The digitised sound will be transmitted to the large 35-metre satellite dish at ESA’s Cebreros ground station in Spain. This year is the 200th birthday of Austria's ...

“Enjoy the Vienna New Year’s Concert,” say organisers, “and let yourself be transported by the magic and charm of Strauss’ music — culminating in the iconic The Blue Danube, the most famous waltz in ...

VIENNA — The aristocrats of the Habsburg royal court who danced in the first of Vienna ’s famed balls in the 18th century could never have imagined how the hallmark of the Austrian capital’s social ...

In the early 19th Century, Vienna, imperial city of the Habsburgs, was about the size of Dayton, Ohio. For a little city, it had big appetites. In an average year its 200,000 citizens ate 12,967 ...

Even 200 years after the birth of Austria's world-famous "waltz king" Johann Strauss II -- widely revered like a modern-day pop star during his lifetime -- his music has lost none of its magic. Best ...

As far as glamour goes, the Vienna Opera Ball is up there with the BAFTAs and The Met Ball. The ball is one of the most exclusive events in the Viennese social calendar and every year, Austria's most ...

Austrian composer Johann Strauss II's "The Blue Danube" has, for many people, been synonymous with space travel since it was used in Stanley Kubrick's 1968 sci-fi classic "2001: A Space Odyssey". But ...