Riemergasse is a narrow, unshowy street, minutes from the Opera yet outside the theatre of the Ring. We arrived at the Mandarin Oriental on a January afternoon — sunlit, but with the…
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Steirereck: a lesson in lightness
Steirereck was born in 1970, the same year as Heinz Reitbauer, who would one day run it. He is exactly as old as the house he directs, proof of two histories that…
Hotel Sacher: The Vienna that outlived its empire
Arriving in Vienna After a warm welcome at Vienna Airport, I arrived at the Sacher on a January morning, ready to celebrate another birthday beside the two people who make any place…
Konstantin Filippou: The Same Place, Eleven Years Later
We arrived at Dominikanerbastei, an almost deserted street by the canal, shortly after midday. Time does not seem to have changed the area much, but today, more than ten years later, the…