After a long time I visited Naschmarkt . “Naschmarkt” is a famous market mainly for food and various produce in Vienna. I discovered that a new small building named “Marktraum” had been constructed there. Inside there are several shops and food stalls. On the roof there are seats and tables featuring a view of the surrounding area. Below you will find some pictures. This building was opened in November 2025.
Looking down on “Naschmarkt” 「ナッシュマルクト」を見下ろしてView of the building across the street 通りの向こうの建物Picture of the terrace of “Marktraum” taken from street level 「マルクトラウム」の屋上を下から見上げて
This giant winged cat is called “Markuslöwe” (Saint Marc lion). He used to reside in the main hall of the former Südbahnhof (Southern station). However the former Südbahnhof was demolished and the present Hauptbahnhof (Main Station) was constructed. Therefore this big cat took a small leap and landed here in the entrance hall of Vienna Main Station. This lion is named after the famous Venetian “San Marco”. Because ever since Südbahnhof times and still today, there are regular direct trains from here toVenice, Italy. Should you pass through here, please say hello to this lion, he will be very pleased!
In the famous shopping street Mariahilfer Strasse, there is a building construction site already going on for many years. This used to be the Austrian furniture department store „Leiner“. I had no need for buying a kitchen, sofa or things like that but I often bought small items like vases, porcelain, decorative items, etc. This place was quite big and calm and just walking around browsing gave me a lot of joy. It used to be a kind of healing place for me at Mariahilfer Strasse. But it was decided to remove this building. Except this one facade in the photo because this part of the bulding has historic significance. Therefore only this part is left standing while everything else was demolished. For me as a Japanese that is very interesting, because with Japanese construction it is not possible to leave just one specific part intact. Here in Europe, one can sometimes see the method of leaving one part of a building and adding new construction to it. To me that is so rare, interesting and fascinating.
By the way, there should already be a finished new building but for several reasons it had to be demolished again and started anew. Therefore the duration of construction is very long. I do not want to go into the reasons for the delay because it will be a very long story. All I can say is that I miss Leiner.
Since the weather was lovely, I took a walk in Belvedere garden. Except for the entrance, the flowers have not been planted yet but many chestnut trees have pretty young leaves. 天気がとても良かったので、ベルヴェデーレ庭園に散歩に行きました。花壇の花は入り口以外、まだ植えられていませんでしたが、カスタニエの木の中には美しい若葉をつけているものもありました。
In 2014 my husband and I had a wonderful opportunity. It was to participate in a masterclass of Signore Fiorenza Cossotto!! How many times had I heard her recordings on the radio and listening to LPs. Also may husband as a Viennese resident got to witness her wonderful performances at the Vienna State Opera. We could not fully comprehend that we could participate in her seminar in Vienna. It was a wonderful seminar, we could also participate in the final Gala concert. Here is a picture of us three after the concert. Ever since we have been continuously visiting her in Italy to study singing. She is a fantastic teacher, her instructions are always on point, her knowledge of music and languages is impressive. We are so thankful to be able to study music with such vitality. Furthermore her personality and intelligence are of a very high level. As a teacher and as a human being, she truly is our role model. We want to strive to become even a little better performers with her help.
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