| Page Views: 2,060 Last Visit to Graz: September, 2006 | Charming Styrian Capital by Anjutka - last update: Nov 20, 2007 |
Mediterranean and Eastern touch in Austria | The Uhrturm (Clock Tower) on Schlossberg |
I was at least once in each one of all the eight other states of Austria before I succeeded to come for the first time to Styria. No wonder, it is a bit far from my temporary residence in Tirol. But I heard before already quite a lot about it - not only from Lothar who worked for a while in Graz and liked it very much. So I was already eager to see and experience it all myself.
My first contact with Graz was a nice surprise. I arrived in the best time of this city, in the early autumn (this year it was more felt being a late summer). The city is not as far in the East as Vienna and not as far in the South as Klagenfurt but it feels in a pleasant way more Southern than the Southern Carinthia and even slightly more "Eastern" than Vienna. It is also felt more "Italianità" here than in Innsbruck which is so much closer to Italy. It is a special way of a more relaxed and easy going attitude, an atmospere which is clearly "South of the Alps" - and close to Pannonia.
It is said - and you can almost feel it: "In Graz gehen die Uhren anders" ("in Graz the clocks go an other way"). This is not only valid for the clock at the Uhrturm which confuses every first time visitor, simply because here the long hand shows the hours and the short one the minutes - which seems quite logical because hours are longer than minutes.... |
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| Pros: | "for me the most charming city in Austria" | | Cons: | "Parking" | | In A Nutshell: | "A visit of Austria is not complete without Graz" |
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GrantBoone Wed Sep 30, 2009 12:18 UTC
Croatian food ? Thats a new one for me! | balhannah Fri Sep 25, 2009 10:17 UTC
This looks a nice town for a visit. I really love that Bakery you found, gorgeous! hope they never knock it down and build new, it would be a shame! | jumpingnorman Sat Mar 21, 2009 03:34 UTC
Great picture of you by the Ulthrum clock and walking in the Old City...hope I visit this place someday, Norman :) | Cristian_Uluru Fri Mar 13, 2009 13:58 UTC
Forse riesco a vedere questa bella città questa estate! |
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