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Happy hour

VIENNA is lucky among cities in possessing a rich panoply of romantic heritage—the Hofburg palace in the heart of the old city with its Spanish Riding School; the New Year’s Day concert at the Musikverein with its sequences of Strauss waltzes; the winter balls; the Upper Belvedere full of Klimts with its wonderful view over the city; the arrow-like spire of the Stefansdom still at the heart of it all. But the casual visitor may not be aware that Vienna has nearly 1,730 acres of

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