{"id":5150,"date":"2023-01-14T19:56:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T18:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=5150"},"modified":"2023-01-14T19:56:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T18:56:58","slug":"im-herzen-der-oesterreichischen-demokratie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2023\/01\/14\/im-herzen-der-oesterreichischen-demokratie\/","title":{"rendered":"At the heart of Austrian Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today, I made the &#8220;mistake&#8221; of attending the open day of the Austrian Parliament (which was re-opened after its renovation). When I got there 20 minutes before opening, it was already <em>a bit<\/em> busy.<!--more--><\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"20230114_124712\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x270\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230114_124712-360x270.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"National Council meeting room\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   National Council meeting room\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>In the end, it even turned out to be even more busy than expected: Instead of less than an hour (as I originally estimated), I spent a full two hours waiting on the ramp to Parliament. At midday, I was finally able to walk through the corridors of Parliament and visit the renovated assembly halls. In particular, the huge glass dome above the National Council Chamber is very impressive. But also the corridors seem to be more brightly lit than I remembered them from my <a  href=\"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2013\/10\/26\/oesterreichischer-nationalfeiertag\/\">last visit<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"20230114_122928\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x270\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230114_122928-360x270.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Federal Council Chamber\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Federal Council Chamber\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"20230114_123709\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x270\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230114_123709-360x270.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Federal Assembly Chamber\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Federal Assembly Chamber\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>The visitor center on the ground floor of the building, directly below the magnificent columned hall, is also very well-designed and informative. However, by then, the waiting lunch was already quite alluring.<\/p>\n<p>So, is the renovated Parliament worth a visit? Definitly yes. Is it worth standing in line for two hours for this? Maybe not.<\/p>\n<p>  <div class=\"wp-bkab-mixed_3to4 wp-caption\">\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-quer_li\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"20230114_122226\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img360x270\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230114_122226-360x270.jpg\" width=\"360\" height=\"270\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Reception Hall\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Reception Hall\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"wp-bkab-hoch_re\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"20230114_124145\/\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img270x360\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/20230114_124145-270x360.jpg\" width=\"270\" height=\"360\" alt=\"[Foto]\" title=\"Columned Hall\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <p class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n   Columned Hall\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"clear\">\n\n  <\/div>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5151,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[139,60],"class_list":["post-5150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vienna","tag-europe","tag-city-sights","country-at"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150","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=5150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}