Vienna: Art

Art is everywhere in Vienna, but we got our biggest doses (or perhaps just our most informed doses) at the Kunsthistorisches Museum and the Albertina. As promised, here are some views of the inside of Kunsthistorisches Museum: It’s no surprise that the world’s largest collection of paintings by Bruegel are in this museum. They are […]

Vienna: Look Up!

As we first walked around Vienna, we noticed a few interesting details when we remembered to look up from the cobblestones, people dodging, and window shopping. So we started to remind each other, “Don’t forget to look up!” Good advice in any city, but especially here. And then there’s the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Historical Art Museum), […]

Vienna: Schönbrunn

The Hapsburgs’ summer palace, the Schloss Schönbrunn, is about 30 minutes from downtown by public transit. (That is, if you get off at the correct stop to transfer (oops!) and don’t have to wait a really long time for that transfer, once you finally get to the right spot.) We toured the outside first, and […]

Vienna

We spent ten days in Vienna. There’s no end of things to do and see, so I’ll break it up into a few blog posts. Our apartment was just a few blocks from the Hofburg, the enormous palace of the Hapsburg dynasty, and many of the other sights. We made the most of it…in our […]