Vienna Central station development

Commuters in Vienna face disrupted journeys for at least the next five years as the city’s Südbahnhof railway station has closed down to make way for the construction of the new 109-hectare, 10-platform Vienna Central station that is not expected...

Vienna U-bahn crime patrols

More than 10,000 people have been stopped and questioned by the Vienna police force during its special patrols on the city’s U-bahn service since September. According to a report in the Austrian Times during the patrols the police have confiscated...

Museum Quarter unveils winter programme

Vienna’s cultural hub, the Museums Quartier, has launched a winter programme that includes ice climbing, curling and ice-skating. The complex, which opened in 2001 and attracts 3.5 million visitors a year, includes the Leopold Museum and 60 different facilities...

Upgrading Vienna

Vienna will soon become a technological dinosaur if it does not embrace modern forms of communication, such as free wireless internet access, says ÖVP councillor and information and communications technology expert Roman Stiftner. A report in the Austrian Times states...

Seeing Vienna at a jog

Tourists are famous for their whistle-stop tours of cities, but Vienna’s tourism chiefs have gone one better. Tourists and Vienna residents alike can now take running sightseeing tours through the city, being picked up by their guide at their hotel...

Stadthalle Hotel gets zero carbon footprint

A Vienna hotel claims to be the first in the city, and possibly the first such in the world, to have a zero carbon footprint – or to create as much energy as it consumes. The Boutiquehotel Stadthalle, owned by...

Spanish Riding School reduces losses

The Austrian Times reports that Vienna’s world famous Spanish Riding School will make a loss in 2009, making it the third year in a row that the school has been in the red. Talking to Wiener Zeitung, General Director Elisabeth...

Protests again Vienna Boys Choir new concert hall

The world-famous 500-year old Vienna Boys Choir has filed court charges against a group opposing the building of its new concert hall, says the Austrian Times. The proposed new 380-seater concert hall, scheduled to open in 2011, is to be...

Swapping old bikes for new

The Austrian Times reports that Vienna city council is to increase the numbers available in its new-for-old bicycle recycling scheme, under which Vienna residents are able to trade in an old bike for a €70 contribution towards a new one....

MVienna chosen for Michael Jackson tribute concert

On 26 September Vienna will host the only official worldwide tribute concert to the late Michael Jackson, who died on 25 June. Talking to US talk show host Larry King, Jackson’s older brother Jermaine explained the reasons for choosing Vienna...