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vienna, austria has an air of old world elegancethat permeates the city. i often think of cities as peopleand if vienna were a person she’d be a poised womanwho never slouched or wore wrinkled blouses. i first visited vienna when i was eighteen years old and it left such an impression on methat i’ve dreamt of it since and i know it’s a city i’ll always return to. vienna has so much history, art, music, and culture that it sometimes feels as if the whole cityis humming and vibrating as its past collides with its present.
in this video, i’m going to sharesome of my favourite things to see and do in vienna. belvedere palace is one of the world’sbest baroque palaces and a unesco world heritage site. there are beautiful grounds and gardensyou can walk around too. inside, it’s easy to feel like you’ve travelled back in time and, looking out through the windows, i could imaginewhen this palace was home to real royals. there are gorgeous architectural details, chandeliers, and ceilings that are, themselves, works of art.
you’ll also find the world’s largest collectionof paintings by austrian artist gustav klimt. klimt’s paintings are so distinct and i adored the chance to occupythe same space as them and see them up close - i always love getting a good lookat the artist’s signature. klimt’s most recognizable piece is called the kiss,a gold-flecked painting of a man embracing a woman. there’s a lot of traffic around this painting,as you can imagine, and marc and i stared at it for a long time. we decided to put decorum asideand recreate it ourselves which was really fun. what do you guys think?
i feel like we pretty much nailed it. that room full of incredible klimt pieceswas one of my favourites in the whole palace. one thing i found extra wonderfulis a braille version of the kiss so that visually impaired people can enjoy it too. the belvedere also has a great collectionby another of my favourite artist’s: egon schiele, an austrian painter who also happenedto be a protã©gã© of gustav klimt’s. the way schiele paints people is unbelievable. i also got really excitedto see a giant portrait of napoleon which was thrilling for me becausewhen i was about five years old
one of my favourite tv showswas napoleon and josephine: a love story, which my mom and i watched together. one of my casual obsessionsis paintings of women reading books. i always photograph them and i keep themin a folder on my phone for easy access. let’s just say i was able to addsome very good photos at the belvedere. one display took me by complete surprise and it'sone of the most unique things i’ve ever seen in a gallery: a series of sculpted busts called character heads. at first i thought it was a contemporary exhibitionparodying the solemn faces you normally see on an 18th century bust.
but, no, these are from the late 1700sand depict laughter, shock, disgust, and a mocking tongue sticking out. think of them as 18th century emojis. truthfully, the belvedere is so fantastici could go on and on about it but there are other things i want to show you in vienna so let’s move on to an art gallery and museumon the complete other end of the spectrum: museum hundertwasser. born friedrich stowasser,this austrian-born artist and architect changed his name to friedensreich hundertwasserand he’s one of marc’s favourite artists.
his paintings and buildings incorporate bright colours, tile mosaics, and spirals. you won’t find any straight lines either. in fact, hundertwasser once said‘the straight line is godless.’ you’ll notice this unique featureas soon as you walk in the lobby of the museum and see the peaks and valleys of the floor and feel yourself walking up and downinstead of straight on level ground. you might also do a double take at the water fountain
where the water flows upwards. hundertwasser was very passionateabout environmental protection so that's a theme you’ll see in his work as well. this is also vienna’s first ‘green museum’ as he experimented with grass roofsand planted trees in building facades. one of the things that sticks with me mostare the life and death notices that show hundertwasser as a manfrom 1928 to his death in 2000 and, after his death, taking on the new form of a tree. his work is very graphic and incorporateslots of geometric shapes and colours.
he said: “to make graphic art is like playingchess simultaneously with many unknown partners.†best known for his paintings and building designs, hundertwasser also designed stampsfor the united nations, license plates, and flag concepts for australia, new zealand, and a united israel and palestine. at the museum you can see 3d renderingsof his architectural designs, including a whole planned communitythat represented his vision
for how humanity could live in harmony with nature. when you leave the museum, head down the streetto close by hundertwasserhaus – an apartment building designed by,you guessed it, hundertwasser. how many more times can i say hundertwasser? they’re private homes so you can’t go insidebut you can admire it from the outside. you’ll see mismatched windows, trees growingon the rooftop, and leaning columns. it certainly stands out from thetraditional buildings that surround it. another building that stands out –though for different reasons – is the vienna state opera or wiener staatsoper.
in the lobby you’ll see ornate detailsand ridiculously affordable opera tickets. one of my top recommendations for viennais seeing the opera for just 3 or 4 euros. these are standing room only and there arelittle benches you can lean up against. the tickets are limited so make sure you arrive early because you can’t book them in advanceand the lines can get really long. i thought that was vienna’s cheapest thrilluntil i discovered something that only costs 90 cents located underneath the opera house:the opera toilet. this is one of those ridiculously amusing thingsthat made marc and i very giggly. it’s located down the escalatorat the karlsplatz subway entrance.
by its own estimation this is‘vienna’s most beautiful toilet’ and i have to admit thatthe loud opera music that plays non-stop adds a certain je ne sais quoithat you don’t usually find in public toilets. they encourage you to take a toilet selfie and i couldn’t help dancing to the orchestral musicand the whole thing, honestly, just made me giddy. i realize toilets aren’t usuallysomething one recommends but here you have it:i’m recommending the opera toilet. another cheap thrill, and a fantastic wayto get a tour of the city, is to hop on a tram. to me, trams are one of vienna’s defining features
and part of what bridged the gapfrom the past to the present. the tram network dates back to 1865when tram carriages were pulled by horses. you won’t find that today but you will finda comfortable, affordable way to move around the city. these days, the trams servemore than 200 million passengers every year. when you’ve given your feet a break and hopefullyenjoyed the view out the window of the tram, head over to st. stephen’s cathedral. it’s located right in the heart of the city centreamidst the hustle and bustle and my favourite part of this churchhands down is the roof. it’s such a bold, graphic design and the patternand colours really pop against the blue sky.
to me it feels surprising and unique. inside are beautifully detailed columns, stained glass, and an overall feeling of calm. vienna is such a polished-feeling cityand definitely occupies a space in my heart. i hope you enjoyed this video –please give it a thumbs up if you did. i’d love to know what your favourite partsof vienna are so please leave a comment down below. subscribe to my channel for more travel videosand thanks for watching!
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