Follow the usual tourist trail around Vienna and you'll come across reminders of the intimate association between the city and its Jewish community. This page pulls … [Read more...] about Jewish Vienna
Viennese culture and traditions
Is the Danube blue?
No. It's not. (Despite what the waltz may claim.) OK, maybe sometimes. Really not blue? Most of the time, no. As this photo demonstrates: (Distinctly … [Read more...] about Is the Danube blue?
What does k. u. k / k. k. mean?
Just to finish off our series on Habsburg terms for visitors to Vienna, a little delve into the complicated world of two abbreviations that appear intriguingly on signs and … [Read more...] about What does k. u. k / k. k. mean?
Emperors and Archdukes
We saw in earlier articles how different terms applied to the group of lands ruled by the Habsburgs. But what about the family members themselves? It's all in the … [Read more...] about Emperors and Archdukes
Other Habsburg terms
So having explained most of the official terms used to describe the Habsburg empire, what about some of the other words you come across in museums and palaces in … [Read more...] about Other Habsburg terms
What is “Austria”?
In 1918, Austria-Hungary effectively disintegrated after finding itself on the losing side of World War I. So what came next? The end of an era (Emperor Karl and … [Read more...] about What is “Austria”?