seltsames wien   curious vienna
Heuer, habe ich eine ausgezeichnete Webseite gefunden, namens Curiously Incongruous mit "foto-poetischen" Bildern von London.
Dann ist es mir eingefallen, sowas ähnliches
auch für meine Lieblingsstadt zu machen.
Im Gegensatz zu der Londonseite, habe ich
nur einen Fuji S304 Fotoapparat
  Earlier this year I came across an excellent website called Curiously Incongruous containing "photo-poetic images of London".
This gave me the idea of producing something similar for my favourite city.
Unlike the London site, I only have a
Fuji S304 camera.

Tu Felix Austria 
August 2005

 The Löwen Apotheke has a real Löwe (lion) above its entrance.

 Traditional sign
Coins and archaeology

 Cool London barber in the Josefstädterstraße

 Traditional sign
Knife grinding and steelware

 Curious entrance

 Interesting design protecting shops in the Bräunerstraße

 Concert ticket sellers
Stephansplatz

 Cherry picker
Stephansplatz

 Thankyou tablets
Maria Grün, Prater

 Clockmaker
Burggasse

 Chimney sweep caught in traffic

 Coffee drinking symbol sitting on the bannister in Julius Meinl

 Three two-wheelers spotted in the Stadtpark

 Pluck a poem
Stephansplatz

 Political seating
Rennweg carpark

 Chinese restaurant
Donaupark

 Ghostly apparition
Zentralfriedhof

 Grief
Zentralfriedhof

 Architect Fritz Wotruba's grave
Zentralfriedhof

If it looks odd, have a look at this church he built in Mauer

 Grave of the founder of 'Die Presse' newspaper, designed to look like the entrance to a mine, complete with dwarves
Zentralfriedhof
Mai / May 2005

 
Traditional Würstelstand sausage-kiosk.
I took this one at the tram stop on the
corner of the Burgring, opposite the
Republik Denkmal. I liked the curved
shape around the top.

  

 The stucco vine creeps
onto the building wall

 All dreams will come true
sign on sex-shop!

 Professional trade plates

 More 'signage' - too much perhaps?

 Coloured reflection

 Turkish shop next door
to a massage parlour

 Rolls of turf waiting to
be laid at the university

 City bikes with pleasing
shapes and colours

 Interesting angles on
roof, window, and door

 Interestingly weathered
wooden tiles

 Hydrant in the Mölker Bastei

 Basketwork on sale in the Freyung

 Art Nouveau
in the Freyung

 Traditional shoemaker's

 A happy Holy Family scene

 Male & female barstools

 More wrought iron than
you can shake a stick at

 Copy of a heating vent from
the Postsparkasse designed
by Otto Wagner.
Aesthetically perfect utility

 Blue

 Madonna & Child in relief

 Pillar

 Reflections at the top of the open glass doors of this restaurant give an alternative perspective

 The balcony ironwork reminded
me of a giant hanging basket

 Ankeruhr, Hoher Markt

 More design by Otto Wagner from
the Postsparkasse - small models
for sale in a shop window

 I found the large size of
this window interesting

 Viennese cuisine in the English Café
(just in case the café name
were to put you off I suppose!)

 Model of the Stefansdom
Dr. Karl Lueger Platz

 

 Reflections

 

 

 'Zeppelin' style sign on the
reverse of a newspaper kiosk

 

 Statue of Pope John Paul II
Rennweg

 Textured wall
Belvedere

 Balustrade
Belvedere

 Rainbow in the Hochstrahlbrunnen
Schwarzenbergplatz

 Fountain detail
Michaelertor

 Fountain detail
Michaelertor

 Fountain detail
Michaelertor

 Uncovering Prinz Eugen
Heldenplatz

 Allotment exhibition
Heldenplatz

 Allotment exhibition
Heldenplatz

 Allotment exhibition
Heldenplatz

 Stickers behind the Oper

 Stadtpark

 Stadtpark

 Stadtpark

 Donaukanal

 UNOcity reflections

 UNOcity reflections

 Protest sign in Franzosengraben about the Ernst Kirchweger Haus

 Turning their backs on
each other in St. Marx

 Tramline cleaning

 Parlament renovations

 Chandalier with cutlery!
Café Ritter, Mariahilferstraße

 Stubentor Ubahn

 Stadtpark

 River Wien
Stadtpark

 Anton Bruckner
Stadtpark

 Parkring

 Parkring

 Parkring

 Wedding tram

 Check your intake of cream cakes
Parkring

 Public convenience
with decorated roof

 Advertising poster
opposite the MAK
Stubenring

 Stubenring

 Art of Life
vegetarian restaurant
Stubenring

 Art of Life
with Picasso & Goya poster

 Baroque lives!

 Café Milano
Stubenring

 Colour co-ordinated
City Airport Train terminal
Landstraße / Wien Mitte