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Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel

Vienna Giant Ferris Wheel

The Riesenrad (meaning "giant wheel") is a Ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Vienna, Austria. It was one of the first Ferris wheels, erected in 1897 to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef I's golden Jubilee. The designer was an Englishman, Walter Bassett, which explains why the wheel's diameter is a round number in Imperial units - 200 feet (approximately 61 m). The Riesenrad is now one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the city for many people.

The Riesenrad is one of Vienna's most popular tourist attractions, and symbolises the city for many people. The Riesenrad is a ferris wheel at the entrance of the Prater amusement park in Vienna, Austria. It was one of the earliest Ferris wheels, erected in 1897 to celebrate Emperor Franz Josef I's golden Jubilee. The designer was an Englishman, Walter Bassett, which explains why the wheel's diameter is a round number in Imperial units - 200 feet (approximately 61 m).
15 cabins provide visitors with unique “round trip experience”. From journeys in cabins of the style of the year 1897 to small-scale celebrations, press conferences, or a romantic dinner for two in our luxury cabins, the "Jubiläumswaggon" and "Jugendstil." It is also possible to marry in a special cabine.
For more than a century the Giant Wheel has been turning above Vienna, offering a unique vista of the City on the Danube. For the Viennese and visitors alike, the Wheel has become an unmistakeable symbol of the city, visible from far away. Now another wheel turns at its foot: The "Wheel of History." The tour takes in two thousand years of the history of Vienna and stories of the Prater. From the Roman Times, Middle Ages, Turkish Wars, Biedermeier and the golden 20s to the disaster of the world war.

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