Annie Baker’s play “The Flick” puts the mundane into the spotlight at Theater Drachengasse. Growing up is never easy, as anyone who has ever done so can attest. Most of us have resorted to lowering our expectations, or clinging to …
Vienna’s biggest stages have plenty of secrets the audience never gets to see It’s remarkable how daunting, yet fascinating, a few old, chipped wooden boards dangerously inclined toward the audience can be. Crisscrossed with a mosaic of colored tape that …
While Vienna’s inner districts will never lose their allure, Brunnenmarkt and its vibrant surroundings can offer an edgier alternative, providing a compelling and stimulating model of integration.
“Wiener Schmäh is maudlin, weepy, self-pitying, but also nostalgic, wistful, gemütlich and comforting.” If you really want to know what Wiener Schmäh is, ask a German. So say the Viennese cabaret duo, Gebruder Moped (Franz Stanzl and Martin Strecha-Derkics). For …
Austria’s comedy scene gets some international flair as English language stand-up grows in Vienna Downstairs, the room is cozy but packed, the bare brick walls bathed in warm, yellow light. Excited chatter comes from an array of mismatched seats as …
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On Halloween, Jesse Inman’s Smallest Theatre in the World #3 defies the rules of sanity and theater The dark courtyard of the Sigmund Freud Museum is deadly quiet at 22:00 – hardly the place you’d expect to enjoy some experimental …
A stately gem in Lower Burgenland, Bernstein castle offers respite from modern living History has a way of drawing you in. Lords and ladies, knights and squires continue to mesmerize, with shows like Game of Thrones perpetuating our fascination with …
If Goldilocks had to choose a neighborhood in Vienna, it might be Altlerchenfeld.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Follow big and little sister on a break-in! The destination: Artist Hannes Mlenik’s Arch in the Vienna Prater Ateliers. Once inside, the sisters convene under the arch to perform an ancient love ritual, to activate the objects of their …
At the Ufertaverne of the Hofbauer Segelschule, great food and wine is only half the draw
Cricket is everywhere in Austria – if you know where to look.
As hard as it is to find solitude in a city of almost two million, it’s far from impossible: at the Lainzer Tiergarten nature preserve in the 13th and 23rd districts, you can have a whole forest to yourself – …
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In their anthem, Czechs wistfully praise the beauty of their land. And indeed, from orchards decked in spring’s array to technological prowess bustling away, Czechia may truly be a magic garden in the heart of Central Europe.
The Klimt Villa offers an insightful glance into the private life of the iconic painter.
More Havana than Gatsby, Clandestino appeals far beyond its niche.
For 15 years and counting, the Vienna Shorts Festival shows cinematic innovation in 30 minutes or less.
Studying in Vienna? Put That Student ID to Good Use!
The Krypt updates the speakeasy with award-winning décor and drinks.
The Vienna International Cycle Club is a social media success story.
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] The Viennese love their white wines young and fresh. Winemakers in Gols would prefer to wait.
The City of Vienna prides itself in being out of the ordinary – “Wien ist anders” promise the posters from the Vienna Tourism Board. But if “Vienna is different”, the Vienna Techno Ball is really different – mixing the costumes …
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Florentin 1090 joins the growing number of Israeli restaurants, but remains behind the competition.
The documentary Score gives a rundown on the history, impact and craft of composing film music.
Austria’s current political situation is scathingly portrayed in Gutmenschen.
In The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro once again blends reality and fantasy, crafting an unusual, transcendant love story.
A puny Matt Damon grapples with big ideas in the sci-fi dramedy Downsizing.
Vienna’s many indoor swimming pools are the ideal place to stay fit during the winter.
A bereaved mother’s quest for justice escalates into a dark, hilarious feud.
In Yasmina Reza’s Art, three friends are at odds as their dynamic shifts.
There’s so much good television on streaming websites, not to mention the films. It’s impossible to keep track of what is worth your time. When it’s cold outside, it’s time to cuddle up with a good movie or start binging your next series.
We retreat into nostalgia for comfort, for the feeling of being in a time period that is better than the present.
Loving Vincent recreates van Gogh’s artwork in animated oil paintings
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Vienna’s vintage movie theatres endure and thrive with niche programming.
Home invasions and darkness are two of our most primal fears – and excellent ingredients for a great thriller, as Frederick Knott succinctly proves in his play Wait Until Dark.
Blunt and fearless, Margaret Cho is a real groundbreaker in her field of comedy, getting a rise from audiences since exploding on stage in the early 1990s.
Nassim Soleimanpour has traveled the world without leaving his native Iran. Vienna’s Spektakel theater reserved a first row seat for the playwright, but it was empty during the performance of his maiden experimental play, White Rabbit Red Rabbit. Yet Soleimanpour …
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The Technisches Museum Wien invites us to explore our past imaginings of what was to come, and how we dare to dream today
This year, the dance floor can be yours. With these tips, you’ll have all the moves to wow the ball season crowd.
This November, we look into baubles and embellishments, from precious gems to contemporary textile and metal hybrids
The celebrated comic tells her side of the “decapitating Trump” affair
The city’s seizable ex-Yugoslavian community looks to the past for unity and identity
Don’t Blink is an insightful gaze into the life and mind of iconoclastic photographer Robert Frank
This Thursday, October 26, Austria celebrates its 62nd year of independence and the birth of the Second Republic. Though it’s an official bank holiday, many museums and cultural attractions remain open – indeed, many offer free or reduced admissions and …
A new adaptation of Stephen King’s signature novel once again proves that parents and clowns are children’s worst nightmare
The Vienna Theatre Project brings Robert Shenkkan’s Building The Wall to life in an atmospheric premiere
[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] A plethora of orchestras for non-professionals makes Vienna a paradise for amateur music
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Baumhaus Lodge reconnects you to nature through cutting-edge architecture
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