Visit to Vienna, Austria - 27 - 29 September 2015

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I travelled by train from Munch to Vienna by bus.

Above - Bikeshare

Above - This is the Natural History Museum - I spent a fair bit of time inside this building.

Above - A modern art museum

Above - These stairs look interesting. They led down to an old bomb shelter from WWII

Above - The shelter is now a Museum of Torture. In this tableau - Bakers are lowered into a tank of excrement if they sell an underweight product.

Above - A painful looking chair!

Above - Women who argue were placed in this

Above - Gossips had to wear one of these

Above - People who cheated at cards or dice had to wear this around the city

Above - Witches or heretics were burnt on the stake - but to reduced their suffering - bags of gunpowder would be tied to their necks to make there death quicker. It was thought that fire would not burn innocent people.

Above - Iron maiden

Above - Other methods of punishment

Above - The executioner had a difficult job. Often he was gievn unlimited alcohol the night before he had a job (and so was the victim) - this was to settle his nerves, but this often had the side effect that he he took several blows to remove the victim's head. Or sometimes he missed it completely!

Above - The guillotine. An early model was made completely of wood - even the blade.

Above - Torture in schools. The schoolmaster could administer corporal punishment. Vienna abolished the cane in 1908. A modern replacement torture is detaining the students after school.