Funny how not having access to a coffee maker incentivises you to get up and out asap.
Our morning was spent visiting the quirky Hunderwasser Museum and House. As an artist and architect he took great inspiration from nature and avoided straight lines. His work is playful, colourful and possibly a trip hazard 😂
So many of his screen prints I simply adored and would happily have on my walls at home. It was a fascinating museum, with a great photo exhibition as well – I’d highly recommend. We also had coffee and cake in the museum cafe which was ok food wise but a nice environment. The house he designed is 5 minutes walk from the museum and has become tourist central. The area around it is very unappealing – I’d advise a quick photo then escape asap.
We then walked on to Mak – Museum of Applied Arts. This wasn’t initially on the plan but they had a couple of really interesting exhibitions on and the Mak lab was great. We could easily have spent hours in there but had to get back to the pups.
Our evening plans involved a few more key sights (Rathaus, Library and Hofburg), with pizza at Regina Margherita – nice pizza but lazy service, and lots of fun at the House of Music.
This is an interactive museum which is open until 10pm and was likely the highlight of our weekend. As someone with little classical music knowledge I really enjoyed it. My dad who knows a lot more, seemed to really like it…he had fun playing on the keyboard stairs, conducting the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and creating his own mini symphony (it may have included fart noises 😂). Informative and fun, definitely worth a visit!
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