9 things you didn't know about the 3rd district

Anyone who has ever gave way along the Landstraßer Hauptstraße has almost wondered what this enchanted ghost house is actually all about between office buildings and old building complexes. The listed Villa Mautner-Häger seemed to be revealed for years. But now something is happening: the villa should be renovated and then become a private residence for the new owners. But until it is time, it serves as a hotspot for art and culture for a year. In the spirit of the first client of the Gartenschlössl Hertha Jäger, who not only campaigned for women's rights, but also opened her doors of the art and cultural scene. Who this uniqueLost PlaceIn the middle of the city, always wanted to explore more precisely, so this year finally has the opportunity to do so.

The time -honored apostle bath was also extensively renovated last year. You would hardly suspect it from the outside, but inside you can take a sauna in the middle of the third and roar. This is not meant evil, but literally: the apostle pool opened in 1891 is one of the last shower and sauna bikes throughout Vienna. Incidentally, the circuit training gym Hyper Active is located on the top floor, which gets you going with CrossFit similar workouts properly.

As is well known, everything happens a little later in Vienna. It is therefore understandable that the “Wiener 1968” only took place in the mid-1970s. Since 1970, the Viennese festival weeks have organized the “Arena” series, for the first time in 1975 on the site of the former St. Marx abroad, which was to be demolished. A year later, visitors remained after the last “Arena” event and thus justified the occupation. On 70,000 square meters, there was a spirit of optimism: concerts, readings, performances were increasingly attracting attention. You could hold the area for three months, in mid -October 1976 the city began to demolish because the site had already been guaranteed by the Schöps textile chain. By the way, the MGC fashion center is located on this area, which in turn is partially used as an event center.

What we know as “Arena Vienna” was originally the domestic slaughterhouse, which the city made available as an alternative option for the new cultural center. Not all of the occupation movement saw the agreement that followed in 1977 as a positive sign - for some it represented a kind of betrayal.

The relatively new district of Neu Marx was originally part of the slaughterhouses. Incidentally, the two pompous column sculptures are still reminiscent of this if you approach him from Schlachthausgasse: “Central Viehmarkt Stadt Vienna” is on the left, “built by the community 1879 - 1888” on the right. In the meantime, large media houses have compressed the Media Quarter Marx. The Marx Halle spreads only a few meters further.

Between all the newly created, modern, converted, a few free spirits of the high -gloss polish seem to defy. Compared to the Marx Halle, on a open space on which another event hall is to be built, which wants to take the rank to the town hall, committed gardeners have come together to form the community garden. Between multi -purpose buildings and rushing tangent, 35 raised beds are now nestled into the brachial urban area. In this green oasis, in the middle of the concrete steppe, you live diversity and social exchange.

Pavle Stojanović is likely nearby nearbyLeistiest basketball square in the cityCreated on your own strength and your own means: the pit. The hip-hop and bastketball scene now meets here, and a first tournament even took place last summer. The place itself is leased privately, but if you ask nicely and behave correctly, you can play along. However, it is essential to see unauthorized penetration on your own! And again a little further the skaters on theMinimundus DIY skatepark. The mood is relaxed, somehow you suddenly feel strangely free and unlimited on this open space, which will probably soon be no longer.

All of these clubs and projects are only temporarily located here, are tenants until the Vienna Holding Arena takes over at some point.However, the construction should be delayed significantly.