Janima Nam
Janima Nam is a freelance journalist, translator, and editor living in Vienna. She has a BFA in film from New York University and a Masters degree (MA) from the London Consortium in Interdisciplinary Studies.
Kindling the Flame – Melisa Erkurt
On our path to a knowledge society, understanding the world around us is ever more important.
Fleeing the chaos of Bosnia in the 1990s and arriving in Vienna as a young child, Melisa Erkurt is we...
Smart Minds Think Alike
How smart is Vienna? Four pioneers of building a smart city share a sense of how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go
Geraldine Fitzpatrick, Esther Blaimschein, & Oliver Frey
Organ...
Profiles: Vienna’s Got Talent
Raise the curtain! Cue the lights! For these Vienna-based performers, the show must go on. A classical violinist, an opera soprano, a musical theater starlet, and a singer-songwriter tell us what it t...
How to…Minimize Your Carbon Footprint
Want to go greener? Be like a Wiener! An introduction to the eco-friendly habits of the Viennese
In many parts of the industrialized world, living ecologically has become trendy. While often impr...
Think small
FRANCOIS
“ ’Austrian’ is not a very important word. It refers to someone from the land of Austria, which is a pretty tiny country. We can live without the word. For example, can anyone name a famous ...
Only fools get bored
They call us boring and we like it that way.
(seen on a Vermont postcard)
Like Vermonters, the Viennese like tidiness and calm
Settling into my tram seat on a Saturday evening, I was struck b...
Being Grouchy: Whinge-worthy Banter Rant
Das Problem fĂĽr jeden Wiener: Man kann es in Wien nicht mehr aushalten, aber woanders auch nicht.
(The problem of every Wiener: We can’t stand it any longer in Vienna, but we can’t stand it anywher...
Profiles: Living the Big Picture
Learning from the past and looking to the future, a luxury shoemaker, a musician, an economic researcher and urban planner told us about their view on thinking about and planning for the long run
R...
On Screen: Short Film – Alles Wird Gut
Patrick Vollrath is Riding the Wave of New Austrian Cinema
For this Oscar-nominated Vienna-based director, Alles Wird Gut
After decades of obscurity, Austrian “new-wave” cinema has recen...
