Thursday, August 7, 2008

Another shot from Donauturm

Donauturm

This is a view facing southwest shortly before sunset.

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Church of St. Francis of Assisi

Someone told us that this was the Russian Orthodox Church, but it turns out they were wrong. It's the Church of St. Francis of Assisi, also called the Jubilee Church because it was built to commemorate the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Franz-Josef I.

This photo was also taken from the observation deck at Donauturm.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

UNO-City

Donauturm

This view of UNO-City, or Vienna International Center, was taken from Donauturm. Vienna is home to one of the world's four United Nations headquarters and many UN offices are located at UNO-City.

Monday, August 4, 2008

Donauturm

Donauturm

The Donauturm, or Danube Tower, gives visitors a great view of Vienna. It's located in the 22nd District near the Danube River and has an observation deck, a rotating restaurant and a rotating cafe. See the thing sticking off on the left side? That's a bungee jumping platform.

Friday, August 1, 2008

Prater's devil

Prater


This scary devil was sitting on top of the exterior of one of the Halloween themed rides. The Prater is not an amusement park for the faint of heart.

Thursday, July 31, 2008

Prater attractions

Prater


The two figures in the bottom right corner of the photo are more of those strange figures. In fact, I think these are the figures that were standing next to the odd creature in yesterday's photo. They seem to all belong to the attraction in the background with the huge clown head. This is a strange place.

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Too much tv

Prater


This is another one of the weird figures I don't know anything about. The tv screen displays "Blue Plant", which is the name of one of the attractions. But I haven't been able to find any connection between these figures and the attraction.