Open Shutters, Graz, Austria
Unlike other European cities, Graz feels like a “lived-in” town. On any given day, you might run into people sprinting to catch the morning tram, anemic university boys drinking white wine, or women in hijabs babysitting tow-headed children. On the morning of the Corpus Christi Procession, I heard the Ride
Zebrahaus (Zebra House), Wielandgasse, Graz, Austria
Modern art crops up in the most unexpected places in Graz.
Augarten Hotel Art & Design, Graz, Austria
The avant garde Augarten Hotel Art & Design may not be in the flossiest of locations, but it has friendly staff, intriguing garden sculptures, and the best restaurant in Graz. Magnolia is open Monday to Friday, 12 – 2 p.m. and 6 – 10 p.m. Special menus can run to
Roseggergarten, Graz, Austria 1
The forest-farmer poet of Styria, Peter Rosegger was the eldest son of a large peasant family in the village of Alpl (present-day Krieglach). Life in a 19th century Austrian farming community was beautiful but tough. Prone to illness and limited to the lessons of a wandering teacher, Rosegger was forced