Old Vienna: Art Nouveau and The Naschmarkt
I love food, I love markets, I love going grocery shopping. The variety of produces that now abound in our supermarkets (as a result of trade) is heaven. There is everything you could possibly want but nothing beats going to an open air market. Europe has a culture of these markets and if you love markets, in Vienna you must surely go to the Naschmarkt. Naschmarkt is one of the most popular market and stretches out roughly 1.5km along the Wienzeile. It's a long walk, but you won't feel a thing being absorbed with all the produces that buildings that surround the area. If you are an art nouveau fan like I am, you can combine the trip to the market with a visit to the Secession Building and the Wagner Apartments . The Secession building was designed in the "Jugendstil style" and has a motto on the facade which translated says "To every Age its Art, to Art its Freedom." I am drawn to this windowless whi...