Vienna

Vienna is not only the capital of Austria but also the capital of balls. In the sixties of the 19 century, the American ambassador wrote in a dispatch that in...

The current Austrian Federal President Alexander Van der Bellen – like his predecessors – holds his office in the former imperial Palace Hofburg. Hofburg used to be the residence of...

Have you seen the film Mary Poppins with Julia Andrews? For me it is one of the earliest memories, I remember exactly in which cinema I saw the film. I...

It was the end of the 19th century. Erwin Perzy, a producer of surgical instruments, was sitting in his workshop in the 17th district of Vienna and trying to develop...

Prunksaal – the Baroque State hall - one of the most beautiful book halls in the world is not only a “sanctuary” of the Austrian National Library where precious, old...

You might have witnessed how Austrians do not like to admit that the leader of Nazi Germany was born on their territory but at the same time they boast with...

The beginning of May is the lilac blossom time. A „Must“ to see during this period in Vienna is the St. Marx cemetery (Leberstrasse 6-8). This is the only remaining...

This is one of the most famous portraits of the empress Sisi painted in 1865 by the most sought-after portrait painter of European nobility Franz Xaver Winterhalter. Sisi, who was...

One of my deepest memories from my first visit to Vienna was the ice cream on the last stop of the red line U1 of Vienna’s subway – Reumannplatz. It...

Also, Vienna has its Walk of Fame! But you will not find there any prints of Austrian actor Christoph Waltz, the famous holder of two Oscars. He got his star...