Andreas Rainer, Author at Metropole

General

How to Find Your ‘Stammcafé’ in Vienna

In Vienna, you need to prove yourself worthy of your café of choice in what can be a lengthy application process.

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Andreas Rainer - December 2, 2020

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 i...

Andreas Rainer - October 13, 2019

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?

Andreas Rainer - July 18, 2019

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.

Andreas Rainer - November 7, 2018

General

Wienerberg | 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...

Andreas Rainer - October 4, 2018

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...

Andreas Rainer - August 23, 2018

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 devour An elderly lady ...

Andreas Rainer - June 30, 2018

Grätzl

Lainzer Tiergarten | Where the Wild Things Are

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...

Andreas Rainer - June 30, 2018

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 rises As a tourist couple is taking a selfie on ...

Andreas Rainer - May 28, 2018

General

Meiselmarkt | Vienna’s Biggest Indoor Market

Rising Bazaar Despite a grand hilltop view of stately Schönbrunn palace, a mere four bus stops further, for the locals of Meiselmarkt, the city’s...

Andreas Rainer - May 3, 2018

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...

Andreas Rainer - March 2, 2018

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 ...

Andreas Rainer - January 31, 2018

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...

Andreas Rainer - January 28, 2018

Restaurants

Don’t Let the Name Spelunke Fool You | Where Shabby, Chic and Fancy Meet for Dinner

Spelunke does dark and swanky for trendy businesspeople In German, a Spelunke is a dark and shabby bar, often hidden in a...

Andreas Rainer - December 1, 2017

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...

Andreas Rainer - November 30, 2017

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...

Andreas Rainer - October 31, 2017

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.

Andreas Rainer - October 31, 2017

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 it Devotees of American pop cul...

Andreas Rainer - September 28, 2017

Restaurants

At Gastwirtschaft im Durchhaus, Enjoy Modern Viennese Cuisine

Gastwirtschaft im Durchhaus brings Viennese cuisine into the 21st century Let’s face it: Neubau, Vienna’s ultratrendy 7th...

Andreas Rainer - September 28, 2017

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...

Andreas Rainer - August 30, 2017

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...

Andreas Rainer - June 1, 2017

Nightlife

Slow Food, Fast Dancing

The Markterei Lindy hops onto the after-work bandwagon with their new evening event, Tanzerei The historic grand hall of the Alte Post (Old Post ...

Andreas Rainer - February 6, 2017

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 bar Late summer may be the best season to enjoy Vienna: As the evenin...

Andreas Rainer - September 1, 2016

City Life

Silvesterpfad: How Vienna Welcomes the New Year

Ringing in the New Year takes you through the many-sided Viennese soul This article has been updated to reflect the 2017/2018 times and dates. ...

Andreas Rainer - December 26, 2015