The Ringstrasse: a neighborhood that is not
Here goes a bonus trackand we explain it: it is true that This avenue, as such, is not part of a specific neighborhood, but it constitutes the most important and famous road in all of Viennain charge of surrounding the historic center of the city and occupying the place where, centuries ago, the defending wall was found. But it does concentrate, throughout its 5.3 kilometers, the same essence: the one that is reflected in its stately buildings, its majestic palaces and its monuments, built during Historicism at the end of the 19th century. So why not consider it a neighborhood in itself?
And we walked it. And we come across again National Opera, one of the greatest emblems of the avenue, but also with the Vienna City Hall and Parliament. He Museum of Applied Arts It is located in an overwhelming building, as well as the Vienna Stock Exchange or Burghtheater. The trams come and go incessantly alongside pedestrians, cyclists and tourists who look at every corner, allowing themselves to be surprised by so much beauty. Art, which cannot be missed, comes from the hand of Art History Museum —which houses the largest collection of Bruegel, but also works by Vermeer, Rubens and Rembrandt—, from Natural History Museum and of MAKwhere design is the protagonist. The quiet Salonplanfond restaurant, which is located in one of its splendid interior rooms, has a delicious menu with proposals to literally lick your fingers.