The city of Vienna is located where the rolling hills of the Vienna Woods slope down into the Vienna basin, the Wiener Becken; from here it spreads out on both sides of the Danube. The Vienna Woods, to the west of the city, provide a welcome green belt and a peaceful backdrop and recreation area for city dwellers – it is a popular destination among the Viennese for short excursions and hikes. Today’s suburbs such as Grinzing and Nussdorf were once separate countryside villages, until the spreading city swallowed them up as part of the Greater Vienna area. In the 17th and 18th centuries the city’s rich and noble families built their summer residences and villas within easy reach of the capital, but far enough out to benefit from cool rural surroundings during the hottest time of the year. Schloss Schönbrunn, Geymüller Schlössel and Hermesvilla were grand summer houses of this type. Also away from the centre, for reasons of hygiene and space, is the country’s largest cemetery, the Zentralfriedhof.
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