Austria

LOOK: Devastating Floods Sweep Across Europe

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 03.06.2013 | UK

Homes have been destroyed and at least seven people killed in devastating floods across central Europe, amidst fears that rising waters could swamp th...

Not a Marathon Runner? Try a Walking Holiday

Andrew Matthews | Posted 16.06.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Andrew Matthews

The truth is, for whatever reason, we're not all runners. Walking on the other hand, that's something anyone can get into.

Festival Review - Snowbombing 2013

Carly Wilford | Posted 15.06.2013 | UK Entertainment
Carly Wilford

Taking festivals to a completely different altitude, Snowbombing is Austria's answer to your most hardcore lads holiday frantically shaken with the best bits of summer's hottest festivals.

Contemporary Photography and Video at the Austrian Cultural Forum

Lorenzo Belenguer | Posted 16.05.2013 | UK Entertainment
Lorenzo Belenguer

A new exhibition by one of the leading Austrian photographers has just open at the ACF in Knightsbridge, London. It shows an excellent selection of in...

Schoolgirl Dies On Skiing Trip To Italy

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

Tributes have been paid to a schoolgirl who has died on a skiing trip to Italy. Poonam Bhattal died in a "tragic accident", her school said. The...

Funeral For Schoolgirl Killed In Austrian Skiing Accident

PA | Posted 22.02.2013 | UK

The family of a British schoolgirl who died in a skiing accident in the Austrian Alps have spoken of how she "lived every day as if it might be her la...

Spice Up Spring: Enjoy Holidays With A Difference

HomeAway.co.uk | Posted 16.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
HomeAway.co.uk

With each sunny - but snow-laden - morning we greet, we know that Spring will soon be rolling round. If you're lucky enough to have that long weekend to yourself, why not treat your friends or family to an Easter break?

10-Year-Old Girl Dies Skiing After Tree Collision

PA | Posted 12.02.2013 | UK

A 10-year-old British girl died after ploughing into a tree on a family skiing holiday in Austria, local police said. The child is understood to ha...

Would You Have Done This?

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 06.12.2012 | UK

An Austrian bus driver who found a bag stuffed with €390,000 (£316,387) handed it in to police who traced the elderly woman who had left it behind,...

Naked Footballers Cause Outrage In Sell Out Art Show (PHOTOS)

Posted 01.01.2013 | Home

An art exhibition about male nudes has proven a sell-out success at a gallery in Austria - despite causing outrage before it opened with a picture of ...

I Cycle-Climbed the Alps and Found it Easy-Peasy(ish)

David J Constable | Posted 29.12.2012 | UK Lifestyle
David J Constable

Plenty of people ski The Alps. Some, with more grit, hike the rocky terrane. I've done both, across Austria, Switzerland, France and Italy, but not Slovenia, Liechtenstein or Germany, where the ranges stretch across Upper Bavaria and the Allgäu.

Method Acting Gone Too Far?

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 11.10.2012 | UK Entertainment

The actress playing Austrian kidnap victim Natascha Kampusch has revealed her startling weight loss for the role. Antonia Campbell-Hughes appeare...

WATCH: Sheep Invade Ski Shop

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.09.2012 | UK Comedy

Now, here's something you don't see every day. Having clearly grown tired of window-shopping during their daily amble up the main street in the Austri...

Hooked Nose, Star Of David Cufflinks: But Politician Says Cartoon Is 'Not Anti-Semitic'

The Huffington Post UK | Jessica Elgot | Posted 21.08.2012 | UK

An Austrian politician has caused a furious backlash after he posted a grotesque cartoon on his Facebook page, showing a banker with a hooked nose and...

WATCH: Is This The Worst Penalty Ever?

The Huffington Post UK | Samuel Luckhurst | Posted 14.08.2012 | UK Sport

Jonathan Soriano's skied penalty for Red Bull Salzburg against Rapid Vienna is no normal over-the-bar penalty. Usually it's tough to be impressed b...

Painted Ladies (PICTURES)

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 23.07.2012 | Home

Oh I do like to be beside the seaside: A bodypainting enthusiast enjoys the view The Austrian peninsula of Pörtschach brought art to life this...

German And Austrian Banks Downgraded Amid Eurozone Turmoil

Posted 06.06.2012 | UK

Ratings agency Moody's has downgraded the credit ratings of six German and three Austrian banks amid further turmoil in the eurozone, with official fi...

Eurovision 2012 Previews: Austria, Greece, Ireland, Sweden (VIDEO)

Will Adams | Posted 10.07.2012 | UK Entertainment
Will Adams

The first Eurovision semi-final kicks off on May 22. To help you decide which country deserves your televote, I'm previewing some of this year's most talked-about contestants. Today's acts include Ireland's Jedward-easily the most successful X-Factor rejects ever-and Sweden's Loreen-the odds-on favorite to win the Eurovision crown this May.

Hundreds Of Brits Trapped By Heavy Snowfall In Alps

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 11.01.2012 | UK

Hundreds of British skiers have been trapped in Alpine ski resorts across Austria, southern Germany, France and Switzerland as a freak snowfall has se...

Christmas Traditions Around The World :Defecating Figurines, Burning Goats, and KFC

Huffington Post UK | Cosima Ungaro | Posted 23.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

The Victorians gave us the kind of Christmas we know today, reviving the tradition of carol singing, borrowing the practice of card giving from St. Va...

Wham! Star Given All Clear To Fly Home After Illness Scare

PA | Posted 23.12.2011 | Home

George Michael has been released from hospital in Vienna and will be able to celebrate Christmas at home, Austria's state broadcaster has reported. ...

The Best Present This Year: Christmas Comfort Instead of Competition

Carin King | Posted 18.02.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Carin King

At Christmas - the perfect time of year for taking good care of ourselves and our relationships - a little, honest thank you can mean so much.

Clearly, There Was No German Economic Miracle

Peter Martindale | Posted 08.02.2012 | UK Politics
Peter Martindale

The panic behaviour of the German Chancellor and French president, makes it plain to see that both countries are using the economic difficulties of other Eurozone countries and the restructuring of Europe, as a smoke-screen to hide their own systemic economic and social failures.

She Faked It: Austrian Sex School Was a Hoax

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 15.12.2011 | UK Universities & Education

Was the woman who claimed to be opening the worlds first "sex school" in Austria faking it? In November Huffington Post UK, along with others, repo...

Man Takes Casino To Court After Being Told £37m Win Is 'Software Error'

Posted 12.12.2011 | UK

A man who thought he had won a £37m jackpot on a fruit machine was sorely disappointed when casino bosses waived off the win as a “computer error...