Doris Neubauer
Writer, Networker, Traveler and above all, someone with itchy feet: After nine years in Marketing and Communications, Doris has worked as a journalist while traveling the world since 2011. Her interest fields are responsible travel, alternative businesses, sports, nutrition and health. Most of all though, she loves to be inspired by people who follow their hearts.
Top seven Vienna bars for non-smokers
To breathe or not to breathe – that is the question for Vienna’s bar hoppers. The city’s watering holes are a traditional bastion for one of Austria’s unhealthier pastimes – and will remain so for some time yet, as the government’s recent decision to ban smoking from restaurants and indoor areas only takes effect in […]
Vienna’s five best places to cure a hangover
The trouble with partying like there’s no tomorrow is that tomorrow always rears its ugly head. Even the most enchanting evening becomes a vague blur when attacked by the persistent blows of reality hammering their way into your skull. In such cases, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure; how fortunate then […]
Waste not, want not: food sharing in Vienna
“My husband will be thrilled to have his favorite soup for dinner”, the slender, fair-haired woman says as I stow the tomatoes and zucchinis from my grandmother’s garden into her worn black backpack. With another “thank you”, the stranger leaves delighted, taking two steps at a time. I close the door of my apartment; happy […]
Seven excuses when caught without a ticket on public transport
Nothing in life is certain except death, taxes and eventually hearing the words “Fahrscheine bitteee!” (Tickets, please!) while travelling on Vienna’s Public Transit. Encounters with the Schwarzkappler (Ticket collectors, lit. “black caps”), are rare, but that just contributes to their notoriety: you can ride the city’s Strassenbahnen for years without ever seeing one, yet they […]
