Vienna is surrounded by the Bohemia forests, and most of the buildings can be dated to the 19th century and further back. The buildings, for the most part all look the same, with beige stones and small details around the windows. Unlike most big cities in the United States, the streets in Vienna are not organized in blocks, the streets all wind around in different ways. Vienna actually met closely with what I expected to see, when I think of Northern Europe I think of big cities surrounded by woods, winding cobblestone streets, and buildings older than our country.
The landscape and the buildings reflect what we are learning about German Empire because the whole city of Vienna is built around the Palace, with the Hofburg in the center of the city and everything else branching out around it. Of course with the nicest buildings closest to the palace, the further you travel away from the palace the more worn down the buildings get.
Some culture insights that I learned from this critique is how important the Palace once was to Vienna, and how having Hofburg as the center of life in Vienna effected the culture. Because of this Vienna still feels like a royal city, everyone is extremely quiet and revered and much more prim and proper than any other place I've ever been.
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