Kitzsteinhorn, an alpine mountain in the Hohe Tauern (state of Salzburg), is known mainly to skiers. Its characteristic silhouette has also become part of the logo of this region. However, it is not only skiers who visit the area. Now, during summer, tourists come here...

Bad Mühllacken is located near Feldkirchen an der Donau in Upper Austria (only 21 km from Linz). I came here between two waves of the pandemic. Due to anti-pandemic measures, we did not have the opportunity to move for a long time, we sat more...

His name is Rathausmann - City Hall Man. Well, how else should he be called standing on the tallest tower of Vienna City Hall? He looks small from the ground, but Viennese sometimes let foreign tourists guess what size its pointed shoes are? Try to...

I have been tempted to taste some nettle dish for a long time. Perhaps that is why I was very interested in this recipe in the book Cooking through the Power of Nature by Christine Saahs, which I have already mentioned in the article with...

Nikolaihof is located near the historic town of Mautern in Lower Austria. I must admit that the reason for my visit to this family winery was not wine, but a cookbook. Though not any book! Did you know that cookbooks also receive the "Oscars"? The...

People go to Kyrgyzstan mainly because of the amazing nature. We had been on the road for a few days now, but apart from the capital Bishkek, we had not been to any other major city. Our journey continued along Lake Issyk-Kul. Karakol is located...

Anyone who visits Kyrgyzstan should definitely try a horseback riding trip. After all, the horse - "at" in Kyrgyz - is a part of the family for the locals. The little boys control the reins even before they learn to read and write, most of...

Looking at the title image, some of you may have thought that I may have made a mistake and used a photo from Iran or Uzbekistan. But it is not so. The photo truly comes from Vienna and shows an old historic factory. And now...

I am writing this article in mid-February, when under normal circumstances the ball season, which is considered to be the fifth season in Austria, would be just ending in Vienna. But it's 2021, no balls or other cultural events are taking place… Nevertheless, I decided...

Today, we have it easy – the streets have their names, the houses their numbers. In the past, the orientation in the city used to be more complicated. Therefore, people hung a sign over the entrance or had something related to the house or its...

Viennese not only like this type of pastry with their breakfast but they also boast that it was invented by their ancestors. Well, according to the name, one would rather consider France as the country of the croissant’s origin. Of course, the French are convinced...

Walking through the historic center of Vienna, you can admire magnificent splendid palaces. Sometimes, however, you may see a building that does not seem to fit into a block of old houses. Such is, for example, the administrative building opposite the State Opera. Originally, a...