North of the Ring: Medicine, Stairs and Red Vienna

The stops, in walking order

1. 1

   

   Stop 1: Josephinum

   ~3 min here

   Josephinum is a former medical and surgical academy, created to train army doctors for the Austrian army.

2. 2

   

   Stop 2: Narrenturm

   ~3 min here

   The Narrenturm is a five-storey circular building, created specifically to house psychiatric patients.

3. 3

   

   Stop 3: Strudlhofstiege

   ~3 min here

   Strudlhofstiege is an outdoor staircase whose architecture and literary history are equally remarkable.

4. 4

   

   Stop 4: Müllverbrennungsanlage Spittelau

   ~3 min here

   Spittelau is a waste-incineration plant whose striking facade turns an industrial building into a work of art.

5. 5

   

   Stop 5: Karl-Marx-Hof

   ~3 min here

   Karl-Marx-Hof is a monumental municipal housing complex, stretching through Heiligenstadt in Vienna’s Döbling district.

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