72. Here’s another Austria fun fact: Hollywood actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was originally a citizen of Austria. 73. One of the must-see museums in Vienna is the famous Mozarthaus. This is actually one of the many apartments the legendary composer lived in ...
A brief introduction about Schubert's life compiled from "Shostakovich's". Schubert was born in Vienna, Austria. Schubert only lived to be 31 years old. Schubert wrote nine symphonies. The eighth symphony is labeled "Unfinished" because it only has two completed movements rathern thana the norm...
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Also→ Vienna: The City of Dreams and Music4. Freud's Treatment of Mahler Sigmund Freud, the renowned psychoanalyst, is renowned for having treated the famous composer Gustav Mahler for impotency. Mahler, who was a prominent figure in the late 19th and early 20th century, sought out Freud's...
In Austria, signs outside many bakeries depict a lion holding a pretzel-shaped shield. According to a legend that dates to 1510, pretzel bakers working before dawn heard Ottoman Turks tunneling under Vienna’s city walls and then sounded an alarm. The city was saved, and the bakers were awa...
During theCold War, Czechoslovakia was considered part of Eastern Europe. However, Prague is actually further west thanVienna, Austria, which is considered part of Western Europe. Historically speaking, the Czech Republic should be considered part ofCentral Europerather than Orthodox Eastern Europe. Hi...
The city ofBrasov(Transylvania) is home to the largest gothic church east of Vienna (Austria). Brasov's famous landmark and Romania's leading gothic church, the Black Church was built between 1385 and 1477 and got its nickname after the Great Fire of 1689 blackened its the walls. ...
although it doesn't feel at all woody on the nose - quite the opposite in fact. The kind of fruity intensity that just doesn't exist in whisky any more. Mouth: A little wood spice, but its precise and clean, a little sourdough yeasty note and some demarara sugar. But overall its li...
In 1982 I came back to Vienna for my studies (“Computer Science”), where I live now. The Special things in Vienna (Austria) are the fantastic sweets and pastries ;-) and the beautiful white winters (it’s just like a Thomas Kinkade drawing). . Who or what made you discover whisky...
Michaela Gruberis a journalism and media management student, based in Vienna, Austria. During her studies she spent a semester abroad in France, where she started working forHEI-DA. As the company’s communication officer, she is in charge of theData Journalism Blogand several social media acti...