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Like ancient cartographers mapping the world – filling unexplored regions with sea-serpents and here…
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Dreaming up Döbling: Of Ancient Hills and Heuriger
People walk more slowly here. In town they may rush, but at home in Döbling,…
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Book Review: Inside the Centre
Is a man better understood through his work or through his personal relationships? Do…
Book Review: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
“The genuine artist creates at a distance from his own time, even for a…
Book Review: Vienna and the Fall of the Habsburg Empire
The complexity and details of history, no matter what our interest in the subject,…
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The Erosion of Europe
Just weeks ago, the worst of the financial crisis in Europe seemed to be over.…
Ray Monk: Biographer For a New Age of Anxiety
“He was difficult,” philosopher Ray Monk told me, as we sat over coffee at…
LGBT Rights: Changing Hearts and Minds
In the grand scheme of things, whom you love is your own business, a…
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Urban Gardening
The bustle of city life has definite advantages over the “boondocks”. But having space…
Vienna Circle: Where Internationals Meet
At the Centre of Integrative Medicine, 13 experts treat the mind, body and spirit…
Daring Dates: Quizzes, Crime, Camelot and More
We’ve all been there: It’s date night, and your usual smoke-filled bar full of rowdy regulars…
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Vienna’s Secret Spring Getaways
Once again the countryside surrounding Vienna is awash with spring colour. From forested hills with bright green canopies of beech…
Dark Matter: Mapping the Universe
Like ancient cartographers mapping the world – filling unexplored regions with sea-serpents and here be dragons – scientists try to…
Vienna Meets The Mall
April saw the opening of the much-anticipated “Wien Mitte The Mall”, the transformed transportation hub at Wien Mitte that allows…
Book Review: Erich Wolfgang Korngold
“The genuine artist creates at a distance from his own time, even for a time beyond,” wrote the composer Erich…
Hungary: Still Struggling Over Values
All is not well in the state of Hungary: Anti-Semitism, paramilitary actions against Roma and Sinti, censorship of inconvenient artists…
Reinventing Roma
“When I was a child, ‘Zigeuner’ was my name, my origin and my job description,” remembered Rudolf Sarközi. The 69-year-old…
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, healing the sick economy quickly took over public policy discussions in Europe.…
Spring brought the first hints of electioneering ahead of September’s national vote with Austria’s governing coalition parties, the centre-right People’s…
Military museums are tricky things: It’s important to honour the heroism and sacrifice in national defence, and important also to…
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Summerstage
It could be said about the Viennese that the one thing they enjoy more than wining and dining with pleasant company would be doing the…
Dreaming up Döbling: Of Ancient Hills and H…
People walk more slowly here. In town they may rush, but at home in Döbling, the journey is its own reward. The 10 communities within…
Benefit Concert: Supporting Refugees
Musician and activist Paul Gulda spoke at the TVR Salon on June 10th with his friend Adalat Khan, an Asylum Seeker from the Swat region…
An Urban Festwochen Experience
It was noon as I entered the ticket office of the Wiener Festwochen in Lehàrgasse 3a: The place was empty, and the guard was…
Sweepstakes: The Taming of the Shrew
The Vienna Review and ADG Europe will be giving away two pairs of tickets for Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” To participate in the Sweepstakes…
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Summerstage
It could be said about the Viennese that the one thing they enjoy more than wining and dining with pleasant company would be doing…
Luring la Vida Loca
From the outside it didn’t look like much – I desperately searched the door for some indication of Latin America. Nothing. Not knowing…
Restaurant Review: Particularly Persian
For insiders, Pars is old news. It’s long been the go-to place for Persian expats. When he began working at his parents’ small…
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The bustle of city life has definite advantages over the “boondocks”. But having space for a garden – a refuge from hectic pace and urban concrete – is…
At the Centre of Integrative Medicine, 13 experts treat the mind, body and spirit – all at the same time. What sounds like hocus-pocus is offered as a…
The Vienna Review of Books View all
Book Review: Inside the Centre
Is a man better understood through his work or through his personal relationships? Do we “get” Wittgenstein through his philosophy than through his life? Can…
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The Erosion of Europe
Just weeks ago, the worst of the financial crisis in Europe seemed to be over. Stability seemed to be returning. But appearances proved to be deceptive. A minor problem…
Ray Monk: Biographer For a New Age of Anxiety
“He was difficult,” philosopher Ray Monk told me, as we sat over coffee at Café Landtmann talking about Ludwig Wittgenstein. “He knew how to please people – he…
LGBT Rights: Changing Hearts and Minds
In the grand scheme of things, whom you love is your own business, a private matter. The things of politics lie elsewhere: armed conflicts, the spread of infectious…
Daniel Landau and caffé sospeso
In Naples, by long tradition, someone who has had some luck will order a cup of coffee and then a second, caffe sospeso, to be served to someone…
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This Summer: Get Ahead on Two Wheels
In the balmy days of June, it’s great to get out and about. Drive over to the Danube, head for a Heuriger, cruise off into…
Space à La Suisse
Cycle City Vienna: Planning and Paving the Way
Raiffeisen’s Upward Sustainability
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Sick of Austerity: The Crisis in EU Health Care
In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis, healing the sick economy quickly took over public…
The Truth About Legalising Drugs
The Vienna Philharmonic: An Orchestra, a ring and a past
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Reinventing Roma
“When I was a child, ‘Zigeuner’ was my name, my origin and my job description,” remembered…
Mauthausen: Life in the Details
Reining in the Rents
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Dreaming up Döbling: Of Ancient Hills and Heuriger
People walk more slowly here. In town they may rush, but at home in Döbling, the journey…
Cathedral Curiosities History Lines St. Stephen’s
Pratercottage – Secret Suburb Downtown
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At the Casino: A Bittersweet Taste of Risk
“No more bets, please,” the croupier says forcefully, while the crowd around the roulette-table pushes forward,…