycle and red graffitiGreen window framed by ivy with flowers behind the glassRed-and-gold striped church with a blue dome rising above parked carsGrey onion-domed spire between two ochre buildingsArchway entrance of a traditional Viennese restaurant with a carved signCopper-green spire with gold details against a pink evening skyBronze printer statue before an ornate cream facade with twin domesPatterned tile roof with a double eagle on a Gothic cathedralOrnate round clock with golden hands set in carved stoneCurved glass facade reflecting the cathedral’s Gothic spireRug shop sign and Greek flag on a cream buildingStone-clad facade window reflecting an eagle statue and green roofCarved wooden doorway between a shop and a pop galleryCream-coloured hotel facade with a dark mansard roof and a street clockOrange chapel facade with a faded fresco and a large crossRed-and-white flags above the nameplate of a Maltese churchGrey copper dome with a ball finial above cream rooftopsFolding bicycle leaning against a stone wall with a barred windowBaroque doorway with stone lions and a crowned golden coat of armsOrnate facade above a street café with a red Moulin Rouge signNarrow Art Nouveau townhouse with bay windows and a green copper turretOpera house facade with arched loggia and a yellow sightseeing busFork cutting into apple strudel dusted with sugar on a white plateRed-and-white Austrian flag above a verdigris domeTwo bearded sea gods with fish tails in a splashing fountainMotion-blurred tram with a red stripe reflecting passers-byModern tram passing a pale apartment blockCorner building with a green copper dome and sculpted figuresVerdigris pyramid roof topped with a stone crownGreen bronze eagle on a balustrade in front of treesPalace facade with golden eagle and green bronze figures above Latin letteringCornice with sculpted coat of arms and golden crown above Albertina letteringGolden double-headed eagle between green bronze figuresGlass-roofed palm house beyond a lawn with people sittingNewspaper box on a pole beside parked carsBlack street lamp against a blank white wallSeated green bronze statue behind a yellow sports carRed-and-white tram with colourful advertising speeding along the streetCorner of a stone pillar with a black diamond ornament beside grassGreen-domed baroque church between two tall columns behind a hedgeDome of golden laurel leaves above a pale building with glass roofCeiling lamp of fluorescent tubes arranged in a sunburstNeoclassical building with a green roof and a statue seen through treesRed flower bed shaped like a treble clef before a white monumentDomed baroque church and twin columns reflected in a shallow poolRippled reflection of a church dome and columns in waterArt Nouveau station entrance with Karlsplatz lettering and floral tilesAbstract bronze sculpture in a pond in front of an office blockCream facade with statues on pedestals and a carved cartoucheGolden eagles atop a carved column beside a green domePlain stone wall with a single window and cables with small signsTram tracks and a busy street leading toward a distant Gothic spireRusticated stone corner of a palace beside steps and lawnYellow building with green arched gate and red roofs, narrow streetBronze mother kneeling with a child in a planted gardenMuseum with a dark domed cupola and twin turrets under grey skyDark stone modern art museum with a trailer café and cyclistsWide stone gateway with five arches over an empty streetNeo-Gothic hall with a tall spired tower above green treesGolden crown and coat of arms flanked by trumpeting white angelsWhite horse-drawn carriage on a nearly empty squareGilded statue and gold lettering above the windows of a domed museumGreen copper roof with a weathered stone chimney and round windowsRow of national flags strung across a stone facadeMarble hero raising a club over a defeated figureRed-and-ochre gateway with gilded coats of arms and inscriptionsWhite horse carriage behind a pedestrian warning signDomed ceiling with round skylights and plaster ornamentStone caryatids under a portico with a street sweeper in orangeWhite church with slender spire above a cobbled square and horse carriagesDark bronze winged figures on a stair railing and lamp baseBoy in a yellow shirt on a skateboard on empty pavementStatue with gilded helmet holding a small winged figure against grey skyGolden eagle on a dark pole against an overcast skyPainted heraldic plaque with griffins and a crown on a white wallCurved park benches on a lawn beneath treesStone eagle sculpture on a gatepostMosaic-clad weather kiosk with three dials among treesNeo-Gothic town hall towers with clocks seen through leavesCream administrative building topped by a gilded globeRows of empty aluminium chairsTwin Gothic church spires above green trees under dark cloudsBacks of men in matching beer T-shirts at an outdoor caféTall white tower block with a curved crest beside treesDark ironwork kiosk with a red cross shield above a Carmen posterOld mobile phone lashed to a hammer handle on a signpostTwo tall abstract memorial columns on a cobbled plazaBronze man bending toward a child in front of a cream buildingTwin Gothic spires of a church framed by buildings along a streetSlender television tower with a red-and-white mast above treesWooden roadside shrine with a bronze crucifix and an office block behindMetro train on a viaduct before a curved tower and round buildingGlass skyscraper with a cantilevered top seen from belowYellow palace facade with a clock, balustrade and statuesMetro train marked Leopoldau arriving at an open-air platformGreen lattice garden pavilion in front of a tall hedgeFormal flower-bed gardens leading up to a hilltop colonnade with visitorsPigeons lined along the cornice of a yellow palace wingGilded eagle above a roof clock on a yellow buildingSymmetrical yellow palace facade with arched windows and rooftop statuesAvenue of clipped hedges leading to an obelisk and fountain with walkersWhite statues on pedestals either side of a gravel path between hedgesPalace and gardens seen through the falling water of a fountainYellow palace and flower parterres seen from the hill, city beyondWhite sculpted fountain with horses and figures in a wide poolHilltop colonnade seen over a steep green lawnRed rooftops of the city and distant hills beneath a grey skyLong yellow palace below a haze-covered panorama of rooftopsHilltop arcade reflected in a pond with a duckRows of clipped hedge blocks with trees in a gravel gardenDomed yellow pavilion beyond a hedge avenue and café umbrellasCity rooftops and church domes in haze above treetopsYellow pavilion marked Sonnenuhrhaus with a sculpted urn among pinesLarge green iron-and-glass palm houseRed and white flower beds around a circular fountainSmall clock pavilion with twin clock faces beside a pondTree with a twisting trunk above a clipped hedgeWooden bench under the Schönbrunn name on a white station wallMetro train approaching between tracks in a stone-walled cuttingWhite marble statues of a bearded man and a helmeted womanClose-up of reclining marble figures beside a pine trunkArt Nouveau stone arcade with a domed pavilion and graffitiModern building with an arched glass gable seen through treesCurving glass office building behind green treesOrange tiled roof with a green feather finial above overhead wiresStatue wrapped in white cloth on a stone pedestal at a crossingCorner building with a pointed turret and a rescue service signTall glass tower with a curved side beside a bridge cycle laneBrick tower with lattice panels beside green-glass offices on a wide roadMonument and rose bed in front of a cream office blockFerris wheel above trees beside a canalGlass office towers at the end of a bridge with pedestriansOld brick gasometer beside a tilted green apartment blockGiant Ferris wheel with red cabins above trees and lawnTall chain-swing ride tower above funfair rooftops and treesTreetops and rooftops of the city under a heavy skyHazy city skyline beyond a belt of treesRed-and-white striped chimneys of a power plant above a sea of treetopsTelevision tower rising above rooftops in hazeCircular cobbled square seen from above with fountain statue and potted treesRed Ferris wheel gondola numbered 4 seen from aboveFunfair rides and rooftops seen from the Ferris wheelDomed museum facade lit at dusk with people crossing the squareWhite columned temple beyond a curving path and lawnCurved palace wing glowing orange at dusk above a dark lawnGothic cathedral spire at night above café terraces and shop lightsGateway arches glowing at dusk under dark clouds
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