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Suggestions, anecdotes, and general travel advice from our team!

Hunting

Waidmanns whaa? A Guide to Greeting Austrian Hunters Upon Chance Encounters in the Woods

If you find yourself hiking/hunting/biking/lost in the forests of Austria, and you encounter another hunter, hiker, biker, lost-er, how do you greet them?! Do you say, ‘Grüß Gott?’ Guten Tag? Hey there? If they say ‘Waidmanns Heil’ to you what … Read More

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Toilet at Zotter
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Toddler Time: Attack of the Baroque Goats? Head to Schloss Hof!

What do you get when you combine an Oreo, a hungry goat, and a toddler clenching said Oreo in her fist, refusing to let go? … Read More

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mozart

True Tales: When Wunderkind Mozart met Empress Maria Theresa

When child musical prodigy Mozart travels to Vienna and meets the Empress, hilarity (kind of) ensues… … Read More

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baby elephant social distancing at gänsehäufel

True Tales: Vienna in the Time of Corona

This is pretty much how summer in Vienna during COVID has looked like. A tourist from the States asked me last week why there’s a baby elephant plastered everywhere in Vienna. I told him to remind people of social distancing … Read More

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Family Fun

Touristy Tips Corona Edition: Vienna’s Museum of Natural History

During corona, a bunch of Viennese museums are lowering their entry fees including this iconic Vienna museum! … Read More

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Toddler Time: four penguins, a sketchy fountain, and one unruly toddler = literally 3 hours of peace and quiet for you

Visiting Vienna for a short amount of time and don’t really have the time or patience to schlep yourself and your family to one of the city’s many public pools, but still need something to occupy the toddler in this … Read More

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The best coffee in Europe is Vienna coffee, compared to which all other coffee is fluid poverty.

Mark Twain
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Silberwirt

Tasty Treats: Silberwirt

Tasty treats await you in this fifth district’s favorite restaurant! … Read More

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True Tales, kind of: The legend of Augustin, Vienna’s most famous bagpipe player and unofficial patron saint of the plague, aka: the medieval version of corona

How is the bubonic plague connected to the bagpipe? Find out more in our latest post! … Read More

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