Vienna and Prague - twins cities

Recently Hive account@krakonos commented that I somehow often go to Vienna. Well, why wouldn't I. It's not far, and I have a nice train connection. Actually, a trip to Vienna for me is something similar to a Prague resident going to, say... Benešov. I don't mean to compare Vienna to Benešov, I'd just say it's about the same complicated trip.

If I had to compare Vienna to something, it would definitely be to Prague (and I hope I don't piss off either the Prague or Vienna people with that comparison). For example, what's the first thing I see when I get to the city center? Ha, a trdelnik. In Prague as in Vienna.

And a building like the Wiener Staatsoper, for example, is like Prague's National Theatre on steroids.

In the verse of a well-known poet, I will show some pictures of Viennese palaces. Yes, the Danube is more imposing than the Vltava, but I might as well have taken the other photos in Vienna as as in Prague (or in Olomouc, as in this article)

What about... candy stores? Can the Demel confectionery on Kohlmarkt compare with some of Prague's famous confectioneries, such as Myšák just off Wenceslas Square?

What about the queues? What are the queues for in Prague? In Vienna there was a queue for Louis Vuiton and Chanel.

And how presumptuous is it to compare Stephen with Vitus?

However, the goal of my trip to Vienna was not just to walk around the city. The real goal was one tourist attraction. Although I'm a fairly frequent visitor to Vienna, it was my first time there. But I'll write about that again next time. So just take this as a taster.