Our favorite Web links and the best local media.
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Web Links:
Austrian Tourism Board
Extensive information on Vienna and its surroundings, plus other Austrian destinations. Includes culture, travel tips, and weather reports. www.austria.info
Vienna Tourism Board
Vienna transportation, accommodation, restaurants, hotels, and sightseeing information. www.wien.info; www.vienna.info
Viennese Society of Music Lovers—Musikverein
Updated classical music concert schedules and online tickets for venues throughout the city, including performances by the Viennese Philharmonic Orchestra. www.musikverein.at
Vienna State Opera
Information on the current program, history, performances, artists, and guided tours of the Vienna State Opera house. Also, online ticket sales. www.wiener-staatsoper.at
Vienna Boys’ Choir
Up-to-date information on the concert schedule, plus historical information, photos, and audio clips. www.wsk.at
Spanish Riding School
The history and philosophy of the famous Viennese Spanish Riding School, plus online ticket sales for the current performances. www.srs.at
Jewish Vienna
Celebrates eight centuries of Jewish history in the Leopoldstadt district. Includes cultural facts and information on guided tours and Jewish weddings. www.jewish-vienna.at
Viennese cafés
Informative guide to Vienna’s coffeehouse culture, plus the addresses of some of the best known traditional Viennese cafés. www.wiener-kaffeehaus.at
Heurigen Express
Information about Vienna’s unique wine taverns or heurigen. Includes the schedule for Heurigen Express train tours around the Viennese vineyards. www.heurigenexpress.at
Danube Boat Trips
Boat trips in and around Vienna. For the current schedule and routes, check www.ddsg-blue-danube.at
Bratislava Boat Trips
Schedule and fare information for boat tours from Vienna to Slovakia’s capital Bratislava, which is about 37 miles (60 kilometers) away from the city via Twin City Liner. www.twincityliner.com
Sigmund Freud Museum
Historical and tour information about the house where Sigmund Freud lived and worked between 1891 and 1938. www.freud-museum.at
Local Media:
FM 4
News and shows in German and English; news in French. Features a wide range of musical styles and information on current concerts, exhibitions, and other art events. Fm4.orf.at
Falter
Weekly newspaper in German with a complete guide to Vienna’s cultural life, including cinema, concerts, theater, dance, art exhibitions, dining, and clubbing. Online version includes an events database. www.falter.at
Austria Today
Local online English-language newspaper, with daily updates on Austrian politics, business, general news, culture, and sports. www.austria-today.at
Wiener Zeitung
In print since 1703, this local daily newspaper is said to be one of the oldest in the world. It also has an English edition. www.wienerzeitung.at
Wien-Programm
A detailed monthly guide to Vienna’s cultural life, published by the Vienna Tourist Board. Available for free at major tourist sights and in hotels.
