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Fall of the gourmets

16 August 2017 - Savour gourmet cuisine, sample fine wines, discover snail specialties and watch top chefs at the top of their game: fall in Vienna …

A fall for design fans

16 August 2017 - Vienna Design Week and Vienna Fashion Week provide a great opportunity to explore design in all its rich variety in fall 2017.

Away from the first district

16 August 2017 - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Hofburg, Vienna State Opera: Vienna’s historic first district is brimming with sights as well as a …

Enjoying Vienna with a clear conscience

16 August 2017 - Fine food, great accommodations and interesting items on sale: there are numerous innovative social projects in …

VIDEO: Viennese wine

16 August 2017 - Vienna is the only world capital with a significant wine growing industry within the city limits (2.4 million liters annually). A …

Vienna: More visitor bednights than ever in first half of 2017

New all-time high for Vienna: The Austrian capital recorded almost 7 million visitor bednights between …

Major exhibitions in the second half of 2017

19 June 2017 - Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Raphael, Peter Paul Rubens, Alfred Kubin: these are just some of the major artists …

Fast horses, fancy hats

19 June 2017 - Thrilling races, fine food and chic fashion are the defining characteristics of Vienna Ascot. On September 16 and 17, 2017 Freudenau …

News from Vienna’s culinary scene

19 June 2017 - A luxury grill restaurant, a new wine bar and a gourmet horse-drawn carriage are just some of the new arrivals on Vienna’s …

City centre foodie quarter

19 June 2017 - A new gourmet cluster has shot up in Vienna around Stubentor: highlights include the best restaurant in Austria, a chic museum …

Hello, Robot!

12 May 2017 - Robots. Work. Our Future are the big themes of the 2017 Vienna Biennale. From June 21 to October 1, 2017 the world’s first multi-discipline …

Open air Vienna

12 May 2017 - There’s nothing better than being outside in summer: an overview of the best open air spots in the center of Vienna.

Fun in the sand on the Danube Island

12 May 2017 - Between July 28 and August 6 Vienna will be the world capital of beach volleyball when the Danube Island hosts the 2017 …

Sacher to go

12 May 2017 - The world-famous original Sacher Torte is now available to take away by the slice!

Vienna voted the world’s most liveable city for the eighth time

11 April 2017 - Once again in 2017 – and for the eighth year in a row – a comparison of cities worldwide …

Vienna City Card – the official visitor card, with new offers

11 April 2017 - From April 2017, the Vienna City Card – the official Vienna Tourist Board visitor card – is …

Gourmet news from Vienna

11 April 2017 - Revolving rotisserie grills on Spittelberg, bubbling pans of noodles at Vorgartenmarkt and a star chef from the UK at the airport: …

2017 Life Ball

11 April 2017 - The Life Ball, one of the world’s biggest AIDS charity events, is unprecedented on the international stage. After sitting out 2016, it will …

Sounds of summer in Vienna

11 April 2017 - Vienna is all about celebrating music – the summer of 2017 has various hits in store, including film music, African sounds and …

Fall of the Old Masters

11 April 2017 - Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Raphael and Peter Paul Rubens are the stars of three major exhibitions in Vienna this fall.

Culture capital in fall

11 April 2017 - Art is always on the agenda in Vienna. Once summer ends, events for culture fans really start to come thick and fast: curated …

VIENNA / NOW: Viennese Modernism (Part 1)

11 April 2017 - Video: Moderator Adia explores fin-de-siècle Vienna and visits the Belvedere, Secession and Otto Wagner’s famous …

Happy birthday, Maria Theresa!

16 February 2017 - Vienna and Lower Austria are marking the 300th anniversary of the birth of Empress Maria Theresa with a group of major …

150 years of the Blue Danube Waltz

16 February 2017 - The Viennese waltz: Once somewhat disreputable, for many it now epitomizes Vienna. 150 years ago Johann Strauss …

Life Ball returns and other favourites

16 February 2017 - After taking a rain check last year, the Life Ball will return on June 10, 2017 with a new look. The identities …

Viennese coffeehouses photo gallery

16 February 2017 - From elegant traditional coffeehouses to hip third-wave coffee shop: a whistlestop tour of Vienna’s café scene.

2016: Nearly 15 million bednights for Vienna

25 January 2017 - Vienna establishes 7th record in succession with 14.96 million visitor bednights in 2016.

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