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The Allure of Viennese Coffee Culture

While many cultures can take pride in the exceptional quality of their coffee, Vienna, Austria, has raised the beverage to an art form and made drinking it a way of life. Customers can spend entire days in a delightful atmosphere and a diversity of customers by purchasing a single cup of coffee in one of ...

Haidene Go

Café Central.

The Scandal of Arnold Schoenberg’s Skandalkonzert of 1913

You may have heard of mosh pits, places at concerts where fans can engage in an extreme form of dancing to express their enthusiasm for the aggressive music being performed. Critics argue that this behavior is angsty and highly risky, and it is not reminiscent of sincere love for music. Injuries are common and deaths ...

Viena Abdon

A caricature of the Skandalkonzert, with concertgoers fighting orchestra members and each other while the conductor waves his baton and police carry people out.

Lockdown Meal Delivery by Vienna’s Horse-Drawn Carriages

The COVID-19 induced lockdown changed the lives of billions of people around the world in numerous ways. While a majority of people were forced to work from home and rely on online stores for buying stuff for months, in some places, the results of lockdowns are rather unique. After the lockdown, horse-drawn carriages were used ...

Jack Roberts

A horse-drawn carriage.

Are You Living in a ‘Healthy’ City Like Vienna or Munich?

When visiting other cities as tourists or for short-term employment, people usually consider factors like ease of access, entertainment options, food culture, visiting spots, and so on. Younger generations have started taking into account a city’s “health” factor as well, as they become more conscious about their physical and mental wellbeing. “Providing facilities such as ...

Armin Auctor

Phra-Singh Temple, Chiang Mai.

Taiwan Children’s Choir Gives an Outstanding Performance in Vienna

Recently, on a street in Vienna, Austria, the city of music, a Taiwan children’s choir sang with voices as beautiful as that of a golden songbird. Their flash mob performance mesmerized the crowd. What was the story behind their performance? The children were members of a choir from the Yihsing branch of Jiahsing Elementary School in ...

Audrey Wang

The choir from Taiwan attended the 31st Franze Schubert Choir Competition in Vienna (5/30- 6/3, 2018