February 2017

We’re now well into winter. The last cinnamon breath of Christmas is a distant memory, and the glimmering promise of spring is still too distant to cl...

Vivid color, audacious dance moves and spirited show tunes define a genre making a modern comeback Hot on the heels of La La Land’s box office and c...

The Markterei Lindy hops onto the after-work bandwagon with their new evening event, Tanzerei The historic grand hall of the Alte Post (Old Post Off...

Amid the erosion of the political center, little Austria may be the unlikely champion to stem the surge of the far right If there is anything wor...

You won’t read about it in the tourist brochures. They don’t allocate any of the marketing budget to it. But still, the visitors know. And the loc...

The new Neapolitan-style pizzeria Via Toledo entices with a Valoriani oven and lots of southern cordiality Vienna has its fair share of ristorant...

Ahhh, Vienna! It’s the city of Gemütlichkeit, semi-precious neutrality, badly and well-kept secrets as well as the go-to location for the odd diplomat...

Are you cut out for 00 status? Improve your combat skills, polish your manners, and become wine, poker and dance floor savvy. It could just save you...

How does Austria deal with Europe’s estimated €1 trillion shadow economy of black-market crime, petty tax evasion and corporate profit shifting? ...

Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...

The Vienna Theatre Project puts on Ayad Akhtar’s The Who and the What, where logos, mythos and gender intersect Four actors and a director huddle...

Vienna has never tried to curb the activities of foreign spies. Over the past century, it’s become the go-to stage for the dramas of global espionage ...

How a small number of young eastern Europeans have managed to influence U.S politics Fake news has no borders. Last fall, in the flurry of debunk...

The proud Arlberg region looks to the future as a new lift system makes it the largest continuous ski resort in Austria The Fantastic Gondolas pa...

The Vienna chapter of the Women’s March on Washington was a flashback to 1960s activism by Caroline Stevenson & Dardis McNamee It was Satu...

For the “Spy Issue” we went to Vienna’s sister city of espionage, London. There we delved into the ‘60s era of fashion unnoticed and put together time...

These three shops in Vienna offer excellent wine accessories By Catherine Hooker & Leopold Winkler Even if it’s not included in the Merc...

On its 18th birthday, this world music festival explores Spain Still going strong after 18 years, the city's own International Accordion Festival...

If the recent election has taught us anything, it’s that details do not matter anymore Trump rose to power not only by tapping into notions of helple...

Data science is currently among the hottest fields of study and its practitioners are in high demand For many, the 21st century buzzword “Big Dat...

A quick-and-dirty synopsis of last month’s headlines in Vienna Security Increase After Attempted Terror Attack An 18-year-old Austrian was arreste...

We met with Cold War expert Oliver Rathkolb to talk about the city’s spy-filled past and how it’s impossible to keep a secret in Vienna It’s ha...

The Okanagan Hockey Academy turns out talented players in St. Pölten, hoping to win over Austria and Europe The hall echoed with yells, scraping ...

Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...

Edith Tudor-Hart photographed poverty, society and children in Vienna and the U.K. and also helped launch Britain’s most notorious ring of spies for t...

Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...

The enduring fascination of string quartets for musicians, composers and audiences The remarkable thing about the string quartet is how it endure...

Nychos is a rising star of the Viennese and international graffiti scene. He gave us a look into his life as a street artist from a beach in Maui, bec...

Film stills as drama suspended, art as advertisement: Even if you’ve never seen the movie, chances are you know the image They are the indelible vis...

As chairmanship revolves to Austria, we listened to what Foreign Minister Kurz sees as the biggest challenges I arrived unreasonably early on a c...

The legendary soundtrack composer goes on tour, celebrating 60 years of music Iconic, influential and prolific with over 500 film and TV scores a...

Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...

In Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany, Norman Ohler shows how methamphetamines made the German Blitzkrieg possible As German Panzers overran France in t...

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Fashion’s dark side is cleverly disguised in fancy sets and luxurious outfits; Here are some pointers on how to survive the fake laughs It’s been...

The story of Stefan Zweig’s exile years is compellingly told in George Prochnik’s literary biography In spite of his fame, Austrian novelist Stefan ...

Graham Greene’s The Third Man: An iconic portrait of gloom and corruption in Austria’s postwar capital Great cities have their architectural icons, ...

Gußhausviertel Taking a stroll just behind Karlskirche into the 4th district is a calming experience. Gone is the buzz of tourists and traffic sn...

Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough. Mark Twain

Vienna’s English Theatre presents Anthony Shaffer’s exemplary thriller, filled with deceit and deception Ever popular on English-language stages sin...

Georgia O’Keeffe stars in her largest retrospective outside of her home country Most people first get to know Georgia O’Keeffe through her volupt...

First-time director James Schamus brings Philip Roth's novel Indignation to the screen Being an outsider is never easy – especially when you’re...

Steinthal’s stripped-back dishes showcase the best of local produce Daniel Steiner and Benjamin Wieselthaler are inseparable – “there hasn’t been...

Vienna Confidential Flip through the digital version

Iconic and iconoclastic, the famous German director is celebrated in a retrospective at the Austrian Film Archive Vienna’s Filmarchiv Austria current...