Vienna then and now
Vienna is still one of the most interesting cities in Europe. With its central location on the continent Vienna is a typical European city. Beyond this Vienna offers all the advantages of a modern metropolis and cultural diversity. Vienna is just great!
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Now to Vienna itself. Even in the Old Stone Age people settled on this beautiful spot. The Romans settled in this strategically valuable space besides the river Danube. Later the Habsburg Empire ruled from Vienna over many countries in the world. At that time Vienna was cultural and political center in Europe, and it was counted after London, New York and Paris for the fourth-largest city in the world, with around two million inhabitants. Even the Turks tried to conquer Vienna, which failed.
In Vienna many many musicians and composers spent big parts of their life, such as Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert. The interesting city and its inhabitants inspired them a lot. In Vienna Sigmund Freud developed his pioneering psychoanalysis.
Today Vienna is still a great place for cultural diversity. Many theaters, museums, concert halls, galleries and the opera are worth a visit and offer a varied program. You can relax in one of the traditional coffee houses, or enjoy restaurants to eat the world famous Sacher Torte and Wiener Schnitzel - along with other tempting treats. Several vineyards are nearby and deliver their wines to the best restaurants in town.
Many celebrities have lived in the city on the Danube. Amongst them authors such as Ingeborg Bachmann, Robert Musil and Elias Canetti lived in Vienna. The painters Egon Schiele, Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka chose Vienna to their homeland. Further musicians to the aforementioned are Gustav Mahler and Arnold Schoenberg.
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