What is the best thing about Vienna during the Wintertime? I would like to submit my answer for voting. Hands down, it is ice skating at the Rathaus. Reasons? I have plenty of them.
First, there is the backdrop.
Who wouldn't want to skate in front of the City Hall (Rathaus)? I mean, just take a second and look at this building. Now, imagine skating in a rink in front of it, as well as skating through paths through the park that sits in front. Best thing ever? I think so.
Here is one of the two large rinks to skate in.
Amazing, right? Now you just have to imagine the pink, purple, blue and whatever other colored light falling on you as you are soothed by the best in European Techno (mm ts mm ts mm ts mm ts...). The "ice"ing on the cake. Here's what you should look like in your mind by now.
To get away from the pink techno soup, you just find an exit and make your way down a beautiful, scenic path through the park.
A quick interesting story about the Rathaus. Remember the Stephansdom? Well, there is a building code in Vienna that no building can be taller than the south tower of Stephansdom. Well, the architect of the Rathaus, Friedrich von Schmidt, submitted plans for his neo-Gothic City Hall and the center tower was just a little taller than the sound tower of St. Stephan's Cathedral. They were rejected and he was forced to shorten the middle tower to just below the limit. When the Rathaus was nearing completion, he stuck a spired capstone atop the center tower which made it taller than it was allowed to be. Take that building code. Thought you might like that little history lesson.
Hope you had fun ice skating! I know I did.
First, there is the backdrop.
Who wouldn't want to skate in front of the City Hall (Rathaus)? I mean, just take a second and look at this building. Now, imagine skating in a rink in front of it, as well as skating through paths through the park that sits in front. Best thing ever? I think so.
Here is one of the two large rinks to skate in.
Amazing, right? Now you just have to imagine the pink, purple, blue and whatever other colored light falling on you as you are soothed by the best in European Techno (mm ts mm ts mm ts mm ts...). The "ice"ing on the cake. Here's what you should look like in your mind by now.
To get away from the pink techno soup, you just find an exit and make your way down a beautiful, scenic path through the park.
A quick interesting story about the Rathaus. Remember the Stephansdom? Well, there is a building code in Vienna that no building can be taller than the south tower of Stephansdom. Well, the architect of the Rathaus, Friedrich von Schmidt, submitted plans for his neo-Gothic City Hall and the center tower was just a little taller than the sound tower of St. Stephan's Cathedral. They were rejected and he was forced to shorten the middle tower to just below the limit. When the Rathaus was nearing completion, he stuck a spired capstone atop the center tower which made it taller than it was allowed to be. Take that building code. Thought you might like that little history lesson.
Hope you had fun ice skating! I know I did.
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