We had four full days in Vienna while on our European Pretzel this past summer. The days were sizzlers so we tried to get an early start when we could. One morning, we decided to explore Vienna’s largest cemetery, the Zentralfriedhof, and arrived just after 8am.
There was a lot to see and hear and we spent an hour and a half wandering amongst the elaborate grave markers as well as checking out the animal and birdlife, hearing the tolling church bells, and looking up at the numerous airplanes making their way overhead to land at the nearby airport.
Here are a number of shots taken around Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof on a bright, hot and sunny morning at the end of June. Do you recognise any of the names on the gravestones?
Are the birds a type of woodpecker? The sequence of bird and plane is cool.
Years ago I lived in Vienna (Hernals, 17ten Bezirk). I did music research there, but I never made it to see those composer’s monuments – but I did make it to the Opera a few dozen times.
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Yeah, the black woodpecker, with the spot of red on the back. They were big!!!
I can imagine the cemetery isn’t something one would necessarily visit as a resident of the city. But it really was amazing how populated with famous people it is. I guess a bit like in Paris…
Glad you liked the bird/plane series — I figured it was a bit of an indulgence on my part so glad someone else got something out of it! 😊
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Fabulous B&Ws! I like how you transitioned from the birds to the plane!
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Thanks very much!!
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