Vienna

2012: The Year of Gustav Klimt?

Anne-Marie O'Connor | Posted 05.31.2012

Anne-Marie O'Connor

As Austrian tourist officials invite the world to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the birthday of this early modernist, some of his most spectacular portraits and landscapes are missing from the walls of Austrian museums.

Life Ball 2012: The Viennese Experience

Paulina Porizkova | Posted 05.24.2012

Paulina Porizkova

The after-party was filled by the most stunning costumes and getups I had ever seen assembled in the same space: truly spectacular, like a tropical hothouse of the wildest, brightest carnivorous plants. We stayed all night, and stumbled out only in time for breakfast.

Gustav Klimt's Spectacular 150th Anniversary

The Huffington Post | Priscilla Frank | Posted 05.24.2012

This year marks the 150th anniversary of Gustav Klimt's birthday, and museums around the world are celebrating the Austrian Secessionist's work. You c...

A Stylish Journey Across Austria

Ariston Anderson | Posted 05.18.2012

Ariston Anderson

This was one of Mahler's favorite locales. He often came to dine straight from the opera, still in coat and tails. Guests mistook him for a waiter.

A Viennese Ball For Good

Dane Steele Green | Posted 05.02.2012

Dane Steele Green

Each year the Life Ball begins with an extravagant opening ceremony in the main square of Vienna City Hall, which can accommodate 45,000 people.

6 Austrians Claim Receiving Malaria Injections In Psychiatric Ward

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 04.10.2012

VIENNA (AP) — The number of people claiming they were injected with the parasite causing malaria at a Vienna psychiatric ward while teenagers grew t...

Hitler Schnapps: Ja, You Can Sell That

AP | Posted 02.02.2012

VIENNA -- Officials say they have stopped investigating a man after finding no evidence that his sales of wine and schnapps with Adolf Hitler on the l...

Cafe Icon Dead At 100

AP | By GEORGE JAHN | Posted 12.30.2011

VIENNA -- Andy Warhol stopped by for a cup of his coffee. So did princes, paupers, playwrights, poets and untold thousands for whom a visit to Vienna ...

Optimism for the Euro and Europe: The Win-Win Situation

Vivian Norris | Posted 02.11.2012

Vivian Norris

The United States, and in fact, the rest of the world, especially the fear-driven crisis-mongering media and markets, could learn a few things by slowing down, realizing it takes time to build healthy economies, especially such a new one as the European Union.

WATCH: Haiku Reviews: Space Sculpture, Drag Opera And Piano History

Posted 02.04.2012

HuffPost Arts' Haiku Reviews is a biweekly feature where invited critics review exhibitions and performances in short form. Some will be in the tradit...

Plane Passengers Pony Up For Fuel As Airline Goes Broke

Posted 11.17.2011

Passengers on a Comtel Air charter flight from Amritsar, India to Birmingham, England had to pony up roughly $31,500 for fuel during a stopover in Vie...

America's Most Innovative Cities

24/7 Wall St. | Michael B. Sauter | Posted 12.18.2011

From 24/7 Wall St.: Six American cities are among the most innovative in the world, according to a report published Monday by 2ThinkNow, an innovation...

PHOTOS: A Virtual Visit To Four European Culture Capitals

JustLuxe | Posted 12.11.2011

JustLuxe

In honor of school days, we've created a virtual field trip to four European cities that offer four distinctive perspectives on the humanities.

80-Year-Old Austrian Man Arrested For Sexually Abusing Mentally Disabled Daughters

AP | GEORGE JAHN | Posted 10.25.2011

VIENNA, Austria — An 80-year-old man was arrested Thursday on suspicion of sexually abusing his two mentally disabled daughters for 41 years, an...

George Soros: Country Leaving Euro Currency 'Probably Inevitable'

Posted 08.26.2011

VIENNA - Billionaire investor George Soros thinks a country will eventually exit the euro zone and urged policymakers on Sunday to come up with a ...

OPEC: Talks Broke Down Because Of Economics, Not Politics

Posted 08.09.2011

VIENNA (Alex Lawler and Barbara Lewis) - Economics, rather than politics was behind the collapse of this week's OPEC talks and the group as a whol...

Race For The Bathroom! Toilet Racing Is The Real 'Super Bowl' (PHOTOS)

AOL Weird News | Ben Muessig | Posted 11.16.2011

When you gotta go, you gotta go -- fast! Speed demons in Austria have given new meaning to the term "portable toilet" by adding wheels to commodes ...

Mosque Video Game Reportedly Commissioned By Politician

AP | Posted 07.25.2011

VIENNA -- Austrian authorities have filed incitement charges against a right-wing politician for commissioning a video game that required players to t...

Trouble Ahead! Iran and Saudi Arabia the "Oil" Brothers

Raymond J. Learsy | Posted 07.23.2011

Raymond J. Learsy

While the International Energy Agency is warning oil producing countries to increase output to safeguard the fragile global economic recovery, Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has just declared himself to be that countries OPEC representative.

Buried Treasure Unearthed In Austria

AP | By GEORGE JAHN | Posted 06.22.2011

VIENNA -- A man turning dirt in his back yard stumbled onto buried treasure – hundreds of pieces of centuries-old jewelry and other precious obj...

15 Most Famous Cafes

Online Colleges | Posted 06.14.2011

Some of the most famous novels and literary moments of all time were written and inspired by cafes in Europe. From the American ex-pat writers in Pari...

The Faithful Shopper: March Madness

Faith Hope Consolo | Posted 05.25.2011

Faith Hope Consolo

This edition is all about the new -- the new stores making their New York City or even U.S. debuts, to help you reinvent yourself for the season that starts next week.

Doomed Erotic-Art Icon Egon Schiele's Portraits Exhibited In Vienna

ARTINFO | Posted 05.25.2011

ARTINFO

VIENNA-- Egon Schiele, of course, is famous for his portraits. His landscapes and his cityscapes are admired by museums and collectors, but it is the ...

PHOTOS: Berlusconi's Alleged Teen Lover Steps Out In Vienna

Posted 05.25.2011

Karima el-Mahrough isn't letting the ongoing media frenzy over her alleged involvement with Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi get her down. Better k...

The World's Most Liveable Cities

Posted 05.25.2011

Based on a combination of environment, health care, culture and infrastructure, Vancouver topped the list of the world's most liveable cities for the ...