SILVER MEDAL FOR VIENNA IN THE EUROPEAN CONGRESS CITY RANKING Paris, Vienna, Barcelona. According to the recent rankings of the ICCA, the International Congress and Convention Association, these three cities are the top 3 congress destinations in Europe. The reason why Vienna is seen as part of the top spots...
Klaus Peter Vollmann is head of fashion at “look!”, Vienna’s women’s magazine. He is responsible for fashion stories, several fashion productions, and photo shoots. In 2014, he was awarded “Fashion Editor of the Year”. Marion Hauser is a lifestyle expert, who, since 1989, has been working...
Peter Rigaud, the Vienna and Berlin based photography artist, portrayed the “Burg” stars in every nook and corner of the venue for his photobook. And last, but not least: the biggest German theatre itself. Interlude. The Burgtheater is an institution. Actor Michael Maertens takes a stroll on the roof –...
This year, the Blue Danube Waltz celebrates 150 years. With it, Vienna’s interpretation of the world’s ballrooms began. Typically Viennese. On February 15th, 1867, only a few months after the worst military defeat against archenemy Prussia at Königgrätz, with many dead, wounded, and having been...
In his satire about the coffee house, the Viennese best-selling author Andreas Pittler has Beelzebub, Leopold Hawelka and God himself fight about Viennese coffee house culture. I. In Hell The angry snorting of Satan made all the hell servants huddle together anxiously. Presumably something was bugging...
What can be seen and experienced in the next months in Vienna. From exhibitions, concerts to festivals. PROGRAM FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE In the mumok, more than 300 artworks now show how female artists in the 1970s created their own image of the woman. Until now, this “feminist avant-garde”...
Selected Viennese companies and cultural institutions that meet the highest quality criteria and production standards with their products and services are readily identifiable by the quality label “Wien Products”. When in 1995 the Economic Chamber of Vienna created the umbrella brand “Wien Products”,...
Herwig Pecoraro makes one of the best balsamic vinegars in the world. That in itself wouldn’t be surprising if Pecoraro wasn’t a great opera singer as well. It’s uphill all the way. We’re in Klosterneuburg-Weidling, a district which has its own town sign, because – unlike Klosterneuburg(-Kierling)...
The Viennese coffee house was invented by a spy. But the writers were the ones who made it legendary. It was a secret agent who opened the first Viennese coffee house in 1683. His name was Johannes Diodato. He had bronze-colored skin, spoke Turkish and Arabic as well as the local dialects of the Ottoman...
Latin American inspired dishes, recently honoured with the Trophée Gourmet as the best gastronomy concept, are being served at “Mercado”. As I enter the restaurant, I immediately feel the special atmosphere: comfortable music at a discreet volume, beautifully set tables, happy colors. The owner...