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December 3, 2008

 
Tidy gardens, swimming pools and quaint cottages — in the heart of Vienna!
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Little Austria 2, © Gianmaria Gava


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Aerial view of Auf der Schmelz, Vienna, Austria.
Courtesy of the official homepage of the Schmelz: www.kgv-zukunft.at


These quaint summer cottages with their tidy gardens are typical variations of mountain homes in Austria. What's unique about them is that they are clustered together in a tiny patch of urban oasis in downtown Vienna — a walled-in, fairytale community surrounded by concrete offices and industrial buildings.

If you look carefully, you can see the rooftops of nearby factories behind many of the cottages.

See more photos, and read more, in Lens Culture.