Everything about water is the motto at the world’s oldest zoo, Vienna’s Tiergarten Schönbrunn, from the 19th to 25 March. The projects all of which are water-based have been organised to mark world water day. A spokesman for the zoo said that moors, marshes, rivers and lakes were among the richest in flora and fauna […]
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Glaciers melting at record speed
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Despite the record cold winter Austrian climatologists say the country’s glaciers melted last year faster than ever before. They highlighted the case of the glacier on the Dachstein that in 2011 shrunk with the loss of 6 million cubic metres of water – enough to fill 40 million baths. The melting glaciers are also a […]
Coffee on wheels comes to Vienna
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The first coffee maker on wheels has arrived in Vienna. Budding barista Felix Veres has been driving his cafe converted Piaggio Ape around the capital since the start of January, seving coffee on the move. Whist mobile cafes have been a feature of city’s such as Hamburg and Amsterdam for some time now, they have […]
Saiblingsschmaus at Borromäus
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By Rebecca Musgrave As someone who prefers to remain seated at a crisp tablecloth clad table whilst enjoying good food, the word “buffet” unfailingly sets alarm bells off in my head. When faced with the Imperial Riding School Renaissance Hotel Saiblingsschmaus spread on Ash Wednesday however these bells were quickly silenced. For several years now […]
Green groups have raised the alarm over plans to use a controversial mining technique known as Fracking around Lake Constance in Germany that is already banned in some countries. Gas and oil is harvested naturally after it leaks into underground reservoirs from source rocks – but with fracking the natural process is accelerated. Expanding chemicals […]
Beer tasting with Salzburg’s Stiegl
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By Rebecca Musgrave In 1492 a brewery was established on the banks of the river in Salzburg, Austria. Workers had to walk down a small flight of steps to get to the water and as such the famous Stiegl (small steps) brewery was founded. Far from its previous reputation as the “little brewery by the […]
The two-year-old son of an Italian family visiting a church in Spitz was hit by the 200 pound holy water cauldron and was seriously injured. Police said that during the family’s visit to the parish church in Spitz in the Krems district of Lower Austria on Wednesday noon the little boy pulled himself up on […]
Vienna river cruises
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By Alessia De Silva It’s going to be raining a lot over the next few days according to the weatherman, and although you might be one of those that wants to avoid too much water it’s actually a good time to take to the water. Sightseeing under an umbrella and in the wind is never […]
A kid has been airlifted to a clinic after falling into an ice-cold mountain river.The child whose sex and age have not been revealed plunged into a stream near Dienten in Salzburgs Pongau region this morning (Fri) while sitting in its buggy. The kids dad managed to drag the youngster out of the […]
High amounts of lithium in tap water could keep the suicide rate low, a new study suggests.Researchers of Viennas Medical University (MedUni) found out that many areas with comparably higher amounts of the chemical element in tap water which can be consumed across Austria have a lower suicide rate than areas with less.The […]