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 →
Writing on the Roof
The viewing tower on Pyramidenkogel near Klagenfurt is undoubtedly one of the main attractions of Carinthia, and it is understandable that... Read more →
15-second service
As a friendly bus driver explained me, the southern bank of Wörthersee is full of expensive villas and private beaches, while the northern bank is... Read more →