Viennese culture and traditions

Vienna contains many reminders of the intimate association between the city and its Jewish community. This page just pulls together my articles on locations & events of … [Read more...] about Jewish Vienna

No. It's not. OK, maybe sometimes. But the Blue Danube waltz at least remains a reliable constant. Really not blue? So, no, the river rarely assumes a lovely shade of … [Read more...] about Is the Danube blue?

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?

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

I've explained most of the official terms used to describe the Vienna-centered Habsburg empire, but we have some related words and concepts you might also come across in … [Read more...] about Other Habsburg terms

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”?