von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
As we noticed already in Vienna many transnational commuters use the extensive bus-network. The rather brand new ‚Container Village‘ in front of the main station hosts travel-agencies and small cafes. The ad of this bus company covers exactly the destinations we passed on our „triangle-trip“ (Vienna – Tallinn – Sofia –...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
Very representative the combination of the big hall, a monument and the vast underground network of passages and paths. But sadly the spaces are hardly frequented and shops closed down. … and on the platform – encounter with the frigo-containers of an Austria based hauling...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 11, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
By accident we had visited the newly redesigned „Jenzki Pazar“ (the Women’s Market) in Sofia exactly on the day and in that half an hour when the mayor of Sofia proudly presented the innovations to the press! Before the total redesign the project „The Unseen Women’s Market„, initiated by Nikola Venkov, intended to provoke a debate about the value of this type of urban spaces in Bulgaria by focussing on the markets‘ diversity and individual narratives. Next to the redevelopment the stalls from socialist period are still in...
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 10, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
From the guard at the SOMAT hotel, we got the hint to the SOMAT base in Pazardzhik. Since it was on our route we stopped over. Again a very friendly guard who has been already for SOMAT showed us around, telling us stories from the ‚glory days‘! By coincidence we met a couple posing in front of the old and staged „Berliet“ truck from the 1960-ties. He has been working for SOMAT for several years and now lives in Slovakia. He just came to Pazardzhik meet his parents and his siblings – all living abroad. Surprisingly the run down base is still partly in use – owned by the successor-enterprise Willi Betz and rented to several other businesses....
von Michael Hieslmair | Aug 10, 2014 | First Research Trip, Team Vienna |
We pull over, as we notice the lettering „Waberers Terminal“. The company Waberers Optimum Solution is the successor of state owned hauling-company Hungarocamion. At our previous stop a truck driver explained Emi the difference between „Grey Parking“ and „White Parking“. The „Grey“ is not guarded and provides a rather informal...
