Andreas Rainer
Andreas Rainer is a journalist and writer based in Vienna. He lived across the pond in the U.S. and Canada for three years which gave him a new love for Vienna from an outsider's perspective. He headed the Vienna branch of the San Francisco based food app Yelp for the past six years, making him a prime source of insider knowledge on new restaurants hidden bars. He authored the Guide Book Vienna for Germans (2017) and made the short list (2015) and long list (2016) for the "Wortlaut" short fiction contest, tweets at @an_rainer
Fall 2019
Seestadt Aspern | The New Frontier
Despite a direct subway connection, getting to Seestadt Aspern is quite a trek: starting from Karlsplatz on the U2, you’ll pass the national stadium in the Prater, a shopping mall, a highway, the Danube and finally, an endless array of cornfields, eventually wondering if you’re still in Vienna. The woman next to me is asleep […]
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City Life
Make the Most of Vienna During the Dog Days of Summer
As the natives flee town for their vacation, why not make the city your oyster?
Cover Stories
Viennese Humor | Tour de Schmäh
Forget Sissi, Schönbrunn and Apfelstrudel: According to the Viennese, their humor is the city’s most remarkable accomplishment.
General
Grätzl | Working-Class Playground
On a late summer afternoon, a man pushes a cooler across the dirt paths around the Wienerberg pond, selling cold beer for €2 a can to visitors of this...
Culture
Virtual Nightmares at the Wiener Prater
The Clown updates the classic ghost train inside the world’s oldest theme park.There is something deeply unsettling about a clown that’s not put...
Cover Stories
Animals Are Our Best Ingredients | Can You Love Puppy Dogs AND Pork Cutlets?
The Viennese love their pets under and their meaty schnitzel on the table. A report on the animals we cuddle and those we devourAn elderly lady ...
Grätzl
Lainzer Tiergarten
As hard as it is to find solitude in a city of almost two million, it’s far from impossible: at the Lainzer Tiergarten nature preserve in the 13th and...
June 2018
Channel Your Inner Party Animal with this Donaukanal Guide!
Despite behind-the-scenes struggles, the Donaukanal remains the place to be when the temperature risesAs a tourist couple is taking a selfie on ...
General
Meiselmarkt | Vienna’s Biggest Indoor Market
Rising BazaarDespite a grand hilltop view of stately Schönbrunn palace, a mere four bus stops further, for the locals of Meiselmarkt, the city’s...
Grätzl
Gumpendorf | Bohemian Rhapsody
As dawn breaks in Gumpendorf, you can observe two very different types of early morning creatures: You might catch bearded barroom revolutionaries stu...
Art
Detergent, Knackwurst and Socialism
The Waschsalon in the historic Karl Marx-Hof shows how the Social Democrats shaped Vienna.The museum Das Rote Wien im Waschsalon (Red Vienna at ...
Opinion
Smoking | Freedom Worth Dying For?
As the door to Café Einhorn opens, a draft of icy winter air surges into the room. For a fleeting moment, our lungs suck in the oxygen before it disso...
Restaurants
Don’t Let the Name Spelunke Fool You | Where Shabby, Chic and Fancy Meet for Dinner
Spelunke does dark and swanky for trendy businesspeopleIn German, a Spelunke is a dark and shabby bar, often hidden in a...
Grätzl
Bermudadreieck | History and Hard Drinking
Ominously named after the mysterious navigational hazard that allegedly claims countless vessels in the Caribbean, Vienna’s Bermudadreieck (Be...
Grätzl
Alt-Hietzing | Suburban Imperialism
On a warm Sunday morning in Alt-Hietzing, an elderly lady pushes her walker along the old wooden parquet terrace of Café Dommayer, a coffeehouse...
Opinion
Don’t Call Me Tüte | Why Austrians Love to Hate on the Germans
Austria and Germany share a troubled past, the (almost) same language – and are still worlds apart.
Books
Books | Weird Vienna: The Stuff you Won’t Read on Tripadvisor
The city likes to claim “Vienna is different.” Now Harald Havas’ new book Weird Vienna proves itDevotees of American pop cul...
Restaurants
At Gastwirtschaft im Durchhaus, Enjoy Modern Viennese Cuisine
Gastwirtschaft im Durchhaus brings Viennese cuisine into the 21st centuryLet’s face it: Neubau, Vienna’s ultratrendy 7th...
Science & Technology
Happy Birthday to the Bicycle! 200 Years and Still Going Strong
While we no longer ride out with a lamp and a whistle, cycling today has become a part of life"I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it wher...
Science & Technology
A Tinder Novice Samples Viennese App-Dating
Old-school bar romancer discovers the matching app phenomenon Tinder“Meeeaaap – wrong answer??!” – twenty-four hours after not replying to Hanna...
Nightlife
Slow Food, Fast Dancing
The Markterei Lindy hops onto the after-work bandwagon with their new evening event, TanzereiThe historic grand hall of the Alte Post (Old Post ...
Nightlife
Toys in the Attic – 25hours Hotel’s Rooftop Bar
Savor the last days of summer on the terrace of the 25hours Hotel's Dachboden barLate summer may be the best season to enjoy Vienna: As the evenin...
City Life
Silvesterpfad: How Vienna Welcomes the New Year
Ringing in the New Year takes you through the many-sided Viennese soulThis article has been updated to reflect the 2017/2018 times and dates.
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