A story about Vienna. (an interactive narrative infographic)

With that said there are Tons of positive stuff happening all around .

And almost all of Europe is Amazingly beautiful

To bring a few counter-points to the praises listed on the web site:

You want to work at a startup? Great! But don't go to Vienna then. There are a few startups, but most of them finance themselves via part-time consulting work, as the chances of getting "real" investments are quite low. And almost all of the successful ones that I know move to places like London or Berlin as soon as possible.

Salaries are low. And I mean low. If you're used to salaries at places like SF you're probably paying more for your apartment in those places than what you're net income in Vienna would be. And forget about stock options, even at the so called "startups" there they are quite rare.

It feels like almost everyone smokes in Vienna. If you're ever going to a restaurant or a bar, even if it's only a brief visit, be prepared to wash all of your clothing afterwards. There are practically no laws protecting non-smokers, although those are nowadays standard in most other modern cities.

It rains almost all the time. There are something like 2 months of summer and 2 months of winter. The remainder of the time is cloudy rainy weather. So yes, there would be a few nice places where you could do stuff outside, but only during the short summer time. And don't expect any clean parks where you just can lie down and enjoy the sun (like in SF). Most of the city parks are dirty. And most people don't clean up after their dogs, so you wouldn't want to lie down in those parks anyway.

Germanisms: citybike, public barbecuing.

Style: US would typically (over)use exclamations! Like, There's loads to do in Vienna! (and BBQ) AU would be Mate, there's shit-loads to do in Vienna! (and have a barbie or BBQ) NZ would be Vienna's wicked chur bro! (or BBQ). OK well, those last two might be taking it a bit far. But you can de-formalize(/Germanify) a little ;)

Best wishes from China... AU/DE/NZ guy of partly-German/Prussian descent.

i can't wait to go back to visit. i would say go in the summer, the winter (at least the week i was there) was dreary. i also love the cold war history of vienna, so that was exciting.

thanks for sharing.

I love Europe, but for being so developed, it's amazing how many places there people still think smoking is 'cool,' and 'a symbol of freedom.'

I do like Vienna, but I think I'd choose Hamburg if I had to choose a city in the German-speaking world. Or Berlin - only slightly less cosmopolitan, but the tech start-up scene is kind of happening, and the cost of living is cheaper.

https://metalab.at/ http://www.sektor5.at/ http://vienna.the-hub.net/

I would also venture a guess that most of those belong to a single University of Vienna.

Perhaps Austrians are still coping with 1866.

the project is also hosted on github, if anyone is interested in looking at the code: https://github.com/pa7/a-story-about-vienna/

This makes me want to visit Austria (and Vienna in particular) sometime soon.

It almost asploded the Mac! Poor thing.