Guidance
Dental Tourism From Vienna To Hungary
Dental tourism is booming in Hungary, where Austrians pay up to 70% less for some services that insurance doesn't cover.
General
Haircut on a Sunday? Shopping Across The Austrian Border Offers Flexibility and Discounts
We’ve all been there: It’s Sunday and we need new shoes, a haircut or just a day shopping across the Austrian border.
Guidance
How To Celebrate Thanksgiving in Vienna (Despite Lockdown)
Just because you're a long way from home doesn't mean you can't enjoy Thanksgiving in Vienna - even during a lockdown.
General
How to Become Self-employed in Austria
The founder of Self-employed in Austria reveals the three mostcommon questions about starting your own business.
General
How to Get Married in Vienna
Looking to get married in Vienna? Here's our straightforward guide to tying the knot in the “City of Dreams.”
Features>Business
Vienna’s Business Immigration Office Helps Foreign Workers Get Residency and Work Permits
The City of Vienna has brought MA 35, AMS and the Vienna Business Agency’s Expat Center under one roof in what consultant Friedrich Bruckner calls a major “cultural shift”.
General
How to Get a Student Visa in Vienna
Here is everything you need to know, the documents you need, and which steps to take to get your student visa in Vienna and Austria.
Fall 2021
Alcohol and Law in Austria | Where, When, and How You Can Enjoy a Drink
Like every country, Austria has spawned numerous regulations regarding where, when and how you can enjoy a drink – here are some of them.
General
Your Guide to Ball Season in Vienna
Vienna has a glamorous, fun-filled solution to its cold, grey winters: the ball season!
December skies weigh heavily in Vienna and are continuous ...
Guidance
The Best Kids Halloween Events in Vienna
There are plenty of kids Halloween events in Vienna for cute little monsters, demons and witches to enjoy.
Features
Practical Guide to Men’s Mental Health in Vienna
Each of us thrives on our social relationships, knowing our family is safe and healthy and having a routine and productive life. COVID-19 upended eac...
Guidance
Austria to Introduce a National SMS Emergency System
In future, people in Austria will receive catastrophe warnings delivered to their cell phones via an SMS emergency system
General
How to Get (Or Transfer To) An Austrian Driver’s License
New in the country and need to get around? Follow our complete guide to transferring to an Austrian driver’s license.
Guidance
Between Languages, Whose Word is Law?
The challenges to interpreting laws and contracts in an international setting.
General
Navigate the World of Self-Employment in Austria With This New Series
For those who seek professional independence and creative freedom, self-employment might be the right career path. To help you navigate this complex field, Metropole has partnered with Self-employed in Austria to bring you this helpful new series on all things self-employment.
Guidance
How to Master the Art of the Viennese Dialect
The world’s most livable city still has its share of challenges, with overcast skies, unfriendly locals – and the city’s notorious dialect.
General
Maximizing Transparency in Crypto Companies
The 5th Anti-Money Laundering Directive seeks to curb terrorist financing and money laundering by forcing companies in the so-called “crypto sector” out in the open.
Features>Business
Austrian Companies Wheeling and Dealing in Central and Eastern Europe
Austrian companies thrive all across Central and Eastern Europe. From kickbacks to bribes, booming business often also involves layers of corruption.
Features
How to Embezzle a Million Euros
Maintaining the highest quality of life in the world is a costly endeavor – thankfully, there is always someone out there gullible enough to pay the bills. A satirical look at Austrian corruption.
Guidance
Your Rights as a Guest
“Keine Haftung für Garderobe” – “No liability for wardrobe.” This sentence is everywhere if you are out on the town. But is it actually possible to evade liability for lost or damaged items belonging to a guest?
Guidance
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.
Features>Business
Meet Lisa Biasillo, the New Director of the Vienna International School
How the new director of the Vienna International School left her small town for distant places and turned her passion for learning into a mission to educate for change.
Features>Business
How Viennese Hotels Hold On During the Pandemic
After years of seemingly endless growth, the pandemic plunged the tourism sector into deep crisis. Vacillating between hope and despair, Vienna’s hoteliers summon resilience and creativity
Features>Business
Inside FABB – the Impact Hub’s Fashion Accelerator for Better Business
Alexis Eremia and Karin Granner have marshaled the Impact Hubs in Vienna and Amsterdam to focus on local, sustainable fashion brands.
Guidance
Everything You Need to Know About Trademarking in Design
What’s in a name? It is not sleeve, nor pant leg, nor button... How brands distinguish quality and set fashion makers apart. Designers beware, make sure to take trademarking seriously.
Features>Business
Austrian Giants Like Swarovski and Wolford Promise Eco-Friendly Quality Over Fast Fashion
Superior craftsmanship and the willingness to pivot have ensured the
longevity of Austrian fashion luxury brands like Swarovski and Wolford.
Guidance
How To … Make Your Own Clothes
Vienna is full of sewing shops and DIY stores. We checked out some of them – and ended up printing 100 T-shirts.
Guidance
How COVID-19 Affects Rent, Memberships & Data Protection
COVID-19 poses a major challenge to all, raising questions about rent payments, the assessment of (unfulfillable) supply contracts, lower franchise fees and why data protection should not be neglected even during a pandemic.
Features>Business
Post-COVID Work Will Be Flexible, Agile & Adaptive
The coronavirus lockdown has taught us a lot and may herald a new era of organizational flexibility, agility and adaptability.
Features>Business
From Jewelers to Wineries, Family Businesses Often Thrive in Vienna
Businesses that span generations are known for consistency, stability and tradition. Keeping these values alive is a continuous labor of love.
2020
Vital to Startups and Innovators, Here’s How European Patent Law Works
If you are an innovator in Europe, it pays to know how to protect your inventions.
How To
How to Write a Will in Austria
Getting our affairs in order in time of a crisis can be a huge relief for all parties, while protecting those you love.
2020
How to Shape Your CV to Land Your Next Dream Job in Vienna
Although the current situation is everything but easy on the labor market, things will certainly change again. Prepare now with the tips of our expert in recruiting.
How To
How to Raise Your Kid to be a Scientist in Vienna
STEM-tastic opportunities await Vienna’s children, even before their first science class at school.
Guidance
Launching a Music Career
So, you’re a good musician. They even give you roses. But not much bread. Now what?
Features>Business
From Timber to Timbre
In a fast-paced, digital world, Vienna’s master instrument makers seem to live a time apart.
How To
How To… Become an Art Collector
The scene may feel like an impenetrable world from the outside. In truth, it’s within any art lover’s reach. The trick is knowing where to look – and how.
Guidance
How to…Serve (Up) a City
Imagine you are planning a dinner party in your home, your city. A mix of people coming together to spend time with each other. Your job, as...
Work
What Makes a City “Smart”?
Digital, green, innovative – what's the real deal behind the buzzwords?
Features
How to…Play Games in Vienna
Forget the idea of Vienna as a big open-air museum. It's really one big playground.
“Jackpot!” a young woman yells excitedly, after her boyfriend m...
Guidance
How to… Enjoy the Danube!
From sports on its shores to a Hugo on the canal, the Danube is much more than Vienna’s Riviera.
Features>Business
Austria’s Hidden Champions
Between 175 and 200 Austrian companies are considered to be hidden champions. That’s the highest density per capita in the world. These companies are ...
Guidance
Legal Services in the Age of Globalization
With law firms expanding globally, both opportunities and challenges
arise for the practitioners
Globalization has been a mixe...
Guidance
How to Grow Up in Vienna
Coming of age in Vienna can be frightening, freeing and exhilarating at the same time - just like growing up.
Arriving in Vienna at 14 wa...
How To
How To … Live Like A Real Viennese
Start with eating, end with drinking – and take in the Gemütlichkeit on the way.
Coming from a chaotic, colorful and noisy part of Italy, a little ...
Guidance
Protecting the “Freedom of Panorama”
The surrounding cultural heritage invites us to take many pictures, especially in the smartphone age. Here what’s allowed and what isn’t.
...
General
Get the Hang of Wiener Schmäh
Schmäh may not be the first thing you notice when you arrive in Vienna. But it comes up soon enough
In school, for example: My children were astonish...
2018
Buy me a Forest
It’s not easy to buy woodlands in Austria. You need passion, roots in the local area and many millions.
Cord Prinzhorn, the chief executive officer o...
2018
How to… Visit a Factory in Vienna
See how Augarten porcelain is crafted, learn how to make chocolate pralines, and sample Schlumberger Sekt right at the source: here is how to visit a ...
2018
Vienna Legal | Incorporating in Austria
Austrian law offers a number of options for establishing a business here. The legislative jungle can be quite confusing, so here’s a brief overview
A...
2018
Career | Jobseeker – In Austria, There’s a Visa for That
If you are committed to moving to Austria but don’t have an employment contract yet, one may be eligible to apply for a six-month, “job-seeker” visa
...
Features>Business
The Boards that Mean Vienna’s World
Pursuing a career in acting, like most fields, requires perseverance and a strong belief in yourself
Have you ever wondered what it takes to beco...
Guidance
Buying Art for the First Time | An Essential Guide to Viennese Etiquette
Metropole and viennacontemporary join forces to help new buyers navigate the local art scene in style
When you visit the sauna for the first time...
Guidance
How to Keep a Dog in Vienna
Gustl, a six-month-old golden retriever, tugged at the leash, tempted by the many smells around the Donaukanal. Katherine Mawdsley stopped. “We’ve got...
Guidance
Divorce & the International Family
The international family is something we are inclined to think of as a new phenomenon – but it isn’t.
Marriage has been a contract since antiquity,...
Features>Business
How to… Land Your Dream Job in Vienna
An employment consultant with 20 years’ experience has some advice for landing your dream job in Vienna.
Want to work in Vienna? Finding a job as...
Vienna Legal
What’s the Deal with Travel Packages, Legally Speaking?
As the Danube gets ready for the summer travel season, a new law is set to give travelers more rights and better information on their trips.
So, ...
Work
Why You Should Study Tourism & Hospitality in Austria
Planning a new career? The tourism and hospitality sector is booming and offers a wide variety of options.
Trying to push past hordes of tourists...
Features>Business
The Flow of Commerce | How the Danube Energizes Austria’s Economy
The Danube powers many an industry on its way to the Black Sea, from hydropower to high-volume logistics
Flowing through 10 countries – from the ...
How To
How to… Learn to Cook Viennese
Pull your own Apfelstrudel dough, make a perfect Wiener Schnitzel – passionate chefs offer tasting tours and сourses.
Maybe you’ve come to love Aus...
May 2018
Here’s What You Need to Know to Open a Restaurant in Austria
Austrians take food and drink seriously, so it comes as no surprise that opening a restaurant is not as easy as it sounds. Here’s how to do it.
F...
Work
Let This Former Opera Singer Help You Find a New Career
Is a midcareer transition madness? It might change your life for the good.
Abandoning a 10-year career as an opera singer in Australia to reinven...
Work
Reinventing Veltliner | Are Austrian Wines Ready for the Global Stage?
From the Wachau’s Grüner Veltliner to Vienna’s Gemischter Satz, Austrian wines have reinvented themselves onto the global stage.
In the theater o...
Work
What You Need to Know to Get a Job at the United Nations
It often seems impossible for an outsider to get a job at the UN. But is it really?
“No,” said Linda Starodub, who recently retired from 30 plus ye...
Work
Commuting 2.0 | Comparing Solutions That Work for You
New modes of transport are trying to change the way we travel. But are they really a match for Austria’s time-tested infrastructure?
Austria’s trai...
Vienna Legal
How to Protect Yourself Against Drones
In Austria, privacy is king. The advent of drones is thus seen with a good measure of skepticism and trepidation. But you can still pilot them legally...
How To
How to Get an Austrian Driver’s License
Feeling the urge to get out of town and hit the open road? It may be time to get an Austrian driver's license.
It had been snowing all night. S...
Vienna Legal
Vienna Legal | Love and Loss: The Legal History of the Painting Golden Adele
Great art has the power of legend. So it’s perhaps not surprising that one of the most spectacular legal disputes in post-war Austria was over the “Th...
Vienna Legal
Vienna Legal | The Lady in Gold
Great art has the power of legend. So it’s perhaps not surprising that one of the most spectacular legal disputes in post-war Austria was over the “Th...
Vienna Legal
Your Right to Vote in Austria
In Austria, you can vote at 16 and don’t need to register. For some elections, EU citizens can vote too.
In democracies, a citizen’s right to vote ...
Work
Advertorial | Democratizing the Financial Markets
Everyone’s talking about blockchain – that mysterious new technology inherently linked to cryptocurrencies. The more it seeps into the public debate, ...
Work
Austrian Politics is Late to the Digital Revolution and it’s Changed the Election Game
Austrian politics is late to the digital revolution. Past electoral campaigns have typically focused on billboards and traditional media. But in the 2...
How To
How to Get Involved in Politics in Austria
How do you make your voice heard in a country that is not entirely your own?
Politics often seems like a cross between a telenovela and a car c...
Work
Advertorial | MyHive – What if you Could Take Care of all Your Errands While at the Office?
Steel, glass, concrete and marble.The design of most modern office buildings – while elegant and sophisticated – can feel cold and impersonal. R...
Work
Lobmeyr’s Innovations are in Every Household, you Just Don’t Know it
What would Vienna’s palaces be without their brilliant chandeliers, gleaming mirrors and fine crystal glasses?Uniting craftsmanship and innova...
Work
Launching pad: Vienna’s Rise as a hub for Founding Startups
Vienna has long been a link between East and West. As more CEE entrepreneurs seek access to Western markets and capital, can Vienna offer them what th...
How To
How to Keep a Pet in Vienna
Not without my pets! Vienna offers pet lovers everything a furry, scaled, or feathered companion needs
The one-eyed Persian cat Guinevere i...
Work
Why Americans Envy Austria: From Bildungskarenz to Paid Sick Leave
Austrians enjoy generous worker benefits – hard to imagine for Americans, who remain ambitious and optimistic, a spirit that is harder to find...
Features>Business
Viennese Design Firm Wideshot Makes big in Hollywood
Astonishing spoiled moviegoers is no small task. Marrying virtual reality with architecture, a Viennese company is dazzling audiences
By Susanne Got...
Work
Advertorial | Online Banking in Austria and how big Players can Compete with Fintech
We asked board member Thomas Schaufler about designing Erste Bank’s online banking platform George
In Austria, banking has not always moved with ...
Guidance
How To Enhance Your Life with Viennese Design
You don’t need to be an artist’s muse to live like Alma Mahler. Vienna is bustling with design pieces that can turn your flat into a stylish Gesamtk...
Guidance
Discovering Vienna Second-Hand with Willhaben
The U.S. has Craig’s List. Brits adore Gumtree. But Austria has Willhaben, the country’s biggest peer-to-peer marketplace for secondhand goods.
Will...
Work
As Musicians Traverse the Globe, the new Startup Music Traveler Helps Them do it
A new startup called Music Traveler – like an Airbnb for musicians – helps music professionals find space to practice while they’re on the road.
...
How To
How to Stay Close in Long-Distance Relationships
Long-distance relationships are living proof that love is not just physical. I can feel you next to me even when you’re thousands of miles away.” – Pa...
How To
How to Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence
When love goes bad, many cases of violence go unreported. Here is how Vienna offers support for victims and families
Think of five women you know...
How To
How to Relax in Urban Vienna
Finding ways to take it easy in the city bustle can give you new strength in health and spirit
It’s Monday; you wake up to a leak in your kitch...
Work
Get Ready for the Freestyle Explosion That is Masters of Dirt
So what's wrong with dirty money? Founder Georg Fechter has perfected the art of banking on fuel, fire and adrenaline.
Motors roar, flames blaz...
Work
Big Pharma and the Austrian Economy
Pharma's Market: The pharmaceutical industry has played an important role in Austria’s economic growth. But the challenge remains to find a balance be...
How To
How to be Pregnant in Vienna
Your guide to being pregnant in Vienna, Austria – a great place to have a baby, but make sure you have your “MuKi”
Having a child is one of lif...
Opinion
Opinion | 5 Reasons it Feels Better to Work in Austria
The grass is really greener
Many things draw Americans to Europe: family roots, the beauty, new perspectives, and of course romance. For me, this...
How To
How to be a Diplomat
The ultimate dream jobs in public service take patience, persistence and good language skills. If you’re lucky, you even get to save the world
Ad...
Work
Vienna’s Coworking Spaces
The number of coworking spaces in Vienna is growing. Is sharing an office with strangers the new normal?
In 2017 more than a million people will choo...
How To
How to be a Spy
Are you cut out for 00 status? Improve your combat skills, polish your manners, and become wine, poker and dance floor savvy. It could just save you...
Work
The Undeclared Economy
How does Austria deal with Europe’s estimated €1 trillion shadow economy of black-market crime, petty tax evasion and corporate profit shifting?
...
How To
How to Buy Antiques
Vienna is teeming with ancient goodies and there are plenty of experts to help distinguish the Wedgwood from the deadwood
In a shop called Dead Peopl...
Work
Whose Luxury is it Anyway?
Two Viennese entrepreneurs with very different paths to success embody the city’s attitude towards luxury
If someone pointed a gun at my head and...
Guidance
How To … Be an American Refugee in Austria
Dear Democrats:
We are sorry you lost your country, displaced by rampant factionalism, ubiquitous guns and powers beyond your control. We also fu...
Work
I, Robot Worker
We all fear that our jobs will eventually be automated. But cheer up! Where one job dies, another rises from the ashes
Imagine a world where writ...
Guidance
Expanding Your Circle of Friends as an Expat in Vienna
How to accumulate an international circle in Vienna
If you've been living in Vienna as an expat for quite some time, you might've noticed that the Vie...
Work
Leading the Crazy Ones
The creative industries need to be ever-fresh. Michael Conrad of the Berlin School of Creative Leadership talks about what it takes to create like a b...