The Vienna Zoo is one of the oldest Zoos in the World - back when there were Emperors and Empresses, there was the Zoo.
Needless to say, we have come a long way since we first took a giraffe from Africa for the first time and had a bunch of nobilit walk around at the bizarre creatures from distant lands.
The original design of the Vienna Zoo had this central structure (cool frescos on the ceiling, by the way). And then where Patrick is standing there would have been individual cages for each animal - I think there were about 12-16 cages in all. So basically you had the visitors walk in a circular path and see each animal.
Well, when they redid the zoo, they basically reversed it, and allowed the animals way more space, and the people are now in the cage surrounded by the animals. Hard to explain, but cool to see. This place didn't do too bad of a lunch either.
