Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Wien part 2

 Since we spent  precious sightseeing time the day before sleeping, this Monday we got an early start. I spent too much time trying to find places on the map. The people at the desk were not the least helpful as they never heard of anywhere I wanted to go. Finally a transportation app helped me figure out which Ubahns Sbahns and buses we needed to take. We were a 13 minute walk from the nearest Ubahn   The transportation pass was reasonably priced. We had to make sure we validated it in case anyone ever checked but no one ever did


I wanted to see the works of Otto Wagner, the Gaudi of Vienna. He was one of the founders of Jugendstil, the German version of Art Nouveau. Also I wanted to see more Hundertwasser, a much later architect 

The Steinhof church was off my map out in the suburbs. We took two subways, the last one to its end. Finding the right bus was a challenge. And then it left us out in the middle of nowhere. There was a map nearby but no hint to where we were on it. I had to ask a passerby

Wo Sind wir? I explained where we wanted to go. We had to walk through the fog and through the woods quite aways. The church had been open the day before but not during the week 

We had an easier time finding other sites

The church near our boat

Strange statue in the suburb that the Steinhof was in
 

One of the many museums 
The Steinhof. The whole area was a huge mental hospital complex
Hundertwasser apartment building 


Church near the boat
St Peters
Hundertwasser bathroom 

Sample of possible routes to the Steinhof. I took the 2nd



The Hundertwasser art museum. We saw this last time but missed the apartment building and his village 3 blocks away 

Me hoping we weren’t too lost



The city had these outdoor gyms everywhere 


Aside from the church Wagner designed subway station 


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