The Danube wine region in Lower Austria has won an international award. An American wine magazine wrote an article about the ten best wine travel destinations. The Austrian wine region won second place. It could even overtake renowned wine growing areas such as Italy, Portugal or South Africa. The wine area Rioja in Spain came […]
The Palm House in the palace park at Schönbrunn in Vienna is the largest of its kind on the European continent. It houses dozens of Mediterranean, tropical and subtropical plants. Emperor Franz Joseph commissioned the construction of the Palm House in 1882. Architect Franz Segenschmid had his hands full: with a length of 111 meters, […]
Last NovemberSchönbrunn Zoo celebrated the offspring of the adult anteaters, and now visitors of the zoo can visit the baby anteater. The anteater female Ilse gave birth after 190 days of pregnancy to the baby anteater named “Mocoa” by the zoo caretakers on Sunday the 22nd of April. “Ilse is 16 years old and she […]
A new jumbo jet operated by one of the biggest airlines in the world will be named after the Austrian capital, it has been revealed. Lufthansa confirmed today (Fri) that one of its Airbus A380 planes will be baptised “Wien,” which is German for Vienna. The German aviation giant – which ordered 15 of the […]
Massive damage has been caused when a passenger ship crashed into a vessel in Lower Austria.Local shipping officials said today (Fri) the captain of the Swiss ship may have fallen asleep behind the rudder before running into a ferry near Orth an der Donau south-east of Vienna on Tuesday night. Repairs to both ships will […]
Austria has reached a midfield position in a bizarre new survey listing the length of mens penises.New customised data platform Target Map (www.targetmap.com) reports today (Tues) that the average size of Austrian mens members is 14.16 centimetres (cm). This data helps the country to a modest ranking in the global survey.Congolese men (17.93 cm) […]
A leading American metal and plastic containers manufacturer has revealed it is close to completing the acquisition of an Austrian rival.US media report today (Thurs) Silgan Holdings Inc. (Silgan) is ready to take over Vogel & Noot Holding AG (Vogel & Noot) for 253 million Euros.Vogel & Noot, which is based in Wartberg in Styrias […]
An escaped Boa constrictor keeping policeman busy for five days has been found behind the owners oven.Graz officials decided to assign dozens of police recruits to search for the dangerous snake after Klaus Löschnig reported it as missing on Sunday. Several reptile experts and volunteers got engaged in the search as well.The reptile enthusiast assumed […]
More than one million Austrians tuned in as Germany proceeded in the Football World Cup last night (Weds).Official figures presented today show that 873,000 Austrians followed national broadcaster ORFs live coverage of the final group D matches Germany vs. Ghana (1-0) and Australia vs. Serbia (2-1).Around 223,000 Austrian TV consumers meanwhile watched German station ARDs […]
Skiing legend Hermann Maier and football hero Herbert Prohaska tip on Argentina to win the Football World Cup.Two-time Olympic gold medallist Maier, who announced his retirement in October, said today (Thurs) he expected the team managed by Diego Maradona to win the tournament which will be kicked off by a big ceremony tonight.The 38-year-old – […]