Category: recreation
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Movers and shakers – ImpulsTanz
A friend invited me to join her for an introductory Bollywood Dance workshop last week – I did not need much persuading. Bollywood dancing is something I had been wanting to explore for a while, and the ImPulsTanz Workshops provided a great opportunity. And almost as a “bonus” after 5 days of sweating it out…
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A musical romance somewhere over the rainbow
At least once a year I visit the summer music festival in Grafenegg, Weinviertel, just an hour from Vienna. This year I am visiting twice, because on Saturday I had the opportunity to participate in an instawalk to this great location. Together with our Instagramers Austria host Oliver Oth an a group of fellow instagramers,…
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Up! Art at vertiginous heights
Up above the clouds so high, like a diamond in the sky… — Well, admittedly the art installation and view tower of HÖHENRAUSCH – Das andere Ufer in Linz is not quite that far up, but high enough to give you impressive all-round views over Linz and a chance at refreshment on a hot day…
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Call of the wild: biodiversity days in Vienna
In a couple of days, it´s time to visit Lainzer Tiergarten. On 8 and 9 June this lovely forest park in Vienna´s West will be hosting the 17th Vienna Biodiversity Day. This event is co-organized by the Vienna Environmental Protection Department (MA 22) as a contribution to the “GEO Day of Biodiversity“. (Actually, they…
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Grow your own: gardening fun in the city
The garden season is definitely upon us in Vienna. Not only is everything blooming at the same time, we are experiencing crazy summer temperatures in April, and the fresh meadows are already full of wildflowers. I love being in green spaces, whether it is a garden, a park, or the woods. Growing at least some…
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Nature is good for you – and Vienna has plenty of it
After the looong winter we had this year, it seems that in Vienna spring was just bursting at the seams. Right now, just about everything seems to be blooming all at once: forsythias, apple, cherry and pear trees, tulips, the lowly but lovely daisies and dandelions, etc., etc. A veritable #ParadisusVindobonensis! Even the lilac, which…
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