Based on the previous shopping post from Venice, I thought that it's about time to share one from Vienna, Austria which even though we visited just one month away from our trip to Venice, I only figured out I have enough pictures taken in the shops when scrolling through the pictures from the dedicated folder.
Along with getting more knowledge about the history of a place and its culture and specific traditions, I have a guilty pleasure of finding out what is the most common thing you usually see in the shops from that place visited, as well as searching for souvenirs to bring home.
It's true that I never enjoyed shopping as I always preferred doing it online due to obvious reasons such as being more comfortable and less time-consuming. But as it would end up crazy expensive to order souvenirs from abroad, I have to do this activity in the classic way, by entering all kinds of shops that stir interest in one way or another.
One of those shops that caught our attention the most and made us spend quite a while in and around it, was the one from above, placed fairly close to one of the landmarks of Vienna, Hundertwasserhaus which I'll write about soon.
So as soon as we finished our visit nearby, we discovered this shop which at first seemed like a small one but as soon as we entered it, we found a whole new world with plenty of shops that were going to steal a lot of time from us.
There was pretty much anything a tourist would like to see in terms of souvenirs, from the common postcards and mugs that are never missing, to scarfs and clothing, from jewelry to vessel, but also specific food and drinks that caught a lot of attention on a cold weather as it was back then when everyone searched for a way to warm up for a bit.
We even spotted some sort of nerd shop with gaming mugs and accessories from where I'd return home with an entire luggage of souvenirs of that kind since gaming was one of my first passions. But since we usually travel with low-cost tickets that only involve a hand bag, there was literally no space for this kind of souvenirs.
Just when we thought that we finished checking out every single shop, we noticed that there were some stairs taking people to the next floor, which even though it wasn't as large as the space from the ground floor, we still spotted some new souvenirs painted very nicely which I noticed as being the main style for this kind of souvenirs in Vienna.
We also had our eyes fixed on some traditional sweets but as there were a lot of people waiting to order and we had a few more things to check out for the rest of the day, we decided to postpone this moment.
Various pieces of vessel were met pretty often during our walks in town, which even though I anticipated as being something with these that are literally at every corner of the street, I only found out that they are sort of a traditional thing in Vienna and are often bought as souvenirs along with snow globes, after finding this article.
Personally, I've never been a glass person as I find it more comfortable to have any kind of drink from a mug, but I would have loved to take a set of glasses for my parents as a souvenir if my available space for traveling wouldn't be so limited. That was also a lesson for us that we should travel in less cold seasons so we won't need to carry so many thick clothes that take up almost the entire space from our backpacks.
And last but not least, we couldn't leave before running into some random window shops, like the yellow ducks that were quite often in the showcases of more shops, or the jewelry that are also a traditional thing. The ducks are entirely made of rubber and they are inspired by famous personalities with ties from Austria like Mozart, Sisi und Franz Joseph, Klimt, Freud, the Vienna Boys' Choir, and Beethoven. All of these are handpainted and they do look like one of those souvenirs that would be easy to remember with the passage of time, where you got it from.
Along with these we also noticed plenty of specific clothing exposed but also a zombie marionette that had nothing to do with the rest of the window shops. As ugly as this one was, I couldn't leave without taking a picture of his kitchen apron that had a very funny text message at the bottom making sure to steal smiles or laughter from most of the people entering the shop.
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