I am loaded with tennis work this week. The time in Newport, Rhode Island, featuring Indian tennis and the induction of Leander Paes to the International Tennis Hall of Fame has been a bit more intense than I thought. Of…
State Hall (Prunksaal) of the Austrian National Library (Pictured Story)
I really loved having a prolonged weekend in Vienna in June 2024. There is such a nice variety of interesting places, great food and culture. The city also impressively well survived the two World Wars, so that the conservation of…
Vienna Danube City Cruise (Route C) with DDSG Blue Danube
Everybody in German-speaking countries knows the (Erste) Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaft (which literally means “(First) Danube Steam Ship Company”). The word is a perfect illustration for the nice fact that in German you can combine multiple nouns to one word. However, apart from…
Mythos Mozart (Vienna)
Vienna is full of places with references to composers and musicians. Big names like Beethoven spent time of their life their. The most famous and popular Vienna classical artist very likely, however, is Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The exhibition Mythos Mozart…
Vienna Central Cemetery / Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Pictured Story)
The Wiener Zentralfriedhof (Vienna Central Cemetery) is the one of the largest cemeteries in Europe. With over 300,000 graves and three million corpses, there are more dead people in these place than inhabitants in the Austrian capital. However, there are several reasons…
Wanda – Ende nie
As part of my 7th June 2024 album reviews, I have a look to Austria. Rather briefly after they have been founded, the rock band Wanda already had quite a lot success. I ran into their latest album Ende nie, their…
Mercure Wien Westbahnhof (Vienna West Station)
My third stage of my Rock of Ages tour-chasing took me to the Austrian capital Vienna. With the show being held at the Stadthalle, I looked for an accommodation around nearby Vienna West (rail) Station. I finally opted for the…
On Tour With Rock of Ages 2024 (Episode 3 – Vienna, 13th April 2024)
After visiting the nearby shows in Bochum and my home town Cologne, the third tour stage of the German Rock of Ages tour I visited in 2024 was Vienna. I just had one show there, the evening one, so that…