Kathi & Yannic

The place

Vienna

Baroque palaces and their gardens, the grand Ringstrasse and old coffee houses — with vineyards on the hills at the city’s edge.

February is the quieter time of year here.

The light

How the light falls there

Vienna’s palaces are painted warm yellow and cream, and its pale stone glows in a low sun. The city lies at the eastern end of its time zone, so the sun sets earlier than in Paris or Madrid: around nine at midsummer, around four in December. The best-known gardens fill up by mid-morning; photographers who want them quiet start early.