The Hapsburgs of Vienna were among old European royals that had the passion and means to build a great art collection. And you can get up close to these treasures of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at the Kunsthistorisches.
Translated in English, Kunsthistorisches is “history of craft”, but perhaps it should really mean history of fine art. Inside [...]

Remember the film about Mozart and the famous line “It’s nice to be King”? The line rings especially true if you say it overlooking the Burggarten in Vienna. The huge expanse of manicured greens and flora was once the private garden of Franz Josef I. The Austrian monarch was a passionate green thumb, and was [...]

Vienna has some exquisite delights to offer to anyone who enjoys good beer and fine wine. I would even go so far as to say that no visit to Vienna is complete without a trip to one of its Heurigen, or wine taverns.
The word ‘Heurigen’ comes from the Austrian-Bavarian term ‘young wine’. Many of the [...]