Vienna & Budapest 2008

Vienna and Budapest are close-by, so we visited both cities in one trip. The architecture of Vienna impressively shows the cities imperial past and grandeur. This impression is very present when visiting the museums at the Vienna Hofburg and at the Maria Theresien-Platz. Even the coffins in the imperial vault are a very unique experience of art. We got tickets for a performance of the Spanish Riding School and took at a guided tour through the stables. The views from the St. Stephen's Cathedral and the giant ferries wheel at the Prater are magnificent. Of course, we did not miss the Schönbrunn Palace and even managed to get tickets for a "Fledermaus" performance at the Volksoper. At Budapest, we visited the opera house, the St. Stephan Basilica, Buda's castle hill and the very impressive parliament building. Most of all, we enjoyed two of Budapest's famous thermal baths, the Széchenyi and the Rudas.

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Number of images: 140

Stift Melk

Entrance Area, Restaurant and City

Entrance Area

Torwartlhof

Museum, Room 1

Museum, Room 3

Museum, Room 7

Marble Hall

Library

Church

Monastery Church Organ

Monastery Church High Altar

Vienna Inner City

Stephansdom

View from Stephansdom on the City

View from Stephansdom on the Hofburg and Museums of Fine Art and Natural History

Staatsoper

Volksoper

Fiaker

Archduke Albrecht Monument

Pension Schönbrunn

Karlskirche

Hofburg

Prince Eugen Monument

Imperial Treasury

Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire

Imperial Orb

Imperial Cross and Spear

Crown of Emperor Rudolf II

Coat of the Austrian Emperor

Eagle Dalmatic

Imperial Burial Vault

Coffins

Coffin of Emperor Karl VI

Detail from the Coffin Emperor Karl VI

Coffin

Coffin of Empress Maria Theresia and Emperor Franz I. Stephan

Coffin of Emperor Franz Joseph

Coffin of Empress Elisabeth

Museum of Fine Arts

Maria Theresia Monument

Entrance

Main Staircase

Central Inner Court

Balcony above the Central Inner Court

Exhibition Room

Spanish Riding School Vienna

Main Entrance Michaelerkuppel

Winter Riding Hall

View on First and Second Galerie

View on the Parterreloge and Royal Box

View from First Galerie

Commentator

Steps and Movements of the Classical School

Pas de Deux

Performance

Great School Quadrille

Musikverein

Main Entrance

Great Hall

Organ in the Great Hall

Organ

Director Alfred Eschwé

Tonkünstler-Orchester Niederösterreich

Instruments

Great Hall

Prater

Entrance

Wave-Breaker Carousel

Giant Ferris Wheel

Giant Ferris Wheel in Motion

Giant Ferris Wheel

Wave-Breaker Carousel

Inside the Giant Ferris Wheel

Schönbrunn Palace

Front Portal

Rear

Imperial Carriage

Coronation Carriage

Palm House

Inside the Palm House

Seegrotte

SONY DSC

Guide

Model of the Heinkel HE 162

Movie Boat Model

Underground Lake

Budapest and the Danube

View on Pest with the Parliament and St. Stephen's Basilica

View on Pest with the Parliament and the Chain Bridge

View on Pest and Margaret Island

Chain Bridge and St. Stephen's Basilica

Roosevelt Square and St. Stephen's Basilica

St. Stephen's Basilica

Northern Castle Hill

View on Northern Castle Hill