City in Construction: Seestadt at Sunset

On the site of a former airfield, a new city planned from scratch is being built to accommodate thousands of new people. Vienna is expected to grow in the upcoming decade. A city within the city, basically. Seestadt, translated in English, means lake city and is named due to the artificial lake in the center of the town. To date, there is not much to see besides the newly built metro station (the Violet Line U2), many cranes, and a giant mud hole in the middle (the lake to be). But especially at sunset, the symphony of cranes has beauty on its own. There is also an exhibition worthwhile visiting with a lot of information about the project and a wooden panorama tower with a nice view (last picture). Local artists were allowed to spray the exhibition’s container, giving the place an urban flair. Although the city itself is yet missing…