Museum Albertina Modern Vienna

Green for the Museums, red for beloved Christmas markets

Three weeks after “hard lockdown” the Austrian government decided to give the green light for museums but the red one for the beloved Christmas markets. Cinemas, theaters, restaurants, and bars stay closed, at least until the 7th of January. Christmas markets stay “red” After canceling the New Year’s Silvester party, Viennese must live without their

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“Fiaker”, the popular Viennese horse-drawn carriage

The name “Fiaker” for the popular Viennese horse-drawn carriage is derived indirectly from Saint Fiacre. The Hôtel de Saint Fiacre in Paris rented carriages from about the middle of the seventeenth century. The number of fiakers changes during time. In 1700 there were about 700 horse-drawn carriages in Vienna. In the best period from 1860

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