Cost of Living in Vienna (Average Rent, food prices, etc.) – is it expensive?
Rents for private housing in Vienna are becoming increasingly less affordable, a new TU study finds.
City Life
The Return of Wolves and Bears in Austria
The reappearance of apex predators in the alps have some calling for a cull; but environmentalists decry the “scaremongering” and call for more electric fences.
New High-Speed Rail Train Connection Between the Austrian and German Capitals
From Vienna to Berlin in under five hours – the Via Vindobona is part of Europe’s bid to expand railway lines and reduce short-haul flights within the region.
From Schrödinger’s Cat to Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace,” Vienna’s IAEA is At the Center of Global Nuclear Efforts
Even without a single nuclear reactor, Austria plays a vital role in
ensuring the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Fall 2019 | City Planning Masterpiece
The issue City Planning Masterpiece uncovers “the secrects of a city that works” and what Viennese architects, politicians and urban planners do to make this city smart.
Vienna – The Secrets of a City That Works
Vienna continues to grow, blending into the new millennium while keeping its Old World charm. The how and the why.
Someone’s Gotta Do It
Bins full of sorted junk, sewage, waste – and all that trash…For all cities, garbage is a fact of life that must be managed – but for Vienna, waste also provides good jobs, clean energy and oddly enough, enormous civic …
Trash Can Confessionals: MA48 and its Myriad of Puns
A bright orange fixture of the cityscape, the MA48 is Vienna’s loud and proud department of sanitation. Their numerous trashcans around the city are plastered with irreverent slogans and puns that sometimes need translation – cultural, linguistic or otherwise. After …
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Urban Planning Threatens Vienna’s UNESCO Status
Cities bask in UNESCO world heritage status. But what happens if it conflicts with modern city planning?
Smart City Vienna
From San Diego to Copenhagen, from Vienna to Singapore, everybody wants to become a smart city. But how do you upgrade the world’s most livable city?
Science & Technology: No Country for Old Economists
The Austrian school of economic thought shapes financial policy the world over – but remains unpopular in its land of origin
