Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/02/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]hello mitch, welcome to you and your wife in austria - i live in the "other end" of austria in the west in tyrol, but i will try to give you some advices for your trip to vienna. > - Does Austria have any rules about tripod usage? not known - dont worry. > ... would it be > smarter to purchase the film in Vienna? What about processing? i think, that film is cheaper in the US - and you get the stuff you know best (also for processing); i would not worry about the x-ray machines at vienna airport (i take my films always in the handluggage) >Is there anything I should be aware of regarding theft prevention, > or trying to fit in with the locals? you can behave like in any other place (city) in the western world - vienna is a safe city with low criminality. dont resist to come in contact with the local people. especially in vienna they are very nice people (maybe not all , especially about taxi-drivers it is said, that they can be a bit "grantig" (cheeky ??) > I'll be dependant on public transportation... the underground (u-bahn) in vienna is good and well organised. but maybe you would also like very much to use the tramway / trambahn (road-train?): you see a lot, get in contact with people - i recommand this... there are cheap tickets/passes for one ore more days witch include all the public transportations like u-bahn, tramway, busses... also to drive with a taxi can be an experience.... ;-) - ------------- > the must see sites include and what would be the best way to get to > them? nice places in vienna for photography as long as i know them: - -- the "naschmarkt" (market place for vegetables, fruits, fish, meat, international food, etc.; impressive flea-market on saturdays; ) - -- the "prater" (amusement park, meeting-place; there is also the famous "riesenrad") - -- old vienna coffee-houses like "cafe hawelka" and others (places full of atmosphere to move a bit in the world of "yesterday" - comfortable, cosy & old fashioned meeting places for all who want to take a rest from the crowded city and the stress; lots of viennoise coffee-specialties to try, old fashioned, kind waiters...) - -- the "wienerwald" (forests and hills in the nature in the west of the capital) - -- the "heurigen" (rural restaurants / places to taste wine with basic original austrian food all arround vienna) - -- the museums (MAK, museum stiftung ludwig, etc) - ----- there is too much to list.... here are some internet-homepages which are maybe helpfull (sorry: most in german language): http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/bundesmuseen/ (the museums) http://linz.orf.at/gast/gortana/links.htm#Österreich (austria links for several topics) http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.encyclop (austria-lexikon) http://www.oesterreich.com/ (tourist infos about austria, click on "wien" - - also with maps of the city to zoom in: links "landkarte" and "das grafische informationssystem der stadt wien" - this is a good search engine to find adresses and the public transport to get there!!!) http://aardvark.magnet.at/metro/ (the vienna metro or "u-bahn") http://www.tiscover.com/1Root/reports/23/f_wetteruebersicht0.1.html (weatherforecast) have lots of fun! regards thomas böhm imst / austria __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com