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Mozartkugeln in Salzburg
26 July 2022
Austria/Travel & Food/Culture

Austria, Home to Mozart and His Kugeln 

In honor of one of the world's greatest composers, his homeland's confectioners created Mozartkugeln – spherical chocolates and Austria's top souvenir for over a century now.

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Still from The Gray Man located in Prague
Croatia/Austria/Czechia/Travel & Food/Culture

Netflix’s Gray Man Blows Through Central European Settings

With a narrative spanning from the famous CIA headquarters in Langley, VA to exotic Thailand, Netflix's latest blockbuster set most of its action in-between the two, right in the heart of Central

archive photo from 1917 of the Brandenburg C-I plane

From Cracow to Vienna: The First Civil Long-Distance Air Route

People, goods, and mail were moved by air for the first time

Waiter Serving Cafe

How Austria Brought Coffee to Europe

When Austrian and Polish soldiers captured Turkish positions after the Battle of

Hannes Schneider Demonstrating for Ski Students

A Central European Skiing Heaven

by Weronika Edmunds
13 January 2023
Austria/Travel & Food/Culture

Which of the Central European countries has in total over 7000 kilometers of ski runs and about 2,500 ski lifts? This whole infrastructure comes complete with guaranteed snow. I can hear you're sold. Want to know where to book your tickets?

Krampus Creatures Parade In Search Of Bad Children

Christmas in Austria – Not Even Krampus Dares to Disturb

by Weronika Edmunds
22 December 2022
Austria/Travel & Food/Culture

It has been said and will never cease to be repeated that Austria – the home of Silent Night, the world's revered Christmas carol – certainly knows how to turn Christmas into a special time of year, spiced up with a short visit by the underworld demons.

teenagers on carousel at amusement park

This Amusement Park Started as “Venice in Vienna”

by Przemysław Bociąga
14 December 2022
Austria/Travel & Food/Culture

Created in 1766, Vienna’s Prater is one of the oldest public leisure spots on the continent. The amusement park in the center of Prater began operations in the 18th century.

Christmas winter snow family contemplative dad mum child night evening Oberndorf

Turning Christmas Carol Into a Worldwide Hit Song

by Weronika Edmunds
10 December 2022
Austria/Travel & Food/Culture

During Christmas, one melody is sure to unite the world. This carol has been sung for over two hundred years by Christians all over the world. Do you know it? Where does it come from?

This posthumous portrait of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was painted by Barbara Kraft at the request of Joseph Sonnleithner in 1819, long after Mozart died.

Mozart – The Austrian Genius Everyone Knows. Or Do They?

by Weronika Edmunds
8 December 2022
Austria/Culture/People

Who was the greatest musician ever alive? A celebrity by today's definition – famous, talented, and wealthy? Whose compositions are known to practically every human, even if they have no idea about classical music? There is only one answer – Mozart!

Lion resting on a tree

Vienna’s Tiergarten Schönbrunn Is the World’s Oldest Zoo

by Przemysław Bociąga
6 September 2022
Austria/Travel & Food/Culture

Many of the zoological gardens in Europe are direct descendants of royal animal collections. The oldest among them is in Vienna.

old sewing machine ad

The Ultimate Revolutionary Machine Was Invented in Austria 

by Przemysław Bociąga
17 August 2022
Austria/Culture/People

In 1818, Joseph Madersperger invented the sewing machine. A few decades later, none other than Karl Marx called it the ultimate tool of the revolution. 

Catherine Zeta-Jones and Renée Zellweger among Thonet chairs in "Chicago" Musical

The Central European Roots of the Iconic Bentwood Chair

by Przemysław Bociąga
12 August 2022
Austria/Czechia/Culture

Thonet, an almost two-century-old Central European furniture manufacturer, is best known for its No. 14 Chair,  which can be seen in the paintings of many French Impressionist café dwellers.

Friends tasting wine on the vineyard

A PR Crisis Led to the Resurrection of Austria’s Wine Industry

by Przemysław Bociąga
6 August 2022
Travel & Food/Culture/Austria

After a scandal of large-scale wine adultery in the vineyard heartland of Austria, it was time to tidy up the fallout. What followed was the successful renaissance of Austrian winemaking. 

Shot of a young woman shopping for groceries in a supermarket

The App That Makes Sustainable Consumerism Easier

by Cynthia Sklodowski
18 July 2022
Tech/Green Transformation/Austria

With grocery stores overflowing with produce from the other side of the world and “all-natural” products in plastic packaging at every turn, it’s no wonder that even the savviest consumers find it hard to make sustainable choices. Austrian startup Inoqo aims to make that a little easier.

Ötzi

The Disputed Nationality of a 5,000-Year-Old Man 

by Przemysław Bociąga
20 June 2022
People/Austria/Culture

A corpse found on the border between Austria and Italy seemed so fresh that the tourists who found it called the police. But it was archeologists would eventually dispute the nationality of the ice man.

Vienna view of St. Charle's church

Vienna, a City With the Highest Standards of Living 

by Przemysław Bociąga
25 May 2022
Austria/Culture

Yes, there is a way to measure it - many, actually, depending on who is doing the assessment. For many years now, whenever standards of living are measured, Vienna has managed to snag one of the top spots.

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