Vienna is the capital of Austria and used to be the capital of the great Austro-Hungarian Empire before the first World War, which later came apart and each of many states in it gained independence and became smaller countries, and after another war or crisis the new countries came apart some more and became even smaller countries…. and it goes on and on resulting many countries in the Eastern Europe nowadays.
I first knew Austria much later than I had known many other European countries.. it was one year I got to see perhaps an Olympic Games countries representatives in its opening on TV and I was like, “Austria?? Is it typo and they actually meant Australia??” lol don’t laugh, well at least I knew Australia :P) so regardless it wasn’t well known at least to me, maybe my number of Vienna cards now can stand up and says the city was really once a great Empire capital.
AT-743 sent by Katherina.
I got to put this card first as refering the date my address was acquired, it would have been my FIRST Postcrossing card, but it turned out this card arrived much late so it became the fourth card received in my list!
Sent by Quilterin
The Schönbrunn Palace and gardens, which is one of the UNESCO world heritage sites. The palace has 1441 rooms (!!) and is one of most important monuments in Austria.
Sent by Florian
This is the Viennese Naschmarkt which is Vienna’s most popular market. This market has existed since the 16th century when mainly milk bottles were sold, but now it has much everything and known for its intercultural flair.
Sent by Quilterin
The Burgtheater (The Old Imperial Theater) in Vienna and one of the most important German language theaters in the world. The theater was created in 1741 but moved to this new building in 1888.
Sent by Carmen
Wonderful view of Vienna at night.
Sent by Astrid
The Wiener Riesenrad (Viennese giant wheel) located in the Prater amusement park in Vienna. It was one of the earlier ferris wheels, constructed in 1897 to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef I‘s golden Jubilee. It is almost 65m in diameter and originally had 30 gondolas, which some were damaged during the World War II and after the rebuilt, it now has 15 gondolas.
Sent by Astrid
Wien Ringstrasse is circular road surrounding the Innere Stadt district of Vienna, where many of these important historical buildings are located. So you can see the 4th card above (showing the theater) in this postcard :))
