Angry cartoon fans say Walt Disney himself would be turning in his grave if he learned that his descendants had allowed a bearded version of Daisy Duck to take up residence in the Duck universe. Life in the Duck universe centres on the city of Duckburg in the fictional U.S. state of Calisota – analogous […]
A load of cobblers brightened up the stage in the Austrian capital of Vienna when the annual Shoemaker Ball saw the best and brightest shoe designers from all over the world attend the industries VIP annual event. The highlight of the Schuhmacher (shoe maker) Ball which first took place in 1938 was this year as […]
Austrian skier Matthias Mayer of Austria has won the final World Cup downhill in Switzerland today, coming in ahead of Italy’s Christof Innerhofer and US skier Ted Ligety. Twenty-three-year-old Matthias Mayer is an Olympic champion who won a surprise gold medal in the men’s downhill at the Sochi Winter Games just a few weeks ago. […]
Vienna’s world-famous coffee house culture was added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage list in 2011. And now a list is being drawn up to decide which coffeehouses will be entitled to display the coveted logo. The first batch of Viennese cafés are set to put their logos up in November 2013, showing the rest […]
Austria’s star hurdle sprinter Beate Schrott from St. Pölten will compete at the World Championships in Moscow in August despite her current injury. Doctors who carried out a medical test in Vienna on Monay said the hurdle champ would have to miss a week of training due to a thigh injury she suffered on Sunday […]
The following films are on at the English language Haydn Cinema on the Mariahilferstrasse between June 20 and 26. Iron Man 3D: When Tony Stark’s world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution. Star Trek 3D: After the crew of the Enterprise find an […]
The FIS Grass-Skiing Junior World Championships opens up in Burgenland from 31 July to 4 August. Beating off stiff competition, the ski-centre in Rettenbach impressed a panel of judges from the International Ski Federation (FIS) enough to host the World Championships in their small village of 350 people. Johann Gschwandtner of the organising committee said: […]
The International Christian School of Vienna (ICSV) has been accepted as an official IB World School Candidate for the Diploma Program. The ICSV is pursuing authorisation as an IB World School for the school year 2014/15. Mr. James Devenish, Director of the ICSV said: “We are excited about this new development and the fact that […]
The “KinderUniSteyr” (Kids University of Steyr) in Upper Austria is one of the most innovative Austrian educational projects. This year, the university for children will celebrate its tenth birthday. The goal of the KinderUniSteyr is to motivate the academics of tomorrow for science. The focus is not on ambitious studying but on curiosity for the […]
Having booked over 90 shows this year, the band Worldly Savages are embarking upon their third European tour where they will stop off in Vienna for a night of “contagious folk punk energy”. The group who describe themselves as “Contagious Folk-Punk Energy with Ethno Music Spiciness” will perform at the city’s music venue Reigen on […]