Going to an art museum may not usually seem that exciting, but when I rode my bike to the Belvedere21 yesterday, for the first time in months, since Covid-19 Lockdown measures shut down all of Vienna´s museums, I felt pretty exhilarated. The modern art venue of the venerable Belvedere Museum offered special thematic tours onContinue reading “Finally exposed to paintings again”
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Fridays for Future
Time for a pro-nature conservation rant (after all, my VienNature Culturegram has the word “nature” in it, and I´ve been neglecting that part a bit). “Species have always gone extinct”. “The earth´s climate has changed many times before”. This and other unscientific global warming and climate change myths are commonly spouted by the uninformed andContinue reading “Fridays for Future”
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, whichContinue reading “Nature is good for you – and Vienna has plenty of it”
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