Visiting Vienna is a project of the heart: writing and reporting on the city I’ve lived in since 1994. It’s also a way to help those in Vienna (or considering visiting) with advice and tips on how to get the most out of their stay.
Hard to say from statistics, but thousands of people now visit the website each day.
I write every article and do so using my local knowledge and research, including visits to (almost) every single sight, event or location: I sometimes miss the occasional exhibition or event (the day only has 24 hours, and coffee and cake can be distracting).
I typically pay for my own entrance and event tickets for reasons of objectivity. But I do also make use of press tickets and press previews as an accredited journalist (ÖJC #018050), especially for exhibitions.
For the record, this is me within the last year or two:
(More or less the same as in 1994, when I moved here, if you ignore the wrinkles and grey hair)
That “me” is a British-born writer (also of regency-themed novels) and part-time external university lecturer. I own the site.
Two kind questions I sometimes get asked are “can I follow you on social media?” and “do you have a coffee fund or similar I can contribute to?” So…
- You can follow me on Instagram, where I started posting impressions of Vienna and other images, often captioned from my imagination. The pictures tend to be more offbeat than your typical tourism account, though
- No coffee fund, but if the site helps, consider donating to Chawton House to help them continue their work on early women writers or to Jane Austen’s House to help them preserve that historical location
Otherwise, before contacting me, please note the following to possibly save yourself unnecessary time and effort:
- I’m just one guy and not an official representative of tourism in Vienna: these fine people are
- I’m not involved in the organisation of any of the fairs, festivals and seasonal markets I write about, so you need to contact the event direct if you want to book a stall or exhibition space
- Sadly, I don’t have the capacity to add smaller gallery art exhibitions to my coverage
- I never publish guest posts, third-party content, sponsored content, and similar. Due to a lack of time, I have to ignore any requests for me to do so
- I don’t wish to buy any Vienna-related domain names and ignore all emails trying to sell them to me
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Full formal ownership and legal details (in German) to meet Austria’s regulatory requirements (Informationspflicht lt. ECG und Mediengesetz) can be found by clicking on this link.