Misery and crime in Vienna around 1900
The other side of Vienna – away from Habsburg romanticism and fin de siècle glamour.
Vienna around 1900 – that means Habsburgs, high culture, the Ringstrasse era... But beneath the shiny surface of the growing cosmopolitan city live those who are not wanted at the top: tramps, beggars, vagrants, who are not seen on the magnificent boulevards, but in the poorhouses, warming rooms, men's hostels or even in the sewers.
This tour takes a look behind the scenes of a world city that was bursting at the seams around 1900 and initially unable to cope with the social challenges of its time. It follows in the footsteps of the journalist Emil Kläger, who in 1908 in his book Durch die Wiener Quartiere des Elends und Verbrechens drew attention to those with whom the well-to-do citizens did not want to have anything to do. The route from the second district to the city center leads away from the tourist trail, but also occasionally along it.
Guided tour in English.
For whom?
For those who want to get to know a different side of Vienna.
How long?
The tour lasts about two hours.
Where do we meet up?
Obere Donaustraße 71, 1020 Wien.
There's something else I'd like to know!
Gladly! Call or text me on 0660/400 10 40.
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