Amsterdam and Vienna I have visited couple times already. Those are unusual cities with all the advantages of a big city: culture, history, food, entertainment, good transport. They share several important similarities. First, both of the cities are capitals of rich European countries. Thousand of tourists visit both the world famous cities.
There are excellent tenements kept in styles of the previous ages. The cities are also famous for their great painters. There are two major one: Van Gogh and Rembrandt in Amsterdam. Vienna is very proud of Gustav Klimt.
Second, the cities got great museums and galleries that present work and biography not only these superb painters but also other well-known. They got also hundreds of other museums that contain many artefacts as well as paintings, for instance the modern art and Anna Frank House. Vienna have the Museum of Natural History (Naturhistorische ), the Museum of Art and Culture (Kunsthistorische )and the Art House (Kunsthaus) that are the most significant and classical museums. All of them are the prominent representatives.
A common misconception of Amsterdam and Vienna citizens is that Dutch and Austria language is very close to German. Dutch people have to learn German at school as well as Austrian. German is the basic language in Austria.
There are excellent tenements kept in styles of the previous ages. The cities are also famous for their great painters. There are two major one: Van Gogh and Rembrandt in Amsterdam. Vienna is very proud of Gustav Klimt.
Second, the cities got great museums and galleries that present work and biography not only these superb painters but also other well-known. They got also hundreds of other museums that contain many artefacts as well as paintings, for instance the modern art and Anna Frank House. Vienna have the Museum of Natural History (Naturhistorische ), the Museum of Art and Culture (Kunsthistorische )and the Art House (Kunsthaus) that are the most significant and classical museums. All of them are the prominent representatives.
A common misconception of Amsterdam and Vienna citizens is that Dutch and Austria language is very close to German. Dutch people have to learn German at school as well as Austrian. German is the basic language in Austria.
Both of the cities are very open to people from every walk of life. There live thousands of emigrants and tourists.
Amsterdam and Vienna are the safe cities, and there is nothing to fear from walking in any part of the cities. As in any large city you should beware only of pick pockets- they are everywhere!
Both of the cities are wonderful but they have also many aspects that make them different.
Amsterdam is physically smaller and relatively quiet. The tenements are narrow and not high. The architecture has the specific, like from Lego blocks made, looking.
Vienna is huge and you can feel the enormous power of all the historic, marvellous buildings.
Amsterdam has smaller history and never had such political importance in Europe as Vienna.
Amsterdam is more famous for its lovely canals, small bridges above them and thousands of bike roads. And largely thanks to the canals, the city has relatively little traffic. There people prefer rather move by their boats or on bicycles than by cars, as the Vienna citizens do. Vienna is always congested, noisy and full of busy running people. Amsterdam for instance, provides more easy style of life and you can feel it during a pleasure stroll.
Both of the beautiful cites have rather more contrasts than common things but that makes them more interesting and worth to see.
Amsterdam and Vienna are the safe cities, and there is nothing to fear from walking in any part of the cities. As in any large city you should beware only of pick pockets- they are everywhere!
Both of the cities are wonderful but they have also many aspects that make them different.
Amsterdam is physically smaller and relatively quiet. The tenements are narrow and not high. The architecture has the specific, like from Lego blocks made, looking.
Vienna is huge and you can feel the enormous power of all the historic, marvellous buildings.
Amsterdam has smaller history and never had such political importance in Europe as Vienna.
Amsterdam is more famous for its lovely canals, small bridges above them and thousands of bike roads. And largely thanks to the canals, the city has relatively little traffic. There people prefer rather move by their boats or on bicycles than by cars, as the Vienna citizens do. Vienna is always congested, noisy and full of busy running people. Amsterdam for instance, provides more easy style of life and you can feel it during a pleasure stroll.
Both of the beautiful cites have rather more contrasts than common things but that makes them more interesting and worth to see.
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