1. House Attack

House Attack was an architectural installation created in central Vienna, Austria. He intended that the project would break architectural thinking from so-called ‘normal’ limits.

The house was constructed with a large wedge-shaped gap in the roof and was carefully craned into position before being secured to the museum’s steel structure.

  1. Seen des Himmels (Lakes of the Sky)

                  In Kcymaerxthaereal times, standing at this site just outside Vienna, Austria, the sky would have been found beneath your feet. A short walk from the marker, you will find a spectacular view of Vienna, the prospect observed in the linear world when the Polish forces swept down in 1683 to lift the siege of Vienna by the Ottomans.

  1. Boltzmann’s Grave

Despite Boltzmann’s troubled career, he will be remembered as one of the most important physicists of his time. Aside from his contributions to statistical mechanics and thermodynamics, he was also one of the first to recognize the importance of James Clerk Maxwell’s electromagnetic theory and arguably anticipated quantum mechanics by suggesting that the energy levels of an atom might be discrete.

  1. Wehrmann in Eisen Nail Man

A close inspection of the imposing statue of a knight in armor outside of the Vienna Rathaus reveals its interesting back story: his armor coating is created entirely from nail heads. The Wehrmann triggered a sort of frenzy of copycat projects, eventually leading to the creation of hundreds of nail-head monuments, popular not only in Austria but across the border in Germany.

After the war, the Wehrmann was relocated into storage until he re-emerged in tome for another war in 1934, ready to take on more patriotic nails in a new monumental base. The knight was more recently given a tune up in 2007.

  1. Museumsquartier Passages

In the 7th district of Vienna, the Museumsquartier is a collection of majestic 17th and 18th century buildings interspersed with modern architecture, all home to some of Austria’s most famous museums, performance spaces, and cultural hubs. And while the museums and performances are the main draw, the area is also adorned with contemporary art in Baroque-period passageways that are destinations in their own right.

  1. Windows for Peace

Peace Museum Vienna is down Blutgasse, a crooked, dead-end street in the historic city center, one of the oldest streets in Vienna. Their mission is both vital and challenging: to further world peace through educating the public. They may be small, but they have a strategy to tackle this mighty cause.

  1. Vienna Love Parade

The Love Parade is a popular electronic dance music festival and parade that originated in 1989 in West Berlin, Germany. It was originally conceived as a political demonstration for peace and international understanding through love and music.

  1. Vienna Sewer System

Beneath the streets of Vienna lies another network of passages: its historic sewer system that dates back to the mid-1800s. Orson Welles ran through these subterranean tunnels in an iconic scene in the film “The Third Man,” earning them global celebrity—as far as sewers go.

  1. Jesuitenkirche (Jesuit Church)

                  The solemn exterior of this church conceals an opulent interior with ersatz marble columns, lavish gilding, intricate wood carvings and illusionistic ceiling frescoes. It is also known as the Universitätskirche or University Church.

  1. Brennpunkt°

A history of heat is on display at this unique Austrian museum. Brennpunkt° also features interactive digital stations where visitors can design an energy-efficient house, crank away at some hand levers to see how much energy is needed to boil water, and delicately adjust fuel and oxygen inputs to create the perfect flame. On your way out, be sure to stop by the gift shop and grab a blindingly orange shirt featuring a selection of surprisingly racy, heat-related German puns.

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