Returning by metro from Schönbrunn, I decided to go to Kettenbrückengasse and pay tribute to the Viennese Art Nouveau by the outstanding Austrian architect Otto Wagner (Otto Wagner, 1841-1918). Once he planned to rebuild the entire area, but because of the high cost, the plan was not implemented. I had to limit myself to just a few iconic buildings. As soon as I got off the subway, I saw on the left side of Linke Wienzeile its two very famous houses: Majolikahaus (Majolikahaus, 1899) and Corner House with heralds (Eckhaus, 1899). Justifying its name, the Majolica house is really decorated with glazed ceramic tiles. It looks grandiose ... and so Viennese!
The decoration of the facade of the second house, combining the plastered surface with gilded decorative elements according to the drawings by Koloman Moser, is also very impressive!
After admiring the Wagnerian masterpieces, I went to the most famous Viennese open market - Naschmarkt (Naschmarkt, 18th century), which is built over the Vienna river, sealed in asphalt. Otto Wagner also had a hand in packing the river and planning the market itself.
It was already seven in the evening, so almost all grocery stores were closed, but the many cafes, on the contrary, were filled to capacity. Here they are so diverse (fish, Indian, Italian, Viennese, Vietnamese) that everyone will surely find for themselves something tasty and beloved. There are about 120 pavilions in the market, which were originally intended only for the sale of food products, including delicacies from around the world. A little later appeared cafes and restaurants. They added a new flavor to the old market. Now Naschmarkt has also become a fashionable gastronomic place.
I decided to arrange a fish day for myself and ate a red mullet (they have it like a red mullet) in the UmarFisch restaurant, without even suspecting that it was a rather famous fish restaurant. I immediately found a place, and I completely took the complete absence of any design in the interior because it was a tent on the market, and I just popped in here for a bite to eat. The fish was very tasty, and the prices, unfortunately, are very restaurant!
After Nashmarkt, I went to the Secession building and the bronze monument to Mark Anthony in a chariot drawn by lions (1900).
The Secession building was remembered to me in previous visits to Vienna, so I could not help but come again to look at its Golden Head, a beautiful spherical dome of 3,000 gilded bay leaves and 700 berries. This exhibition hall in the Art Nouveau style of the famous architect Joseph Olbrich (assistant and student of Otto Wagner) was built in 1898 for the eponymous association of talented young artists of the new wave, led by Gustav Klimt.
Not far from the Secession is another monument of Viennese Art Nouveau by Otto Wagner - two twin vestibules of the Karlsplatz station (1897). Now in one of them there is a cafe, and in the other a museum.
Having paid tribute to the legendary Viennese Art Nouveau, I went to a no less iconic place in the Austrian capital - the famous cafe of the Sacher Hotel. It was time to enjoy the last evening in Vienna and try their new cake - rum Sacher ... well, and strudel at the same time! I deserve it!