Historically Vienna had a thriving Jewish community and this is celebrated in really cool museum in Judenplatz and just outside of this stands a very moving holocaust memorial.
The streets around Judenplatz are very atmospheric, none more so than Schulhof (the first three images) which is where there was once a school, "Schulhof" translates to "school yard".
I particularly like the third image where the sunlight reflected in the windows on the right is projected onto the walls of the church on the left.
The final image I have added as this is a square on the edge of the Jewish quarter and is home to the fire service museum. I don't think I have ever seen such a pretty fire station. I believe that the building was completed in 1730. The exhibitions are housed on the upper floors and are manned by members of the fire service and visits to the museum can be interrupted when the crews get a shout and have to go out and save lives.
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