By Rob Hyde Madame Tussauds Vienna is organising a life-size wax sculpture of fur boot-loving, golden-locked Austrian folk singer, Hansi Hinterseer. The singer and former Austrian skier, famous for his dyed blonde hair, friendly smile, and hits such as “Heut ist dein Tag” and “Ich denk an Dich”, is to appear next year in the […]
Vienna has managed to break its own record for the amount of overnight stays registered since 2012. Latest figures from The Vienna Tourist Board show an increase of 3.1% per cent for the first half of 2013, compared with the same period last year. Director Norbert Kettner said: “In the first half of 2013, Vienna […]
By Rob Hyde Schools in Vienna are to benefit from a 30 million Euro project to upgrade their existing computers. The scheme, titled “Vienna education network”, aims to ensure that by 2015 around 16,000 PCs will be using the latest operating systems. Whilst the capital city’s schools are generally using Windows XP as their operating […]
By Rob Hyde Thieves managed to remove the contents of a hundred cellars within the same municipal housing complex on a street in Vienna. Shoes, tools, clothes, bikes and even skis were stolen from a hundred cellars of flats belonging to the Schüttausstraße housing estate, which lies just a brief stroll away from the United […]
by Petronilla Hohenwarter & Nigel Stonham Do you want to grow old with me? Let me start by saying YES. Robbie Williams was at Krieau in Vienna last night and we were there. It was a show full of contrasts. Featuring Robbie as both prince charming and as a rude boy. Featuring both shouted lyrics […]
By Rob Hyde in Vienna. Customers shopping at petrol stations Austria are having to pay almost twice as much as in supermarkets, a recent report shows. Statistics published by the Chamber of Labour (AK) reveal that the price of purchasing food, drinks and general items from the petrol pump stores works as 48 per cent […]
Vienna is still suffering from a shortage of kindergarten places for years after the law was changed to make sure they were free to any children aged up to 6 years old. That is despite the fact that the city has invested heavily in increasing the number of places available. Yet despite those most experts […]
Three tests samples of moonstone are now on permanent display from NASA at the Natural History Museum in Vienna. The 84-gram piece of space rock and two soil tests collected from the moon’s surface during the 1971 Apollo-15 mission were presented in person by NASA boss Charles Bolden. Natural History Museum director Christian Köberl said: […]
Over 1,000 runners in fancy dress took part in the second edition of the Schönbrunn Zoo run in Vienna on Tuesday. The six-kilometre route led by a man dressed as a polar bear took the 1,500 competitors around the animal enclosures. Zoo director Dagmar Schratter said: “Everyone was enthusiastic about the run between elephants, zebras […]
Vienna celebrated the winners of the “smart ideas” competition to promote all things bicycle last night (Monday). The first place, and 7,000 Euros prize money, went to the Wiener Rad AG for their bike-storeroom project. They distinguished themselves from 235 other projects which were presented on the theme “bicycle” in the context of a competition […]