So I hop a few trains…
and a tram…
in search of dead musicians at the Zentralfriedhof, or Central Cemetery, in Austria’s Simmering district. In section 32A, I find all my rockstars in their slumber…
including a memorial for Mozart, who was actually buried elsewhere in a mass grave:
My favorite gravesite, though, is this one with a canopy bed–that’s what I call a real resting place!
One bus stop from the Zentralfriedhof is a very cool area called Gasometer City.
Remember a few blog entries ago I showed you this picture I snapped from the train as I entered Vienna?
It turns out that these 4 gasometers, or large gas storage tanks used from 1899 to 1984, have been renovated into residential and commercial space:
Cool concept but it is a virtual ghost town inside on this gloomy, rainy afternoon. Sure wish I could buy one of these gasometers for myself just to store all my shoes and bags 
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Tags: Austria, Central Cemetery, Gasometer City, Mozart, Simmering, Zentralfriedhof
September 7th, 2010 at 10:23 am
j’adore les photos de Vienne surtout gazomètre et cimetière!!! tu nous invite encore au voyage!!
September 11th, 2010 at 3:45 pm
Bea, un jour tu vas y aller avec moi! J’aimerais revenir à Vienne… les sachertortes m’attendent
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