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The History of the VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Ferris Wheel Practical Information
One of Vienna’s most famous Funfair: Open 15 Mar–end Oct:
landmarks, the giant Ferris 10am–11pm daily. Ferris Wheel:
Wheel was immortalized in Tel 7295430. Open daily (times
the film of Graham Greene’s vary). ∑ wienerriesenrad.com
The Third Man. It was built in Planetarium: Open 8:30am–noon,
1896 by the English engineer 1–2:30pm Tue, Thu; 8:30am–noon,
Walter Basset, but it has only 6–8pm Wed; 1:45–8pm Fri; 2:15–
half the original number of 7pm Sat, Sun & hols. Miniature
cabins, since a fire destroyed railway: Open end Mar–end Oct:
many of them in 1945. 10am–11pm daily. Golf course:
Open 8am–4pm Mon–Thu.
Stadionbad: Open May–Sep:
9am–7pm Mon–Fri (to 8pm Jul &
Aug), 8am–7pm Sat, Sun & hols (to
0 metres 800 8pm Jul & Aug). Maria Grun Kirche:
0 yards 800 Open 10am–3pm Sun. Lusthaus:
Open Jan–Mar: noon–5pm Sat–
Tue; Apr–Sep: noon–10pm Mon,
Tue, Thu & Fri (to 6pm Sat, Sun &
hols); Oct–Dec: noon–5pm
Thu–Tue. Tel 7289565.
∑ prater.at
Transport
% < Praterstern. @ 77A, 80A.
v 1 (park), O, 5 (funfair).
. Hauptallee
The avenue lined with
chestnut trees stretches
for 5 km (3 miles)
through the centre
of the Prater.
Lusthaus
The 18th-
century
octagonal pavilion,
formerly a hunting lodge,
now houses a restaurant.
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