Austria
Stories about Austria, from Vienna’s design and coffeehouse culture to rail journeys and museum programmes.
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Apple strudel is a lesson in what a thin pastry can hold
Apple strudel’s cut reveals how stretched dough, apples and supporting ingredients work together. Published Austrian recipes explain the craft behind the slice.
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Styrian pumpkin seed oil begins with the seed, not the bottle
Follow Styrian pumpkin seed oil from a crop grown for seeds through roasting and pressing, then read what the protected geographical name actually tells us.
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After Austria’s museum night, the route is part of the cultural story
The 3 October museum-night programme has ended. Its published structure remains worth examining: a shared ticket, extended hours and routes between institutions can change how…
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Vienna Design Week gives an office building another kind of working day
At Hietzinger Kai 101, a former office building becomes a temporary setting for design. Vienna Design Week’s anniversary programme asks what happens when objects, workshops…
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Two names, one landscape: looking around Fertő and Neusiedlersee
The lake known as Fertő in Hungary and Neusiedlersee in Austria sits within a cultural landscape of reeds, villages and cultivated land. Its World Heritage…
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Beyond the apartment: Vienna’s other idea of home
A doorway, a courtyard and a place to wash clothes once belonged to the same housing proposition. At Karl-Marx-Hof in Vienna, the architecture of domestic…
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A place to stay: Vienna’s coffeehouse culture beyond the cup
A cup, a newspaper and a chair can describe a different relationship with city life. Vienna’s coffeehouse tradition brings these ordinary objects into a cultural…
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Through the window: Semmering and the making of a mountain landscape
The Semmering Railway crosses an Austrian mountain landscape shaped by the railway itself. Built in the nineteenth century, its tunnels and viaducts invite a particular…