September 2017
Travel
Alpine Boardwalk | Our Guide to Wörthersee
From jet setters to families, Carinthia's Wörthersee is the waterfront escape Austrians keep coming back to.
Local Finds
Ali Rabbani Shares his Favorite Things | September 2017
Designed in cooperation with the Austrian designer Rainer Mutsch, this timepiece is a unique construction using asymmetrical oval shapes to give a...
Street Style – Daring Comfort Wear for the Urbanite
As a fashion phenomenon, street style arose at the end of the 20th century and has since developed into a billion-dollar industry that perfectly cater...
Blog
Last Word | September 2017 | Schiach
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 mo...
Local Finds
Where Craftsmanship and Design go Hand in Hand, These are the Brands to Know for Keeping Time
Design and craftsmanship are often paired with a legacy business. These designers have not only left their mark on the world of accessories, but their...
Rediscover Your City with our Local Finds for September
Whether they’re rethinking the world of retail, creating designs for kiddies or offering top-notch pampering, these insider favorites should not be mi...
Culture
At the Theater an der Wien René Jacobs Does The Magic Flute
Enchanting and confusing, Die Zauberflöte returns to the house it helped buildHowever you look at it, the story is confusing. Somehow, Mozart’s ...
Blog
From our Readers | September 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...
Business & Career
Viennese Design Firm Wideshot Makes big in Hollywood
Astonishing spoiled moviegoers is no small task. Marrying virtual reality with architecture, a Viennese company is dazzling audiencesBy Susanne ...
Opinion
Opinion | The Troubled State of the Austrian Left
With the Greens absorbed in internecine warfare, the prospects for a progressive left agenda look increasingly dimWith just a month until the pa...
Stage
John Waters Attacks our Decency Live at the Gartenbaukino This September
Cinematic legend John Waters continues his crusade against the tyranny of good tasteSince his seminal releases in the 1970s, John Waters has ama...
International
Visiting Adele Bloch-Bauer at the Neue Galerie in NYC
The Old World has no claim to great European art. A magnificent gallery showcases Vienna’s treasures in the Big AppleEuropeans like to believe t...
Culture
Overdose on Indie Rock, Hip Hop and EDM at Waves Festival
The international showcase festival and conference presents indie rock and club culture in all its gloryPresenting the city’s clubscape alongsid...
Opinion
Opinion | How the Solar Eclipse Shows how Tiny we Really are
“It’s difficult to make predictions,” the great Danish physicist Niels Bohr liked to say, “especially about the future” – a proverb that captured quit...
People
Profile | Amra Bergman and the World of Stage, Video and Costume Design
Design is not just a profession, it's a way of life. Whether it's on the runway, backstage, on the go or online, these designers both live and love wh...
Art
Rediscovering Raphael: The Italian Master Returns to the Albertina
A new show on the Renaissance polymath demonstrates the creative process of a geniusMentioned in the same breath as Leonardo and Michelangelo, R...
Business & Career
Advertorial | Online Banking in Austria and how big Players can Compete with Fintech
We asked board member Thomas Schaufler about designing Erste Bank’s online banking platform GeorgeIn Austria, banking has not always moved with ...
Melange
Christoph Thun-Hohenstein on Design for the Neo-Biedermeier age
MAK director Christoph Thun-Hohenstein on the resonance of objects, digital humanism and how we can design our way out of the singularityEvery...
People
Profile | Industrial Designer Daniel Huber of Spirit Design
Design is not just a profession, it's a way of life. Whether it's on the runway, backstage, on the go or online, these designers both live and love wh...
Books
Books | A Privileged Peek Into the Hollywood of Viennese Émigré Billy Wilder
The recently published diaries of Sunset Boulevard screenwriter Charles Brackett, on Hollywood and the half-mad world of Viennese émigré director Bill...
Opinion
Opinion | Her Headache with Face Veils
While banning the face veil may be within Europe’s rights, is it the right thing to do?First, let’s get one thing straight, the niqab, and the b...
Sport
Sport | Mallet-Time: Where to Play Croquet in Vienna
Croquet has a small but fervent fan base in AustriaThe first challenge you face when discussing croquet in Austria is explaining that it’s not t...
How To
How To Enhance Your Life with Viennese Design
You don’t need to be an artist’s muse to live like Alma Mahler. Vienna is bustling with design pieces that can turn your flat into a stylish Gesamtk...
Science & Technology
Happy Birthday to the Bicycle! 200 Years and Still Going Strong
While we no longer ride out with a lamp and a whistle, cycling today has become a part of life"I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it wher...
Grätzl
Neustift Am Walde | Town and Country
There’s no question: Vienna loves its wine and the traditions that go with it. And few areas of the city encapsulate Vienna’s enduring love for liquid...
Wine
On The Vine | Going off the Rails with the Heurigen Express
Rest your weary feet and take Vienna’s Heurigen Express to some of the city’s most charming BuschenschänkeHaving lived in Vienna for seven years...
Blog
Editor’s Letter | The Beef Between Art and Design | September 2017
Art and design are at the center of a semantic battle. Design can serve the purpose of making things attractive, easy to use, evocative, or si...
News
What Austrian Media Wrote About in August 2017
A quick-and-dirty synopsis of last month’s Austrian News.Austria’s Football and Volleyball Teams Finish Strong
At the Eur...
Film
Victoria & Abdul Shows the Human Side of the Crown
The human side of Britain’s monarch is shown in a softer lightNo stranger to royals, after humanizing Queen Elisabeth II in the critically-acc...
Cover Stories
The Turbulent Times of Viennese Design
In Vienna, with so much arts and culture, design may seem like an afterthought. In fact, it's all around us, shaping how we live, eat and dressT...
Art
Express Yourself! Unsung Austrian Expressionist Anton Kolig at the Leopold Museum
One of Austria’s finest expressionists receives his first major show in over 50 yearsWith a dynamic and dazzling figural style marked by a fierc...
Film
Vienna is the City of Spies in a new Thriller
A film crew captures Vienna’s clandestine allure for the espionage thriller City of SpiesThe backdrop certainly isn’t reassuring: I’m in front o...
Books
Books | In Black Vienna Janek Wassermann Shows the Radical Right’s Interwar Takeover of the Ci...
Janek Wasserman takes a closer look at conservative discontent in Red Vienna during the interwar periodIt is the victors who write the history, ...
Art
The Startling Rise of Viennacontemporary in the European art Scene
No longer in its infancy, Viennacontemporary asserts itself as the leading art marketplace in AustriaThe best art fairs offer a little something...
Opinion
Opinion | A Funeral March for the Staßenbahn R.I.P.
Push the button, climb the high steps and plop yourself down on a polished wooden seat. The seat’s design has an inward slope, so with every twist and...
City Life
Why you Should go to Vienna Design Week
Vienna's Design Week is a feast of ideas that reveal the many ways design enhances our livesGiven any traveler’s willingness to pay for charm, i...
Restaurants
L’Orient Serves up Savory Morrocan in Leopoldstadt
The cuisine of Morocco at L’Orient combines warm spices with a carefully designed spaceIn Arabic, khattat means calligrapher, the scribe whose p...
Stage
Join World-Class Street Artists on Karlsplatz at the Buskers Festival on the Second Weekend of Septe...
The Buskers Festival enlivens Karlsplatz with world-class performers
Since time immemorial, humanity has been fascinated with unusual feats of derrin...
Nightlife
Get Down and Keep it fly at Swingtime
Swingtime adds a touch of class to the after work sceneThe timing may vary but, at some point, city dwellers invariably have the same epiphany: ...
Film
The Slash Film Festival Annual Frightfest is for all Lovers of the Fantastic, Weird and Scary
Austria’s annual frightfest is more than just gore, celebrating the weird and fantasticalWhile more conventional cinematic aficionados spend the...
Recipes
Rien, a Culinary Pop-Up Takes Over at Vienna’s Legendary Cafe Griensteidl
The pop-up restaurant Rien recaptures the intellectual and artistic spirit of the legendary Café GriensteidlEstablishments rise and fall in the ...
Culture
DJ Shadow is Spinning at the WUK This September
The alternative hip-hop legend returns with a new album in towA seminal figure among turntablists, DJ Shadow (Josh Davis) greatly contributed to...
People
Profile | Austrian Fashion Icon Susanne Bisovsky
Design is not just a profession, it's a way of life. Whether it's on the runway, backstage, on the go or online, these designers both live and love wh...
People
Profile | Thomas Schranz on Holistic Design
Design is not just a profession, it’s a way of life. Whether it’s on the runway, backstage, on the go or online, these designers both live and love wh...
Special Report
Special Report | Urban Planning Threatens Vienna’s UNESCO Status
Cities bask in UNESCO world heritage status. But what happens if it conflicts with modern city planning?When Vienna’s Historic Center was offici...
