Austria
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Europe
What should be on the UK government’s agenda (Brexit aside) and Austria’s provocative foreign minister.
Show offs
Monocle visits the annual trade fairs where craft aficionados are upholding traditions such as barrel-making and basket-weaving and forward-looking ceramicists are reinventing the humble tile.
Europe
The new UK prime minister’s walk on the wild side, plus election time – again – in Austria.
Wurst of times
Forget the modish, fly-by-night food truck business or setting up a drab diner: instead we’re taking a stand (literally). Here’s to our ideal take on a Viennese classic: a perfect late-night wiener stand.
Village voices
We take a tour of the most innovative and enticing compact communities around the world.
Shorts story: Tracht & Country fair
Fashion meets folk as new designers cut out the kitsch in traditional alpine clothing.
Palette cleanser
How Austria’s once-conservative seat of aesthetic endeavour learnt to love modernity.
At your servus
Austrian rural-living magazine ‘Servus in Stadt & Land’ shows how the public’s thirst for print is being sated. Monocle meets the creative team to discover the simplicity in its success.
Conchita Wurst: Austria’s new face
Since winning the 2014 Eurovision Song Contest, Conchita Wurst has become a global star. Yet she refuses to accept iconic status, remaining happiest when in her home city of Vienna.
