Christian Cummins
Christian Cummins moved to Vienna 14 years ago, after a stint as a radio journalist at Vibe Fm in Ghana. He currently presents shows on the Austrian Broadcasting Corporation's fm4. For Metropole he writes about all things tasty and about outdoor sports.
Heaven & Zell
Zell am See is a bastion of easy-going tradition and snowy delights with big changes on the horizon
A Backcountry Dream
Fieberbrunn's fortunate microclimate makes it a powder hound's paradise.There comes a time in every avid skiier’s life when the thrill of the pistes wears off and even steep black runs lack that c...
Delta Blues | Discovering Romania’s Danube Delta
The Danube Delta is a haven of biodiversity, but animals and humans need a helping hand. It’s early morning and I’m wandering around a small tongue of land in the heart of the Danube Delta in Romania, where the mighty river splits into dozens of channels, spreading like a spiderweb over 580,000 hectares of wet-, […]
Prague Nights | Sex and Sorcery in Benjamin Black’s Addictive New Thriller
Benjamin Black’s addictive new thriller re-creates an irresistible world of sex and sorcery in 16th century Prague It’s a snowy December 1599 in Prague, then the capital of the Habsburg Empire, and the emperor’s mistress has had her throat brutally slashed open. A naïve young scholar, new in the city but with delusions of grandeur, […]
Communism or Populism? Protests and Politics in Czechia
One generation after the miraculous Velvet Revolution brought down totalitarianism, Central Europe is still dealing with its legacy – and seeking to preserve the spark of the Prague Spring
The Road Most Travelled | An Austrian Cider Guide
A tour around Lower Austria’s cider region, the Mostviertel, blends tradition with innovation. I have vivid memories of my first encounter with Most, the fermented drink that gave the Mostviertel (Most district) its name. On a sun-kissed late spring afternoon, my girlfriend’s uncle had taken me on a mountain-bike ride along the dusty roads winding through […]
Vienna International Cycle Club’s Social Media Success Story
The Vienna International Cycle Club is a social media success story. It’s a Sunday morning and the clock is approaching ten in the morning. On the Steinitzsteg, the yellow footbridge straddling the Neue Donau, a huddle of around 20 cyclists have gathered for a ride with the Vienna International Cycle Club (VICC). As each new rider approaches the group, they are welcomed by the […]
Just Because Spring Is Coming Doesn’t Mean the Snow Is Leaving in Obergurg...
The Obergurgl region’s rich snowfalls make it a skiing paradise beyond wintertime. As I walked out of the Alpine Hotel Laurin in Hochgurgl in the early morning this January, Martin, a seasonal worker from Czechia, was clearing a walkway that had disappeared overnight under freshly fallen snow. “Ah, this is nothing special,” he said, noticing […]
