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Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04335]
 'Copa Kagrana.'

Nowadays young Viennese go to the new entertainment district at the Donau-Insel, the Island in the Danube, part of the Kagran quarter. It's better known under the nickname Copa Kagrana, because in summer it's hot here, the Brasilien way. The style of the bars along the water as well as the taste of the cocktails have something tropical, the rest of the architecture is colourful and modern. Vienna always had turned its back towards the Danube, but those days are over. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04327]
'Vienna flair.'

Many clichés about Vienna are true, but one has turned wrong: that Vienna is droll. After the fall of the Berlin Wall suddenly Vienna wasn't a provincal town at the edge of Europe anymore, but a metropole in its heart. The last ten years the rejuvenation has accelerated. Vienna has flair like in the old days! Photo Paul Smit
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04305]
'Nap in front of the Haas House.'

The Haas Haus (by architect Hans Hollein, 1987-1990) opposite the Stephansdom is a complex of shops, hotel-restaurant Do & Co (have diner on the roof!) and offices. A businessman is taking a nap in front of it. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04302]
'Shopping arcade by Hundertwasser.'

In 1990-91 opposite the Hundertwasserhaus a turn-of-the-century house was converted into an irregularly-shaped shopping arcade by Peter Pelikan and Friedensreich Hundertwasser in Hundertwasser's typical imaginative design. You can have a drink here as well, there is a restaurant and absolutely don't forget to go to the toilet. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04296]
'Dome of Secessions building.'

Deatail of the golden laurel leaf dome of the Secession building in Vienne. It is built in art nouveau style by J.M. Olbrich in 1898. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04270]
'Riesenrad/Giant Ferris Wheel.'

The famous Riesenrad (Giant Ferris Wheel) at Prater in Vienna by evening. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04268]
'Riesenrad/Giant Ferris Wheel.'

The famous Riesenrad (Giant Ferris Wheel) at Prater in Vienna by evening. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.OBER 04203]
'Cycling the Donauradweg.'

Europe's favourite cycling route, the Donauradweg, mostly follows former towpaths. In the old days about sixty heavy horses were needed to tow one boat upstream. The cobbled paths, neglected since the time of the steamboats, were asphalted in the eighties and built the frame of the cycling route from Passau to Budapest ever since. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.OBER 04195]
'Schlögener Schlinge.'

After cycling, walking is the most popular activity along the Danube. For instance at the Donau-Höhen-Rundwanderweg (Danube Hills Path) between Passau and Linz. Favourite spot for a break is the viewpoint above the rivers's largest loop near Schlögen, nicely called Schlögener Schlinge. Photo Paul Smit.
[AUSTRIA.WIEN 04335]
'Copa Kagrana.'

Nowadays young Viennese go to the new entertainment district at the Donau-Insel, the Island in the Danube, part of the Kagran quarter. It's better known under the nickname Copa Kagrana, because in summer it's hot here, the Brasilien way. The style of the bars along the water as well as the taste of the cocktails have something tropical, the rest of the architecture is colourful and modern. Vienna always had turned its back towards the Danube, but those days are over. Photo Paul Smit.
Smit & Palarczyk > [AUSTRIA.WIEN 04335]
 'Copa Kagrana.'

Nowadays young Viennese go to the new entertainment district at the Donau-Insel, the Island in the Danube, part of the Kagran quarter. It's better known under the nickname Copa Kagrana, because in summer it's hot here, the Brasilien way. The style of the bars along the water as well as the taste of the cocktails have something tropical, the rest of the architecture is colourful and modern. Vienna always had turned its back towards the Danube, but those days are over. Photo Paul Smit.
[AUSTRIA.WIEN 04335]
'Copa Kagrana.'

Nowadays young Viennese go to the new entertainment district at the Donau-Insel, the Island in the Danube, part of the Kagran quarter. It's better known under the nickname Copa Kagrana, because in summer it's hot here, the Brasilien way. The style of the bars along the water as well as the taste of the cocktails have something tropical, the rest of the architecture is colourful and modern. Vienna always had turned its back towards the Danube, but those days are over. Photo Paul Smit.
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