The flowers and trees along the Ringstraße start blooming when the days become longer and the temperature is increasing. After the strict restrictions due to the Corona pandemic it is slowly possible to join walking tours in Vienna.

Easter in Vienna is also a time for markets and processions. In the 17^th century the Roman Catholic church established a pilgrimage from St. Stephen’s  Cathedral to the Calvary Mount in Hernals. The Calvary church there was built between 1709 and 1714, funded mostly by private donations. The mount is U-shaped with an entrance and an exit area and a crucifix group in its center. For a city with close to two million inhabitants, Vienna is a green city, 53% of the municipal area is made up by green space.

The many parks on the Ringstraße invite the visitors to discover the blooming trees and spring time flowers recently planted by the gardeners of the city of Vienna.  In the Cottage quarters of Währing and Döbling in springtime you can visit an exquisite and favored residential area, whose layout at one time oriented itself toward the English archetype of residential living. In the dialect of Vienna, “koteesch” corresponds to the English word, cottage, little house, or small, elegant country house in rustic style. The origin of Vienna’s Cottage district, currently consisting of about 8,000 residents, is inextricably linked with the name of the famous architect who designed the Ringstraße, Heinrich von Ferstel. In the private gardens of the residences you can find chestnut trees, lilac and tulips. Palaces of the Viennese nobility and the high bourgeois families show the splendor of 19^th century Vienna.

During my walking tours you will become acquainted with famous authors, composers, architects, actors, opera singers, self-made men and other families, who wanted to live close to each other arranging family parties and their next weddings.

I am looking forward to also offering you a private tour on these subjects.

In September 2019 Vienna was named „The World´s Most Liveable City“ by the British weekly „The Economist“.

Discover with me the treasuries of the city, like the modern architecture at the WU campus in the Prater, or the magical sights of the old city with its myths and legends – ideal also for kids and families. Follow me on my walking tours along small footpaths in the outskirts of the city in the wine growing villages of Nußdorf and Grinzing, where composers like Ludwig van Beethoven lived, and taste Austrian specialities in typical Austrian restaurants and wine taverns, the so called „Heuriger“, which are part of Austrian World Heritage.

Ludwig van Beethoven lived and worked in Vienna for 35 years, and the city inspired much of his creative output.

Three patrons from the high nobility in Vienna granted him an annual stipend of 4,000 guilders: Prince Lobkowitz, Prince Kinsky and Archduke Rudolf of Austria. Visit with me two former residences, one in Heiligenstadt, the other in the city center. Beethoven lived close to famous wine taverns and he is known to have enjoyed the Viennese wine during his stay here.