Worldly Savages at the Reigen this week

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Culture

Having booked over 90 shows this year, the band Worldly Savages are embarking upon their third European tour where they will stop off in Vienna for a night of “contagious folk punk energy”. The group who describe themselves as “Contagious Folk-Punk Energy with Ethno Music Spiciness” will perform at the city’s music venue Reigen on […]

Canadian crevasse fall kills Austrian

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General News

An Austrian plunged to his death while taking a picture at a mountainous region in Canada, it has been announced.Leo Steiner jr. – a Salzburg-born ski instructor who shared his time between Leogang in his home province and Atlin in Britsh Columbia, Canada – plunged down a crevasse after its snow cover collapsed while he […]

Montreal’s Vienna Ball in honour of Gustav Mahler

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Culture

The 52nd Austrian Ball took place in Montreal this week honouring the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Austrian composer Gustav Mahler.The Austrian Ball of Montreal for just over half a century has celebrated the splendor of the Viennese ball tradition during a magical evening with wonderful waltzes, elegant atmosphere, and charming debutantes, while […]

Austrian shares experiences living in the Canadian outback

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Green Austria

By Thomas HochwarterWinters with temperatures as low as minus 50 degrees centigrade. Not a soul within 20 kilometres. And the occasional brown bear ogling through the kitchen window.A situation which might be regarded as a perfect nightmare – or the perfect plot for an adventure movie – by most. But for Austrian Manuela Zeitlhofer, it […]