Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Contemporary VIENNA. (35 brandnew pics)

A Map of my trip through Vienna last Sunday:

1: my home
2: Millenium tower
3: Donaucity
4: Wienerberg

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Millenium Tower, Austria's highest building. Taken from the platform of the S-Bahn track (S45 line, direct connection to my home, about 25mins)


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Donaucity cluster, view from Donauinsel, the artificial island in the middle of the Danube:


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A view back towards Millenium Tower:


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Entertainment area "Copa Cagrana" in front of Austria's finest contemporary architecture:


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The site of the future 200/160m towers by Perrault:


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One of the new V-type metro sets (line U1) entering the station "Kaisermühlen - Vienna International Center", referring to the UN building in the background:


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A variety of office and residential buildings:


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A very handsome fella:


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Pretty deserted on a cold and windy Sunday:


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The memorial celebrating 50 years of Austrian independence after WWII (1945-1995, the so-called "Second Republic - the First Republic was founded in 1918 after the collapse of the Habsburg monarchy and ended in 1936 with the German "invasion".)


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The UN are expanding:


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Getting on the metro, heading for the next architectural hotspot:


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After a rather tiresome journey on metro (U1), S-bahn (S9) and tram (65) I arrived on top of the Wienerberg:


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The Wienerberg Towers with their Petronas-style walkways:


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Mainly residential buildings here:


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I love the colour:


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Absolutely stunning:


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From a distance, taken last week:


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From my balcony:


I hope you enjoyed my pictures. I surely enjoyed taking them. Please excuse the dust spots on some of them. Gotta clean my cam one of these days...

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