Spring, 2020
Fighting Flight Shame? The ÖBB Nightjet’s 28 Destinations Take You all over Europe While you Sleep
Flight Shame getting to you? The ÖBB Nightjet offers low-impact alternative routes to several major European cities – or did so before the corona lockdown. A nightly trip to Milan on the eve of the coronavirus crises.
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Restaurants
Spoon in Vienna Serves Feel-Good Food at Great Value
Spoon offers feel-good food, great value and brisk service, but speed is a double-edged sword.
People
Ruth Wodak on How the Far-Right Deceives the Public and Undermines Democracy
How the far-right deceives the public and undermines democracy. A conversation with linguist Ruth Wodak.
Science & Technology
IST Research in Klosterneuburg – Ranked 3rd in the World – Joins Forces with Startups to Make Ideas ...
Inventing something new is one thing. Turning it into a product is quite another. Here's how founders and researchers take ideas to market
Books
A New Metternich Biography Rounds Out the Portrait of One of History’s Greatest Political Strategist...
Wolfgang Siemann draws on newly discovered notes and letters to paint a more nuanced portrait of diplomat and statesman Klemens von Metternich.
Culture
The Truth About the Vienna-born Bluetooth Bombshell Hedi Lamarr
The Jewish Museum and a recently published book re-evaluate the myths surrounding Hedy Lamarr
Grätzl
From an Insane Asylum to Vienna’s Last Video Rental Place, the Altes AKH Holds Plenty of Secre...
Wandering around the diverse and historic campus of Austria’s largest and best-known academic institution is compelling even if you are no longer a student
Restaurants
The Long Hall, Vienna’s Newest Irish Pub, Brings a Modern Take on Pub Culture to the City
Modern gastropub with a well-considered drink selection and delectable food
Spring, 2020
Donald Tusk, Former President of the European Council, Takes Stock
Hoping to the last to soften Brexit, while welcoming Scotland, the perennial European faces an even greater challenge: to strengthen the continent’s vision of itself.
Business & Career
How Circle17 Aims for Impact with Businesses Following the SDGs
Can startups help reach the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals? In Vienna, Circle17 started an Impacthon to find out.
Books
Finding Purpose with Robert Musil
Robert Musil’s epic Austrian classic gets cut down to size to explore love and identity across the boundaries of self.
Food & Drink
Meet Willi Klinger, Wine Seller & Head of the Austrian Wine Marketing Board
After guiding the Austrian Wine Marketing Board (ÖWM) through 15 successful years, Willi Klinger has returned to selling wines from all over at up-market retailer Wein & Co
Special Report
A New Way to Do Good Promises to Provide the Data to Make the Biggest Impact – Effective Altruism
There is a new way to do good that promises to provide the tools to have the most impact – Effective Altruism.
Culture
This Year’s Wiener Festwochen Exposes 21st Century Ills, But Offers Solutions, Too
Canceled or moved online in the age of Corona, the program of this year’s Wiener Festwochen seemed surprisingly prescient.
Diplomacy
From Schrödinger’s Cat to Eisenhower’s “Atoms for Peace,” Vienna’s IAEA is At the Center of Global N...
Even without a single nuclear reactor, Austria plays a vital role in
ensuring the safe and peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Spring, 2020
Vital to Startups and Innovators, Here’s How European Patent Law Works
If you are an innovator in Europe, it pays to know how to protect your inventions.
Business & Career
How to Shape Your CV to Land Your Next Dream Job in Vienna
Although the current situation is everything but easy on the labor market, things will certainly change again. Prepare now with the tips of our expert in recruiting.
Cover Stories
How Vienna Became the Petri Dish for Geniuses Like Schrödinger, Gödel & Freud
From saving mothers to preventing blood clots and unraveling the secrets of our physical universe, Vienna’s scientists have advanced humanity through the ages.
Expat's Voice
HERSTORY – Metropole x Women of Vienna
Zilla Boyer a political scientist, campaigner and pod-cast creator who joined WoV in search of adventure when she relocated here almost three years ago.
People
Meet Elisabeth Mertl, the Viennese Chemist Who Saved Mice From Animal Experiments
“I like wearing the white coat. I always pictured them on mad scientists in laboratories – that’s what I wanted to do.”
Food & Drink
Small and Cozy, Eating at Patrick Sowa’s Seidengasse 31 Is Like Having Dinner in Your Living Room
Small and cozy, eating at Patrick Sowa’s Seidengasse 31 is like having dinner in your living room.
Science & Technology
Inside the U.S. Pentagon’s Funding for Foundational Research in Austria – and the Fight to End It
The U.S. Pentagon funds critical studies in medicine and quantum physics in Austria. Does this threaten the country’s neutrality or academic freedom?
People
Meet Nuno Maulide, Star Chemist & Learned Concert Pianist With a Mission
“I tell my students, ‘I can get your foot in the door, but then you have to open it.’ I’m the kind of person who once I get my foot in, I will bang that door down.”
Science & Technology
Women in the Natural Sciences, from Lise Meitner to Today
Amid Austria’s glowing record of scientific enterprise, women’s involvement in the natural sciences has grown, albeit far too slowly. That may be changing.
City Life
In the 250th Year of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Death, Here’s How to Find Him
For the 250th anniversary of the great composer’s birth, Vienna has pulled out all the stops; join us in tracing his footsteps.
People
Meet Jenny Reddish, Storyteller of Our Age
“You could attach significance to any moment in history. Right now people are saying ‘Things are really changing’ – it’s about a search for meaning.”
How To
How to Raise Your Kid to be a Scientist in Vienna
STEM-tastic opportunities await Vienna’s children, even before their first science class at school.
Melange
Meet Gerhard Hirczi, Vienna’s Head Hunter
No stranger to challenges, the general manager of the Vienna Business Agency, Gerhard Hirczi is placing the city’s assets front and center.
People
Meet Herbert Störi, Vienna’s Master of the Supercomputer
“A [spending] limit for supercomputers? Well, it was unthinkable to fly to the moon before they managed to – but it wasn’t cheap!”
Op-Ed
Opinion | What if Foreigners Had Voting Rights?
Having two homes is confusing, and the choice between convenience and (fragile) ideology, even more so.
Publisher's Letter
Let the Great Minds of Vienna Stay Humble
Our publisher Margaret Childs introduces our spring issue, which is all about research, development, innovation and science – we present the Minds of Vienna.
Spring, 2020
Spring 2020 | Minds of Vienna
The Importance Of Research And InnovationFlip through the digital version
