As the sun sets, from the panoramic terrace of the Museums Quartier (MQ), you can contemplate the historic rooftops and ornate domes of imperial Vienna on the horizon, and the contemporary volumes of one of Europe's most avant-garde cultural centres at its feet. Overlooking the noble volumes of the former stables of the Imperial Court, i.e. 60,000 m², one is struck by the modernity of the place. For the past two decades, a handful of museums have shared space with trendy restaurants, shops and cafes. At one end is the architecture center. Further on, the Kunsthalle, a place dedicated to dance and another for children, then, in the centre, two unmissable monuments of contemporary architecture: the famous Leopold Museum, erected as a sculptural cube of white limestone, responds to the Mumok – Museum of Modern Art – in its anthracite basalt costume. Wherever you look, the contrast is striking: architectural, artistic, human, generational. And all the...
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