Vienna

We purchased a couple used bikes at the flea market for 70 Euro each and set off for the Donaukanal, an offshoot from the Danube River.

The canal is a wonderful place to ride a bike. There are paths that run up and down it on either side with benches, tables, sculptures, and lots of stuff to look at. Amateur and expert graffiti and street art fills every possible surface along the water. 

Graffiti along the Donaukanal

There are also many bars and venues on the waters edge. We were advised to check out Flex Bar by a friend who raved about it when he visited Vienna years ago. We went and found it is now an overpopulated, over-priced, venue, that has basically turned into a club… charging 25 Euros to get in. A sad sight. But there are many other small bars and restaurants along the canal that are nice to sit at and drink a beer. A beer will cost you about 4 Euro.

One small segment of the now enormous Flex Bar (stay away unless you love crowds and paying too much for things)

One really cool venue along the canal is Badeschiff, a boat with a long narrow swimming pool attached. There is a restaurant inside called Holy Moly! I guess the food must be good. I’ll let you know if I get a chance to go there.

Badeschiff

My boyfriend, Orien is thinking about creating an inner tube event that blends scavenger hunt elements with a capture the flag foundation and so we bike up and down the canal scouting locations that would be interesting to stop to perform various tasks. 

Here’s some art that I saw along the Donaukanal, enjoy!

Orien standing by a painting of water sport wreckage. 

More soon~