GabiTours https://www.gabitours.at Willkommen bei GabiTours Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:31:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.2 Gerhard Klinkicht – a decision with a clear conscience https://www.gabitours.at/en/gerhard-klinkicht-a-decision-with-a-clear-conscience/ Tue, 13 Aug 2019 09:31:27 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=949 In the time period between 1933 and 1945, many people in Europe made very bad decisions. We know that from today’s point of view. I do not want to judge because I think nobody knows how he or she would have acted in those days. Instead, I would rather tell you the story of a man decided to do something right in April 1945. The war was long lost for the German troops but Adolf Hitler…

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]]> Who was Irene Harand https://www.gabitours.at/en/who-was-irene-harand/ Wed, 07 Aug 2019 10:17:05 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=945 In the streets of Vienna we often recognize the names of famous people. There is the Falco-Staircase in the 5th district or the Helmut-Qualtinger Hof in Döbling. To the Viennese people, we do not have to explain who these gentlemen were. But in the first district there is hidden in the Judengasse a municipality building that bears the name Irene-Harand Hof. When I introduce this building to my…

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]]> Halloween – Hello Wien! The veneration of the dead in Austria https://www.gabitours.at/en/halloween-hello-wien-the-veneration-of-the-dead-in-austria/ Wed, 01 Nov 2017 09:01:14 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=734 The Viennese singer songwriter Georg Kreisler already sang about it. “Death, he must be a Viennese!” For the Viennese have a very special relationship with death. This morbid nature is particularly noticeable on All Saints’ Day. Both Halloween as well as All Saints’ Day go back to the same pagan customs. It is said that on the night of October 31st, to the 1st of November, the gates between the…

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]]> “Austria is free!” – The symbols of Austria’s reconstruction after 1945 https://www.gabitours.at/en/austria-is-free-the-symbols-of-austrias-reconstruction-after-1945/ Thu, 26 Oct 2017 09:49:59 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=727 On October 26, Austria celebrates its Austrian National Day. This is our Independence Day. When the Austrian State Treaty was finally signed on May 15th 1955, the country became a free state after a 10-year occupation after the end of the Second World War. Foreign Minister Leopold Figl proclaimed with great pride but also with a great deal of relief in his voice in the state room of the Belvedere…

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]]> The Giant Ferris Wheel – And it still keeps spinning! https://www.gabitours.at/en/the-giant-ferris-wheel-and-it-still-keeps-spinning/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 18:24:26 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=712 The Giant Ferris Wheel of Vienna is regarded as one of the most popular and remarkable landmarks of the city. As a native Viennese, I had a soft spot for the Ferris Wheel since I can think. And as a tourist guide, I absolutely wanted to use it in my logo. So, there it is! But when the construction of the Giant Ferris Wheel was finished in 1897, nobody expected that it would still be spinning…

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]]> Austria conquers Hollywood https://www.gabitours.at/en/austria-conquers-hollywood/ Fri, 18 Aug 2017 17:41:06 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=707 On June 9th 2017 when Adam West died, even a part of my youth died. No, not because I’m a baby boomer. At the end of the 80ies and early 90ies, the Batman series from the 1960s ran as an eternally appearing repetition in Austrian national television.Little known fact: the role of Mr. Freeze, one of Batman’s best-known opponents, was embodied in this series by the Austrian actor and director Otto…

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]]> How to become a tourist guide…? https://www.gabitours.at/en/how-to-become-a-tourist-guide/ Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:55:48 +0000 https://www.gabitours.at/?p=697 You may think that the profession of a tourist guide is a nice side job for history or art students in Vienna. But that is wrong: there is much more to it than a well-founded historical or art historical knowledge. The trade of the tourist is a strictly regulated trade. In order to be able to exercise it, you have to complete a training. This training is very time-intensive in Vienna.

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