Born on January 27, 1756 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is Still Remembered 267 Years Later: As one genius, Albert Einstein, said of another: “Mozart is the greatest composer of all” and January 27th marks the 267th anniversary of the birthday of this much-loved and greatest of composers. Things to do in Vienna Mozarthaus Vienna is the […]
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Famous Vienna Classical Concerts to Usher in the New Year
Vienna Classical Concerts – A Classical Way to Usher in the New Year: For classical music lovers, a dream post-Christmas present would be some tickets to one of the many famous New Year’s Day Concerts in Vienna. The Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day Concert at the Wiener Musikverein is one of the biggest events on the Viennese […]
Appartement-Hotel an der Riemergasse – Vienna
Appartement-Hotel an der Riemergasse is an aparthotel in Vienna’s 1st District: As the name suggests, Appartement-Hotel an der Riemergasse is a 4-star serviced apartment in Vienna’s 1st District. The Riemergasse is housed in a stylishly restored art nouveau building. The art deco lift is classy and we enjoyed riding in it. Riemergasse Location We couldn’t […]
Weissenkirchen – A Town Named after its White Church
Weissenkirchen – A Small Town with a Dominating White Church: Weissenkirchen is a small town in the northeastern Austrian state of Lower Austria. On our Danube River cruise sailing westward from Vienna, Weissenkirchen was on the right bank of the Danube River, the next town past Dürnstein with its striking Wedgwood-like church tower. Weissenkirchen -a […]
Trzesniewski – Vienna’s Famous Sandwich Shop
Trzesniewski Offers Finger Sandwiches in Twenty-Two Different Fillings: Vienna is famous for its Schanigärten (sidewalk cafés), gasthaus, traditional restaurants and heuriger, all offering traditional Viennese cuisine like the Wiener schnitzels, Tafelspitz (boiled beef), apfelstrudel, etc. A food that is rarely promoted is the humble sandwich. At Trzesniewski Buffet, a famous Vienna sandwich shop, you can […]
Café Neko – Vienna’s Cat Café
At Café Neko, Customers Can Enjoy a Snack in the Relaxing Companionship of Cats: Vienna is famous for its grand cafés and coffee shop culture and many of its traditional coffee houses have been around for decades. A relatively new and different coffee shop on Blumenstockgasse 5 is Café Neko, the first ever ‘cat cafe’ […]
Parndorf Designer Outlet – Parndorf Outlet
The Parndorf Outlet is Austria’s first Designer Outlet: From our website traffic, we know that the Parndorf Designer Outletis extremely popular with shoppers. Parndorf’s website information is provided in Russian, Chinese, Hungarian and Slovakian which shows that it’s not just Austrians who are flocking here for their designer shopping. Opened in 1998, the Parndorf Outlet […]
Vienna Cafés, Coffee Shops and Coffee Roasters
Vienna Cafés and Coffee Shops: Vienna has many famous and grand cafés and coffee houses like the Café Residenz, Café Hofburg, Grand Café, Café Demel and Café Landtmann which are fit for royalty and those who like a bit of pampering. But for the coffee enthusiast who is looking for interesting coffee houses and some […]
Walking in the Footsteps of Mozart in Vienna
Walking in the Footsteps of Mozart – A Self-Guided Mozart Vienna Walking Tour: Mozart was born in Salzburg and although he lived for 25 years in this city, the final ten years of his short life were spent in Vienna. It was in Vienna that many important events took place that shaped his later life. […]
Mozarthaus – The Only Surviving Mozart Residence in Vienna
Mozarthaus at Domgasse 5 in Vienna’s Aldstadt is the only one of Mozart’s apartments in Vienna that still exists today. Mozarthaus was not the first of Mozart’s residences in Vienna. When he moved into this luxurious apartment on 29 September 1784, he had already been living in Vienna for three years, and had been married […]
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