Secret Vienna Guide (Paperback)

Michaela Lindinger

ISBN 10: 2361956160 / ISBN 13: 9782361956165

Published by Jonglez, Paris, 2024

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Paperback. Let Secret Vienna guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Vienna guide book. Let our local experts show you the well-hidden treasures and hidden places of this amazing city. Featuring over 150 unusual and unfamiliar places, this Secret Vienna guide is ideal for local inhabitants, curious visitors and armchair travellers alike.A magnificent private palace that can be visited by reservation, a crocodile mummy in a private library, a chocolate house, an alchemical ceiling in Schoenbrunn, one of the most beautiful pharmacies in the world, an exceptional Art Nouveau church , the tomb of a fish that would have converted to Judaism, a jazz museum in public toilets, a public dump that can be visited like a museum, the oldest organ in Vienna hidden behind a painting, an empress dressed as a nun, the mystery of the symbol 05, a masculine sex discreetly sculpted on the cathedral of Vienna, a surprising private museum of billiards, an incredible bouquet where each flower actually consists of several butterfly wings, a source of water that allows tosee the lotto figures for a minute, an extraordinary underground annex of the Mauthausen camp where the worlds first jet was built, a lovehotel historic of great charm An indispensable guide for those who thought of knowing Vienna or for those who wish to discover the other face of the city.The definitive insiders guide to Vienna. Let Secret Vienna guide you around the unusual and unfamiliar. Step off the beaten track with this fascinating Vienna guide book. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Secret Vienna Guide (Paperback)
• Publisher: Jonglez, Paris
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 2361956160
• ISBN 13: 9782361956165
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

A magnificent private palace that can be visited by reservation, a crocodile mummy in a private library, a chocolate house, an alchemical ceiling in Schönbrunn, one of the most beautiful pharmacies in the world, an exceptional Art Nouveau church , the tomb of a fish that would have converted to Judaism, a jazz museum in public toilets, a public dump that can be visited like a museum, the oldest organ in Vienna hidden behind a painting, an empress dressed as a nun, the mystery of the symbol 05, a masculine sex discreetly sculpted on the cathedral of Vienna, a surprising private museum of billiards, an incredible bouquet where each flower actually consists of several butterfly wings, a source of water that allows to see the lotto figures for a minute, an extraordinary underground annex of the Mauthausen camp where the world's first jet was built, a “love hotel” historic of great charm …

An indispensable travel guide for those who thought of knowing Vienna or for those who wish to discover the other face of the city.

About the Author

Michaela Lindinger, museum curator, author. Studied media sciences and communication, political science, Egyptology, prehistory and archaeology at the University of Vienna. Assistant curator of Wien Museum since 1995, curator since 2004. Exhibitions and publications on various biographical and social themes, portraits, fashion, death and memory.