Last year was a record year for Vienna’s tourism industry with the capital city seeing nearly 13 million visitors staying overnight in its hotels. This is a 3.7% increase on overnight visitors in 2012 and the best numbers ever seen in the city. “The fact that we have been able to beat the accommodation record […]
The Vienna Stadtkino cinema is to move from its current location to the Vienna Künstlerhaus from September. This move ends years of discussions about the future of the cinema and should signalise improvements for the cinema goers as well as all those involved in the cinema. The Stadtkino has been located on Vienna’s Schwarzenbergplatz for […]
The owners of the popular sweet manufacturers Schwedenbomben recently rescued from insolvency after it was sold to Heidi Chocolat S.A. are planning to invest heavily to allow for expansion into new markets. The new owners say that the expansion plans mean that they are hoping to increase production by 70% and that means that even […]
A spectacular panorama viewing platform the so-called Jubiläumswarte at the Gloriette in Eisenstadt in Burgenland was opened officially at the weekend. The new platform was built because the old one was no longer serviceable and needed to be replaced. The new 16-meter-high construction was put up in record time and is made entirely of wood, […]
A new private university in Vorarlberg on the location of the former cheesemaking firm Rupp in Lochau may now not go ahead. The reason is a disagreement between the project managers and the local council. The disagreement is so serious that the project managers have now withdrawn their request for approval of the University back […]
It is the romantic heart-shaped lake that is putting an end to heartbreak for singles in Austria after becoming a magnet for matchmaking clubs in the country. Remote Luna Lake in Vorarlberg used to be round until it was flooded as part of a hydro-electric power project, which turned it into a perfect heart. Lonelyhearts […]
The famous Demel cafe in Salzburg is to be closed down. The Hofzuckerbäckerei Demel, or simply Demel as it is usually known, is a famous pastry shop and chocolatier in Vienna, Austria. It was founded in 1786 on the Michaelerplatz. In 1857, August Dehne (the son of the founder Ludwig Dehne) gave the company to […]
A new app developed by the control centre for mountain rescue in Tyrol and the Tyrolean mountain rescue clubs is set to make mountain rescues easier by pinpointing the exact location of the stranded person. Winter sports fans will be able to download the app – and if they run into difficulty a simple click […]
The Upper Austrian municipality of Kronstorf is waiting for search engine giant Google to start building a data centre for which Google had bought 75 hectares of land three years ago. National broadcaster ORF reported that the decision to build at Kronstorf was made by Google partly because the company wants to use only renewable […]
The Austrian branch of US American computer software and technology giant Microsoft has revealed plans to move into new headquarter offices.Microsoft Austria currently resides in an office complex in Vienna-Meidling. The firm said today (Weds) it wanted to relocate to a building in Favoriten districts Wienerberg area this autumn. The firm said the new location […]