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Welcome to the blog of Apartment.at - Your specialist for Vienna. Do you want to get to know the real Vienna and its people, apart from the guidebooks, then you are in the right place here. Look forward to fascinating insights into Vienna, its people, art & culture and what it is that makes life worth living here.

The title already reveals the big question. It is raining and you want to do something with your child. Then read on, because Vienna has a lot to offer even in rainy weather, and not just for adults. Today I have put together a few inspirations and ideas for you, but there is a lot more, what you and your family can experience and do in Vienna.

Everyone can contribute to a more sustainable, environmentally friendly life - as a host and guest. Therefore, it is also essential for us as a platform to show initiatives and awards from our hosts and businesses that pay attention to the environment, resources, and, ultimately, to our living space. Because to change something, to make the future worth living, a concrete implementation must occur.

A strange year is drawing to a close. A year that turned out completely different than planned. A year that changed the world.

Have you already noticed it on the website? Something has changed. Maybe you have seen new pictures, found new topics, something looks different, but you have not figured it out that well yet.
Well, here is the solution, Apartment.at is now offering apartments all over Austria.

Paint your souvenir - that made me curious, because at first I could not imagine what it could be when a friend told me about it. But then I contacted Melanie, the founder, directly, looked at the website and was blown away by the idea and the opportunity to experience Vienna creatively. That's why I asked Melanie to tell you more about this great offer here on the blog.

Johannes & Ulli Hoflehner - two of our hosts with a big heart for their guests and being a host. Together with the passion for the theater, this results in a colorful and very happy picture.

I got to know Lisa some time ago during a performance of her cabaret program Ehrengrab and was enthusiastic about her from the start. Because the program is very special, as it combines two things that are very contradictory to our culture: laughter and death. If you then add the Viennese unfriendliness, then something very special and profoundly Viennese results out of this.

In the last blog post I wrote about the Rudolfina-Redoute, the masked ball in the Hofburg in Vienna, and also shortly introduced you to the head of the organisation Oliver Hödl. Today I tell you more about the man who organizes this fascinating ball.

"Only sleep once more and then comes the Christ Child". So I counted down the days until Christmas when I was a child and the anticipation grew with each passing day. Tomorrow it is this time, Christmas is coming.

What is the difference between a forgery and a copy? Which thrilling detective stories can be told about famous, notorious counterfeiters like Han van Meegeren, Konrad Kujau, Edgar Mrugalla or Lothar Malskat? All this and much more you will find out in the Fälschermuseum Wien (Museum of Art fakes). Today, the founder Diana Grobe tells you more about it.

Vienna is not only worth a visit for its warm-hearted people and rich culture. Its architecture and the typical style of furnishing, which reflects the sociability of the Viennese, deserves more than a glance.

Wolfgang "Joe" Schirl - musician, instrumentalist, composer and lyricist. From jazz to blues to rock and funk. How he came to the music, found his destiny and why he has so much fun, that's what he tells you today.

I know Gobi from my training as a yoga teacher. Well, you can conclude that maybe she also teaches yoga. But you will meet Gobi in quite different places in Vienna, Austria and also worldwide, because Gobi is also a musician and concert organizer. And now she tells you more about herself.

Finding your perfect apartment in Vienna can be easy but also challenging as the selection is really huge. So today Jamie Moulton, a senior content curator at JustProperty.com and being a passionate traveler by himself, shares some ideas with you how to find the best and perfect apartment in Vienna.

2018 is only a few days old and we are already planning and working on what we want to do for Apartment.at this year.