September 2016

An intro to subscriptions for the upcoming music season, or how to remember where you put the tickets The concert season has finally reopened. From...

For better or worse, the Langenlois Loisium is a theme park for the thirsty After driving up the hill through a seemingly endless colony of chic de...

The eclectic musician reunites with his backing band The Innocent Criminals for a new album A darling of the alternative crowd, socially conscious ...

The club culture festival presents emerging international artists Now going into its sixth iteration, the Waves Vienna Music Festival and Conferenc...

The internationally acclaimed hit folk musical comes to Vienna Widely regarded as one of the leading exponents of American folk music, Woody Guthri...

At »MOMENT!« Fifth International Improv Festival, comedy and drama come at the speed of thought Promising to “put Vienna back on the international ...

Austria’s leading contemporary art fair presents emerging talent, highlighting collaborative new work from around Central Europe Showcasing both ne...

The Leopold Museum unveils a fine collection of tribal art Serving as inspiration from the turn of the last century onward, African and Oceanic art...

Painting 2.0 tracks the art form and its adaptation to the information age At the exhibition Painting 2.0, the state of the art begins with its dem...

Cellist Yo-Yo Ma leads once distant cultures joyously in consort in The Music of Strangers As the screen goes black, the cacophony of instruments tun...

Barack and Michelle Obama’s first date, as told by Hollywood With the outgoing first couple’s allure still sky high, this retelling of the Obamas’ ea...

Straight from the lunatic fringe of cinema, 40 films in search of braaaaaiiiins Providing fresh meat for fans of unconventional and weird movies, the...

The Brexit vote has shaken the Europe’s political foundations. Will the project begin to unravel, or is this a new start for the Continent? They did...

Smart cities need smart citizens. A growing movement of initiatives and startups, harnessing social media and using top-notch technology, aims to give...

Here's an overview of stats and numbers from month's Metropole, on smart urbanization.

Our fearless adventurer Christian Cummins is tempted out of his comfort zone at Area 47, where your inner child rules the roost It was 9:32 in the ...

Savor the last days of summer on the terrace of the 25hours Hotel's Dachboden bar Late summer may be the best season to enjoy Vienna: As the evenings...

From San Diego to Copenhagen, from Vienna to Singapore, everybody wants to become a smart city. But how do you upgrade the world's most livable city? ...

The moral dilemmas of M.L. Stedman's best-selling novel brought vividly on screen Director Derek Cianfrance’s (The Place Beyond the Pines) exquisite ...

Science fiction meets wearable aesthetics at Vienna’s tallest skyscraper. Futurist colors and natural fabrics combine in a marriage of utility and bea...

Define smart It’s hard to grumble in Vienna. Public transportation runs on time, a woman can safely walk home at night, the cycling paths make sense...

Spectators visit the Austrian Polo Open to witness the breakneck game and get a glimpse of the fanciful hats that make up the sport’s international st...

Gracious old Vienna can be set in its ways. But a few entrepreneurs and activists are trying to do things differently Half a century ago, Vienna wa...

Smart cities claim to improve the lives, productivity and eco-balance of their citizens. A new collection of essays questions whether the vision lives...

Organic community building, one platter at a time “My concept is simply back to basics” says Sophie Halder, chef and manager of the new restaurant ...

Thoughts from our expert on design, gadgets and joie de vivre When I think about the not-so-distant future, sure, I see food printers, hologram i...

07:00 In the morning you wake up to a warm sunrise mood emanating from your Philips Hue system. It connects wireless lighting throughout your house, ...

We met Eveline Steinberger-Kern, former executive at Verbund and Siemens, now founder of a green energy investment company – oh, and wife of the Aus...

How smart is Vienna? Four pioneers of building a smart city share a sense of how far we’ve come, and how far we still have to go Geraldine Fitzpatric...

With contributions pouring in, Alexander Van der Bellen is out to win the Hofburg – again – and help set the tone for Europe’s future On a brilliantly...

Vienna’s hilly north side may be cozy but not sleepy The 19th district, Döbling, is one of Vienna’s “noble” districts:  along with Hietzing (13th...

The first home automation hub, Amazon Echo raises lots of questions about how much we want to depend on artificial intelligence Entering our livi...

If globalization increases overall well-being, why have so many people become so hostile? Fifteen years ago, in Globalization and its Discontents...

It will be easy for archaeologists of the future to work out what matters to us today. The Egyptians honored the dead with their pyramids, the Romans...

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When going for Tapas, do as the Spaniards do In Spain, tapas is a way of life. More than just finger food, these small delicacies served with wine or...

Trips from Vienna to Bratislava are routine. But if the Hyperloop project has its way, they may soon become the most exciting commute on the planet ...

For years Renate Brauner has been a key player in the planning and follow-through on Vienna’s Smart City initiative. She wrote you a letter about how...

Jean-Claude Mpassy: The creator of the fashion website “New Kiss on the Blog” hails from Berlin and has chosen Vienna because he sees it as the city o...

A smartphone can be anything from a useful tool to a constant nag. Just don’t gawk at the screen while crossing the Gürtel and it can do much to imp...

The Wiener Weinwandertag makes it easy to get to know Vienna’s vintners on their own turf If there is a day that sums up autumn in Vienna, the Wi...

The Olympics in Rio didn’t provide Austrians with all that much cause for cheer. While it rains medals on the self-dubbed “sports nation” every winter...

In seeing the world in all its delicate beauty and overwhelming roughness, Christoph Ransmayr’s Atlas of an Anxious Man finds a language for mapping t...

Find more time for the important things in life with a little help from our friends from the world of wearables, e-mobility, virtual reality and the i...

Amid all the EU’s troubles over refugees, Schengen and the common currency, it’s easy to forget that in one regard, the Union has been extremely succe...