Vienna is known for its Ball Season from November to March. To get a taste of Vienna’s drag scene, watch the new short documentary, “Queens of Vienna.” Its rich history includes emperors, princes, and princesses who were allegedly queer and today’s drag artists. Vienna has a lively LGBTQ culture and scene in a historic setting. I love showing people around,” he said, adding he would like to “make feel literally like locals for the week.” He wants to give them that “local touch” and “local experience” he’s heard repeatedly over the last few years from travel agents and travelers.
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A few years and a pandemic later, Vienna’s transformation into an international city once again appears to be in full swing, with 12 new hotels (including one with a gay past) and another one on the way, new restaurants, and nightlife, all while retaining the best of its classic appeal.īachinger, who formerly worked for Vienna’s tourism board, offers bespoke tours in the city and inbound travel planning, He said he looks forward to sharing his city and his life in Vienna with guests. The proximity to wine country is only one of Vienna’s charms. Vienna produces mostly white varietals - riesling, weissburgunder, gruener veltliner, gelber muskateller and sauvignon blanc - as well as the city’s special, Gemischter Satz, a white blend, about 80%, reported the New York Times.
“If you take the word wine in German, wien, and Vienna, wein, there is such a big connection,” he said. Gay Viennese Tom Bachinger, who launched his tour and travel planning business, by Tom, in August, pointed out that wine is in Vienna’s culture. Viennese and visitors alike are transported from Vienna’s bustling center to a bucolic setting that feels worlds away in less than 30 minutes on public transportation or by car. Vienna is possibly the only city in the world that can boast of having 700 hectares of vineyards and about 140 vintners within the city’s limits. The event space also features a café and wine kiosk. One of the newest venues offering views of Vienna from the vineyards is Weitsicht Cobenzl, by the MOTTO Group, which has restaurants and hotels that are popular with Vienna’s LGBTQ community, opened in mid-September. Vintners on the outskirts of Vienna also noted in a recent New York Times article that in recent years, younger crowds have been participating in the annual wine hike day into the hills in September and hanging out at the wine taverns (known as heurigen and buschenschanken) during the harvest season. “We have more international flavor and late-night dancing.” “I think now we are really popping up to be more international,” said Eggenhofer, 38, who explained that the city was attracting younger people.
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