Description:
For Graz's designation as Europe's Cultural Capital for 2003, the Island in the Mur (tel. 0699/13090013) was created in the shape of a dome and a bowl. The "isle" appeals to locals and visitors alike, and its glass and metal structure features an amphitheater, playground, and cafe/bar, called Insel. In the words of its Brooklyn-based architect, Vito Acconci, the island "takes the city into the river and the river into the city." Frankly, we think the whole attraction evokes a utopian spaceship. The cafe/bar, for example, is submerged under a water roof and reached through a spiraling pathway that includes two access ramps and tubes linking the island with both riverbanks. The island rests on a floating platform.
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Ask a local about Island in the Mur
Ask Graz Locals about Island in the Mur
Awards:
Frommer's
- Recommended 2010
- Details
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Contact:
- visit website
- tel: +43 6605566771
- fax: +43 316 69 5860
- send email
Address:
- Lendkai 19
- Graz 8020
Neighborhood:
PuntigamStrenuousness:
- Easy
- User Rating
