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Meet Nabila Irshaid, Artist & Single Mother of Five
“Being a single mom is intimidating; there are no safety nets. You could even say it’s existentially life-threatening.”
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Grätzl
Donauinsel | Vienna’s Leisure Island
Regardless of how many livability surveys Vienna tops, our beloved city has one glaring deficiency that it will never fix: The nearest ocean beach is hundreds of kilometers away.
Science & Technology
How Freud, Adler & Moreno Pioneered Modern Family Therapy in Vienna
Alfred Adler and Jacob L. Moreno developed the theoretical foundations for family therapy in Vienna, building on the work of Sigmund Freud.
Spring, 2020
Fighting Flight Shame? The ÖBB Nightjet’s 28 Destinations Take You all over Europe While you Sleep
Flight Shame getting to you? The ÖBB Nightjet offers low-impact alternative routes to several major European cities – or did so before the corona lockdown. A nightly trip to Milan on the eve of the coronavirus crises.
Restaurants
Spoon in Vienna Serves Feel-Good Food at Great Value
Spoon offers feel-good food, great value and brisk service, but speed is a double-edged sword.
People
Ruth Wodak on How the Far-Right Deceives the Public and Undermines Democracy
How the far-right deceives the public and undermines democracy. A conversation with linguist Ruth Wodak.
Science & Technology
IST Research in Klosterneuburg – Ranked 3rd in the World – Joins Forces with Startups to Make Ideas ...
Inventing something new is one thing. Turning it into a product is quite another. Here's how founders and researchers take ideas to market
Books
A New Metternich Biography Rounds Out the Portrait of One of History’s Greatest Political Strategist...
Wolfgang Siemann draws on newly discovered notes and letters to paint a more nuanced portrait of diplomat and statesman Klemens von Metternich.
Culture
The Truth About the Vienna-born Bluetooth Bombshell Hedi Lamarr
The Jewish Museum and a recently published book re-evaluate the myths surrounding Hedy Lamarr
Grätzl
From an Insane Asylum to Vienna’s Last Video Rental Place, the Altes AKH Holds Plenty of Secre...
Wandering around the diverse and historic campus of Austria’s largest and best-known academic institution is compelling even if you are no longer a student
Restaurants
The Long Hall, Vienna’s Newest Irish Pub, Brings a Modern Take on Pub Culture to the City
Modern gastropub with a well-considered drink selection and delectable food
Spring, 2020
Donald Tusk, Former President of the European Council, Takes Stock
Hoping to the last to soften Brexit, while welcoming Scotland, the perennial European faces an even greater challenge: to strengthen the continent’s vision of itself.
Business & Career
How Circle17 Aims for Impact with Businesses Following the SDGs
Can startups help reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? In Vienna, Circle17 started an Impacthon to find out.
Books
Finding Purpose with Robert Musil
Robert Musil’s epic Austrian classic gets cut down to size to explore love and identity across the boundaries of self.
Food & Drink
Meet Willi Klinger, Wine Seller & Head of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board
After guiding the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (ÖWM) through 15 successful years, Willi Klinger has returned to selling wines from all over at up-market retailer Wein & Co
Special Report
A New Way to Do Good Promises to Provide the Data to Make the Biggest Impact – Effective Altruism
There is a new way to do good that promises to provide the tools to have the most impact – Effective Altruism.
Culture
This Year’s Wiener Festwochen Exposes 21st Century Ills, But Offers Solutions, Too
Canceled or moved online in the age of Corona, the program of this year’s Wiener Festwochen seemed surprisingly prescient.
Diplomacy
From Schrödinger’s Cat to Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace,” Vienna’s IAEA is At the Center of Global N...
Even without a single nuclear reactor, Austria plays a vital role in
ensuring the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Spring, 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.
Empire to Republic
Austria, the Making of a Republic
On April 27, 1945, the Austrian Proclamation of Independence was signed and promulgated in the liberated city of Vienna. Today, Austrians celebrate 75 years of their Republic, a free, democratic and open country in the middle of Europe.
How To
“Where There’s a Will…”
Getting our affairs in order in time of a crisis can be a huge relief for all parties, while protecting those you love.
Business & Career
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.
Cover Stories
How Vienna Became the Petri Dish for Geniuses Like Schrödinger, Gödel & Freud
From saving mothers to preventing blood clots and unraveling the secrets of our physical universe, Vienna’s scientists have advanced humanity through the ages.
Expat's Voice
HERSTORY – Metropole x Women of Vienna
Zilla Boyer a political scientist, campaigner and pod-cast creator who joined WoV in search of adventure when she relocated here almost three years ago.
People
Meet Elisabeth Mertl, the Viennese Chemist Who Saved Mice From Animal Experiments
“I like wearing the white coat. I always pictured them on mad scientists in laboratories – that’s what I wanted to do.”
Food & Drink
Small and Cozy, Eating at Patrick Sowa’s Seidengasse 31 Is Like Having Dinner in Your Living Room
Small and cozy, eating at Patrick Sowa’s Seidengasse 31 is like having dinner in your living room.
Science & Technology
Inside the U.S. Pentagon’s Funding for Foundational Research in Austria – and the Fight to End It
The U.S. Pentagon funds critical studies in medicine and quantum physics in Austria. Does this threaten the country’s neutrality or academic freedom?
People
Meet Nuno Maulide, Star Chemist & Learned Concert Pianist With a Mission
“I tell my students, ‘I can get your foot in the door, but then you have to open it.’ I’m the kind of person who once I get my foot in, I will bang that door down.”
Science & Technology
Women in the Natural Sciences, from Lise Meitner to Today
Amid Austria’s glowing record of scientific enterprise, women’s involvement in the natural sciences has grown, albeit far too slowly. That may be changing.
City Life
In the 250th Year of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Death, Here’s How to Find Him
For the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth, Vienna has pulled out all the stops; join us in tracing his footsteps.
People
Meet Jenny Reddish, Storyteller of Our Age
“You could attach significance to any moment in history. Right now people are saying ‘Things are really changing’ – it’s about a search for meaning.”
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.
Melange
Meet Gerhard Hirczi, Vienna’s Head Hunter
No stranger to challenges, the general manager of the Vienna Business Agency, Gerhard Hirczi is placing the city’s assets front and center.
People
Meet Herbert Störi, Vienna’s Master of the Supercomputer
“A [spending] limit for supercomputers? Well, it was unthinkable to fly to the moon before they managed to – but it wasn’t cheap!”
Op-Ed
Opinion | What if Foreigners Had Voting Rights?
Having two homes is confusing, and the choice between convenience and (fragile) ideology, even more so.
Publisher's Letter
Let the Great Minds of Vienna Stay Humble
Our publisher Margaret Childs introduces our spring issue, which is all about research, development, innovation and science – we present the Minds of Vienna.
Wine
The Spirit of Spontaneity
’Tis the season yet again – Christmas markets are in full swing, the smell of Maroniis in the air and Glühwein is consumed by the bucket. And, of course, there’s the obligatory toast on Silvester
Restaurants
Cozy Cuisine
By Antonia Kögl & Benedikt SteinleFew places in Vienna emanate the warmth of Kommod – a wonderful architectural gem, the forme...
Restaurants
Post Performance Prandials
The orchestra hammers the final cadence, the curtain falls and the audience breaks into pandemonium – there is nothing like the thrill of p...
General
Pro & Con | Winter 2019
The Still of the Nightby Dardis McNameeSome come to Vienna wishing it were Rome or Madrid, bistro nights in Trestevere, or partying on t...
Vienna Legal
Launching a Music Career
So, you’re a good musician. They even give you roses. But not much bread. Now what?
Music
Froth and Finesse
The longest-running piece of musical theater of all time, Die Fledermaus captures an era, and (perhaps) the way Austrians like to see themselves.
Travel
Heaven & Zell
Zell am See is a bastion of easy-going tradition and snowy delights with big changes on the horizon
Winter 2019
Silvia Frieser & New York’s Viennese Opera Ball
Silvia Frieser and the Viennese Opera Ball in New York
City Life
The Sounds from Afar and Around
You’ve probably been to “Tschuschistan” and you didn’t even know it. There is no border and you don’t need a passport.But if you’ve eve...
Opinion
Should the Viennese Really Take that Much Pride in Being Unfriendly?
No one can say Vienna is a sore loser. After Austrian media picked up the Expat Insider study’s City Index ranking Vienna the second least friendly city for expats, the “news” spread like wildfire.
General
Karlsplatz | Vienna’s Beating Heart
Vienna’s historic and spiritual city center may be Stephansplatz, but its actual pulsating heart is Karlsplatz.
Books
Book Review | A Call to Ears
In his first foray into cultural criticism, musician Dave Randall
calls upon his readers to think outside the jukebox.
Winter 2019
Book Review | The Painted Face
Love and Desire, War and Human Suffering in Ingeborg Bachmann’s Malina.
Culture
Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer | The Baron of Ball Season
Austria’s own Mr. Manners, Thomas Schäfer-Elmayer spills the beans on upholding traditions, ball season’s allure and gender equality.
Science & Technology
The Tools of Today`s Music
Austria’s music tech entrepreneurs are pushing Vienna into new areas of innovation .
Science & Technology
Take Two Quavers…
… and call me in the morning.
Can neuroscience prove that music soothes some of our biggest ailments?
People
Profiles | Antonia Matschnig
Matschnig’s approach to DJing has been called everything from “experimental,” “post-club,” “hybrid,” to “deconstructed.”
Cover Stories
The City and Land of Music
Vienna made music ... and music made Vienna. As told by “Metropole” writers – a libretto for life in the Austrian capital. With an overture by our Editor in Chief Dardis McNamee.
General
Angels in Sailor Suits
From imperial beginnings to a global audience, the world’s most famous boys’ choir is embracing diversity while maintaining its 500-year-old tradition.
People
Profiles | Matthias Naske
Matthias Naske has been director of the Vienna Konzerthaus since 2013 where he works on bringing music to a broader audience.
Empire to Republic
Bosnia and Herzegovina | A Country in Search of Itself
Bosnia and Herzegovina was severely tested in the 20th century and is still finding its way back to prosperity and internal stability.
International
The Long Road Home
A century after the end of the Habsburg Empire, and 30 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Vienna has finally resumed its role as the hub of Central and Eastern Europe
Nightlife
Here Are Our Favorite Punschstands in Vienna’s Christmas Markets
'tis the season to drink outdoors at Vienna’s Christkindlmärkte. Here are our recommendations for best Christmas markets in the city.
People
Profiles | Wolfgang Muthspiel
He’s made over 30 albums and tours all over the world. Yet, although he’s grateful for this substantial career, he’s never had the feeling that he’s “made it.”
Publisher's Letter
Publisher’s Letter | We’ve Heard It All Before
I have one very vivid memory. I was a teenager traveling with some friends on the coast of Italy. We were in a dumpy motorboat, puttering along with a boombox.
Special Report
Home Is Where the Housing Is
Vienna's population is growing fast, but the city's commitment to social housing means people in all parts of society can still afford to live here.
Fall 2019
Michael Ignatieff | Academic Freedom Fighter
The Central European University finds a safe-haven in Vienna. Amid the optimism of the move its rector warns of the dangers of complacency
Books
Reconsidering Thomas Bernhard
On the 30th anniversary of his death, the Austrian author’s acerbic wit still cuts through the pomposities and pettiness of a society hiding from itself.
Recipes
Martinigansl | Geese go to Eleven at Gasthaus Wild
At Gasthaus Wild, the Austrian custom of roast goose for St. Martin’s is a veritable feast.
Cover Stories
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.
Fall 2019
Seestadt Aspern | The New Frontier
Despite a direct subway connection, getting to Seestadt Aspern is quite a trek: starting from Karlsplatz on the U2, you’ll pass the national stadium i...
Fall 2019
Herzig | An Affair of the Heart
Sören Herzig’s newly opened restaurant in the Dorotheum’s
former warehouse serves a memorable menu mit Herz.
Fall 2019
Swarovski | Salt, Silver & Crystal
He lies there in silence, motion-, and emotionless. Eyes wide open, staring into the distance while a seemingly endless stream of silvery wa...
Fall 2019
Grooner on the Other Side
“Austrian wines, sir? Certainly ...” Store manager Allyson showed me to a shelf of Yellowtail Chardonnays and Sauvignons. No, I reply, no ka...
Culture
New Perspectives
It’s easy to be a film buff in Vienna: With not one but two film museums and numerous cinemas specializing in original-language fare, offbeat, indepen...
Culture
Opening the Castle Gates
With high culture such an integral part of the Austrian identity, there are few positions as coveted and prestigious as director of Vienna’s B...
Art
Cultural Whale or Fish out of Water?
You couldn’t miss it if you tried. After the vast vineyards, golden sunflower fields, apricot trees heavy with fruit and century-old farmhouse...
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.
City Life
City Life: Solutions for the Age of Adaptation
At a Vienna Design Week-sponsored event earlier this year, panelists discussed “the direction in which toilet trends will flush us and how w...
Fall 2019
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...
Fall 2019
The Art of Vandalism
Recent exhibits show that graffiti and street art have found a place in Viennese culture – well, maybe
Fall 2019
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 ...
Fall 2019
Alpengummi – A Taste of the Wild
Claudio Bergero and Sandra Falkner, founders of Alpengummi, cannot wait to tell us about chewing gum - and there is much to know. It took two years ...
Business & Career
What Makes a City “Smart”?
Digital, green, innovative – what's the real deal behind the buzzwords?
Opinion
Opinion | Brigitte Bierlein – Cleaning up After the Men
Come the hour, come the woman. Leading the interim government was going to be a tough gig, but she was ready.
Publisher's Letter
Publisher’s Letter | Thank You, Whiners, Gripers and Busybodies
In Vienna, as the dog days of summer give way to cool breezes and falling leaves, Metropole turns its focus to the clockwork behind the city on the Danube.
People
Profiles | Wolfgang Zerobin
“All components of public service – water, sewage, trash, energy – must remain in communal hands. Our public utilities belong 100% to the city. This is – and must – be important.”
People
Profiles | Stefanie Lamp
“It’s really necessary to bring all the people together and talk as often as possible. Of course, you can’t make everyone happy because people want different things – but you can try.”
People
Profiles | Martin Giesswein
Twice a year, Martin Giesswein goes on a “digital detox,” foregoing the internet and all devices for a couple of weeks. Not an easy task.
People
Profiles | Daniel Pratl
“When people look at traffic lights, they see only red, yellow, and green. They have no idea about what lies beyond those colors."
Fall 2019
The Good Life by Design | Interview with Vienna’s Mayor Michael Ludwig
Mayor Michael Ludwig shares the secret to Vienna’s top ranking for smarts and livability: Planning with people in mind by Margaret Childs.
Fall 2019
City Planning Masterpiece – Explore Our Fall 2019 Issue
Browse our digital issue now. Our stories will be optimized for an online experience and published separately on the website in the weeks to come.
Features
Hitting Home | The Negative Effects of Brexit on CEE
Among the independent, export-based economies of the region, no one comes out a winner of Brexit.
Books
The Long Winter of Discontent
Philipp Blom sets out to demonstrate how rapid climate change can dramatically upset our social and economic structures, our everyday lives. It has ha...
Features
Matti Bunzl: Staging the Conversation
At the Wien Museum, the US-educated Austrian scholar wants to use the incidents of history to question the way we live now.In Vienna, museums are ...
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...
Explore Vienna
Luftschloss Cobenzl | A Pop-up Party in Paradise
Luftschloss Cobenzl is a magnificent venue with an amazing view – but patience is mandatory.
Explore Vienna
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.
City Life
Make the Most of Vienna During the Dog Days of Summer
As the natives flee town for their vacation, why not make the city your oyster?
Out of Town
A Charming Tour of Krems | Wine, Music & Art
Sleepy little town on the Danube – or hotbed of political intrigue and architecture? Surrounded by vineyards and just an hour from Vienna, Krems is both.
Travel
Alpine Boardwalk | Our Guide to Wörthersee
From jet setters to families, Carinthia's Wörthersee is the waterfront escape Austrians keep coming back to.
