Quicker than walking … the tour route (see below) lies beyond the Várkerület that rings the well-known Belváros / Altstadt / Old Town, as seen in the distance at the beginning and end here. Sopron’s German name is Ödenburg and many street signs are bilingual. By train, Sopron lies an hour and a quarter south of Vienna (Wien Hbf). As he was born nearby, Liszt’s first public performance took place in Ödenburg in November 1820, when he was nine. Hence the music in the video.

P.S. the Belváros

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