Edits / Retail
The real deal
As we sat in Midori House we dreamed of one city where you could do all your Christmas shopping with ease. Then we realised where it was: Vienna.
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Edits / Travel
Leopoldstadt
A Jewish enclave a century ago, Vienna’s Karmeliterviertel – part of the larger Leopoldstadt – was down and out for much of the postwar period. But thanks to creative energy and smart city planning, the area is booming.
Edits / Recipes
Make history
Zum Schwarzen Kameel has been hosting Vienna’s great and good for hundreds of years with an ever-evolving menu.
Affairs / Environment
05 - Vienna
Vienna is back at the heart of Europe – its well-connected airline helped put it in fifth place.
Edits / Retail
Christmas Shopping in Vienna
From sachertorte to strudel, Vienna is the ideal festive destination so Monocle Films took a closer look to discover the city’s best creative retailers and heritage craftsmen.
Design / Craft
Vienna Apprenticeships
Monocle surveys the relationship between apprenticeships and low unemployment rates in Vienna.
Edits / Retail
Viennese waltz
From glassware to gloves and we’ve scoured Vienna to find the best Austrian goodies you can take home and give to your loved ones this Christmas. Providing you can squeeze them into your Rimowa.
Edits / Luxury
Saint Charles
The popularity of ‘natural’ cosmetics and remedies has burgeoned, and Austria is one of Europe’s top markets. In Vienna a group of friends with a passion for botany and herbal medicine are championing the use of local…
Design / Interior design
Architecture/Design briefing
Innovative housing in Vienna and Zürich; Japanese office design; Düsseldorf makeover and an orderly Swiss kindergarden.
Edits / Neighbourhood Business
Variety show
Gumpendorferstrasse, in the Mariahilf area, gets the award for the most diverse shopping experience so far in Monocle’s series on stand-out streets around the world. Let the late 19th- to mid-20th-century signage that…
Culture / Society
Less waltz more disco
The Austrian capital is experiencing a second cultural wave but this time, instead of opera and art museums, it’s electronic music and pop-up galleries causing all the buzz.
Design / Urbanism
Cobble it up
Along with clean hospitals and punctual buses, our cities should have a cosy feel to them. Let’s hear it for warm street lighting, pristine parks and cobbled back alleys.
Culture / Media
Calm down, dear
Slow media might sound like a contradiction in terms but here we celebrate three media companies playing the long game, sticking to their guns and using their individuality to their advantage.
Edits / Craft
Turning heads
Mühlbauer in Vienna creates headwear in the age-old way. The business was saved from the brink of collapse by the brother and sister owners and their designs are now sold internationally.
Design / Urbanism
Breaking the rules
The codes of good urban planning are common sense. But sometimes those rules are there to be broken and, as in these five examples, the results can work surprisingly well.
The Monocle Daily, episode 276
We meet the Danish creator of “The Killing”, ask if the SAS airline is about to go under, and hear about an exhibition in Vienna.
Design / Architecture
Design/Architecture Briefing
Monocle's round-up of the news, products and projects making waves this month.
The Urbanist, episode 79
Music: A project asking musicians to seek inspiration in cities, why Vienna is ready for a musical rebrand, and do city-centre festivals make good neighbours?
Culture / Film
Monocolumn
Friday 24 June
Weekend agenda: 25/26 June
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection, including new music, new theatre talent in London, and a snap-happy exhibition in Vienna.
Edits / Entertainment
Monocolumn
Friday 30 September
Weekend agenda: 1/2 October
Something for your weekend: Monocle’s global selection includes farmhouse cuisine in New York, a pop-up cinema in London, and an engaging design fair in Vienna.