The new campus of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU) is absolutely, totally, the sh*t awesome! It's one of the greatest assemblages of modern buildings anywhere in the world today. Architects from Austria, Japan, Spain, England, and Iraq have created this campus which is the same length as the Kärntner Straße is from the Opera to Stephansplatz. The Library and Learning Center designed by Zaha Hadid is amazing. I don't think anyone can walk into that building and not say - WOW! Just try to!!. (btw - as most of you probably already know - Zaha Hadid, who is originally from Iraq, is the most famous woman architect in the world and is the only female to ever receive architecture's most prestigious prize - The Pritzker. And she teaches here in Vienna!) I attended a lecture in September by one of the planners of the new campus and I can only tell you after listening to him, how much thought went into this open university campus. Hey.... and the new pub (Lokal) called appropriately - Das Campus - is really cool. And they serve the largest variety of flavored beers in Vienna....Try the maracuja (passion fruit) flavored beer or the green banana beer! Yeah, the new WU Campus is an instant new tourist attraction for Vienna - not that Vienna needs a new tourist attraction. read more

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I haven't been back to school for years since my graduation, My friend had the idea to show me this place around, he told me since I am designer, I might like this place. So I just like followed him up. Well, it took couple station, there we reach this university. It located close to the famous amusement park in Vienna. Like my friend mentioned, I did like this place quite a lot. What a nice place to study. I really like the style of the architecture. There were couple different buildings, I really like the one which really got a geometric look, the one with the black box on the top. It reminds me a building I saw in Hamburg a bit. Inside this building, it was just wow. My friends at my back keep praising this place at my back without stop. "Like a space ship, like in star trek" he said. Hehe, I got what he wanted to say, it was really impressive, very futuristic and neat. We could just go around the hall. To go further need to be the student of this place. Well, I probably wouldn't a subject that interested to me from a University of Economics, but It is definitely a nice place to study. I also like other building near the entrance as well. Another good thing about this place is that the school isn't so far from the city centre, really easy to get around since it got a U-Bahn station around. I think my friend was right, I do like this place and a great place to have a good. Also great that got me thinking to go back to study. read more

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