Coffee, Cake and Literature: The Viennese Coffeehouse

Mrz 29, 2011 1 Comment by Sissi

For visitors to the city it is an attraction, for locals a second home, and for artists and literati an institution: the Viennese Coffeehouse.
Coffeehouses in Vienna are much more than just places to drink coffee – they are a way of life. The city boasts in excess of 800 of them – in addition to [...]

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Romantic Vienna

Mrz 29, 2011 2 Comments by Sissi

It is said of Vienna that its streets are not paved with stones but with history. Indeed, a great part of the city’s charm lies in the way it transforms history into the “good old imperial days”. This is why this young and dynamic metropolis in the heart of Europe, which has welcomed the high-tech-era [...]

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Magic of Advent in Vienna celebrates 25th anniversary

Nov 28, 2010 5 Comments by Sissi

A special highlight awaits new and returning visitors at the Magic of Advent in Vienna this year – a spellbinding festive lightshow will provide the next installment to the lighting concept that was launched to such spectacular effect in the Rathauspark last year. One thing never changes, though – as Europe’s [...]

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Advent and Christmas in Vienna

Nov 26, 2010 1 Comment

No sooner has November drawn a thick curtain of drizzle and fog across the heavens and the days become steadily shorter, then some places sink into a deep melancholy. But not Vienna. Here the weeks leading up to Christmas are romantic and idyllic. The city shimmers in a mild glow of candles while the sweet [...]

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Keith Haring: 1978 1982 – Kunsthalle Vienna

Jun 24, 2010 6 Comments

Keith Haring: 1978 1982 – The early experimental years
Keith Haring ranks among the most iconic, influential and popular artists in the world. Twenty years after his death, the Kunsthalle Wien presents a historic exhibition of rarely exhibited early work created during the years immediately following Haring’s move from his native Pennsylvania to New York City. [...]

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Sigmund Freud Museum Vienna

Jun 24, 2010 No Comments

Berggasse 19: A Historic Site and a Renowned Private Museum
Sigmund Freud and his era have a central position in European culture and history. The Sigmund Freud Museum is dedicated to preserving, presenting and informing about this cultural heritage. Berggasse 19, in Vienna’s 9th district, is among the world’s best-known addresses. Between 1891 and 1938, Sigmund [...]

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roomz vienna budget design hotel

Jun 22, 2010 1 Comment

The Budget Design Hotel “roomz” opened up new dimensions on the Vienna and international hotel scene under this motto. The extravagant hotel is the fresh “hotspot”, nightlife and meeting point in the best location for “people in motion”, for modern people who want to experience dynamic, sophisticated and affordable city life, whether travelling for business [...]

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Hollmann Beletage – Design & Boutique

Jun 22, 2010 No Comments

The small boutique design hotel is located in the heart of historic central Vienna – embedded in an ancient past you are surrounded with modern convenience and elegance. Only in St. Stephen’s Cathedral you could live more central…
Within a 2 minute walking distance from St. Stephen’s Cathedral, 3 minutes from Vienna’s famous shopping streets Kaerntnerstrasse [...]

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NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE – In the Garden of Imagination

Mai 31, 2010 3 Comments

With the exhibition NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE – In the Garden of Imagination, the Essl Museum offers a retrospective look at the work of the artist who died in 2002. Early assemblages, Tirs (Shooting Paintings), objects and sculptures from the famous Tarot Garden in Tuscany, work created together with Jean Tinguely, as well as the [...]

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