{"id":2428,"date":"2016-05-28T15:25:48","date_gmt":"2016-05-28T13:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=2428"},"modified":"2016-07-19T20:30:09","modified_gmt":"2016-07-19T18:30:09","slug":"ein-tag-in-graz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2016\/05\/28\/ein-tag-in-graz\/","title":{"rendered":"A day in Graz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On my second day in Styria, I explored the Styrian capital <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Graz<\/span> for a couple of hours.<!--more--><\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1618\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1618-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Graz Clock Tower\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Graz Clock Tower\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>I started with the most important sight in the city: the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Schlossberg<\/span> with its famous clock tower (and other remains of the former castle). From up there, you also have a nice view of the city.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li wp-caption alignleft single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1633\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1633-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Blick auf Graz\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Blick auf Graz\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>Having visited the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Schlossberg<\/span>, there was not much left to do&nbsp;&#8211; at least according to the <a class=\"www\" href=\"https:\/\/www.graztourismus.at\/de\/sehen-und-erleben\/graz-entdecken\/in-24-stunden\">official website of Graz Tourism<\/a>: Apart from the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Schlossberg<\/span>, this page mainly concentrates on shopping and food (and also mentions a guided city tour and some museums). But also without a guide (and without going shopping), a stroll through the old town is quite pleasant. I even discovered some rather curious sights like a twin spiral staircase.<\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1668\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1668-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Schlossberg\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Schlossberg\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1657\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1657-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Graz Opera\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Graz Opera\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<br \/>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-mixed_2to3 wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1640\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img240x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1640-240x360.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Grazer Doppelwendeltreppe\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Grazer Doppelwendeltreppe\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1654\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1654-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Door at Grazer Landhaus\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Door at Grazer Landhaus\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"img_1659\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x240\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_1659-360x240.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Main Square in Graz\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Main Square in Graz\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>When walking the city, you can also see why food features that prominently on the list: Numerous restaurants are lining the streets where you can sight outside in the sun. Should the portions be too small, there are an almost equal number of ice cream parlours available.<\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"notice\">\nThis blog entry is an abridged version of the original entry in <a href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\">German<\/a>.  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2430,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[139,60],"class_list":["post-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travel-diary","tag-europe","tag-city-sights","country-at"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2430"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}