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City of Spies: Vienna Confidential
Opinion
Opinion | When in Winterland
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...
Opinion
Opinion | Austrian Idol?
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...
Bars and Nightlife
Slow Food, Fast Dancing
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...
Editor’s Letter | February 2017
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...
Cafés and Restaurants
A Slice of Napoli at Via Toledo
The new Neapolitan-style pizzeria Via Toledo entices with a Valoriani oven and lots of southern cordiality
Vienna has its fair share of ristorant...
Last Word | February 2017
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...
How To
How to be a Spy
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...
People
Profile | Vienna’s Inside Men: Thomas Pietschmann
Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...
Work
The Undeclared Economy
How does Austria deal with Europe’s estimated €1 trillion shadow economy of black-market crime, petty tax evasion and corporate profit shifting?
...
Stage
Lifting the Veil
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...
Travel | The Alpine Connection at Arlberg Ski Resorts
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...
Spies in Vienna – Capital of Cloak & Dagger
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
...
Opinion
Opinion | (Fake) News of the World
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...
News
March as you Mean to go on
The Vienna chapter of the Women’s March on Washington was a flashback to 1960s activism
by Caroline Stevenson & Dardis McNamee
It was Satu...
Master of Disguise
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...
Wine
On The Vine | Where to buy Wine Accessories in Vienna
These three shops in Vienna offer excellent wine accessories
By Catherine Hooker & Leopold Winkler
Even if it’s not included in the Merc...
Music
Accordion Festival
On its 18th birthday, this world music festival explores Spain
Still going strong after 18 years, the city's own International Accordion Festival...
Opinion
Opinion | Born-Again Facts
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...
Science & Technology
The Oracles of Big Data
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...
News
What Austrian Media Wrote About in February 2017
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...
People
Oliver Rathkolb | The Historian and the Intelligence Paradox
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...
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 ...
People
Profile | Vienna’s Inside Men: Franz Fiedler
Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...
International
Code Name: Edith ‘Grandmother’ of the Cambridge Five
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...
People
Profile | Vienna’s Inside Men: Dr. Uwe Egly
Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...
Music
The Power of Four
The enduring fascination of string quartets for musicians, composers and audiences
The remarkable thing about the string quartet is how it endure...
People
Acquainted with the Night
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...
Art
Film Stills: Magical Moments
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...
News
Eyewitness: Kurz Takes Over the OSCE
As chairmanship revolves to Austria, we listened to what Foreign Minister Kurz sees as the biggest challenges
I arrived unreasonably early on a c...
Music
Ennio Morricone
The legendary soundtrack composer goes on tour, celebrating 60 years of music
Iconic, influential and prolific with over 500 film and TV scores a...
People
Profile | Vienna’s Inside Men: Roman Hahslinger
Whether they’re uncovering drug cartels, teaching how to protect secrets, improving the image of the police department or fighting corruption, skeptic...
Books
Books | The Third Reich on Drugs
In Blitzed: Drugs in Nazi Germany, Norman Ohler shows how methamphetamines made the German Blitzkrieg possible
As German Panzers overran France in t...
From our Readers | February 2017
We’ve been getting lots of feedback from our readers over social media. Many thanks for your thoughts, ideas and insights!
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Opinion
Opinion | If You Don’t Look Good, We Don’t Look Good
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...
Books
Books | No Direction Home
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 ...
Film
A Spymaster’s Vienna – On the Trail of The Third Man
Graham Greene’s The Third Man: An iconic portrait of gloom and corruption in Austria’s postwar capital
Great cities have their architectural icons, ...
Vienna by District
Gußhausviertel | Downtown Diplomacy
Gußhausviertel
Taking a stroll just behind Karlskirche into the 4th district is a calming experience. Gone is the buzz of tourists and traffic sn...
Shopping
My Favorite Things
Too much of anything is bad, but too much of good whiskey is barely enough.
Mark Twain
Art
Georgia O’Keeffe: The Reluctant Icon
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...
Film
Indignation: Growing Pains Philip Roth Style
First-time director James Schamus brings Philip Roth's novel Indignation to the screen
Being an outsider is never easy – especially when you’re...
Recipes
Two’s Company – Steinthal
Steinthal’s stripped-back dishes showcase the best of local produce
Daniel Steiner and Benjamin Wieselthaler are inseparable – “there hasn’t been...
Film
Werner Herzog Retrospective at Filmarchiv Austria
Iconic and iconoclastic, the famous German director is celebrated in a retrospective at the Austrian Film Archive
Vienna’s Filmarchiv Austria current...