Because of the way it is spelled and pronounced, this word calls to mind a certain English word that names a rather dark and unsavory place.
The opposition between English and German definitions of 'Hell' comes to a fore in my mind the form of Vienna at night.
The city is gorgeous and beautifully lit, and even in the dark places that emerge, the shadows only make what light there is into something more striking. Its 'hell' is a bright heaven, even as ours is a lightless hole.
Basically, I really just want to communicate that Vienna is gorgeous. Also, even though I've been here before, I have the feeling that I'm seeing the place for the first time.
(And yes, there was a little of T.S. Eliot's 'Four Quartets' in that last one. Don't lampoon me for it. It's a good poem, anyway.)
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