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Understanding Vienna means understanding all the cultures that make up this diverse city. Vienna is home to people from over 180 nations. Metropole gives them a voice.

Every month we will focus on each community in a stand-along print publication accompanied by videos, online articles, social media takeovers and fun-filled events with delicious food.

This content comes from young Viennese journalists with roots in these communities, supported and guided by the Metropole team.

Here are the 10 communities:

Romanian – September 2020
Hungarian – October 2020
Polish – November 2020
Serbian – December/January 2020
German – February 2021
Bulgarian – March 2021
Syrian – April 2021
Turkish – May 2021
Croatian – June 2021
Bosnian – July 2021

Romanian Community

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At Home in Someone Else’s House

Sabina Crisan - September 10, 2020

You cannot escape old age. An estimated 456,000 people in Austria depend on care services and the numbers continue to rise. Many prefer 24-hour care at home. In 2018, this meant around 65,000 caregivers worked.

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Protest, Vote, Repeat – How the Romanian Diaspora Revolutionized Politics at Hom...

Geanina Țurcanu - September 7, 2020

Since the “kilometer 0 of democracy” in 1990, Romanians in Vienna, as elsewhere, followed the political changes at home, holding out hope for the democratic movement.

How Romanian Artists Found Inspiration in Vienna

Home is where the Herz is Andrei Mihut - September 25, 2020

Throughout the ages, Vienna was a nexus for the literary, artistic, scientific and cultural creativity of many Romanians.

At Home in Vienna, Romanian at Heart

Home is where the Herz is Florin Avram - September 1, 2020

We kick off our new reportage series “Home is where the Herz is” with a heartfelt essay about Romanian Vienna.

Transylvania | Over the River and Through the Woods

Home is where the Herz is Ioana Costin - September 28, 2020

With a total area of over 100,000 km2, modern day Transylvania is the largest region of Romania, and, by itself, larger than Austria.

You Are What You Speak

Home is where the Herz is Teodora Ștefana Bularc - September 30, 2020

When you wander the streets of Vienna, you'll hear a multitude of languages. Over 30 percent of us moved here from abroad, spicing up the local lingo with our accents and dialects. Here's a short primer for how to sound Romanian.

Meet Anita Hartig, Opera Singer and Transylvania’s Prima Donna

Home is where the Herz is Florin Avram - September 13, 2020

To make it on the boards that mean the world, you need talent, passion and grit. Even more so, when you start out from a modest background.

Discover the Viennese Restaurant that Makes Romanians Feel at Home

Cafés and Restaurants Lili Doubek - September 16, 2020

Sometimes it is the taste of home that really makes us feel belong, wherever we are.

In Safety and Freedom, Romanian Entrepreneurs Found Success in Vienna

Business Anamaria Iuga - September 22, 2020

Romanians’ entrepreneurial spirit, long suppressed under the communist regime, is experiencing a renaissance – it can be felt even in Vienna.

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Hungarian Community October 2020

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7 Austrian Words With Hungarian Origins

Features Nick Caspar - October 31, 2020

Lángos, csárdás, Puszta – Viennese have surely come across these words that found their way from Hungarian into the Austrian vocabulary. Remember them for the next time you want to impress your favorite Magyar.

Commuting Between Vienna and Budapest

Features Borbála Csete - October 27, 2020

It’s Friday afternoon at Praterstern. Eight strangers pile into a small van that commutes between Vienna and Budapest at least twice a day ‐ even during COVID, when regulations allow. It’s much more than hitching a ride.

Meet the Hungarian Voices on Viennese Stages

Features Borbála Csete - October 26, 2020

Founded in 1741, the Burgtheater always had a strong link between language and national identity, but today it stages an international ensemble of artists. Just like the Volkstheater, Vienna’s stages are opening up to Europe and beyond.

Polish Community November 2020

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Commuting From Poland to Vienna to Pay the Bills

Features Szymon Pietrzak - November 30, 2020

Today, Poles abroad are in a very different situation than in 2004. Their average salary is increasing – and in Austria, it’s the highest of anywhere in the EU. Austrian Poles are also sending more money home than Poles living elsewhere in Europe, as trade increases bring the two countries economically closer

Poles in Vienna Keep Their Language Alive in Uni Courses and Bi-lingual School P...

Features Magdalena Elisabeth Korecka - November 25, 2020

Culture, attitudes and habits of thought are shaped by our mother tongue: Polish, a Slavic language, thrives in Vienna with the help of several institutions.

The Polish Figures in Vienna’s Art Scene

Features Anna Huemer - November 22, 2020

Polish artists bring Vienna’s streets, stages and dance floors to life

Serbian Community December 2020

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4 Serbian Idioms Taken Literally

Home is where the Herz is Aleksandra Mikić - January 31, 2021

A “boy throwing an eye on a girl,” or someone “cutting his ears to patch his ass” these are very common expressions in Serbian. In these illustrations, you can see the literal meaning of some of the most popular phrases in Serbian.

6 Serbian Dishes you Must-Try in Vienna

Cafés and Restaurants Katarina Stanisavljević - January 30, 2021

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Novi Sad, a Serbian City Shaped By the Habsburgs

Home is where the Herz is Aleksandra Mikić - January 26, 2021

Home to 23 national minorities, 4 official languages and three religions, this ancient Habsburg city on the Danube is the 2021 European Capital of Culture.

German Community February 2021

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Watch What You Say! Where Austrians & Germans Differ

German in Vienna Eva Goldschald - February 28, 2021

Germany and Austria share many of the same values, and much culture and history. Yet, in spite (or possibly because) of that, the little brother staunchly holds on to a distinct cultural identity – most notably in language, which can sometimes make communication difficult.

Closed Borders Can’t Stop Love

German in Vienna Eva Goldschald - February 25, 2021

On March 16, 2020, European politicians closed internal EU borders to stop the spread of the coronavirus. It was more than a formality: this massive restriction on interpersonal relationships did not go over easily.

Vienna’s Money Boy Is Dominating the German Rap Scene

German in Vienna Cosima Weiske - February 24, 2021

He’s weird, he’s scandalous, and he’s influencing the German language like no Austrian rapper before. May we present the phenomenon that is Money Boy.

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