You only see what you know (Goethe)
An interesting detail seen at a celebration for miners in Leoben. The miners are wearing a so called ‘Arschleder’ (German), also known as breech leather or miner’s apron. It served to keep the seat of the trousers from wearing out when sliding down to the tunnels as well as keeping out the cold and moisture when sitting.
I saw this Dodge WC53 at a classic car show in Vienna. This event took place next to the Museum of Military History (Heeresgeschichtliches Museum).
The building is a reconstruction of the home of a middle-class citizen of the ancient Roman Carnuntum. His name was probably Lucius Maticeius Clemens. The reconstruction shows the house in the style of the first half of the 4th century.
While walking through the archaeology park of Carnuntum, I found this reconstruction of a Roman sewer cover. It is much smaller than I saw in the Roman Museum of Vienna.
The first district of Vienna is surrounded by a circle street called ‘The Ring’. Taking the yellow ‘Ring Tram’ is like taking a guided tour. The installed audio system explains in eight languages the buildings along the Ring. E.g. the Parliament Building, the Vienna State Opera and the Hofburg.
The Haydnhaus in Vienna is where the Austrian composer Joseph Haydn spent his last years. The museum inside explains how Haydn lived in this period and shows several pieces of his former household. A reconstructed garden completes the offer.
During my visit to Pöstlingberg, a lookout of Linz, it rained cats and dogs. Even the garden gnome, who I asked for the way to Pöstlingberg Mansion (Pöstlingberg Schlössl), carried an umbrella to protect himself. [German]
The Pöstlingberg Railway (Pöstlingbergbahn) links the main square of Linz with the Pöstling Hill (Pöstlingberg), which offers a great view of the city. The Pöstlingbergbahn is known as one of the world’s steepest adhesion-only railways.
This monument to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart stands in the Burggarten in Vienna. The Burggarten is a public park at the rear of the New Hofburg (Neue Hofburg). The monument, made of Laas marble, was created by Viktor Oskar Tilgner.
This motor coach started to serve as public bus in 1962. At that time it was operated by the Austrian national postal delivery company. The brand colour of this company is yellow.
I’m not sure but I think this lion stuck its tongue out of me while I was taking a photo. The sculpture is one of two lions who guard the gate to the Swiss Court, the oldest part of the Hofburg Imperial Palace.
Coat of arms at the inner castle square (Innere Burghof) of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna. The board, dating back to the period of Ferdinand I, is placed at the northern wall of the Swiss Wing. [German]