Author: Jeremiah Ipaye

You’re in Vienna for a short trip but still want to explore the most authentic Kaffeehaus. What would you do, where should you actually go? It’s a harder question than it looks, because the instinctive answer, go to the most famous one, isn’t quite right, and it never entirely was. Vienna doesn’t rank its coffee … Continued

Different visitors answer differently: what is “Vienna Old Town” exactly? All of these are correct, but can be confusing. Vienna’s historic center isn’t one destination to visit but rather an assortment of buildings that, after sitting on top of each other for the past 2,500 years, can be easily reached by taking a stroll through … Continued

You are in Vienna & this magical city won’t disappoint you anywhere. For the people who feel shopping therapy is the best therapy, this is your ultimate guide to best shopping in Vienna. Now, the more useful question isn’t “where’s the best shopping street in Vienna”, it’s which district matches your budget, your interests, and … Continued

Vienna’s own tourist board suggests that this city has over 100 museums; and if you doubt the ‘small district collections’, the specialist archives and so forth, some registries hit the nail on the head and count well over half that. The art of visiting is not to see as much as possible, it’s to see … Continued

You may have traveled a lot & witnessed that every city has churches as its secondary attraction, but Vienna is different. Vienna has churches that are aesthetic, classic & timeless, all at once. In a city built by an empire that took religion as seriously as it took architecture, Vienna’s churches are often more impressive … Continued

Vienna didn’t just invent a coffee culture, it turned the act of drinking coffee into a civic ritual worth protecting by law. In 2011, UNESCO added Viennese Coffee House Culture to Austria’s list of Intangible Cultural Heritage, recognising something no other capital has quite managed, a 300-year-old tradition where one cup of Melange buys a … Continued

Ask anyone what to have in Vienna & you will get the same answer: Wiener Schnitzel. The reason is that this dish is veritably Austrian cuisine, and many local favorite restaurants have been cooking it the traditional & authentic way for decades, or even centuries. However, the question is where to get the best Schnitzel … Continued

Vienna turns into Europe’s Christmas capital, in secret, every November. Originally, this long-standing privilege was given in 1296 by Duke Albrecht I to the merchants of Vienna, the forerunners of the modern Christkindlmarkets, to hold a Christmas market that year. Today, even after 8 centuries, over a dozen squares, courtyards, and palace forecourts in the … Continued