The Vienna-Ottakring Kongressbad swimming pool is open for business despite damage sustained in a recent arson attack. A wooden building housing the pool’s changing rooms was burnt to the ground in the fire that broke out during the night of 19-20...

A new extension to the U2 subway linking the city centre and the 51,000-seater Ernst Happel Stadium is scheduled to open on 10 May. The line will cut travel time to the Viennese EURO 2008 hub to just eight minutes. Featuring...

A total of 2,764 conferences and conventions were held in Vienna in 2007, representing a record 19 per cent rise over the previous year. Overall they brought 1,419,044 visitors to the city and contributed €760 million to the local economy, with...

The Sigmund Freud University (SFU) of Psychotherapy in Vienna is to launch a full programme of degree and non-degree courses taught and supported entirely in English. Accredited as a private university by the Austrian Accreditation Council in 2005, the SFU at...

The Admiral Cinema on Burggasse in Vienna’s seventh district has opened its doors to man’s best friend in a once-a-month “Doggy Day” promotion. Dogs accompanying their owners get free admission including individual seat blankets and bowls of popcorn and fresh water....

The regulations banning Sunday trading in Austria have been suspended for the run-up to the UEFA European Football Championships in 2008, hosted jointly by Austria and Switzerland. From now until the end of the championships, shops across the country may open...