Category: Austrian News

The travel company “Unforgettable Travel Company” has named the most beautiful villages in the world for Forbes magazine. Particularly pleasing: an Austrian village secured a place on the podium. In the middle of the beautiful Salzkammergut region lies a village that is causing a stir around the world. We are talking about Hallstatt, a picturesque town whose streets and houses date back to the 16th century. A particularly prominent tourist hotspot is the Salzwelten, a former salt mine with an underground lake. Every year, the Austrian town attracts between one…

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The weather over the next few days will be varied: the week will start with lots of sun and pleasant temperatures, but will become mixed again in the middle of the week. On Tuesday, a cold front will bring heavy rain in some areas, and on Wednesday, clouds will prevail in many places. According to Geosphere Austria, pleasant weather will return on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 27 degrees Celsius and late summer conditions expected for the weekend. On Monday, a temporary high-pressure system will bring sunny weather to many places.…

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On February 20, 2026, Austria will select its entry for the final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on May 16 in Vienna in the ORF casting show “Vienna Calling.” “The 2026 ESC in Vienna is the biggest event to be held in Austria next year. Our declared goal is to involve and inspire the whole country,” said ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz, explaining the decision to hold a national preliminary round again after 2016 to select the ESC representative, in which the audience will also be involved. Acts now…

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A relatively rare celestial spectacle is scheduled for Sunday: weather permitting, a total lunar eclipse will be visible in Austria and can be seen in its entirety. The moon will rise at 7:21 p.m. (Vienna time) before the start of totality. While the first lunar eclipse of the year on March 14 was relatively modest, with the moon setting when only nine percent of it was eclipsed, the upcoming eclipse is one of the highlights of the 2025 astronomical year. On Sunday, 86 percent of the Earth’s surface will already…

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September will start with changeable but warm late summer weather. However, the west is threatened with continuous rain on Tuesday, according to the gloomy forecast issued by Geosphere Austria on Sunday. On Thursday, the sun should be shining again across the whole country before a disturbance zone spreads on Friday. Monday will bring very sunny weather to the north, south, and east of the country. The sky will often be cloudless, with only a few cumulus clouds appearing in the mountains in the afternoon. In Vorarlberg and Tyrol, the day…

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August is coming to a turbulent end in terms of weather: temperatures in eastern Austria will once again exceed 30 degrees, but heavy showers and storms are expected across the region. Summer is not over yet this year: the weather will definitely improve in the coming week, and from Wednesday onwards it will also be hot in the east, Geosphere Austria promised in its weekly forecast on Sunday. Any small areas of fog and high fog will clear on Monday morning. In many places, the weather will be quite sunny…

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Vienna—Summer isn’t over yet this year: the weather will definitely improve next week, and from Wednesday onwards it will also be hot in the east, Geosphere Austria promised in its weekly forecast on Sunday. Any small pockets of fog and high fog will clear up on Monday morning. In many places, the weather will be quite sunny overall. The maximum temperatures will climb to 20 to 25 degrees. On Tuesday, there will be some fog or high fog in some valleys and basins, especially on the southern side of the…

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No detailed information was disclosed about the total budget for the Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna. It was only mentioned that it will be lower than this year’s event in Basel, according to ORF Director General Roland Weißmann on Wednesday. Nevertheless, he emphasized: “We are economical, but spectacular. That is the motto we have set ourselves.” Eurovision Song Contest 2026 in Vienna will be cheaper than ESC 2025 in Basel Currently, the budgeting phase for 2026 is underway. A “maximum budget” has been set for the ESC, emphasized the…

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After a long, very hot spell, the weather in Vienna will become much more pleasant next week, with temperatures barely rising above the 30-degree mark. By Tuesday at the latest, it will finally become cooler. Temperatures above 35 degrees, as we have had in Vienna in recent days, will definitely be a thing of the past next week. Here is an overview of the weather for the coming days. By Thursday at the latest, people suffering from the heat will be delighted, as temperatures will drop significantly. “Almost cloudless skies”…

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