June 2017
Cover Stories
At The End of the Rainbow
The LGBT scene has experienced a surge of acceptance in Austria, but it took a while to get here and equality is not yet a reality.
June 2017
June 2017 | Love is Love
In Vienna, Romance Comes in all Stripes.Flip through the digital version
Film
Identities Queer Film Festival is Back in Town!
Proudly presenting an alternative to heteronormative cinema and queer since day one, the biannual Identities Film Festival holds the rainbow torch up ...
Recipes
Penne à la Vodka at Treubleiben Wien
A Persian New Yorker transplants Brooklyn grub to Kirchengasse
At Treubleiben, one of the more recent additions to the Kirchengasse gastro-strip, K...
Blog
Last Word | June 2017 | Gspusi
To be truly integrated in Vienna there are certain terms no dictionary or Deutschkurs will properly explain.
But you’re no stranger, so here’s this m...
Local Finds
Local Finds | June 2017
They go unnoticed by the mainstream and are treasured by a chosen few. We selected a sample of Vienna’s boutique landscape to get you through June.
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Out of Town
Travel | Bikes, Wine and Castles in the Wachau
The Wachau region is just a stone’s throw from Vienna and its secrets and treasures can be all yours for an afternoon.The dream of slowing dow...
Music
Catch Herbie Hancock and a 17-Year-old Piano Prodigy at the Jazz Fest Wien 2017
A plethora of genres and styles define this venerable festival.Attracting household names and promising newcomers from contemporary jazz as well...
Film
When you see Vienna in a Hollywood Movie, That’s Because of the Vienna Film Commission
No Mission is ImpossibleA damsel in yellow silk pressed tightly against his body, special agent Ethan Hunt (alias Tom Cruise) is roping down fro...
Blog
Editor’s Letter | Romancing the City | June 2017
As the Beatles said, when cynicism and sarcasm don’t get the better of us, that warm, gooey emotion – Love with a capital L – can really be all we nee...
Opinion
Opinion | Kurz the Boy Wonder
When Sebastian Kurz was asked to be State Secretary for Integration in 2011, he was 24 years old.
It was a new position, and then-ÖVP party chairman...
Special Report
Special Report | Viktor Orbán vs. Budapest’s Central European University
Prime Minister Orbán’s assault on the Central European University has become a flash point in the struggle between democracy and nationalism in the EU...
Local Finds
Nordic Brands to Know | June 2017
Nordic by nature? These brands certainly wear their heritage with pride. Scandinavian fashion takes on different faces, from eccentric runway looks to...
Stage
Shakespeare’s Beloved Twelfth Night will be Showing at the Stadtpalais Liechtenstein
The Bard’s illustrious comedy of errors makes landfall in Vienna.With lust, jealousy, deception, inebriation and greed all tied up in a convolut...
Unscripted Love at the Hotel Orient
Sometimes love deserves its own realm, far away from the prying eyes of the outside world. Where better to have a romantic escape than at Vienna’s leg...
Opinion
Opinion | The Politics of Women’s Clothing on Beaches and Billboards
The politics of women’s clothing in advertising
A double billboard fills the end wall of an apartment house just off the Karmelitermarkt in Vienna’s ...
People
Profile | Ingrid Mack of the Erotic Shop Liebenswert
Whether it’s the official “I do”, or playing games with gender and sexuality, her life’s work celebrates love, sexuality and femininityIngrid Mack...
Nightlife
A Decade in Triage at Rhinoplasty
Vienna’s legendary drag party celebrates 10 years of queerA trailblazing testament to progressive fin de siécle Vienna, the Otto Wagner Pavillio...
News
What Austrian Media Wrote About in May 2017
A quick-and-dirty synopsis of what everyone's been talking about in Vienna and beyond
Trial Begins for Death of 71 Refugees
The trial against the tr...
Music
What to Expect at Donauinselfest 2017
Notable tributes and newcomers make this year a salute to musical innovators then and now.June in Vienna just wouldn’t feel the same without tho...
Wine
The Weinviertel, Where Each Wine is as Unique as its Creator
The Weinviertel has as many philosophies as vintners“Popsicles. With lychee aroma!” René Willmann of the Poysdorf Weinmarkt (wine market) scof...
Grätzl
The Naschmarkt | Vienna’s Legendary Open-Air Market
Or how a culinary melting pot became the city's favorite Bobo BazaarEven in staunchly nostalgic Vienna, neighborhoods change. The Naschmarkt is a ...
Science & Technology
New Research at Oxford Suggests Love can be Treated, Just Like an Addiction
Recent research poses that love could be “treated” like an addiction. Are we really going to medicalize l’amour?Most of us know the ...
News
Where the Vienna Energy Forum Sees us in 2030
Here’s the challenge: First, eradicate poverty by getting over 90 percent of the world connected to electricity. Second, save enough energy to keep gl...
International
You say ‘Te Amo’, I say ‘Ich Liebe Dich’ – a Look at Love in a Globalized Wo...
In the world of romance, globalization brings a new dynamic to an age-old mysteryBrexit, Trump, Strache, Le Pen. With all the gloom and doom on gl...
City Life
Are the Viennese More Likely to Cheat on Their Partners?
For most of its long history, Vienna has taken a cavalier attitude to stepping out.Something strange began happening shortly after I arrived in ...
Local Finds
Fesch’markt Vienna
The Fesch’markt returns to Vienna with 220 independent designers offering their wares. Look out for these three labels, champions of eco-social awaren...
Film
A Drive-in for Pedestrians: Volxkino
The silver screen – coming to a park near you.Every summer, Vienna’s cinephiles are spoilt for choice with a large selection of open-air cinemas s...
Books
Books | Peter H. Wilson’s Reimagines the Holy Roman Empire
Peter H. Wilson asks us to reimagine the premodern world in The Holy Roman Empire
It was neither holy nor Roman nor an empire – or so we learned in s...
Stage
Nathan the Wise – Playing at the Volkstheater – Puts Compassion First
Nikolaus Habjan shines a light on religious fundamentalism in Nathan der Weise.With refugees reaching Europe in record numbers, it often seems t...
Film
Riding the Shōchiku New Wave at Filmmuseum
Societal upheaval, as shown by Japanese cinema.Influenced by the French nouvelle vague and a budding generation gap as postwar children came of ...
People
Profile | Michelle Mock and the art of Wedding Photography
She gets high on people daring to say “I do”. This bubbly expat has dedicated her livelihood to capturing celebrations of loveMichelle Mock, Weddi...
Opinion
Opinion | What Macron Means for Europe
For voters battered by globalization, pro-Europeans must deliver growth – and jobs
Emmanuel Macron’s decisive defeat of Marine Le Pen in the French p...
Restaurants
Paco Brings España to the 9th District
The spirit of tapas lives on in a new guise at PacoThe philosophy of tapas is very much about sharing – be it the small servings, a bottle of sh...
People
A Drink with Julian Wiehl, Editor-in-Chief of Vangardist Magazine
Julian Wiehl is the mind behind Vienna’s “progressive men’s magazine”, Vangardist, showcasing the savoir vivre of the gay communityIn 2015, Va...
People
Profile | 1000s of Expats Have Said “I do” in Front of Officiant Franziska Waldmann
Head of the Standesamt Landstraße, the woman who has overseen countless international weddings never tires of love storiesFranziska Waldmann, Head...
Music
Take me to Church! Vienna’s Godliest Music Venues
Your guide to the best musical performances at churches throughout Vienna.It is obvious, but must be said: A church is not a concert hall. But...
Books
Books | Vicki Baum’s Grand Hotel
Vicki Baum’s classic international bestseller Grand Hotel: a lucid, affectionate depiction of a society in crisis
The Vienna-born novelist Vicki Baum...
People
Profile | Tamara Mascara on Confidence and Being a Wiener
Whether she's playing games with gender and sexuality, or just celebrating love, music, fashion, this drag queen is an expert on being fabulousTam...
Blog
From our Readers | June 2017
Many thanks for your thoughts, ideas and insights! If you have something to say about Vienna or a story you read here, tell us all about it. Send an e...
Sport
Sport | The Vienna Nightrow is a fun, Easy Introduction to the Sport of Rowing
The Vienna Nightrow is a fun tradition that defies preconceptions about rowingEverywhere you look, long-established sports are getting shorter, ...
How To
How to Break the Cycle of Domestic Violence
When love goes bad, many cases of violence go unreported. Here is how Vienna offers support for victims and familiesThink of five women you know...
Art
“How to Live Together” at the Kunsthalle Wien is a Guide for Better World
A new group show at the Kunsthalle encourages us to shed our preconceptions and love the things that set us apart.The tempting possibility of a ...
Film
Illustrating the World of an Autistic Child in Life, Animated
An intimate story of an autistic boy changed by Disney movies.A plea for the astounding powers of moving pictures, the documentary Life, Animate...
Science & Technology
A Tinder Novice Samples Viennese App-Dating
Old-school bar romancer discovers the matching app phenomenon Tinder“Meeeaaap – wrong answer??!” – twenty-four hours after not replying to Hanna...
Art
Raw art From Crazy and Untrained Minds at Museum Gugging
Art brut and its origins are laid bare at Museum Gugging.Amongst the many startling visions on display at the Museum Gugging is an unassuming pe...
Opinion
Opinion | Realpolitik or a Dance with the Devil? Engaging with the FPÖ in Light of the October Elect...
The dangerous dance with Kern, Kurz and StracheThe image alone must have sent a shiver through the souls of decent chardonnay socialists, to see...
