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"AC/DC - Wiener Prater"

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February 23rd 2010
24th May ‘09: Wiener? Ah, if you're looking for Vienna on a road map, you'll find it written as Wien. I'm sure you knew that, though. The Ernst Happel football stadium, chosen venue for AC/DC's gig tonight, is in a pleasant park - an area that was declared free for public enjoyment in 1766 - known as Prater. Since the 1890s, when the Giant Ferris Wheel went up, it became more and more an amusem ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more