Vienna and Christmas Markets - Photo Story

Vienna State Opera House and the famous tram along the Ringstraße

Horse carriage near Stephanplatz

Narrow alleys of Vienna

Stephansdom

Christmas market at Am Hof

Christmas Market at Freyung - one of the oldest Christmas Market in Vienna

The biggest Christkindmarkt in Vienna at Rathausplatz, in front of the Vienna City Hall - Rathaus

Vienna City Hall - Rathaus

Business as usual at the Vienna's biggest food market - Naschmarkt

Fish Fish...

The famous Wiener Schnitzel, the iconic dish from Vienna. Though it was an import from Milan in the 19th century.

Schönbrunn Palace - The summer residence of the Habsburgs

The gardens of Schönbrunn Palace

Gloriette at Schönbrunn

Christkindlmarkt at Schönbrunn Palace

Christkindlmarkt at Schönbrunn Palace

Christkindlmarkt at Schönbrunn Palace

Schönbrunn Palace at night

Corridor beside the State Opera House

Monument Against War and Facism

Hofburg Residenz

Statue of Francis II - the Holy Roman Emperor who ruled Austria, Hungary and Bohemia.

Horse Carriages keeping up the medieval charm...

The Hofburg Palace with the dome

Christmas decorations

Inside Stephansdom

Vienna skyline from from of South Tower of Stephansdom

Christkindlmarkt at Stephanplatz

Hot Glühwein served in a cute christmas themed mug.

One of the most weird architectures I have ever seen - Hundertwasserhaus, built after idea of Austrian artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Traffic light depicting a lesbian couple crossing the road!!! One of the most unique things about Vienna are the pedestrian traffic lights - they depict lesbian couples, gay couples and heterosexual couples.

The street art center of Vienna along the Danube canal

Danube Canal at Schwedenplatz

Sunset at the Danube Canal

'The Blue Danube

Skyscrapers in the outer district

Lighthouse on the Danube Island

Vibrant Christkindlmarkt at Rathausplatz in the night

Austrian Parliament - An example of Classical Architecture

Setting up stalls at naschmarkt, early in the morning before sunrise. Just before heading off for Salzburg.

The giant ferris wheel at Prater, where Orson Welles made the famous 'Cuckoo Clock' speech - "You know what the fellow said – in Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance...."

A trip to Vienna is incomplete without the famous Sachertorte from the place it was invented - Café Sacher. As John Lennon said in The Ballad of John and Yoko, 'Made a lightning trip to Vienna/ Eating chocolate cake in a bag"