- Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7. - Julius Meinl Haus
Handelshaus Julius Meinl, 1899, Fleischmarkt 7. - Basilisk
The basilisk, Schönlaterngasse 7. According to a myth, on 26 June 1212, the servant of a baker discovered a basilisk at the bottom of the well in the courtyard. He destroyed it by holding a mirror to it (looking into its eyes was known to be fatal). The basilisk exploded. Now I know where JK got her ideas from. - Basilisk
Basilisk in the Schönlaterngasse 7. - Jesuitenkirche
The Jesuit (University) Church, built in 1620s and redecorated by Andrea Pozzo in 1703. What a brilliant optical illusion! - Jesuitenkirche
Interior of the Jesuit church, by Andrea Pozzo, 1703. - Jesuitenkirche, fake dome
The Jesuit (University) Church, built in 1620s and redecorated by Andrea Pozzo in 1703. What a brilliant optical illusion. This is the "dome" from the other side. - Jesuitenkirche
Interior of Jesuit Church - Cow with glasses
Bäckerstraße 12, probably 16th century. A cow. With glasses. Playing Backgammon. With a dog. - Aliens?
Some UFO lights in the center or Vienna. - 615 € ?!?
Is it just me or is 615 € for a pair of (such) sneakers insanely expensive? - Stephansdom
The tower of Stephansdom, 136 m, built between 1368 and 1433. - Double-headed eagle
On the corner of Stephansplatz and Jasomirgottstrasse. - Conglomerate
Quarz conglomerate, Hertfordshire puddingstone, St Albans, England - Sulphur
Sulphur, Mine de Gyona, Sicily, Italy - Gold
A 36 kg gold "nugget", Zarewo Alexandrowskoi, Miask, Ural, Russia. A copy. - Salt
A lot of salt from Wieliczka mine, Poland - Pyrite
Pyrite or fool's gold, iron(II) disulfide, Amejun, Soria, Spain - Hematite
Iridescent hematite, Rio Marina, Elba - Calcite
Calcite, Joachimsthal, Jáchymov, Czech - Pyromorphite
Pyromorphite, Pb5(PO4)3Cl, Hofsgrund, Germany - Basalt
Different forms of basalt - Volcanic bomb
La Palma, Canary Islands - Gibeon meteorite
A part of the Gibeon meteorite, found in 1836 in Namibia, weighing in total over 26 tonnes. - Australasian tektites
Glass formation formed during meteorite impact - Sea Urchin Fossil
Archaecidaris, Carboniferous, Brown County, USA - Pecopteris Fern Fossil
Pecopteris miltonii, Carboniferous, a fossilised fern from Kladno, Czech. - Traces of a permian reptile
Traces of a reptilian Orabates, Permian, from Bromacker, Germany. Approximately 270 million years old. - A prehistoric ray-finned fish
Gyronchus macropterus (Kugelzahnfisch), Eichstätt, Germany - Spiral armring
A spiral armring with spiral ends, Maiersdorf, Lower Austria; Bronze Age, 1600-1300 BC. - A shoe
A shoe, Hallstatt, Upper Austria; older Iron Age, 800-300 BC. - Swords
Swords; late Bronze Age, 1200-800 BC; Bosnia, Poland, Upper Austria. - Old jewellery
Some bracelets and fibulae. Sorry, forgot what it is. - Fibula
A fibula, Brezje, Slovenia; older Iron Age, 800-400 BC. - Mammoth hut
A shelter made of mammoth bones and skin. Looks surprisingly comfy. - NHM
Ceiling in the Naturhistorisches Museum - The giant oarfish
Regalecus glesne. It is the world's longest bony fish, reaching a length of 11 m. - Chelydridae
Skeleton of a turtle. - Kookaburra
- Crocodile
Mexican crocodile, also called Morelet's crocodile, is a fresh-water crocodile, up to about 3,5 metres long. - Crocodile
Mexican (Morelet's) crocodile - Flamingo
This is American flamingo (Phoenicopterus ruber, Roter Flamingo), which is slightly redder than the Greater flamingo (Phoenicopterus roseus, Rosa Flamingo). - Flamingos
American flamingos - Flamingo
American flamingo - Flamingo
American flamingo - Jellyfish
They have over 25 different species of jellyfish in the Vienna Zoo so I'm not really sure which one is this. My guess would be white-spotted jellyfish (Phyllorhiza punctata), native to the western Pacific. - Almost there ...
Chrysalis stage of a soon-to-be butterfly. - Paper kite
Paper kite (Idea leuconoe) butterfly and its chrysalises (pupae). - Orang-Utan
This Orang-Utan's (Pongo pygmaeus) BFF is a waiter from the neighbouring restaurant. - Ein ... Vogel
Red-legged seriema (Cariama cristata). These birds live in grasslands, savanas and open forests of South America. They cannot really fly and mostly eat snakes, lizards, frogs, rodents and insects. - Arctic wolf
The arctic wolf (Canis lupus arctos) wasn't in the mood. - Nat Geo moment
- Red button ginger
Tropical plants in tropical "rainforest" house - Tropics
Rainforest house. With bats. Those flying foxes flew directly into my face - not that I am ultrasound invisible or something, no. - Grasshopper wings
A close-up of a grasshopper wing. It belongs to a giant grasshopper (Titanacris albipes). - Stephansdom
The roof of the Stephansdom. - Remembering the church fire
When the fire broke out, the famous church bell (Pummerin) fell down and broke. They replaced it seven years later with a new one. - Stephansdom
- Stephansdom
In the church tower (Steffl). - Swarowski
Kärntner Strasse. Why oh why?!? - Swarovski
Whyyyy? - Ankeruhr
Hoher Markt, the clock was made in 1914.