| The jogging paths in the Prater park. |
| The center of Vienna is the Graben, a pedestrian only shopping area full of people. |
| The Pestsäule (Plague Column) on the Graben erected after the ending of the 1679 plague. |
| The Michael Wing (18th Century) of the Hofburg, the Imperial Palace of the Hapsburgs. |
| Statues depicting the labors of Hercules in front of the Hofburg. |
| The romanesque St. Michael's Church the oldest in Vienna (1220 AD). |
| The dome of St. Peter's Church (an Opus Dei church) in Vienna. Inspired by St. Peter's in Rome. |
| The altar of St. Peter's Church in Vienna. The church dates from 1701 AD. |
| The Albertina Museum and the strange ramp out front. An important print museum. |
| St Stephen's Cathedral dates from the 1430s replacing an earlier church. Badly damaged in WWII. |
| The nave of St. Stephen's cathedral. |
| Impressive St. Charles Church built by Emperor Charles VI in 1713 AD. |
| The Risenrad (1897) built to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef's Golden Jubilee. |
| Originally the Risenrad had 30 cars but after WWII only 15 were put back on the wheel. |
| The wooden cabin of one of the Risenrad cars. |
| Scheduled for demolition in 1916 the Risenrad survived when they ran out of money. |
| July 9-12th, 2011 |
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| The Prater Amusement park as viewed from atop the Risenrad. |
| Vienna from atop the Risenrad at its highest point. |
| A dining car behind our car on the Risenrad. |
| Donauinsel Station located on the Reichsbrucke Bridge over the Danube River. |
| Looking up at Reichsbrucke bridge over the Danube from Danube island. |
| A bungee jumper jumps off of the side of Danube Tower (352 meters high). |
| The new Danube channel built to help control flooding. |
| A restaurant boat on the Wienfluss River passing through Vienna. |
| Marienbrücke bridge's (1953) Virgin Mary statue. The bridge was destroyed in WWII. |
| One of the more traditional looking trams on Vienna's Ring Road route. |
| The Wienfluss passing through the City Park. |
| War Ministry of the Empire built in 1913 an equestrian statue of Field Marshal Radetzky out front. |
| Trying to get just the right photo at the Power on Land fountain at the Hofburg. |
| Central square inside the Hofburg Palace. |
| The New Palace (1913) of Hofburg is now the Austrian National Library. |
| The triumphal arch on the Heldenplatz (Hero's Square) in the center of the Hofburg. |
| The Kunsthistorisches Museum (1891) or the Museum of Art History. |
| Photos from my several hours spent exploring the KHM (Kunsthistorisches Museum). |
| The Naturhistorisches Museum (Natural History Museum) opened in 1889. |
| Austrian Parliament Building (1883). Out front is the Palla-Athene Fountain (1902). |
| Burgtheater (Imperial Court Theatre) built in 1741 by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. |
| The Votive Church of Vienna. An offering of thanks for Franz Joseph surviving assassination in 1853. |
| The Ringstrasse was closed to allow cyclists to compete in the Tour of Austria. |
| The Freyung passage an early indoor shopping area. |
| A building near the Ringstrasse with a castle like appearance. |
| The entrance to the Arsenal (1848) destroyed in WWII by bombing and rebuilt in the same style. |
| The Heeresgeschichtliches Museum (Army Museum) in the new City Garrison (1850). |
| Photos from my tour of the HGM (Army Museum). |
| The Upper Belvedere constructed by Prince Eugene of Savoy in 1717. Now a portrait gallery. |
| The other side of the Upper Belvedere from the gardens and fountain. |
| The Soviet War Memorial (1945) in Scwartzenburgplatz. |
| The main altar of St. Charles Church with its Hebrew Tetragrammaton/Yahweh symbol. |
| I paid to take an elevator up into the Dome of St. Charles Church to see the restored paintings. |
| Tourists will pick any spot and turn it into a wishing well. A window high in the Dome of St. Charles Church. |
| Standing in the dome of St. Charles Church down to the floor of the church. |
| The scaffolding I climbed to reach the top of the dome in St. Charles Church. |
| Marble and gold leaf dominate the interior of St. Charles Church. |
| The Secession building (1897) was built as an architectural manifesto for the Vienna Secession movement of artists. |
| A wine stall in the enormous Naschmarkt, an outdoor market along the Ringstrasse. |
| St. Stephen's Cathedral reflected in the glass buildings along the Graben. |
| Huge crowds of shoppers and tourists on the Graben near Stephanplatz. |
| The Vienna State Opera (1869) it had to be completely rebuilt after WWII. |
| The Sissi Apartments of the Hofburg Palace. The only place I could take pictures was in the kitchen display. |
| St. Michael's Church high altar with its Byzantine icon "Maria Candia". |
| The monument to Empress Maria-Theresien (1717-1780) in Maria-Theresien-Platz. |
| The Imperial Crypt of the Habsburgs below the Capuchin Church. The crypts of 145 Habsburg royals. |
| Tomb of Emperor Franz Joseph I (1830-1916). Emperor during WWI. |
| The huge City Hall (Rathaus) of Vienna (1883) with its 100m tall central tower. |
| The Winter Riding School arena of the Spanish Riding School. Built in 1729. |
| Mares and their colts enjoying some exercise in the Spanish Riding School. |
| A curious Lipizzan Mare takes a look at tourists in the Spanish Riding School. |
| The Graben near the Plague Column. |
| An Outdoor Cafe in the middle of the Gaben. |