When: Annually, around Q2, for 4 days Where: Different Venues in Vienna More Info: pornfilmfestivalvienna.at Pornography is a polarizing and often taboo topic. It can be hard to have open and constructive conversations about it, especially when there are so …
Austro-Bosnian director Nina Kusturica has put the issues of displacement on film, while challenging the orthodoxies of entrenched power.
Out of over 200 international films presented at Viennale 2021, Metropole has selected the top ten to share with you.
Why Austria is considered to be the capital of “feel bad cinema.”
Austria’s premier film festival enters the pandemic age with extra screens and a great selection of world cinema.
Shot in just 25 days in the summer of 1994, Richard Linklater’ s disarming look at flirtation, friendship and conversation opened the 1995 Sundance Film Festival, leading to two sequels and a creative partnership.
From the dark sewers of 1949 to 21st century drone shots, Vienna has shown many faces on the silver screen.
The documentary Score gives a rundown on the history, impact and craft of composing film music.
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Proudly presenting an alternative to heteronormative cinema and queer since day one, the biannual Identities Film Festival holds the rainbow torch up high
Film stills as drama suspended, art as advertisement: Even if you’ve never seen the movie, chances are you know the image
Iconic and iconoclastic, the famous German director is celebrated in a retrospective at the Austrian Film Archive
The streets of Franziskanerviertel have stayed essentially untouched since the Middle Ages – narrow and winding with many a hidden courtyard branching off in unexpected places. Few can imagine living in the Franziskanerviertel at the heart of the 1st district, …
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Choosing a neighborhood to live in is a difficult decision, even for Viennese natives! There are 23 districts (Bezirke) in Vienna – each one has its own vibe, pros, and cons. In this map, we guide you through the various …
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10 Pitfalls to Avoid When moving to Vienna Moving to a new city can be daunting, so we’ve assembled some words from the wise to help you avoid potential screw-ups and face-palms of nesting in the Austrian capital 1. Getting …
Alexandra, 45 Clinical and Health Psychologist, Psychotherapist “I love working with people, helping them and witnessing their personal development towards a healthier and happier life. It’s a wonderful profession! I am a psychologist and psychotherapist, under the direction of Viktor Frankl’s logotherapy, …
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When: Annually Where: Vienna More Info: adrinkinggamevie.com Let’s face it, we all love a good cult film. But sometimes it’s just more fun to watch them with a bunch of friends and drink along. What could be better than watching …
November 12, 2021: The opening day for the Christkindlmarkt dawned mild and hazy. At a table by the window at Café Landtmann, my 4-year-old daughter and I were having breakfast, and looking out onto the grey, rainy mist. Over our 14 years …
Below you will find ways you can help Ukraine, from offering accommodation to dropping off relief supplies or learning more about what you can do that helps Ukrainians most. We will update this list as soon as we receive more information. …
One of my favorite places to have lunch with a touch of elegance is Das Schindler. It is a low-keyed, modern restaurant bar, roomy and inviting with spiffy 1930s décor, on the first floor overlooking St. Anna’s Column in the …
In this special exhibition, the Literaturmuseum explores how both Stefan Zweig and his stories travelled across the world.
Whether a songwriter, a music producer or a presenter, many say that the people behind the scenes are the most important.
Whether you prefer the sleepy countryside or the sombre beauty of 19th century Vienna: here are five Austrian TV shows we recommend!
Up to 40,000 Bosnians live in Vienna.
We talked to some of them to learn
what brought them here and what
makes them feel at home.
Community Lead Nihada Prnjavorac introduces Vienna’s Bosnians, the focus of this month’s ‘Home Is Where the Herz Is’ issue.
In 2019, it was a secretly filmed video that broke the coalition between ÖVP and FPÖ. For the ÖVP-Green government, chats may spell the end of the coalition.
Vienna’s theater scene is enriched by a multitude of actors, groups and playwrights who have roots in Turkey and a very diverse outlook.
How a passion for justice, a love for music and an entrepreneurial spirit brought Okan McAllister from the Bosporus to build social businesses in the city on the Danube.
As one of the oldest and largest communities in Vienna, you can find people with Turkish roots almost everywhere in the city. We interviewed some of them.
In Vienna, there are several places where you can get vaccinated in Vienna without an appointment. We show you when, where and how.
A collection of Billy Wilder’s work as a reporter in Vienna and Berlin reveals his early influences and the verve of the roaring ’20s.
Editor’s note: A few days before Kabul fell to the Taliban, Afghanistan’s ambassador to Austria, Manizha Bakhtari, agreed to an interview with Metropole, answering pre-approved questions in writing, under the condition that none touched upon deportations.
Russian aggression against Ukraine has recently entered its eighth year. Over 13 thousand people have been killed and 30 thousand have been wounded, in addition to over two million people displaced, their homes and infrastructure destroyed.
From The Vienna Paradox to The Edge of Irony, the distinguished literary critic and professor emerita examines the seminal literature and thought of Austria’s interwar period.
Settled behind closed doors a century ago, these devastating treaties were greeted with celebratory gunfire across France, leaving Central Europe in tatters and echoes of disharmony across the continent.
Vienna’s Wittgenstein house has become a focal point of Bulgarian culture and arts – and much more.
Members of the Church are speaking out against the Vatican’s decision to bar priests from sanctifying homosexual unions.
Seeking to restore its 1960s allure, the iconic cinema is currently remodeling, partially financed by a cinephile crowdfunding campaign.
The creative industries are a leverage for the whole economy, making Austria’s creatives a competitive force on a global scale. At the innovation festival, Vienna UP’21, the sector and the people in it are front and center
Language is our wealth, our tradition – and a tool to understand the world.
Here is a list of notable Bulgarians that you may have heard of.
Anne Applebaum introduces us to the elites responsible for democratic backsliding in her new book, Twilight of Democracy.
Mozart’s Pamina is world famous, but the soprano who first breathed her to life has been forgotten.
Best known as the author of a children’s classic and (possibly) a pornographic novel, Felix Salten has never been given his due in his hometown – until now, that is
Viennese legend Susanne Widl discusses her Café Korb upbringing, her illustrious past and the future of how we spend time together – inside the ‘Kaffeehaus’ and out.
A fixture in the traditional ‘Kaffeehaus’ – the creation of German master joiner Michael Thonet became a legend of 19th-century design.
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Community Lead Vera Gasber introduces Vienna’s German community, the largest immigrant group in the city, and the star of this month’s ‘Home is Where the Herz Is’ issue.
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