If any European capital knows how to enjoy the good life, it’s Vienna. Compared to most modern urban centers, the pace of life here is slow. Locals linger over pastry and coffee at cafés. Concerts and ...

At Vienna’s Hofburg Palace complex, ground zero of the Habsburg Empire, I’m particularly entertained by its butterfly house, a tropical wonderland on the Danube. In this community of royal butterflies ...

Vienna ranks right at the top of my list of elegant European cities. Once the capital of the mighty Habsburg Empire, this imperial city has an enduring grandeur and an easy livability that I admire.

After a busy day in Vienna, I like to retreat to a striped velvet couch at the renowned Café Hawelka. The decor here is circa 1900, with smoke- and coffee-stained furniture, walls adorned with ...

The big event in Germany this year is the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation began in 1517 when Martin Luther, a priest and professor of theology, wrote and published his ...

Back in the summer of 1969, I took my first trip to Europe. My father, a piano importer, brought me to Vienna’s Bösendorfer piano factory. Together, my dad and I watched the world’s finest pianos ...

We’ll take in Vienna's wealth of elegant gardens, great art and fine music. For centuries, Vienna was the crown jewel of the rich and powerful Habsburg Empire. A century after that empire’s fall, the ...

As we’ve had to postpone our travels because of the pandemic, I believe a weekly dose of travel dreaming can be good medicine. Here’s one of my favorite European memories from Vienna — a reminder of ...