The first food mentioned in Maria's list of favourite things in The Sound of Music and a mainstay of menus across Vienna: the Apfelstrudel or apple … [Read more...] about Viennese Apple Strudel
Eating and drinking
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Café Pavillon in Schönbrunn
An upmarket open-air café now stands where Imperial children once played. Toy castles give way to cake, coffee and more at the Gerstner-run Café Pavillon in the grounds of … [Read more...] about Café Pavillon in Schönbrunn
Schlumberger wine cellars
I started my visit to the Schlumberger sparkling wine cellars expecting a PR exercise. But my cynicism soon melted away thanks to the historical ambience and informative … [Read more...] about Schlumberger wine cellars
Kaffee Alt Wien
The Renaissance meets modern Vienna in the form of the Kaffee Alt Wien, which also straddles the border between coffee house, bar, and restaurant. Red, blue, historical … [Read more...] about Kaffee Alt Wien
Café Schopenhauer
Few locations recommend themselves more for conversations on life, the universe and everything than a Viennese coffee house. So what better than one named for a great German … [Read more...] about Café Schopenhauer
Café Goldegg
Back when Gustav Klimt was arguing about the price of paint and an old empire unknowingly entered its final decade, a coffee house opened. And Café Goldegg is still going … [Read more...] about Café Goldegg