Imagine you are planning a dinner party, a mix of people coming together to spend time with each other. Your job, as the host, is to create a setting that is both pleasing and stimulating, one where each of your guests feels welcome and can enjoy a delicious meal in the company of friends. Everything matters, […]
Day breaks over Hoher Markt. An inconspicuous son of a civil servant makes his way down the cobblestone streets, rope looped over his shoulder, bag packed with a stencil, knife and black paint. This avid climber, stories say, had made a bet that morning: Joseph Kyselak was leaving town, and he vowed that in no […]
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 pride. Early morning on a sunny Tuesday. A deafening roar through the window, shattering sleep. It […]
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 of research and product development to bring their first two flavors of all-natural chewing gum to m...
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.
Vienna continues to grow, blending into the new millennium while keeping its Old World charm. The how and the why.
Come the hour, come the woman. Leading the interim government was going to be a tough gig, but she was ready.
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.
