I visited the city of Vienna in Austria twice this year on a city break. The first visit that I had was in February, and the second visit was at the end of May. During my visit in May, I covered off some of the places that I did not get to see the first time and met up with a colleague and expored the city, and several of these photographs were taken during that time.
First up, food! During my visit to Vienna at the end of May, I explored a few different options for food. I went to the ROLLERCOASTER Restaurant and had dinner and a slice of birthday cake, which was set to their special show. This is a really unique restaurant as the food is delivered on rails set to lights (see my post about the ROLLERCOASTER restaurant here). The restaurant is located at Prater amusement park, which I also visited (see my visit to Prater here.)
I also had a drink in the Volksgarten at the cafe. I had ordered lunch, but it never came after waiting for so long. The dessert came, and I had the creme brulee, but the food never did come and the restaurant is greatly under-staffed.
I had chicken schnitzel at an Austrian restaurant in the city at Wollzeil, a tiny little place in an alleyway.
Afterwards, I went to another restaurant (Heindls Schmarren Palatschinkenkuchl) and had the apple strudel.
I went back to the ice cream parlour Ferrari and had gelato. I also went to have champagne breakfast at Hotel Sacher and tried their famous chocolate cake (see my visit to Sacher here).
There are many places selling sweets, and I didn't go to any cafes or bakeries this time, but the food all looks delicious.
The city has so many beautiful buildings.
I did not get to go to the Sisi Musum, but it is photographed above.
Theatre
I did get to finally go inside the Votive church, which I did not get to do last time.
When I visited Vienna in February, there was a huge ice skating rink at the Rathausplatz. There was something else going on here this time, but I managed to get a photograph of the building.
The Austrian Parliament is also impressive with detailed sculptures and gold gilding inside the colonnade.
The museum district buildings and grounds are also impressive, and I visited the art and history museum in February.
The Heldenplatz seems to be a popular place for the horse and carriage rides.
The Hofburg is a palace, but I did not get to visit it either.
Next up is probably one of the best places that I personally enjoyed in Vienna - the Volksgarten. The gardens are roses are beautiful.
I had never sen this pale purple shade of rose before.
Inside the Volksgarten is a temple, and this holds art exhibitions. The exhibition was "Washerwoman" by Shannon Alonzo, who is from Trinidad and Tobago. It shows a woman washing clothing, which is very labour-intensive and damaging to the hands.
I explored some of the streets, such as an internal market.
The Opera House
Burggarten
The gardens are beautiful in Vienna, and I enjoyed seeing them in bloom. I went to see Schoenbrunn Gardens; I had already been inside the palace in my visit in February. I also visited Belvedere Gardens and the galleries/palaces. See my visit to the Belvedere galleries here. See my visit to the Alpine Gardens at Belvedere here. See my visit to Belvedere Gardens here.
I had a walk through Stadtpark. There are many parks around the city.
I enjoyed Vienna, and May was a good month to visit the city to enjoy the gardens and city before it gets too busy.
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