Health
Depression in Austria Nearly Doubled Since 2019, Says OECD Study
In the pandemic year of 2020, twice as many people reported symptoms of depression - in fact, more than one in five.
Health
Women and Poverty: Caritas Demands Living Wages and Support
1.22 million people were at risk of poverty in Austria. According to government figures, this was 13.9 percent of the population.
Health
Criminal Law Discriminates Against HIV Patients, Experts Say
Austrian AIDS organisations have called for a de-stigmatisation of HIV-positive people in the criminal justice system.
General
Ski Jumper Gregor Schlierenzauer Ends Career
53 times World Cup record winner Gregor Schlierenzauer is ending his ski jumping career, announced the the 31-year-old Tyrolean on his own online blog on Tuesday.
City Life
Guide to Vienna’s Beaches and Swimming Pools
It will be a summer like no other. This year due to Corona, many Viennese will opt to spend a good part of their holiday in the city. Lucky for us, there are few better places for relaxing in the shade and swimming in pools or rivers than Vienna.
Mental Health
Coping Methods from the Metropole Community
You were asked how you're coping with mental health through the pandemic and lockdown to provide insights to the rest of the community. Here's what w...
Mental Health
LGBTQ+ Support Groups in Vienna
It is important to know you are not alone. The following are a list of groups, organizations, regular meetings and communities that support LGBTI+ in...
Mental Health
Mental Health Support for Under-18s
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...
Mental Health
Mental Health and Domestic Violence Services for Women
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...
Health
Axon Neuroscience to Launch the First Independent COVID-19 Vaccine
Independent biotech firm Axon Neuroscience – in neighboring Slovakia – is developing a vaccine for COVID-19 with a uniquely targeted approach.
City Life
Swimming Across Town | The Danube Canal (Re)opens to the Public
A cooperation between the Kunsthaus and the urban design project Schimmverein Donaukanal hopes to persuade the public of the pleasures on their doorstep.
City Life
The Vienna Majors Volleyball Tournament Returns to the Donauinsel
Some of the best players in the world to compete for $600,000 in prize money.
City Life
Expatriate Games
The Austrian Football League has long been a European powerhouse, with little help needed from across the pond.
Building a broad fan base for a non...
City Life
6 places to go Horseback Riding in and near Vienna
Vienna is a city that revels in its past. Over the centuries, the clatter of Fiaker plying their trade in the 1st district has never stopped and every...
Sports
Sports | Hit Me!
With more women getting involved in combat sports, we visited one of Vienna’s all-women gyms.
The only man in the room has no arms, legs, hands, feet...
July/August 2018
Cricket in Austria | Searching for the Perfect Pitch
Cricket is everywhere in Austria – if you know where to look.
"Er spielt für uns!” (“He’s playing for us”) comes the repeated chirp from som...
General
A League of Their Own | Baseball in Vienna
Vienna’s baseball teams aim for the bleachers
If you happen to be near the Lusthaus, at the southern end of the Prater Hauptallee on a sunny Satu...
Sports
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 St...
Sports
Bouldering in Vienna Makes for a Climber’s Paradise
Indoor bouldering halls combine exercise with socializing.
Austrians have an undeniable love for mountaineering, with many possessing an id...
Sports
Vienna’s Indoor Swimming Pools
Vienna’s many indoor swimming pools are the ideal place to stay fit during the winter.
Sports
Yoga in Vienna Could Be Just the Thing to Cure Your Winter Blues
Yoga in Vienna is on the rise and could just cure your winter blues.
Every day, the mat meets you where you are. Yester...
Your Guide to Healthcare in Vienna
What do Mozart, Alpine Skiing, and Austrian Healthcare Have in Common?
They are all sources of immense national pride. Everyone in Austria has ac...
Sports
Sports | Dust off Your Skis and Check out our Guide to the Zillertal!
The Zillertal caters to both daredevils and families, boasting Austria’s steepest slope and gentle pistes
At last, the wi...
Sports
Sport | Vienna Capitals: Vienna’s Ice Hockey Champions
Hockey may take a backseat to soccer and skiing in Austria, but don’t tell that to the Vienna Capitals and their loyal fans
While fam...
Sports
Sport | Mallet-Time: Where to Play Croquet in Vienna
Croquet has a small but fervent fan base in Austria
The first challenge you face when discussing croquet in Austria is explaining that it’s not t...
Sports
Sports | Formula One returns to the Red Bull Ring
Here are your tips on how to get there from Vienna…
The new F1 season truly came alive at the last race in Baku, with a surprise win for Austria’...
City Life
8 Things to Remember When Swimming in Vienna
Splash! Swimming pools, like any other enclosed public space, run on rules both official and unwritten to ensure safety and hygiene – these rules go b...
Sports
Sport | This Summer, the 11th Biannual World Beach Volleyball Championships will be Hosted in Vienna...
Beach volleyball makes its mark in Vienna on its quest for world domination.
Beach volleyball is probably not the first thing that springs to min...
Sports
Sport | The Vienna Nightrow is a fun, Easy Introduction to the Sport of Rowing
The Vienna Nightrow is a fun tradition that defies preconceptions about rowing
Everywhere you look, long-established sports are getting shorter, sex...
Sports
Ever Dreamed of Jumping out of Planes for a Living? The Red Bull Skydive Team Takes Falling to the N...
Red Bull gives a fearless troupe wings to become mile-high paragons of their sport
High above the Austrian Alps, a trio of professional athletes ...
Sports
Along for the Run | Chasing Vienna’s Marathon
As the Vienna City Marathon nears, runners gear up for their next big rush.
An admission: I am not an avid exerciser. Just recently I picked up...
Sports
Sport | Night Skiing at Semmering’s Zauberberg
An after-work ski escape to an illuminated “magic mountain” is just an hour away. Several routes cut through the woods, creating 14 km of runs – 13 of...
Sports
Sport | Slapshot Academy – Hockey Camp in St. Pölten
The Okanagan Hockey Academy turns out talented players in St. Pölten, hoping to win over Austria and Europe
The hall echoed with yells, scraping ...
Sports
Where to Watch Super Bowl 2017 in Vienna
It’s almost time once again for the Super Bowl, or the self-proclaimed “World’s Biggest Sporting Event.”
In fairness to the occasion, that bold boa...
Sports
Sport | Struggle and Streif – Kitzbühel’s Hahnenkamm Race
The Hahnenkamm Race at Kitzbühel is the world’s most famous – and ferocious – downhill ski event
The view from the start house on the Streif ...
Sports
Sports: Derby of Love – Das Wiener Dörby
Why everyone in Vienna should make a trip to the terraces in November
This month marks the return of one of Vienna’s more surprising sporting spe...
Sports
Sport | End to End Thrills – The European Handball Federation
Based in Vienna for 25 years, the European Handball Federation brings non-stop action
Did you know that Vienna is the headquarters of one of the mos...
Sports
Austria’s Hobby Tennis Tour
You don't have to be a seeded pro to participate in Austria's organized tennis tournaments.
There are plenty of things I should be worrying about. The...
Sports
Love-All – The Erste Bank Open
The tennis aristocracy comes to Vienna for the Erste Bank Open tournament.
The Erste Bank Open has a tradition of attracting a high-quality field ...
Sports
Champagne and Ponies
Spectators visit the Austrian Polo Open to witness the breakneck game and get a glimpse of the fanciful hats that make up the sport’s international st...
Sports
EURO 2016 Public Viewing: Altes AKH
Tom Middler continues his coverage of the battle for Best Public Viewing in Vienna.
The Rathausplatz fanzone and a selection of Irish Pubs have a...
City Life
Alte Donau – Boat Rental Locations
In our Summer 2016 print edition, I wrote about the full-moon boat rides on the Old Danube (Alte Donau). But why wait for a full moon? You can make a ...
Sports
EURO 2016 Public Viewing: The Irish Pubs
Last week Tom Middler reported from the Rathaus Fanzone – a hard-to-beat public-viewing powerhouse. This week, he gives his play-by-play commentary on...
Sports
EURO 2016 Public Viewing: Rathausplatz
Last week Tom Middler gave us his picks for the top public-viewing locations in Vienna. Now the game is on! Which one will take the trophy for Vienna’...
Sports
EURO 2016 – How and Where to Watch the Games
Not got your hands on a ticket to keep up with the football action from France? Never fear, Vienna has every fan covered, with a whole host of differe...
March 2016
Scenes of Vienna: For the Love of the Game
The American football faithful congregate for high mass at the Vienna Viking’s Superbowl party
With the Superbowl looming, I can barely contain m...
Sports
Touchdown Blues
On being an expat NFL fan on Super Bowl Sunday, fighting to stay awake for the kick-off, and making it to the half-time spectacle.
An Amer...
Sports
Ready, Get Set, Run!
A great way to get to know a city is to run its streets. From the serpentine back streets of southern China, and the craggy hills along England's nort...