Old City Architecture

Vienna use to be a walled city until a couple of hundred years ago they ripped out the walls and have now replaced them with tram tracks. Thus once you get into the city centre/circle, the architecture gets very old school style.

I´m not convinced by it however. It just seems to be combining elements of the Renaissance and the Baroque (which are contradictory to begin with). It almost appears to be trying too hard to be clever and comes across a little contrived (it would kinda be like giving Crocodile Dundee an M-16, granades and an iPod to make him tough and cool - kinda irrevelant to the character and doesn´t work).

That being said, I spied a fantastic gothic church and the City Hall was architecturally something. As opposed to Florence, Vienna really goes to some trouble to light up the buildings at night and it gives it a great mood and character. In front of the City Hall is a massive outdoor ice skating rink and that looks like a lot of fun.