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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 time before Christmas is especially for children a very special time of the year. Cookies are baked, a letter to Christkind is written, a door of the Advent calender is opened every day, and this very special magic that only exists before Christmas opens up.

Well it feels like if summer was just over and now Christmas is fast approaching. You can already see that in the whole of Vienna, and this weekend also most of the Christmas markets open their doors.

Mohnnudeln, which probably could be translated with „poppy seed noodles“, are a traditional Austrian (and Bohemian) specialty and are served as a main course as well as a dessert

Service Manager & Chef pastry seller, friend, listener, adviser, accountant, buyer, man for everything - all this and much more is Lukas Thomas of the inn Zur Allee on the edge of the Vienna Woods.

Vienna is world-renowned for its coffee house culture, which has even been declared a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage. But it is also worth to have a look over the edge of your coffee cup in the direction of tea, because also for tea lovers Vienna offers a fine selection of tea houses.

Have you ever wanted to go to the zoo after the closing time, so without the many visitors? Just to see what the animals do, if it is calmer and if it is also for them slowly time for their night rest.

Favoriten, the most populous district of Vienna is as far as the number of inhabitants concerned actually larger than Innsbruck, Salzburg and also Linz. Did you know that?

Vienna is known worldwide for its architecture. From imperial buildings such as Schönbrunn Palace to buildings of the present, which have been designed by renowned architects. Many of these buildings have their very own, often very moving, history.

Some time ago I already wrote an article here in the blog about the nicest places from which you have an amazing view over Vienna. Now there is also the opposite from above and that is below.

Today I have a suggestion for you, when instead of cool, rainy weather you simply want warm water, wellness and relax time. How about on such a day with a visit to the spa?