Where one door closes, another is still open
In Vienna, you’ll find a Billa at almost every street corner. Maybe that’s a result of the supermarket’s typical opening hours; if one Billa just closed for the day, you’ll only need a few minutes to get to another one. Although dining out in Vienna is relatively cheap compared to Amsterdam, buying and cooking your own food is not. After my first
Award winning beer at Salm Bräu
If you want to drink an award winning beer and eat good meat, go to Salm Bräu. Even the staff is superfriendly. It was here, that I first learned how the Austrians call half a liter of beer: Krügerl. For my stomach, a ‘little’ Seidel was good enough though. Salm Bräu is a traditional brewery with
Hiking to a Heuriger
You can drink a melange in Café Central, listen to Strauss at the Musikverein or feel like an empress in Schloss Schönbrunn. But the best Viennese experience is drinking a Grüner Veltliner at a gemütlicher Heuriger. A Heuriger is a wine tavern where they serve the best Viennese wines and local specialties like cheese, meat and bread with homemade Aufstrich (spreads). They often have a garden
Farewell-sushi at Naschmarkt
Don’t feel like Wiener Schnitzel? Try sushi! Judging from the amount of sushi restaurants in town, it’s the second favorite dish of the Viennese. One of my favorite sushi-places is Kojiro, located right next to the ‘gemütliche’ Naschmarkt. I like small places. They’re so cozy and for whatever reason their littleness is always an indication of good food. On my last day in Vienna
Schnitzel take away
Don’t feel like Thai, sushi or pizza today? Get yourself a schnitzel take away! (Novaragasse, 2nd district, Leopoldstadt)