{"id":659,"date":"2009-07-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-18T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/?p=659"},"modified":"2020-04-15T19:17:35","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T17:17:35","slug":"balkonien-fuer-wiener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/2009\/07\/19\/balkonien-fuer-wiener\/","title":{"rendered":"Staycation in Vienna"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p>Even though Vienna is not close to some mountains (as, for example, the city of <a  href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/ooe\/steyr.htm\" xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Steyr<\/a>, where I was working for three years), there are quite a few possibilities for outdoor sports within the city. The <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Donauinsel<\/span> (Danube Island) is especially popular.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>I am enjoying both cycling and rollerblading on the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Donauinsel<\/span>. The numerous paths along the so-called &quot;Neue Donau&quot; (literally &quot;New Danube&quot;, an artifical side arm of the Danube river for the purpose of flood prevention) are very suitable for these kind of sports.<\/p>\n  <div class=\"img gps\" style=\"height:500px;\">\n  <div class=\"geomap\" id=\"map_donauisl\" style=\"width:100%; height:100%;\" >\n  <noscript>\n   <p class=\"noscript\">\n    For showing the map, JavaScript is needed. However, either this browser does not support JavaScript, or it has been disabled.\n   <\/p>\n  <\/noscript>\n  <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"quer_re wp-caption alignright single-image\">\n  <p class=\"image\">\n   <a href=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/index_53.htm\" class=\"lightbox-link\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"img256x192\" src=\"..\/..\/..\/..\/regions\/europe\/austria\/wien\/thumb\/50.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"192\" alt=\"[Picture]\" title=\"Donauinsel\" \/><\/a>\n  <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n<p>As shown on the map above, the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Donauinsel<\/span> stretches along a distance of about 22.5&nbsp;kilometre. It is easily accessible by two underground lines, U6 and U1. From the two underground stations, the island stretches about seven kilometres to the north (red line), and 13&nbsp;kilometres to the south (green line). The two stations are separated by almost 2.5&nbsp;kilometres. Naturally, this area is the most visited part. Still, usually it is not too crowded, either. <\/p>\n<p>Apart from the three parallel pathways on the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Donauinsel<\/span> (one each on the shores of the Danube river and the Neue Donau, as well as one in the middle of the island), there are two more paths east of the Neue Donau (one of which is shown by the blue line in the map above). Therefore, there is more than enough room for all the bikers, roller bladers, and (sun) bathers (as it is possible to swim in the Neue Donau as well).<\/p>\n<p>All in all, the <span xml:lang=\"de\" lang=\"de\">Donauinsel<\/span> offers an excellent opportunity for escaping the city every once in a while&nbsp;&#8211; both for Viennese spending their vacations at home, as well as for travellers who have recently returned from a long-term trip, and are currently looking for a new job.<br \/>\n<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sorry, this entry is only available in Deutsch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1472,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[57],"class_list":["post-659","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-vienna","tag-biking","country-at"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659","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=659"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/659\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=659"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=659"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bernies-journeys.at\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=659"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}