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New website for kids launched in over six languages
A new web page by an Austrian software firm featuring children’s content in six languages aims to provide both a fun experience as well as teach children about how the internet can be used.
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Cats to return to Austria in 2013
After the roaring success of Cats the Musical in Vienna the show will return to Austria next year and play in Linz and Graz. ... -
Bringing the Alps to London - Events taking place at Austria
The official Austria House Tirol will be located at Trinity House in Tower Hill during the London 2012 Olympics. Opening its doors to the public on T ... -
Wildlife & Nightlife at Vienna Zoo
This coming Friday Schönbrunn Zoo is opening its doors in the evening to allow guests to watch the animals through a different perspective in the dark ... -
Spanish Riding School foals on show
Whilst Vienna’s world famous Lipizzaner stallions take their well-earned summer break, six Lipizzaner mares together with their foals will come to Vie ... -
Dirndl ambassadors arrive in New York
Austria’s Dirndl Ambassadors have arrived in New York, and over the next three months, will descend on New York City 25 at a time. ... -
STS honoured by minister
Austrian pop group STS that had hits with songs like "Großvater" (Grandfather) or "Fürstenfeld" have been given the golden Decoration of Honour for th ... -
Schrammel.Klang.Festival
The Schrammel.Klang.Festival is a long weekend of total musical enjoyment, all in a blissful setting alongside a peaceful lake surrounded by inviting ... -
China admits leaving out the bone house
Welcome to the 'Bone House', or 'Beinhaus' - something which the Chinese seem to have forgotten to copy when they rebuilt the Austrian village of Hall ... -
Austrias largest rope park opens in Vienna Woods
A new rope park is opening up on the outskirts of Vienna on the Kahlenberg. ... -
Martian meteorite to go on display from tomorrow in Vienna
The Natural History Museum in Vienna (NHM) is celebrating a spectacular new acquisition after spending almost half a million to acquire a rare martian ... -
Ski teacher qualifications are now offered in Autumn
Ever thought of a job as a ski instructor? As Rob Stewart – Freelance ski writer and editor of The Skiing Department explains - qualifying to work as ... -
Zoo race raises 30,000 for charity
Around 1350 runners took part in the first Vienna zoo race at the Tiergarten Schönbrunn. ... -
Flying Pickets singer to play charity concert in Vienna
Gary Howard from the Flying Pickets is heading to Vienna to perform at the SkyDome on the Schottenfeldgasse this month. ... -
Donauinselfest this weekend
For those who don't know it the Donau Insel (Danube Island) is a very long, and very narrow island in central Vienna. It may be 21.1 km in length, but ... -
Reinisch Contemporary presents objects of desire
The human need for sensuality, passion and opulence are at the centre of Reinisch Contemporary’s first exhibition focusing purely on sculpture. ... -
Kangaroo babies in Vienna zoo
The baby kangaroos at Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo are enjoying the heatwave in Austria as these new pictures show. ... -
Austrians vote favourite ice cream flavour
Austrians prefer traditional ice cream flavours over new ice cream creations according to a new study by the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) ... -
Vienna Improv Fusion in review
A creative group of young Viennese including actors, theater enthusiasts and students of Austrian and non-Austrian background perfomed hilarious come ... -
Leopold Museum settles over stolen painting
The Leopold Museum in Vienna has agreed to settle with the descendents of a woman whose Egon Schiele painting "Houses by the Sea" was stolen by the Na ... -
Vienna the coffee capital
From 13th to 15th June 2012 Vienna is hosting the SCAE World of Coffee event – fitting for the city which claims to offer the best coffee in the world ... -
Picnics in the park with a muscial background
The park and grounds of the privately owned Schlosspark of the Esterhazy family in Eisenstadt are going to be available for picnics from the summer. ... -
Popcorner in Kuwait
Two sisters who have managed to make inroads into the rather dull and uninteresting popcorn market in Austria are now cashing in on their success by o ... -
Prince William and Catherine make wax work appearance in Vi
Prince William and his wife the Duchess of Cambridge are the latest stars of Madame Tussauds in Vienna, Austria. ... -
Underground art scene
Wall mosaics, paintings, sculptures and video installations: Vienna’s subway network is one huge gallery. Right now a new "culture passage," featuring ... -
Kaiserschmarrn for a good cause at the Opera
Austrian Emperor Francis Joseph I (1830–1916) and his wife, Elisabeth of Bavaria, knew how to make life difficult for the Royal cooks. ... -
Art meets nature
Unusual art installations can be seen in the Natural History Museum from June to September. ... -
Sports Play by Elfriede Jelinek
Sports Play English Language Premiere of Nobel Prize Winner Elfriede Jelinek’s theatrical meditation on sport and violence UK tour 11 July - 4 August ... -
Band on the run
Canadian indie-folk band The Burning Hell are including Austria in an attempt to set a new world record for playing the most shows in the most countri ...
Killed tank driver did not have military driving license
The tank driver killed yesterday (Thursday) in Allentsteig, Austria, after he drove into a swamp filled hole and drowned did not have the required military driving license to control the vehicle.
10,200 applicants for 1,530 medical university places
Around 10,200 medical school hopefuls are sitting the entrance exams today (Friday) in hope of securing one of the 1,530 medical school places in Austria.
Styrians enjoy holidays in their own province
One fifth of Styrians plan to spend their summer holidays within Styria according to a new study by Styrian tourism.
One killed three injured in Glocknerstraße accidents
One motorbiker was killed and another three injured in two separate motorbike crashes on the high Alpine road the Glocknerstraße yesterday (Thurs)
Teen killed in moped accident
A 16-year-old moped rider was killed last night in Zirl in the Austrian Tirol when he collided head on with a cement mixer truck.
Hidden schilling stash found in old house
Two plumbers working on an old house in Schärding, Austria, found a stash of 72,000 schillings (worth 5,219 Euros) whilst carrying out work on the property.
Fire station fire
Firefighters were called to tackle a blaze at their own firestation in Lofer, Austria.
Cock-a-doodle-doo record broken in Austria
Sergi, the cockerel from Kramasch in the Austrian Tyrol has broken the world record in cock-a-doodle-doos.
Five toes lost in lawnmower accident
A 57-year-old woman lost five of her toes after getting her foot stuck in a lawnmower in Wolfsberg in Carinthia, Austria.
New website for kids launched in over six languages
A new web page by an Austrian software firm featuring children’s content in six languages aims to provide both a fun experience as well as teach children about how the internet can be used.
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