Spring 2019 | Metropole

Business & Career

Banking for the People

In the first installment of our new series of how expats built their careers in Vienna, we talked to Maurizio Poletto, the designer behind Erste Bank’s acclaimed banking interface, George. As professional marketers and designers know, digitally savvy millennials are some of the toughest customers out there. As early adopters and influencers, millennials have become […]

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Yaël Ossowski - March 10, 2019

Print Editions

Legal Services in the Age of Globalization

With law firms expanding globally, both opportunities and challenges arise for the practitioners Globalization has been a mixe...

Philipp Freund - March 10, 2019

Explore Vienna

Vienna’s Public Gardens | Legacy In Green

Austria’s Bundesgärten celebrate a century in bloom

Ramya Iyer - March 10, 2019

Explore Vienna

Westbahnstraße | West Side Story

Vienna may not be quite as hip as Berlin – though not from lack of trying, as anyone who’s been to Westbahnstraße in the 7th district can attest.

Binu Starnegg - March 10, 2019

Explore Vienna

Es Gibt Reis | A Holiday on Rice

David Zoklits and André Spitzinger bring Southeast Asian flair to Josefstadt while paying homage to a German comedy legend. For a few years now, th...

Antonia Kögl - March 10, 2019

Features

Austria’s 2018 Wines | Beating the Heat

The 2018 Austrian wines are defined by last year’s long summer and sweltering temperatures. Like love and moonlight, wine and sunshine go hand in ...

Simon Ballam - March 10, 2019

People

Timothy Snyder’s Call to Action

In an age of confusion, historian and author Timothy Snyder looks to the past for a guide to the future of the West. On a pleasant evening in late O...

Dardis McNamee - March 10, 2019

Features

Europe Goes to the Polls

It is a rainy Friday night, and Ulises is sitting with his girlfriend Laura at a winebar at the Naschmarkt in Vienna. Ulisesis from Madrid and La...

Jacob Lassar - March 10, 2019

How To

How to Grow Up in Vienna

Coming of age in Vienna can be frightening, freeing and exhilarating at the same time - just like growing up. Arriving in Vienna at 14 wa...

Naomi Hunt - March 10, 2019

Diplomacy

Still Green & Clean?

Austria’s EU presidency met some important environmental goals. Its environmental policies at home, however, do not always stand the test. ...

Stephanie Liechtenstein - March 4, 2019

Features

Our Daily Bread

In Vienna, quality baked glossare more accessible than ever before. The challenge for bakers is to keep standards high, while still growing ...

Janima Nam - February 27, 2019

Features

Growing Green Cities

Where Beethoven found inspiration for his Pastoral symphony and Schubert wrote his songs, a new initiative seeks answers to a sustainable future. W...

Eden Vered - February 27, 2019

Features

The Code Makers

Programmers are in high demand. Two Viennese are helping more women to close the digital gap. It’s going on 18:30, but the windows of the...

Julia Seidl - February 27, 2019

People

Profile | Natalia Corrales-Diez

Founder, Fund of Excellence, Erste Group “Human capital is the oil of the 21st century. Ten years ago, it was all about big data. Now it’s about ...

Janima Nam - February 27, 2019

People

Profile | Herbert Schweiger

Director, Die Wiener Volkshochschulen “When the world is spinning faster than you are, you need help to keep moving forward – so ...

Janima Nam - February 27, 2019

People

Profile | Angela Köppl

Environmental Economist, Austrian Institute of Economic Research (WIFO) “Even though we were among the first movers towards susta...

Janima Nam - February 27, 2019

People

Profile | David Jandl

Forest Ranger “We’re very proud of the fact that the very concept of ‘sustainability’ originated from forestry.” If a tree falls...

Janima Nam - February 27, 2019

General

Stats | Spring 2019

The Editors - February 27, 2019

General

Quotes

The Editors - February 27, 2019

Melange

The Vienna Stock Exchange | A Piefke Takes Stock

The CEO of the Vienna Stock Exchange, Christoph Boschan, on financial literacy, sharing the wealth and north German Gemütlichkeit.

Margaret Childs - February 26, 2019

Explore Vienna

Skopik & Lohn | The Golden Middle

Combining elegance and tradition with eclectic elements from world cuisine, Skopik & Lohn brings a casual, cosmopolitan vibe to fine dining.

Paraskevi Peglidou - February 26, 2019

City Life

6 places to go Horseback Riding in and near Vienna

Vienna is a city that revels in its past. Over the centuries, the clatter of Fiaker plying their trade in the 1st district has never stopped and every...

Claudia Paccosi - February 26, 2019

Explore Vienna

Yori | Korean Debuts & Homecomings

In Yori authentic Korean cuisine takes the stage in Vienna as a veteran proudly looks on. One of my earliest memories as a child is making specia...

Janima Nam - February 26, 2019

Books

Coffeehouse Diaspora

In A Rich Brew, Shachar Pinsker makes a convincing case for the role of cafés in fostering a golden age of Jewish culture. In any guidebook about Vie...

Dardis McNamee - February 26, 2019

Books

The Ironies of History

In Éric Vuillard’s award-winning historical novel The Order of the Day, an absurd and tragic encounter seals Austria’s fate. The hour grows late and...

Liam Hoare - February 26, 2019

Pro & Con

Pro & Con | March 2019

Open Store Policy Closing shops on Sunday is so 19th century Every time I welcome someone to Vienna and give them my lis...

Philipp Rossmann - February 26, 2019

Opinion

Growth and Its Discontents

Central Europe has experienced a soaring economy in the last two decades. Yet the disaffection of many shows the limits of what economic growth a...

Martin Ehl - February 26, 2019

Books

Europe’s Essence

Robert Menasse’s award-winning The Capital is a dark but affectionate satire on the European idea. Robert Menasse has long been preoccupied with th...

Werner Garstenauer - February 26, 2019

Books

Metropole Events | Spring 2019

BOOK PRESENTATION | From Empire to Republic It’s been 100 years since the Habsburg Empire dissolved into several new, independe...

The Editors - February 26, 2019

News

News Monitor

European Elections Ahead When an entire continent goes to the polls, we should pay attention to what people have to say. From May...

Simon Ballam - February 26, 2019

News

News Monitor

Trouble in Lederhosen All the ingredients for a slow news day story were there: a much-loved local showbiz star, Nazi-accusations and some ...

Simon Ballam - February 26, 2019

News

News Monitor

WRONG SKILLS OR WRONG SKIN? “No one has to live out their days in Rohrbach,” headlined the daily Der Standard (06.02.19). How the...

Simon Ballam - February 26, 2019

Culture

Challenging Conservatism

Christophe Slagmuylder, the new artistic director of the Wiener Festwochen, presents his first program.

Bart de Vries - February 26, 2019

Art

Back from Oblivion

Vienna’s female artists get some long overdue time in the limelight at the Lower Belvedere. Three women gaze down from the wall: One in a red dre...

Katharina Groeblinger - February 26, 2019

Cover Stories

Austrian Business Knows No Bounds

Engines in India, cable cars in La Paz, logistics on the Silk Road – Austrian technology and exports are at an all-time high.

Bernd Vasari - February 26, 2019

Spring 2019

Crossroads by the Sea

The Adriatic’s window to Mitteleuropa, Trieste flares with Viennese charm and Italian flavor. Vienna, for all its charms, does lack one thing: a se...

Eden Vered - February 25, 2019

Online

“You’re a Young Guy” | Kurz Meets Trump

Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz described his meeting with United States president Donald Trump Wednesday as “very disputatious” in an interview wi...

Liam Hoare - February 21, 2019

Spring 2019

Spring 2019 | Growth

Hothouse Vienna where people and ideas flourishour spring issue is all about growth in Vienna and Austria – personal, economical, entrepreneurial. ...

Metropole - February 20, 2019

Online

All resident EU Citizens can vote for these Austrian Candidates

Your Voice in the EU With a lot of heated campaigning buzzing around its ears, the European Union's parliament elections are set to take place in M...

The Editors - February 11, 2019

Culture

Culture Streaming | Our Top 5 Picks to Watch in February

The holiday season may be over, but winter is not – so bundle up on the sofa! There’s a mix of great shows and movies coming up. SITCOM Unbreakabl...

Paraskevi Peglidou - February 6, 2019

Online

Good Friday… Or is it?

The European Court of Justice ruled (January 22nd) that Austria is guilty of discrimination on the grounds of religion, as under the county’s law, Go...

Eden Vered - January 31, 2019