Murau’s Top
You will not find Murau in the list of Austrian top 10 destinations. I can bet it’s not in the top 100 either. Actually, the only reasons you may... Read more →
No-Hurry Jause
South Tyrol has Seiser Alm. Styria has the Almenland, consisting of Teichalm and Sommeralm. It is a place full of cows, horses and other animals... Read more →
Allotment Club Jause
Vienna is full of Kleingartenvereine, or allotment garden clubs, which provide people with small pieces of land to do gardening or build on – for... Read more →
Ribs and Planes
Upon hearing the name “Schwechat,” most people think of Vienna International Airport, which is indeed not far away. Those brave or not-very-busy... Read more →
Entry Gate Jause
Natural park Riedingtal is a true Mecca for Brettljausen. Walking from the entrance, which is easily reachable by bus, up to the end of the valley,... Read more →
Cold by the Lake
Tamsweg might not be the hiking center I had imagined, but it still offers buses that can take one to nice places. Lake Preber is the closest of... Read more →
A False Heuriger
When a restaurant in Salzburgerland calls itself a Heuriger, that needs to be taken with a pinch of salt (sorry for the unintended pun). You can... Read more →
The First in Lungau
This is my first day in the Lungau area of Salzburgerland, and I obviously don’t know much about it. If I knew – or at least had done some basic... Read more →
A Jause à la carte
There are people who say that real Heurige must have a buffet. I, on the other hand, never really enjoyed queueing up for a slice of Kümmelbraten... Read more →
A Loser
Although the Loser Mountain in Styria might never reach the tourist popularity of the village of Fucking (quietly renamed to Fugging recently), it... Read more →
Wine Neighbors
I bet that Schübel-Auer and Kierlinger are the closest located Brettljause-serving Heurige in Vienna. With only a wall separating them, it is easy... Read more →
In the Middle of Nowhere
When one hears that something is located “in the middle of nowhere,” one somehow immediately imagines infinite steppes, uninhabited taiga or... Read more →