Margaretenstraße 51 1050 Wien, Austria
For a european apartment, Brandon and I lucked out. Traditionally most moderately priced european apartments are narrow and squishy. Our apartment is located on the third floor (which is called the second story since the ground floor is technically considered zero). It is found in the heart of the Margareten district - the fifth district of Wien, Austria - highlighted in the image below. The innerstaldt (inner district), located in the central heart of Wien, is the first district. The remaining 22 districts are numbered in a circular fashion with larger numbers corresponding to districts farther from the city center.
The greatest thing about the apartment is its location. It is in the same district as Coop Himmelb(l)au - the firm Brandon currently interns at. This gives him a nice ten minute walk to and from work!
Now back to the apartment. Let me give you a little walkthrough breakdown...
When you enter, in front of you there is a walk-in pantry closet area. The door comes with a ridiculous deadbolt-bar which takes three turns of the key to open and close.
Next is the kitchen, which is decently spacious for Europe, with a full four burner stove and OMG a dishwasher. I forgot how amazing this invention was. The bathroom goes off from the kitchen area and harbors the all-in-one washer/dryer, which of course is all in German so it looks like no clean clothes, oh well.
Walking through double glass doors is the bedroom consisting of at least a king sized WATERBED. Yes I did say waterbed... welcome to 1986. There is a TV with cable, so we watch a lot of BBC news since it is one of the only english channels. Lastly, there is a nice sized walk-in closet, which I bought a hamper and some organizing bins for.
The most notable thing about the apartment is the strange art-deco style. Of course all the art on the walls are naked women. Some of it is even frightening.
Did I mention some were a little frightening?!
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