FotW - Vienna #1

Let me introduce you to the
Fact of the Week (FotW).
From now one I post every now and then a fact about Vienna or Austria
which I hope you didn't know and find interesting!

FotW - Vienna #1

Tiergarten Schönbrunn in Vienna
is the oldest zoological garden in the world,
founded in 1752.

If you want to know more about it,
visit www.zoovienna.at/

There is a reason Vienna sometimes is called

"the green city"

This photo may look like manipulated
but it's actually the view from the U2
(underground railway 2)
Yeah right, underground railway! ^_^

22. District ("Donaustadt")

The turtles in Viennas "Tiergarten Schönbrunn",
the oldest zoological garden in the world, founded in 1752,
enjoy their fresh meal

U-Bahn or Untergrundbahn or underground railway

More than 1.3 million passengers use the Vienna U-Bahn every day.
Compared to other underground railways worldwide, the Vienna U-Bahn is young. The question of whether to build a Vienna U-Bahn was the subject of heated debate for over one hundred years. From 1844 to the 1960s, numerous mass train transport plans were discussed, ignored or simply rejected.

Like every year at this time
we welcome temporary guests
in our backyard

Mum-blackbird

Daddy-Blackbird


Baby-Blackbird

Mum and Baby Blackbird

...morning has broken
...how lovely little swans can be
(click on the picture to see what I mean)
...protected by their parents
...it's a very peaceful time
...and it makes me sad

@ Alte Donau, Kaisermühlen, 1220 Vienna, Austria, Europe

a little off topic...14. August 1944 - †21. April 2011

... my grandfather died yesterday

... this is a picture of him and me when I was little
... he was 66 years old
... when I was born he was only 40, can you imagine that?
... he was more a father than a grandfather to me