Hundertwasserhaus
36 Kegelgasse, Landstraße, Vienna, 1030, Austria
Friedensreich Hundertwasser hated straight lines.
Narrenturm
2 Spitalgasse, Alsergrund, Vienna, 1090, Austria
Emperor Joseph II built Europe's first dedicated psychiatric institution in 1784, and it looked exactly like what you'd expect from a man who believed mental illness could be cured with architecture: a perfectly circular five-storey tower with cells arranged around a central courtyard, designed so patients could exercise in a controlled circle and never find a corner to hide in.
Third Man Sewers
Girardipark (near Karlsplatz), 1040 Vienna
In 1949, Orson Welles ran through these sewers as the black marketeer Harry Lime, and a network of cholera-era drainage tunnels became one of the most famous film locations in cinema history.
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