Interesting places in Graz:

Graz Innenstadt		Városi Park (Stadtpark)
Murinsel		Kunsthaus Graz Friendly Alien Art Gallery
Schloßberg Graz - castle mountain		Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst
Erzherzog Johann szobra		Karmeliterplatz
Hotel Wiesler		Hotel Ibis Graz
Der Marienhof - Hotel Garni		Hotel Drei Raben
Hotel Kern Buam		Austria Trend Hotel Europa Graz
Schlossberghotel		Hotel Alter Telegraf
Palais Hotel Erzherzog Johann		Hotel Academia Graz
Amedia Hotel Graz		Augarten Hotel Art & Design
Hotel CenterCourt		Hotel zum Dom - Palais Inzaghi
Hotel Feichtinger Graz		Hotel Paradies
Hotel Römerstube

Graz (ethyomologically from Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra.dets/, "little castle"; Czech: St�rsk� Hradec), with a population of 287,723 as of 2006 (of which 250,099 have principal residence status), is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark in German). It has a long tradition as a student city, with six universities with over 40,000 students. Graz's "Old Town" is one of the best-preserved city centers in Central Europe, and in 1999 was added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites. Graz was sole Cultural Capital of Europe for 2003.

• The historic old town. It has been designated a site.

• The Glockenspiel, which comes to life with song and rotating dance figures every day at precisely 11:00, 15:00 and 18:00.

• The Mausoleum, with impressive interior decor.

• The Schlossberg , the castle perched upon a hill in the middle of the city around which Graz sprang up. The funicular and elevator will take the effort out of the walk to the top, although to use them would be to miss the wooded paths and some spectacular views.
• Clock Tower on the top of the , the symbol of Graz.

• Eggenberg Castle . Early Baroque architecture, lavish state rooms. There is a small (€ 1.00) fee for entering the park surrounding the castle, which they likely will not charge you if you say you intend to take the castle tour. The castle tour is highly recommended though, as it contains dramatic wall and ceiling paintings, elaborate ceramic stoves, and inlaid wood floors. ( Tram 1 direction Eggenberg/UKH) Tel: 583264-0 (free entry to the museum with euro<26 card)

• Kunsthaus, is Graz's newest exhibition place. It's worth a visit, even if you only look at its design from the outside. It's right across the river from Hauptplatz at the Suedtirolerplatz (Tram 1,3,6,7,14 direction Hauptbahnhof). (You will definitely notice the blue bubble) (free entry with euro<26 card)
• Murinsel. Originally a temporary project during 2003, people liked it enough so it stayed. An artificial island in the river, with a stage for performances and a coffeehouse.

• Joanneum Museum of Styria . Tel: 8017-9716. (free entry with euro<26 card)

• Armoury , in the Tel: 8017 9810. Open March 19th - October 31th, 2005: M-Su 10AM-6PM, Th 10AM-8PM; Nov 1st, 2005 - Mar 18th, 2006 Th-Su 10AM-3PM; free entry with euro<26 card. Contains an amazing collection of arms and armor, from large two-handed swords and maces to the more modern pistols. Originally the local armory ready to equip the people in the event of an attack, the weapons you'll see here were made for use, not show. English tours are available; enquire early in the day to see what time one will be offered. If you are incredibly enthusiastic about weapons and ask nicely, your guide might treat you to further description of the use and care of the weapons after your tour is completed. Pictures are not allowed, but postcards with pictures of the main pieces can be bought in the gift shop. Be warned, this building gets extremely warm in the summer (especially on the upper floors). Weapons enthusiasts may wish to go early in the day, or you may find your interest waning rapidly as the puddles form around your feet.

• See an Opera at the Opera House . .

• On the , right opposite the , is a fruit and vegetable open-air market where small farmers from the countryside around Graz bring their produce for sale (or rather their wives do). Morning only. The other main farmers market in Graz is located on the "Lendplatz". Morning only.
• During the summer months, in the city centre between the and the , along the , you may be fortunate enough to come across musicians of all sorts. Perhaps a small quartet playing Mozart. Perhaps a barrel-organ.
• Football at the , the home of Sturm Graz and Grazer AK in the district of Liebenau, south of the city centre. Ticket prices from 22 to 36.50 Euros.

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BIX Façade
Made by ╬Thomas Reichart ╬
BIX Façade Kunsthaus Graz (Graz Art Museum) The BIX Façade of the museum represents a singular fusion from architecture and New Media and is based on a concept of the Berliner architects realities:united. BIX, a name which consists of the words Big and pixels is the acrylic glass skin of the eastern side of the building toward the Mur and city center and represents an oversize urban screen, which serves as an instrument for artistic productions. BIX projects accompany different exhibitions and are not transported into the public area, also the direct environment is defined and shaped. Beyond that the communicating outer skin offers also a possible drilling platform for art projects, which bring up for discussion the dialogue between media and area. 930 40 Watt fluorescent rings are embedded in the 900 m² outer skin, with the illumination level of each one being steplessly variable between 0 and 100%. Each light ring functions as pixel, which can be served by a central computer. In this way they can be developed as roughly screened indications, texts and film sequences, which radiate far into the urban area and thus, the blue blister of Graz with a screen of immense size makes an art gallery. (Text: Wikipedia) Canon PowerShot G3 Aufnahmedatum/-zeit: 22.02.2007 22:11 Tv (Verschlusszeit): 1.6 Av (Blendenzahl): 2.8 Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO): 100 Objektiv: 7.2 - 28.8mm Brennweite: 7.2mm


Alex - 04
Made by Andreas Resch
Alex - 04 Today I had my third portrait shooting. I've vivisted my good friends Alex and Karoline and spent the afternoon having lots of fun and collecting a lot of new experience. Alex - coach and player of my hometown's volleyball team. FULL VIEW PLEASE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: Graz Date: November 28th, 2007 Light Conditions: Inside -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Lens: Canon EF 70-200mm f/4L IS USM Focal Length: 70 mm Flash: Nikon SB-26 Flash Mode: Manual Shutter Speed: 1/125 sec Aperture: 5.6 ISO: 100 Filters:-- Two 60x90cm softboxes aimed at white background cloth. One Nikon SB-26 aimed towards the ceiling in front. One reflector to the right. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This description was created by a little tool called PhotoInfo. You can download it for free at www.andreasresch.at/upload/PhotoInfo.zip ... for feedback send me a note via my deviant page ... andreasresch.deviantart.com ENJOY!!!


To Heaven
Made by Andreas Resch
To Heaven A little ladder that descents from a small roof. Shot from the pavement against the wonderful sky. FULL VIEW - WHAT ELSE ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: Graz Date: September 29th, 2007 Light Conditions: Sunny -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di Focal Length: 28 mm Flash: -- Flash Mode: -- Shutter Speed: 1/60 sec Aperture: 8.0 ISO: 100 Panorama: -- Tonemapping: -- Tripod: -- Tripod Head: -- Filters: - Hoya Pro1 Digital Circular Polarizer Slim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This description was created by a little tool called PhotoInfo. You can download it for free at www.andreasresch.at/upload/PhotoInfo.zip ... for feedback send me a note via my deviant page ... andreasresch.deviantart.com ENJOY!!!


Autumn Red
Made by Andreas Resch
Autumn Red Autumn has finally arrived. Now's the time for gorgous colors and lots of hiking. Enjoy. FULL VIEW - WHAT ELSE ... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Location: Graz Date: September 29th, 2007 Light Conditions: Sunny -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Camera: Canon EOS 5D Lens: Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di Focal Length: 75 mm Flash: -- Flash Mode: -- Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec Aperture: 2.8 ISO: 100 Panorama: -- Tonemapping: -- Tripod: -- Tripod Head: -- Filters: - Hoya Pro1 Digital Circular Polarizer Slim -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This description was created by a little tool called PhotoInfo. You can download it for free at www.andreasresch.at/upload/PhotoInfo.zip ... for feedback send me a note via my deviant page ... andreasresch.deviantart.com ENJOY!!!


Island in the Mur - Graz
Made by ╬Thomas Reichart ╬
The New York artist and designer Vito Acconci has made a spectacular new space above the river Mur on the basis of an idea by Robert Punkenhofer, himself a Graz man. In a shell form lies an amphitheatre and under a curvaceous dome, as the artist calls it, is a cafe. Conceived as a meeting place for young and old, it holds a cafe, an amphitheater and a playground. This town's landmark offers its whole beauty especially during darkness when it is illuminated with blue light. I tried to enhance this effect by doing a DRI (dynamic range increase) by exposure blending. So three pictures where superimopsed. As it was one of my first trials I switched the aperture, now knowing that is makes of course more sense to keep it constant and change the time of exposure: Canon PowerShot G3 Aufnahmedatum/-zeit: 22.02.2007 22:28 Aufnahmemodus: Tv (Blendenautomatik) well exposed Tv (Verschlusszeit): 10 Av (Blendenzahl): 6.3 underexposed Tv (Verschlusszeit): 10 Av (Blendenzahl): 8.0 overexposed Tv (Verschlusszeit): 10 Av (Blendenzahl): 3.2


The Alien landed...
Made by ╬Thomas Reichart ╬
Kunsthaus - Graz (Graz Art Museum) was built as part of the European Capital of Culture celebrations in 2003 and has since become an architectural landmark in Graz, Austria. Its unusual architecture differs radically from conventional buildings, many of which maintain the traditions of the modernist White Cube. The team of architects used an innovative stylistic idiom, known as blob architecture within the historical ambiance of the Murvorstadt. Thus, the gigantic building called the Friendly Alien by its creators Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, in form and material, stands out against the surrounding baroque roof landscape with its red clay roofing tiles but nevertheless integrates the façade of the 1847 iron house. The picture was taken from the castle mountain (Burgberg). Canon PowerShot G3 Aufnahmedatum/-zeit: 23.02.2007 15:51 Tv (Verschlusszeit): 1/80 Av (Blendenzahl): 4.0 Objektiv: 7.2 - 28.8mm Brennweite: 28.8mm


"Blue Hour"
Made by ╬Thomas Reichart ╬
The way on the Mur Island (Murinsel) in Graz, Austria. The island is actually not an island at all, but an artificial floating platform in the middle of the Mur river. This landmark of Graz was constructed by New York artist and designer Vito Acconci on the occasion of Graz becoming the 2003 European Capital of Culture. The building in the form of a giant sea shell measures 50 m in length and 20 m in width. Two footbridges (the end of one you can see in this image) connect it with both banks of the Mur. Canon PowerShot G3 Aufnahmedatum/-zeit: 22.02.2007 22:41 Aufnahmemodus: Tv (Blendenautomatik) Filmempfindlichkeit (ISO): 100 Objektiv: 7.2 - 28.8mm Brennweite: 11.2mm Tv (Verschlusszeit): 2 Av (Blendenzahl): 7.1 Tv (Verschlusszeit): 2 Av (Blendenzahl): 8.0 Tv (Verschlusszeit): 2 Av (Blendenzahl): 3.5


Graz 1112
Made by Michael Dawes
Graz [graːts] (etymologically from Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra.deʦ/, little castle), with a population of 287,723 as of 2006 (of which 250,099 have principal residence status), is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark [ˈʃtaɪ̯ɐmaʁk] in German). Graz was founded at the spot where the river Mur (see also Murradweg) flows into a wide plain, after flowing down from a hilly, narrow region. The city's past and present development was significantly influenced by the area's existing geological and geographical features. The River Mur, which flows from north to south cuts the city in half, and hilly regions flank the north, east and west of the city. The Schlossberg mountain in the city centre is only a short distance away from the river.


Cafe Immervoll
Made by lennox_mcdough
Second choice. Being in Graz you have normally two different choices of places to go to if you want to play pool or darts. One of them is the Brot & Spiele, the other is this, the Cafe Immervoll. Both awesome places for pub games, but the Brot & Spiele scores with awesome food. Burgers, ribs, steaks, salads or sandwiches. The downside of the Brot & Spiele is, that it is mostly crowded. Thats why I went to the Cafe Immervoll this evening in january with my girlfried for some pool games. camera: Rollei Rolleicord III - Model K3B lens: Schneider Xenar 75mm f/3.5 film: Ilford HP5 Plus 400ASA exposure time: 12 sec aperture: f/22 scan: CanoScan 8400 & SilverFast SE


Graz
Made by Michael Dawes
Camera: Canon EOS 40D Exposure: 10 sec (10) Aperture: f/9 Focal Length: 35 mm ISO Speed: 100 Exposure Bias: -2/3 EV Graz [gra?ts] (etymologically from Slovenian: Gradec IPA: /gra.de?/, little castle), with a population of 287,723 as of 2006 (of which 250,099 have principal residence status), is the second-largest city in Austria after Vienna and the capital of the federal state of Styria (Steiermark ['?ta???ma?k] in German). Graz has a long tradition as a student city: its six universities have over 40,000 students. Graz's Old Town is one of the best-preserved city centers in Central Europe. In 1999, it was added to the UNESCO list of World Cultural Heritage Sites. Graz was sole Cultural Capital of Europe for 2003.


Family gathering
Made by Captain Blackadder
My Nikon family including a Tamron adoptee Nikon D700 AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-200mm f/2.8G IF-ED PC-E NIKKOR 24mm f/3.5D ED AF NIKKOR 50mm f/1.4D AF-S VR Micro-NIKKOR 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED AF NIKKOR 85 mm f/1.4D (not on picture) AF-S NIKKOR 28-300mm f/3.5-5.6G ED VR (not on picture) Nikon TC-20EII Nikon SB-600 (rarely used) Tamron AF 28-300mm F/3.5-6.3 XR Di LD Manfrotto 190XPROB Tripod with 460MG Magnesium Three Way Head Manfrotto 190CXPRO4 Mag Fiber Tripod with 405 Geared Head (not on picture)


keyhole ...
Made by zecaruso
graz, märchengrottenbahn - il Märchengrottenbahn è un tunnel che si trova sotto la collina Schlossberg, dove si erge il castello di Graz. Questo tunnel deve la sua fama al fatto che venne usato nella seconda guerra mondiale come rifugio durante i bombardamenti. the Märchengrottenbahn is a tunnel that is under the Schlossberg hill, where stands the castle of Graz This tunnel owes its fame to the fact that it was used in World War II as a refuge during the bombing. - !!!


Graz 0101
Made by Michael Dawes
Graz was founded at the spot where the river Mur (see also Murradweg) flows into a wide plain, after flowing down from a hilly, narrow region. The city's past and present development was significantly influenced by the area's existing geological and geographical features. The River Mur, which flows from north to south cuts the city in half, and hilly regions flank the north, east and west of the city. The Schlossberg mountain in the city centre is only a short distance away from the river.


Graz - Murinsel - Steiermark - Austria
Made by Been Around
The Murinsel is an artificial floating platform in the middle of the Mur river - designed by New York artist Vito Acconci (occasion of Graz becoming the 2003 European Capital of Culture) - located in Graz - Steiermark / Capital of Styria - Österreich / Austria de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazer_Murinsel en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murinsel


Gothic double spiral staircase - Graz
Made by ╬Thomas Reichart ╬
The Burg was built in 1438-1452 by Frederik III, who resided many years in Graz. It remained the residence of the sovereigns of Lower Austria until the court was moved to Vienna in 1619. Today it houses the seat of the Styrian provincial government and one famous site: The Gothic double spiral staircase, built in 1499. Canon PowerShot G3 Aufnahmedatum/-zeit: 23.02.2007 14:43 Tv (Verschlusszeit): 1/10 Av (Blendenzahl): 2.0


peacock
Made by marin.tomic
I've always wanted a photo like this and today - just out of nowhere we went to Schloss Eggenberg in my city, Graz - which has been listed as a UNESCO heritage site last year. In the gardens there are quite some peacocks running around and luckily two of them spread their feathers and showed off their beauty turning from one side to the other. I love them!!! View on black!


Graz - Steiermark - Murinsel
Made by Been Around
The Murinsel is an artificial floating platform in the middle of the Mur river - designed by New York artist Vito Acconci (occasion of Graz becoming the 2003 European Capital of Culture) - located in Graz - Steiermark / Capital of Styria - Österreich / Austria de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazer_Murinsel


Late Summer
Made by bealla
It was definitely summer and not autumn when I was in Graz/Austria last week! The sun was high and hot but under the chestnut trees it felt just perfect!!! :-)) Only very slightly textured with the help of: THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR APPRECIATION AND ENTHUSIASM for this picture. Sooner or later I am going to be a little too proud about it!! :-))))


Änderungsschneiderei
Made by Toni Pamuk
Dieses Relikt aus Zeiten der Doppelmonarchie finden Sie in der Münzgrabenstraße in Graz. Nur schade, daß fast alles aus dieser Zeit verschwunden ist. See where this photo was taken: maps.yuan.cc/flickr/25753680@N00/292288627/?login=true See it


Lamnacarus ornatus
Made by FEI Company
Forepart of a mite, coloured by Margit Wallner Courtesy of Angelika Reichmann Image Details Instrument used: Quanta Family Magnification: 800 Horizontal Field Width: 170 Vacuum: 0.4 Voltage: 3 Spot: 3 Working Distance: 11.7 Detector: SE