A mother and her daughter were hospitalised after they were struck by lightning – in a swimming pool. The couple had decided to go swimming in their pool in the garden of their home in the market town Furnitz in the southern Austrian province of Carinthia. After the 36-year-old mother and her 12-year-old daughter were […]
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Istria – the undiscovered Croatian gem
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By Kathryn Quinn Many holiday plans start with an argument: She wants to lie idly by the pool and bake in the sun, he wants to do something more active – even if it is only sampling the local beer. Istria, a little known region by the Adriatic Sea, is the perfect solution to this […]
ASFINAG has auctioned off 200 vehicles and pieces of equipment in Graz-Raaba (Styria) yesterday (Wednesday) to finance a new car pool. The 200 pieces that went to auction – ranging from small cars to snow ploughs and lawnmowers – were used by ASFINAG, who is responsible for planning, building, maintaining and operating motorways in many […]
Around 20 new WIFI hotspots are currently being installed at highly frequented places in Vienna. The districts pay for the costs. The previous pilot projects at the square in front of the town hall and at Danube island have been popular. One station costs between 10,000 and 30,000 Euros, depending on the venue. The public […]
Vienna’s indoor swimming pool the Amalienbad is open again after it was closed for renovations over the summer. The main improvement was an update and renovation of the technology involved in purifying and filtering the water at the swimming pool, but also heating and a conditioning systems were modernised. There is also now are barrier […]
Baths shut as temperatures sore
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Vienna has notched up the hottest April on record and in the inner city on Saturday temperatures reached 29.4°C. The hot weather lured many people outside but anybody hoping for a dip in the capital would be disappointed – as regardless of the weather the city always keeps the pools closed until second of May. […]
Gourmet ski week at Sendlhof
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The luxury hotel Sendlhof in Gastein, Austria, will host a week of ski orientated gourmet and spa indulgence in March. From 17 to 24 March guests will be able to enjoy an array of après ski culinary events including tastings, presentations and of course a series regional menus. For seven days the hotel will open […]
‘Woodsman’ gets life in jail
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A 49-year-old man who lived in a forest for years has been sentenced to life in jail for attempted murder. Friedrich Osterbauer nearly killed a prostitute at a brothel during an outing from a prison in Graz where he served a term for various criminal offences. The offender was allowed to spend every other weekend […]
Biker lands in sewage pool
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A 28-year-old motorcyclist ended up in a wastewater tank after crashing into a truck.The man from Kirchberg-Thening steered into the Czech lorry when the vehicle took a bend the moment he wanted to overtake it in Hörsching near Linz, Upper Austria, yesterday evening (Thurs).The biker was hurled into the air before landing in a roadside […]
Child critical after pool plunge
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A young boy is fighting for his life after a bathing accident.The four-year-old was fished out of the water by his mum after he leapt into a public pool in Braunau, Upper Austria, yesterday afternoon (Tues). The woman resuscitated the unconscious kid before he was transferred to the local clinic.Doctors decided to airlift him to […]