Entries by Hostel Wien

Picknicken in Wien

  Jetzt zur Frühlingszeit möchte man wieder so viel Zeit wie möglich draußen verbringen. Die ersten warmen Sonnenstrahlen genießen, sich ins frische Gras legen und die Akkus aufladen und einfach die warme Zeit des Jahres genießen. Für viele gehört zu so einem perfekten Tag auch die perfekte Verpflegung und was gibt es besseres als bei […]

Picnic in Vienna

Spring season – everyone wants to spend as much time as possible outdoors enjoying the first warm sunlight of the year, relaxing in fresh grass and recharging ones batteries. For many of you for such a perfect day also perfect catering is needed and nothing suits better than a great picnic to spend a day […]

Easter in Vienna

Every year during Easter Vienna awakes from its hibernation. The cold time of the year draws to a close and the foggy streets change to colourful streets dominated by Easter eggs and flower arrangements. Nevertheless not only the streets get more colourful also the people enjoy warmer and longer days and the city’s hustle and […]

Wiener Eistraum

Every year at the end of winter season the Wiener Eistraum transforms Rathausplatz into Vienna’s sportive epicentre for winter enthusiasts. More than 700.000 visitors came to the Wiener Eistraum last year which make it one of the most successful events of Vienna. Every year the organization tries to improve the event a little bit. Also […]

Die Markterei

You want to get to know and taste authentic, regional Viennese food? We got great news for you! Since November you got to do exactly that in the first district of Vienna. “Die Markterei”, an event concept which took place at many venues in Vienna has finally settled and has transferred the “Alte Post” into […]

Austrian Christmas dinner – How Austrians cook at Christmas Eve

In Austria Christmas is the most important family celebration of the year. Usually the whole family gets together and celebrates Christmas under one roof. Normally some traditions are developed and kept during Christmas. Thereby Christmas dinner takes in a crucial role. Even if it differs from family to family there are some classic dishes which […]

Beer Week in Vienna

It’s not the Beer Week organizers only goal to bring all the big breweries of the country together. They have a special focus of bringing a whole collection of beers from all around the country together. The event is thereby focused on the heritage of Anton Dreher, the inventor of the lager beer. At different […]

Wandern am Wilhelminenberg

Spätestens wenn sich die Blätter bunt färben und der Morgennebel eine mystische Stimmung schafft dann weiß man, dass der Herbst beginnt und die heißen Sommertage zu Ende gehen. Gleichzeitig versucht die Sonne zu dieser Zeit noch einmal mit den warmen Sonnenstrahlen am Nachmittag den Sommer zurückkommen zu lassen. Spätestens wenn sie jedoch untergegangen ist und […]

Hiking at the Wilhelminenberg

Latest when leafs change colour and morning fog creates a mystical atmosphere you know it – autumn starts and the hot summer days are over. At the same time the sun tries once more to retrieve summer times during the warmer day times in the afternoon. Latest when the sun goes down and Vienna is […]

Jewish Vienna – a split of past and present

  Only few metropolises in Europe can offer you such a long and extensive Jewish history like Vienna. Until the German annexation of Austria in 1938 more than 140.000 Jews lived in Vienna. While many Jews had to fled because of racist reasons in the following years Vienna still stayed connected to its Jewish culture. […]