News
Mirabell Mozartkugel Manufacturer Begins Insolvency Proceedings
The manufacturers of Mozartkugeln have applied for insolvency and hope to keep operating; meanwhile, the Chamber of Labor has stepped in to support unpaid employees.
Features
How Did Nikolo and Krampus End Up Together?
Every year on December 6, St. Nicholas surprises Austrian children with presents - while Krampus threatens with whips. How did this unlikely pair end up working together?
Cafés and Restaurants
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.
News
The Best Halloween Events in Vienna for Adults
When witches go riding, and black cats are seen, the moon laughs and whispers, 'tis near Halloween.
Art
Vienna Is On OnlyFans: Our Cultural Capital Gets Naked
The Vienna Tourism Board keeps having artworks censored on social media. The solution? Now, Vienna is on OnlyFans.
Food & Drink
Insect Burger Patties Coming Soon to Austrian Supermarkets
Insects provide a climate-friendly, high-protein alternative to meat – and producers are betting that ever more consumers will bite in response to the latest buzz.
City Life
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
Vienna News
Fucking, Austria, Wants Now to Be Called Fugging
The Upper Austrian village has had people steal their name sign and Pornhub giving them premium access due to its peculiar name. Now, the city council voted to change it once and for all.
General
7 German Words That Will Spoil Austrian Appetites
Erdäpfel, Topfen & Paradeiser are more than just words.
Vienna News
Austria Had One Police Tomcat – and It Ran Away
The tomcat was "hired" to chase away mice in the stables of the new police horses in the Military Academy Wiener Neustadt – but apparently, Austria’s ...
General
This Month’s Weird News
Check out this month's odd and outrageous news stories!
Used Kitchen Ad Comes with Mysogonist Quip.
Viennese humor can easily be lost on non-German ...
July/August 2018
Weird News | June 2018
FOREIGN DOGS, KEEP OUT!
Gottfried Waldhäusl, FPÖ state councilor for Lower Austria, expressed concerns over dogs with a migrant background while disc...
June 2018
The Pope is a Rapidler and Other Weird News
POPE FRANCIS IS NOW A LIFE-TIME MEMBER OF VIENNA’S SK RAPID WIEN FOOTBALL CLUB
When in Rome, do as the Romans do – that’s what the players of Rap...
News
Fucking, Austria, is Now a Pornhub “Premium Place”
Fucking, the tiny village in Upper Austria is one of 50 unfortunately named places to receive premium access to Pornhub, the popular pornography websi...