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Welcome to the blog of Apartment.at - Your specialist for Vienna. Do you want to get to know the real Vienna and its people, apart from the guidebooks, then you are in the right place here. Look forward to fascinating insights into Vienna, its people, art & culture and what it is that makes life worth living here.

What is real? And what is staging? What do you think you see, is it really true? Or is everything a big illusion? These questions are the focus of the 3D Pic Art Museum, Vienna's first 3D TrickArt attraction. Because here illusion, staging and reality meet. A crazy photo fun in the heart of Vienna.

Did you immediately understand the title of the blog article? Is the language somewhat familiar for you but at the same time sounds a bit foreign? Or did you understand it right away? Translated it means: Welcome to the Esperanto Museum. How it came that Vienna became the center of the planned language Esperanto and even got its own museum, that's what Bernhard Tuider from the Esperanto Museum tells you today.

Is everything just an illusion? What if you see and experience things that are not possible? Everything is possible in the Museum of Illusions and the unbelievable becomes reality. "Logic will take you from A to Z. Imagination will take you anywhere." (Albert Einstein)

Vienna is world-renowned for its coffee house culture, which has even been declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. But it is also worth to have a look over the edge of your coffee cup in the direction of tea, because also for tea lovers Vienna offers a fine selection of tea houses.

Vienna is known worldwide for its architecture. From imperial buildings such as Schönbrunn Palace to buildings of the present, which have been designed by renowned architects. Many of these buildings have their very own, often very moving, history.

Today you will get to know one of our longterm landlords Markus P. Swittalek from the City Apartments. His apartments are in the heart of the city in a historic palace. But let him tell you by himself more about the exciting story of the house and be inspired by his personal tips.

In the middle of Vienna's city center you can go on an exciting journey through Vienna. From the Romans to today's Vienna. Where? This I will tell you today in the blog.

I am an huge tea lover by myself at any season.
Therefore I am so happy that Nadja Fanari of Demmers Teahouse will tell you in this blogpost more about this great company. Because in Vienna you not only get a good coffee but also particularly fine teas with a huge selection.

One highlight replaces the other at the Rathausplatz and transforms Vienna into the town of acrobats, clowns and artists. Because after the Filmfestival now the Circus Roncalli stays in Vienna and this year it really has something special to celebrate: 40 years of circus arts.

Last week I promised you that I have today the ultimate insider tip for toothache for you today. And this has again something to do with St. Stephen’s Cathedral and a very special legend: the "Zahnweh-Herrgott" (Toothache-God)

Already as a child I loved legends and fairy tales and could listen for hours to my grandfather, he was the storyteller in the family, when he took me in these fairy worlds.
And in Vienna, there are many places that have their very own fairy tale, making many unexplainable meaningful.

I have promised you, that I will write you here in the blog also about my personal Vienna tips or favourite places. So I begin with it today and seduce you to coffee and sweets, something for which Vienna is world famous.