My late mother & I drove a long distance once to visit a beautiful village church but once inside it felt so unspeakably evil we left immediately. The atmosphere was palpable with evil, it felt as if a thousand eyes were upon us watching our every move & the nearer we went to the pulpit the stronger those feelings became, we were literally afraid for our lives. As ridiculous as it sounds this actually happened over forty years ago & I’ve never forgotten it to this day. Thank you for taking us back to Vienna & yes, if you get unsettling feelings anywhere evacuate immediately, we have intuition for a very good reason.
15 years ago was our 1st visit to Beamish open air museum UK The place is well worth visiting. There's a small church, we went to go inside but as soon as my foot was about to go thru the doorway I had a terrifying sensation come over me of dread & evil. I couldn't go in. My husband did and he said he didn't feel any emotions We have visited Beamish many times over the years and still I refuse to enter the church. You did the right thing by leaving Sallybutton6237
You passed by the grave of Gyorgi Ligeti....composer who died in Vienna. Very famous. 1923 to 2006. Wikipedia has a page on him. Some of his music used in the movie 2001 Space Odyssey.
I so agree with you. Cemeteries, Graveyards, they are "living" museums. Death, as they say, is the great equaliser. I have spent so many hours at so many different places. The one thing I know, is that there was once a person who stood near where I stand, who felt their heart break. Who looked up at the sky and wondered. We are so very fragile, and fascinating. I just subscribed. I hadn't run into you before. Very well done. I am a Funeral Officiant and arranger. I am also an end of life support person who helps those who want to be sure they have all their wishes protected and heard. I could spend all day, reading, soaking it in. Wondering.....Anyway, thank you!
There is a cemetery in Southgate Ky and being a history buff, I wanted tour it as it had a Civil War section. I drove through and stopped at three identical stones that intrigued me and discovered they were children. I was thinking I would love to clean them if I lived here. I got in my car and felt something was off…. The cemetery is HUGE and has 46,000 burials. I kept driving and had this oppressive feeling. The longer I stayed, the worse I felt. I had to get out of there. I have NEVER felt like that in any cemetery I have been in.
I felt like that when I visited the site of Andersonville Prison in Georgia. As I walked around the border where the wooden fence and "the dead line" had originally been constructed, the farther I went, the more morose I felt. Even after I left there, the feeling stayed with me for quite a while. I've never experienced that before my visit or since.
In case you're interested: Manfred Deix was an Austrian cartoonist and cat lover... he had countless cats. Peter Patzak was a film director who, among other things, made the crime parody Kottan. Günter Damisch was a painter and sculptor. Alfred Adler was a doctor and a famous psychologist. Györgi Ligeti was a composer whose music was played, among other things, in the film Shining by Stanley Kubick. Gert Jonke was a poet and playwright. A few of my relatives are there too... but they won't interest you so much 🙂
That was your best one yet. It started with your announcement that you had arrived at the church, followed by the lift ride to the floor of nowhere. The lift ride to the brightest, cleanest, creepiest mausoleum I have ever seen. I was feeling your anxiety. The grave of the woman going through the door is really sticking with me, and it has to be one of the best monuments I have ever seen.
What a fascinating cemetery and chapel. You can tell a lot of money was spent here to bury their loved ones. I know you’re not a paranormal channel, but, just imagine if you brought a K2 meter with you to validate the eerie feelings that you felt? I’d really like to see that when you visit future cemeteries, and I’m sure your viewers would like that as well. Take care and Thank you for the tour!! 👍🫶
I'm very familiar with this beautiful place, i lived and was born in Vienna. You can ask me next time to show you the best places you've missed to film- it's so big you cannot make it in one day without help. I was there dayly for making photographs of the deers, the mousuleums and graveyards. Old coffins with flowers on it for over 150yrs. are on my best photos and also bodies from graves where noone is paying anymore so they were made empty soon. You missed the best part of jewish graves, these are impressive! Also the right side for the entry up to the top of the cemetery is great! Instead of that you went nearly to the part where migrants lie, plastic flowers and cars carved into the gravestones- not so pretty that style😅🙏. Sorry for the plains landing nearby in Schwechat at airport, they must have change the root for this day- normally it's not that loud there. If you want to call me, i can show you not only this cemetery but also other smaller ones with beautiful mousoleums from the old epoche. Nice to see you were here, thanks for your video!👍
I watched a David Attenborough documentary a while back that featured this cemetery! There are wild hamsters there & they eat candle wax! 😂😂. I love hamsters. Did you see any ? 😊.
According to Google, it’s the cemetery where they filmed two scenes for Carol Reed’s The Third Man, often called the greatest British film noir- and a true masterpiece
Dan great video, thank you so much for sharing. The Mausoleum was interesting and the church was beautiful. Cemetery was beautiful like last year and what beautiful sculptures thanks again for sharing.
oh wow - that incredibly poignant tomb and figure of Karoline, perhaps writing her own name on the marble. What was her Story, I wonder? Loved seeing you follow the guidance of deer and speaking with them. Apparently, "A deer crossing your path may serve as a reminder to trust your intuition and follow your instincts." I think you do this admirably. Thank you for these videos!
I absolutely love your videos. I take my dog for walks in historic large rural cemeteries in the upstate New York area every weekend. I really enjoy sitting with her and watching your videos. I love this cemetery in Vienna. (And all your tours). I agree with you. Cemetery's make the best art and history museums. Someday I hope to visit some of the incredible cemeteries you take us on. Keep up the great work.
There is this HUGE cemetery in Scarborough Ontario ( Toronto Burbs) that when you go in all you see are people using it for fitness, families strolling and walking dogs, workers keeping the whole place clean, grass cut and pristine looking. I also walk there. I park right by my mon's grave and visit for a bit before walking one of several paths. I do the 3km square that brings me right back to my mom's site passing the Military portion with its cannons and flags and unit monuments, the stream and the coffee shop all inside the cemetery. Pine Hills Cemetery Scarborough Ontario
The problem is dogs are not allowed in Viennas cemeterys. People do not drop theyre poop...but i lived in St. Marx, near the cemetary (Friedhof) in 3. district of Vienna, where Morzert lies and went there dayly with my dog. Neddless to say i put his poops away😊. The graves are much older than here, many singers- so the first Pamina from the Mozarts Magic flute, is there too.
I’m from Livingston County,NY and in the region my family had their own namesake (Ikelers cemetery) ,never even knew until I left ! Ashamed how so many Americans now treat their families histories & cultural heritage !
Wow! That first big plot you saw, Brüder, that's my husband's family name! They spell it "Bruder", though, without the umlaut. But still, that's the first time I've ever seen our name in a video like this! That's awesome! Wonder if they could be distant relatives? LOL. Of course, bruder, with or without the umlaut, also means "brother", in German. Either way, still very cool to see!
I'm from the southern US and recently discovered your channel and really enjoy your videos. From the way you talk you must be well informed. Interesting how you get anxious inside some places I too have that happen to me from time to time
Really enjoyed this one. Strangely relaxing to watch. Please seem huge. You are right what you said about museums & art, these places certainly are that. I wonder what these people would make of the world today.
The large tomb in the crypt is that of Dr. Karl Lueger, former mayor of Vienna from 1897 to 1910 and whom the church was originally dedicated to. He was largely responsible for the development of modern Vienna, but a screaming antisemite.
What a contradictions graveyard should be a quiet place but the planes make a lot of noise. It was a beautiful church. I noticed you were happy to be out in the open again👻😲. Beautiful walk. Thanks for the tour Martha
I was thinking the same, imagine picking somewhere nice and peaceful to be buried, then only to be tormented by noisy planes every two minutes!😱😂, however it's a very beautiful place regardless of the noise pollution!🤔🙂✌️
Thanks for your great videos of places I'll never get to. I looked up Gunter Damish. He was an artist, "known for his lush paintings of rhizome-like forms and undulating lines." His works are in the collections of some Austrian museums, including the Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig in Vienna, and the Museum Liaunig in Neuhaus." Either he designed his own headstone, or someone did based on his work.
I just love your walks, voice and places. I'm in long beach washington state west coast, so your walks are so fun and different from what I sea every day ⚓
When I saw the name Alfred Adler on the headstone, the first thing that popped into my head was the character of Irene Adler in Doyle's "Sherlock Holes" stories.
"That curly saugage thing!" As usual I love your prose! What a treat to get a revisit to Vienna and see so many new and different burial monuments. Thank you for showing us the chapel too! ⚡😳 Leave the wildlife alone😂⚡ Dan can we use anything other than ko-fi (is that what it's called)? I can send a substantial amount but I only use PayPal. It also allows me to remain anonymous. Please let me know. Thanks Janet
I remember the last time I visited Vienna and went to the Central I also had a strange feeling in the crypt beneath the Church. Which is strange to me, because I'm a mortician and surrounded by death all the time. Maybe the place got some gas leak or some CO2 issue.
There was a beautiful marker for 3 brothers who died in 1915. It was the one where they were in their uniforms. I can’t imagine losing 3 sons in war at the same time.
What an amazing walk. I was really taken aback at the massive modern Janovic Romano gravesite. Makes me really want to know more about him and what happened as he dies but appear very old. I was unable to read the writing on the wall. Perhaps some day if you go back, you could highlight a few gravesites and give a history on the person - it would be really amazing to see. Thank you for what you do!
For crypts... I never take the elevator. always take the stairs, and I carry jambs for the doors, slip it over the door and it no longer returns into the frame. if its a one way lock you're not going to be stuck in it when you have a panic attack. I've had panic attacks in crypts, sometimes its just the air. A bunch of digestive gases are denser than air, and just because a coffin is 200-300 years old it doesn't always mean everything inside has finished its dissolution. Every crypt has a certain character, some are just evil.
Amazing monument and statues you have in Europe. In the US we have a lot of cemeteries and graveyards hidden off in woods and seclude mountain sides. They aren’t as ornate or monumental but still hold special significance of course to those who are connected. Love seeing your videos and can’t wait to see your take on the US when you come over.
So much for resting in peace, all those planes!! I'm not a fan of 20th century graves, unless they are military, but I have to say that some of these statues are definitely museum worthy! And I mean no offence when I say, the pink thing looks like a turd, lol. Thanks Dan. Deb of Oz.
Can you slow down when walking the path? The stones look so beautiful but you walk by so fast its hard to enjoy them.. And when you stop could you pause a little and zoom in so we can view the stone and writing please
If you ever get a chance to come to Michigan in the US check out Woodlawn cemetery in Detroit. It's a stunning victorian cemetery (that still gets modern burials). Has the Dodge tomb (the guys who started the car company) that has sphinx and stained glass showing the valley of the kings in Egypt. Art deco, victorian, Greek gods, celtic crosses, statues... famous American historical figures such as rosa parks and a monument to Michael Jackson. Down the street from it is a Jewish cemetery that is the worst place I've ever been in, and I've been in cemeteries all over the world. It's beautiful, but it feels like you're being smothered and screamed at to get out. It's... loud. That's the best way i can describe the feeling.
The grave behind glass in the "underchurch" as it's called is Karl Luegers, a 20th century mayor of Vienna, his mixture of populism and anti-semitism is said to have been an important model to a certain later anti-semite of Austrian descent. I can imagine that space being a bit restless.
@@autodidact2289 You are welcome. I read a booklet on the Zentralfriedhof once, had a suspicion and needed google only to confirm it. Thank you for the thank you though :)
17:47 Unintentional ASMR.. 😊 Btw. that wasnt only a crypt, that was a Mausoleum like in the "Phantasm" movies or in the movie "One dark Night".. really nice place, no need to be afraid from the dead... only from the living!
