Vienna is a hibernating animal. In winter, the city sleeps - no movement, no parties, no nothing. This is true for most cities that suffer from continental climate, but especially for us - as soon as the temperature drops below 0°C, it’s stop, drop and stay home. But in summer… the city comes alive.

Take the inner court of the Museumsquartier, for example. Between autumn and spring, it’s abandoned, with just a few tourists walking through. But as soon as it gets warm enough to stay out, half the town is here, eating, drinking, talking, dancing, relaxing and partying. I already told you about the benches (they are much more comfortable than they look), and if you want to slack on one after noon, you better reserve in advance - well, actually, you can’t, so you have to be fast, or patient.

There’s three nice little restaurants there, enough space indoors, shops and much more. In the few years that the Museumsquartier was around, it turned into a real center of urban life, something Vienna was lacking in the past. There’s almost no day without an exhibition, an open-air gig or something else to look at.

I really love this place - the more I go there, the more I feel home here.