Austria

Photo of the Moment: Finding Our Path, Austria

Failed Inventions Museum Opens in Austria

Vintage Toys, Mint Museum of Toys, Singapore ©yeowatzup It is said that necessity is the mother of invention, and when Austrian Fritz Gall failed to invent anything of importance, he decided to create a museum dedicated just to failed inventions. Gall’s Museum of Nonsense is located in his hometown of Herrnbaumgarten, Austria about an hour [...]

5 Song Inspiring Destinations

Penny Lane, Liverpool © Edvill Freddy Mercury’s Barcelona. Ultravox’s Vienna. If you loved the songs you’ll love the places that inspired them even more. Rough Guides has compiled a list of songs and the cities, streets and experiences that inspired them. Some places, like Liverpool, England have cashed in on their musical reputation. The city [...]

Austria’s Green Lake Is Also a Great Hiking Spot

Green Lake is one of the most bizarre natural phenomena in the world. During the cold winter months, this place is almost completely dry, and used as a country park where hikers love to come and spend some time away from urban chaos. But as soon as temperatures rise, the snow and ice covering the [...]

High Culture on a Low Budget: Vienna’s Wiener Philharmoniker New Year’s Concert

Believe it or not, most audience members are much younger than this … © eva101 With 2009 fast approaching, you may not be starting to think about 2010. Vienna is, however, and while you can’t catch the city’s famous 70th Anniversary New Year’s Concert next week, you can get in line now for next year’s [...]

Austrian Rugby Team Does the Full Monty in Vilnius

Humiliated at their defeat to Lithuania, the Austrian rugby team apparently decided to humiliate themselves further. The group of twenty players staged a striptease on a street in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius as onlookers clapped and cheered them on. The episode would have remained hidden except for one onlooker who recorded the clip, and [...]