Browse through your travel destination!
This steam locomotive class 324 stands at the Sopron Station. It saw its construction at the MÁVAG (Budapest) in 1910. The loco finished its career in the Hungarian-Austrian railway company GYSEV in 1981. At that time, it bore the number GYSEV 324 1518.
In Mannheim, I came across an interesting use of a manhole cover. It advertises a Buttons Museum (Knopf & Knopf Museum). You’ll find the museum in a former railway station building in Warthausen.
Bruck Castle (Schloss Bruck) is a short walk from the town of Lienz. From afar, it looks like a real knight’s castle. Inside the chapel of the 13th-century castle, visitors find magnificent frescos created by Simon von Taisten.
Bogenšperk Castle (Grad Bogenšperk) was the home of the natural historian and polymath Johann Weichard Valvasor (1641-1693). He became famous for publishing several books about topics like the Karst or the history of Carniola.
On the left side, you see the Great Emblem (Große Wappen). On the right side, you see the Minor Emblem (Kleine Wappen) of Nuremberg. The left one is generally used by administrative bodies, whereas the right one is used by some companies.
This cute porcelain vase was exhibited during a guided tour at the Viennese Porcelain Manufacture Augarten. Austrian designer Philipp Bruni created this piece, which is named “Pinocchio” (mind the long nose!). Fun detail: The vase can not topple down.
Together with the Štěpnický Pond, the Ulický Pond surrounds the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Telč. During a walk, visitors experience the steeples of the churches Kostel svatého Jakuba Staršího and Kostel Jména Ježíš reflecting in its water.
Drachenburg Castle (Schloss Drachenburg) is a late 19th-century building in the style of a fairy-tale palace. Its founder was Baron Stephan von Sarter, a broker and banker. You have the depicted view from the terrace of the nearby Petersberg Grand Hotel.
The Murinsel in Graz is a floating platform in the Mur River. US artist Vito Acconci designed this construction in 2003. Two footbridges connect it with both banks of the river. Inside the dome, visitors find a café where they can watch canoeists driving by.
At Celje Railway Station, you’ll find this locomotive as an exhibit. The locomotive with the number JŽ 25-002 saw its construction in the Austrian city of Wiener Neustadt in 1922. In the background, you discover the medieval Celje Castle.
At the Grassi Museum in Leipzig, visitors find material about art and designs, foreign peoples and cultures, and musical instruments. The museum complex consists of an Applied Arts Museum, an Ethnography Museum, and a Museum of Musical Instruments.
The Kunsthaus Bregenz (KUB) is known not only as one of the leading houses for contemporary art but also for its facade, which is made of 712 glass parts. You have this view from a train passing the building on a nearby railroad.