Tourism bosses are urging people that had planned holidays to Egypt to be flexible after a travel warning was issued for the country. Many people who had planned to travel to Egypt have had their flights cancelled as the crisis escalates in the country – many flights up until mid September have been cancelled. People […]
The Kahlenberg in Vienna could be set to get a cable car according to new reports. The Vienna Chamber of Commerce recommends the implementation of the cable car saying it would be great for tourism. The new concept is to be presented on Friday by Josef Bitzinger, Tourism Representative at the Chamber of Commerce and […]
Extreme stair run back in Vienna
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The extreme stair run is once again to take place in Vienna, Austria. On August 31st around 200 participants are to attempt to run the 2,529 steps of the 202 metre Millennium Tower. According to organisers it is the ‘most extreme stair run in the world’. This is the fourth time the event takes place […]
Westbahnhof top Austrian train station
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The Austrian traffic club (VCÖ) has once again named vienna’s Westbahnhof train station Austria’s number one station. For the second year in a row the station was named Austria’s best station. Linz Station came number two on the list. Most improved prize went to Salzburg Hauptbahnhof. The least popular were the stations Attnang-Puchheim, Bregenz and […]
Childrens University on Tour in Vienna
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The annual children’s summer university is on tour in the Austrian capital from today. From today until August 30th there will be exhibitions, lectures and experiments on offer for children in parks in ten of Vienna’s districts. The first lecture to take place is called ‘Being foreign – what does that mean?’ A spokesperson from […]
A 10-year-old British girl is in a serious condition in hospital in Graz in the Austrian province of Styria after failing from a tree. The youngster was on holiday visiting relatives in Nitscha, Austria when she fell four metres from the tree in a children’s playground in a local restaurant. She was airlifted to hospital […]
An emergency helicopter was forced to make an emergency landing whilst out on a call out after one of the rotor blades struck a stone. The Christopherus 8 helicopter made the emergency landing in Montafon, Vorarlberg. Head of the ÖAMTC Helicopter fleet claimed a gust of wind was responsible for the occurrence but investigations are […]
Registration boom for Vienna Chess Open
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Organisers of the Vienna Chess Open have announced there has been a real boom in the number of people applying to take part. The event takes place for the 18th time at Vienna City Hall from August 17th to August 25th. Johann Pöcksteiner, from the Vienna Chess Association said: “Players will not only find optimal […]
The Carnuntum Experience in Bruck an der Leitha is celebrating a fest – for 19 days food, wine and the region is being celebrated. The wine growing region is around 1000 hectares in size and between August 14th and September 1st there are 70 different events everything from White Wine Fashion, a party all in […]
New panda baby for Vienna Zoo
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This is the moment a doting panda mum came eye to eye with her minutes-old cub for the first time after giving birth in an Austrian zoo. Mum Yang Yang gave birth naturally to the four inch long (10 cms) cub at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo, a rarity in panda pregnancies. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: […]