Vienna has its odd corners, crinkles in the landscape, curios that no-one knows anything about and pockets of resistance to decades of fashionable change. Such places are rarely sumptuous but they often include things striking and unusual. These places are about discovery rather than broadcast. We find them seemingly by chance, rather than being toldContinue reading “Penzing Vienna, A Radical Walk”
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District XV, Wien
I arrived in Vienna after a two day train journey across Europe. The owner of the apartment I’m staying in met me, explained how everything worked and handed over three keys, to the front door, the main door, and the letter box. He was friendly and welcoming and made me feel at home. I cooked,Continue reading “District XV, Wien”
Ella Briggs, Karl Marx & Modern Housing
The starting point for this walk is Spittelau U-Bahn. My starting point to get to Spittelau was one of the original Stadtbahn stations designed by Otto Wagner. It was a good introduction. If you take the U-Bahn to Spittelau look for the exit to Heiligenstädter Straße. As you approach this you will see the walkwayContinue reading “Ella Briggs, Karl Marx & Modern Housing”
The Radical Housing of Meidling, Vienna
This walk illustrates the scale of the house building by the Red Vienna council between 1919 to 1933. Several of the buildings were designed and constructed in the mid 1920s. There is a feeling here of confidence and optimism. Many of the changes which had been implemented by the social democratic council – a progressiveContinue reading “The Radical Housing of Meidling, Vienna”
Favoriten and the end of Vienna
The starting point for this walk is the tram stop at Laxenburger-Troststraße. Both the O and number 11 trams stop there. I caught the O tram from Ungargasse. It rattled past the Hauptbahnhof with its large ice-blocks of cold glass and steel and areas of non-space where concrete viaducts carry the railway lines. The landscapeContinue reading “Favoriten and the end of Vienna”
A Walk along Währinger Strasse
Währing – District 18 The walk starts at the Währinger Strasse Volksoper U-Bahn station and can be finished at Antonigasse where there’s a tram stop. The walk is about 3km in length. How long in time this walk will take will depend on how much you stroll and wander and look at things along theContinue reading “A Walk along Währinger Strasse”
A Modern Dream in Sturhof
The starting point for this walk is Heitzmann Hof and then a perambulation through streets and estates to Sturhof. The walk will take about two to three hours. The walk is a ramble rather than a continuous straight line or a circular route. There are small detours where you might find the need to retraceContinue reading “A Modern Dream in Sturhof”
Rabenhof, Vienna: A Radical Walk
You can start where you like with a visit to the Rabenhof estate in Vienna. Walk all the way around the perimeter, explore the alleyways and passages, watch the world go by, sit and read a book, sketch the buildings; what ever you do, make sure to explore. If you need a meeting place, theContinue reading “Rabenhof, Vienna: A Radical Walk”
All Collected up at the Naschmarkt
The Naschmarkt in Wien is as good a place as any to study the national question. It feels as if all the people of the old Austro-Hungarian Empire are here, selling the accumulated debris of the centuries. Amidst the tacky kitsch are art-deco dinner services, relics of war, objects of Empire. Some of the peopleContinue reading “All Collected up at the Naschmarkt”
Otto Prutscher
There are many routes to follow in tracing Red Vienna. Walking towards a planned destination; walking as a means of discovery, walking as an ambient experience within the envelopment of the city. Walking as both a journey and a destination. There is no need for rules or dogma. Chance, accident-ism, everything and anything. Walking inContinue reading “Otto Prutscher”
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