Famous Vienna people

Put Mozart, Beethoven, and Haydn in a room and what do you get? Great music? Undoubtedly. Complaints about music publishers? Possibly. An exhibition at the Mozarthaus? … [Read more...] about Haydn – Mozart – Beethoven

Close your eyes on a balmy night in Vienna's Zentralfriedhof cemetery and perhaps you can hear a few notes of The Blue Danube drifting on the night air. For here is where you … [Read more...] about Johann Strauss’s grave

Chalk up another tick on the musical experience checklist. This unassuming house provided a home for one of Vienna's great musical sons and great musical creations: Johann … [Read more...] about The Fledermaus House

Grab the baton and strike up a waltz as you wander Vienna in search of Johann Strauss (1825-1899). The son, I should add. Or Junior. Or Strauss II. Just to distinguish him … [Read more...] about Johann Strauss in Vienna

Although brought up in Vienna and an irregular resident here, it would only be fair to describe the artist Friedensreich Hundertwasser as a citizen of the world. Nevertheless, … [Read more...] about Friedensreich Hundertwasser in Vienna

Municipal incinerators rarely top lists of architectural highlights. Ah, but this is Vienna, and they do things differently here. Consider, for example, the Spittelau … [Read more...] about The Spittelau incinerator