Episode 24: Austria - Farcical Football, Faultless Forgeries, and Ferocious Fiddlers

    


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This time on TLT, Ali ventures to waterfalls to find himself a fiddling mentor, Zaki resumes his role as Mr. Creepy by buying a witches’ castle, and Zaeem records his audio from inside a sewer pipe that he mistook for a slide. Join us as we explore the quirkier side of Austria.



Random Rubbish

Goblin King (Check out the chin on this guy)

https://static2.srcdn.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/goblin-king-art-hobbit-Cropped-e1586223375213.jpg



Fun Facts (we use the term loosely)

Tourist Info

https://www.interrail.eu/en/interrail-passes/one-country-pass/austria

https://www.eurail.com/en/eurail-passes/one-country-pass/austria


Danube River (aka Danny)

https://www.austria.info/en/things-to-do/lakes-and-nature/danube


Disgrace of Gijon

https://www.amusingplanet.com/2020/09/the-disgrace-of-gijon-match-that.html



Actual Locations

Schönbrunn Zoo (Oldest zoo in the world)

https://www.zoovienna.at/en

EDIT: Not as cool as the oldest coffee house in the world. -- Ali


Supersense Cafe

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/supersense

EDIT: 7000 jars of scents from the 1900s. Isn't that incredible? -- Zaki

EDIT 2: That's about $70 USD, right? -- Zaeem 

EDIT 3: Yes, "scents" sounds like "cents." Very funny. Proud of yourself? And before you say yes, your joke would only make sense if it was 7000 cents, not 7000 jars of cents, you inaccurate unfunny mug. -- Zaki

EDIT 4: My joke would only make cents, I think you mean. -- Zaeem


Moosham Castle

https://gothicbitemagazine.com/2018/06/01/moosham-castle-a-horror-story/

https://mysterioustrip.com/moosham-castle-unternberg/

https://darktourists.com/moosham-castle-dark-tourism-austria/


Museum of Art Fakes

https://www.allplacestovisit.com/austria/vienna/museum-of-art-fakes


Pyramidenkogel Observation Tower

https://www.pyramidenkogel.info/en/viewing-tower


Eisriesenwelt (World of Ice Giants)

https://www.roadaffair.com/eisriesenwelt-werfen

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/eisriesenwelt

https://www.eisriesenwelt.at/en/the-cave/history.htm


Grottenbahn (Ghost Dragon Train)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/grottenbahn

https://www.upperaustria.com/en/oesterreich-poi/detail/400750/grottenbahn-fairytale-world-at-poestlingberg.html

https://lemontree.typepad.com/a_lemon_tree_of_our_own/2006/11/linzs_fairytale.html

https://www.linztourismus.at/en/leisure/discover-linz/activities/round-tours/poestlingbergbahn

EDIT: Mate, they're Disney dwarves, not cool dwarves. -- Zaeem

EDIT 2: It's got a DRAGON TRAIN and a gingerbread house ON FIRE. What more do you want? -- Zaki


Sewer Hotel

http://www.dasparkhotel.net/location/ 


Schmetterlinghaus (aka Hell on Earth) 

https://www.schmetterlinghaus.at/


Crime Museum (Vienna)

https://www.wien.info/en/crime-museum-132098


Bestattungsmuseum (Funeral Museum)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/vienna-undertakers-museum-bestattungsmuseum

EDIT: They put the "fun" in "funeral museum!" -- Zaki

EDIT 2: Oh my god. What have I become? -- Zaki



Histories & Mysteries

Café Frauenhuber (not as cool as the oldest Zoo in the world) 

https://www.cafefrauenhuber.at/index.php/de

EDIT: It's cooler than the oldest zoo in the world and you know it. -- Ali

EDIT 2: Does it have tigers? No. So you lose this argument. -- Zaeem


Fossegrim (A Fantastic Fiddler)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossegrim

EDIT: All my fairytale fiddling friend wants to do is fiddle to his heart's content and teach future fiddlers how to become fantastic fiddlers as well. You know why people throw goat heads at him? It's because he's the GOAT. -- Ali 

EDIT 2: STOP. SAYING. FIDDLE. -- Zaki



Movies & Culture

Movies Filmed in Austria

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Films_shot_in_Austria


Sound of Music

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-37405216 

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