Jun 9
Last week I went to Vienna, and while I was there, I visited a waste incinerator. This may sound like a strange thing to do, but the Spittelau Incinerator is not your average trash-burning facility. It was originally built in the 1960s, but following a major fire in the mid-80s, it was rebuilt to a design by visionary artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser. You can't go inside, but you can walk most of the way around it and get an ever-changing view of its patterns and decorative details. The chimney with its golden bauble (which holds an emissions monitoring station) makes a striking landmark for the local area.
