Stefan Fürtbauer
The best shopping in Budapest
This city’s streets are filled with shops selling everything from Soviet-era furniture to Syrian chocolate that has been adopted as a Christmas treat by the locals. Here, we showcase the best of Budapest.
Vienna exports its urban playbook as Busan, Honolulu and Vilnius remake themselves
Maria Vassilakou, Vienna’s former deputy mayor, crosses Mariahilferstrasse, the road she transformed from traffic‑clogged chaos into a pedestrian boulevard. The campaign reshaped urban life and elevated her into political stardom.
Plucky upstart
While Croatia has experienced a tourism boom, its third-largest city has forged its own unique path, building on its coastal location and can-do attitude to welcome a wave of businesses – big and small.
All aboard
From Swiss railway dining cars to global optimism, a journey through changing times reveals how protective measures have lifted and spirits have brightened across much of the world.
Tower grapes
Cork those thoughts of rustic, rolling vineyards – many modern wines are of an urban vintage. We visit four city wineries that have become the toast of the town.
Empire strikes back
Georg von Habsburg, son of the last crown prince of Austria-Hungary, still identifies as a Central European. And he believes that his family’s legacy is vital to the region.
Diplomacy
How Slovenia is positioning itself as a bridge between two superpowers: the US and Russia.
Politics
Austria’s MPs pack up for three years as their parliamentary building gets a refurb.
Clouds on the horizon
From its base in Austria’s capital, the International Atomic Energy Agency keeps a weather eye on global nuclear risks. According to its head, Yukiya Amano, the outlook has rarely been stormier.
Architecture
Small-space living in Japan and a Sydney-based graphic studio with a Dutch sensibility.
