Vienna. Having flourished under the Habsburg Dynasty, Vienna provides for the classical attractions of an Imperial city. Following a decade of stagnation and the fading glory of the fin-de-siecle era, Vienna had to re-invent itself.
Even back toward the end of the 19th century, a movement was brewing. Artists such as Gustav Klimt and Oskar Kokoschka, to name but a few, forged new approaches by breaking out of prevailing conventions. The two artists and their peers became known as the Vienna Secessionists: they laid the foundation of how the city would evolve throughout the next century.
In this fashion, Vienna is as delicate as it’s pastries, as rude as the waiters in the famous Kaffeehäuser and as diverse as the former Empire. It is a city that despite it’s rich history, manages to stay utterly contemporary.
