4K Vienna Walk: Summer Construction Sites at the Wiener Donaukanal

Let's take a walk along the Donaukanal in Vienna where the U4 tunnels are getting new reinforced concrete beams and the Augartenbrücke is being completely renovated. It seems the Donaukanal is one huge construction site. But it also offers graffiti artworks of varying quality, water of very... varying quality, and a few nice green spots of planted or natural green islands.


Location: Donaukanal, Vienna
Weather: sunny
Temperature: 24°C/75°F
Time: about 0800 in the morning
Date: 2024-07-10
Camera Settings: (GoPro) Outdoor, 16:9, 4K, 25 fps, Linear & Horizon Lock, Hypersmooth

Highlights:
Walking under the large bridges
(mostly) amazing graffiti everywhere
Broad stairs to the water level
Swimming gardens
Linden trees (yes, I like to touch trees and plants)


Notes:
It was loud and hot
There were so many cyclists, I felt very much out of place as a pedestrian (with a camera)
Do not cross the street when the light is red (unless you really, really see no car or police(wo)man coming your way - but you didn't hear that from me)


Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:17 Schwedenbrücke (Bridge)
01:37 Ship "Vindobona"
02:14 Under Schwedenbrücke
04:25 Twin City Liner Station (Vienna-Bratislava)
04:55 Construction site: Open U4 tunnel
05:30 Under Marienbrücke (Bridge)
05:45 Construction site: More open U4 tunnel
06:02 Marienbrücke, side view
08:05 Construction site: Another open U4 tunnel
08:30 Stairs down to the water level
10:11 Construction site information sign "Einbau Stahlbetonträger"
10:38 Construction site: Another completely open U4 tunnel
11:00 Skyline on the other side of the Donaukanal
11:25 Under the Salztorbrücke (Bridge)
11:50 Salztorbrücke, side view
13:55 Down the wide stairs to water level
16:50 Bridge construction site sign
17:10 Algae in the water
17:37 "Kaiserbad Schleuse" (Floodgate)
18:13 "Swimming Gardens" Park
19:38 I'm the King of the world ;)
21:25 Crispy dying tree
22:06 "Ringturm" Ring Tower
22:22 Floodgate and more algae
23:50 Flex Club
25:30 Great construction site at Augartenbrücke (Bridge)
25:45 Complete renovations of Augartenbrücke
25:57 Under Augartenbrücke
26:37 Down to the water level
27:30 Green oasis at the water
28:50 Graffiti walls at the bridge driveway
29:40 Rossauer Barracks
31:10 On the Augartenbrücke
31:10 View from the Augartenbrücke to the Donaukanal
34:00 Wilhelm Kienzl Park
34:30 Johannes Nepomuk Kapelle (Chapel)
35:30 Again the Ringturm but from the other side of the canal
35:55 Linden tree
37:30 Schützenhaus (Restaurant)
39:30 Finish at Schottenring U-Bahn Station