Skylines and views

Vienna has kept its historical skyline with church towers and almost no highrises in the center. Stephansdom and the Rathaus are thus domintaing the skyline of Vienna's Innere Stadt. But during the last decades, skyscrapers have begun to pop up everywhere. Donau City is a district with smaller skyscrapers and is also the place of Donauturm, Vienna's tallest structure. And taller buildings are planned. In the otherwise flat Brigittenau, Millennium Tower, Austria's tallest skyscraper has been built. And Wienerberg is the newest skyscraper cluster. And tall glass and steel highrises are under construction as close to the city center as Leopoldstadt's south edge (only Danube Canal is between) and Landstrasse just east of the center. Most parts of Vienna are pretty flat, but mountains are bordering the city to the north. The best skyline shots I made from the historic ferris wheel Riesenrad, the riverbank of Danube and the observation deck of Donauturm TV tower.

VIEWS FROM RIESENRAD:

Riesenrad is one of the world's oldest and highest ferris wheels. It is located in Prater Amusement Park and I took a ride a sunny afternoon.

Towards UNIQA Tower and the free fall tower.

Landstrasse in the background.

Leopoldstadt new highrises.

Leopoldstadt and Donaustadt.

Leopoldstadt with Landstrasse in the background.

Landstrasse. Church and City Tower. Wienerberg towers in the background.

Leopoldstadt with Funkturm in the background.

Leopoldstadt with Donaustadt in the background.

Donaustadt with Donauturm to the left, Hochhaus Neue Donau to the right and Assisi Church in front.

To the north and Millennium Tower.

The northern outskirts and mountains from Riesenrad.

Here including Millennium Tower.

Closeup of Donauturm.

Closeup of Assisi Church and Hochhaus Neue Donau.

There is a restaurant in the wagon below.

The other, smaller ferris wheel.

The old wooden interior of the ferris wheel's wagons. It is swinging in the air as it reaches the top. Some of the windows can be partly opened.

Donaustadt and Assisi Church fron Riesenrad.

Funkturm.

View over the huge Praterpark.

Leopoldstadt and mountains.

Spittelau Incineration Plant by Hundertwasser from Riesenrahd.

Ringturm and nearby Praterstern Station from Risenrahd.

VIEWS FROM DONAUTURM:

Views from the 152m high outdoor observation deck of Donauturm, the tallest TV tower in Austria:

Donaustadt skyline seen from Donauturm. From the left: IZD Tower, UNO City´s VIC Towers, Saturn-Tower, Hochhaus Neue Donau, Andromeda Tower and Mischek Tower. Donaupark is in front.

UNO City in Donau City.

Skyscrapers of Donau City.

This is a bungee jump site, that is used in the summer if the views are not enough!

Villas in Donaustadt.

Donau City.

Reichsbrücke that I just walked over Danube with Donauinsel Island. Assisi Church in Leopoldstadt to the left of the bridge. Funkturm in the far.

City center with Wienerberg skyscrapers in the far left.

Millennium Tower (Austria's tallest bldg, to the right) and the Incineration Plant design by Hundertwasser in the middle.

Brigittenau with its Millennium City/Millennium Tower. Mountains can be seen in the background.

Right side of Donau: Flordisdorf district with Florido Tower. Far left Nussdorf and mountains in the outskirts.

Closeup of Florido Tower.

Floridsdorf with Donaufeld Parish Church.

Floridsdorf.

Towards Slovakia. Many wind power stations outside Vienna.

VIEWS FROM OTHER SPOTS:

Donaustadt seen from Leopoldstadt. I walked over the bridge Reichsbrücke's pedestrian section over Danube to Donaustadt.

UNO City complex, also called Vienna International Center (VIC), is Vienna's branch of United Nations, consisting of beige curved highrises. The tallest of these so called VIC buildings is127m. To the right: IZD Tower from 2001. 130m, 37 floors. Vienna's 3rd tallest skyscraper.

Donau City skyline from Donaupark. From the left: IZD Tower, UNO City, Saturn-Tower and Mischek Tower.

Donaustad seen form the plane while landing at the airport.

Donau City from the Danube Riverbank at the foot of Millennium Tower in Brigittenau.

Donau City, Donauturm and swans from the Danube Riverbank at the foot of Millennium Tower in Brigittenau.

View from the stairs of Upper Belvedere towards Stephansdom and mountains.

View from the stairs of Upper Belvedere towards the garden and the city center.

Funkturm seen from Belvedere.

Wienerberg highrise cluster seen from the hostel, , part of Favoriten district. One of two districts with skyscrapers together with Donaustadt. Not so large, but looks impressive during night.

Vienna Twin Towers from 2001 are the tallest buildings in Wienerberg. They are 138m tall and have 37 floors. To the right is Delugan Meissl Tower. Unfortunately I didn't have time to visit Wienerberg.

View from Wombat hostel: Maria vom Siege Church and Furnkturm.

Church west of Westbahnhof seen from the hostel.

Leopoldstadt's new glass towers seen from Innere Stadt.

Franz von Assisi Church in Leopoldstadt from the bridge over Danube.