289: Street furniture in Vienna

The equipment that is placed on the streets for services to citizens, information, or even sometimes to generate income for municipalities, is called street furniture. Street furniture in Austria, especially in big cities like Vienna gets a lot of attention due to the large number of tourists.

Some of these elements are as follows:

• Street benches => Examples
• Street lights (lamps) => Examples
• Traffic lights => Examples
• Street warnings => Examples
• Post boxes => Examples
• Bus stops (stations) => Examples
• Tram stops (stations) => Examples
• Train stops (stations) => Examples
• Taxi stands => Examples
• City bike stations => Examples
• ATMs (Automated Teller Machines) => Examples
• Public toilets => Examples
• Fire hydrants and street water taps => Examples
• Waste containers => Examples
• Street libraries => Examples
• Newspaper boxes or bags => Examples
• Statues and monuments
• Advertising column (Litfasssäule)
• Telephone Kiosks
• Defibrillators
• Clocks
• Street scales
• Vending machines (Tobacco, beverages, snacks, personal hygiene items, electronic items, etc)
• Photo booths (Fotoautomaten)
• Bollards (Poller)