With no tourists in Vienna because of the lockdown horse-drawn carriage drivers are helping an effort to provide free meals to the elderly, who are particularly threatened by the coronavirus outbreak.
“There are no tourists, there is no business at all, and therefore they’re all at home. But the horses still need to move around,” said Christian Gerzabek, a part-time fiaker driver and a local official in Vienna’s 13th district. “My idea was to combine the practical with something good for people who need it”
Tourism stays at hotels are banned, and the InterContinental Vienna hotel has no guests but is providing free meals to the elderly in its neighbourhood, Vienna’s third district, just outside the city centre. InterContinental Vienna general manager Brigitte Trattner said they wanted to help in any way possible.
Gerzabek and two other fiaker drivers have joined the effort to deliver the 250-300 meals a day the hotel prepares, which are also transported by car and bicycle. As of Easter Monday, the target group will switch to medical staff on the night shift at a nearby hospital.
Intercontinental Vienna delivers food to elnderly with carriages
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