Entrance to the fabulous Bakery in the Hotel Daniel Vienna.

You love winter sports? You think, there is no chance to treat yourself to these joys in Vienna? Maybe I can change your mind …

Skiing within the city borders of Vienna? No problem, check out the so-called “Hohe Wand” (14th district) or the “Dollwiese” (13th district).

If your are more into cross-country skiing, you can pay a visit ot these eight tracks, which are all accessible by public transport:

Prater Hauptallee (8 km)
Wienerberg (2,5 km)
Steinhofgründe (3,5 km)
Schwarzenbergpark (4 km)
Cobenzl (4 km)
Donauinsel (10 respectively 12 km)
Pappelteich in the Maurerwald (4,5 km)

In these 15 parks you can find hills and slopes, that are suitable for sledding:

Prater-Jesuitenwiese (Snowmaking system and floodlight)
Stadtpark/Kinderpark
Schweizergarten
Alois-Drasche-Park
Einsiedlerpark
Alfred-Grünwald-Park
Arne-Carlsson-Park
Kurpark Oberlaa/in the middle of the park
Luise-Montag-Park
An den Eisteichen opposite number 22
Roter Berg
Pötzleinsdorfer Schloßpark
Floridsdorfer Wasserpark/An der Oberen Alten Donau opposite number 23
Donaupark/Kaffeehaushügel
Fridtjof-Nansen-Park

Whether in- or outside, ice-skating makes a great deal of fun. At the ice rink Engelmann (on a rooftop) and the Wilhelminenberg you can enjoy a fabulous view on the city. Others:

Albert-Schultz Eishalle (district 22)
Sportanlage Windtenstraße (Eisring Süd) (10)
Ice-skating in the Alois-Drasche-Park (4)
Wiener Eistraum (1)
Wiener Stadthalle (15)
Eislaufanlage Engelmann (17)
Wiener Eislaufverein (3)
Wilhelminenberg on ice (16)

Thus your plants will get more ‘drive’

As well at the:

Hotel Daniel Vienna – Urban stay
Landstraßer Gürtel 5
1030 Vienna

Yes, this is a reception desk, and yes, it is made of washer drums

You can find it at the:

Hotel Daniel Vienna – Urban stay
Landstraßer Gürtel 5
1030 Vienna

 

Monument in the ‘Schweizergarten’

The ‘Schweizergarten’ (Swiss Garden) is a park in the third district of Vienna, that was opened on the 5th June 1906 as ‘Maria Josefa Park’ (Maria Josefa was a member of the imperial family). The park was designed in the style of an English landscape garden.

1920 the park was renamed into its actual name. This was out of gratitude for the generous assistance of Switzerland after the end of World War I.

As we have already been in the anarchy department (see the anarchy symbol in the last post), I can not deny you this grafitto. It aks for breaking rules and can be found near the Vienna University of Economics and Business, which also has a high Bobo density.

Found this grafitto in the 7th district of Vienna, which is the home base and living room of the Viennese ‘Bourgeois and Bohemians’ (Bobos). Other favourite hang outs are the local food and flea market ‘Naschmarkt’ and the neighbouring cafés and cinemas.

Wanna find out if your are a ‘Bobo’? Check out this checklist by the Guardian.

If you want to educate yourself about the ‘Bobos’ you should not miss this book by David Brooks: Bobos In Paradise – The New Upper Class And How They Got There

As I was asked to post something about the atmosphere in Vienna right now, I chose this quite big ‘lamp’.

Ok, acutally it is a chandelier (Christmas lightning) that spans the ‘Graben’ square.