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Eleonore Marie Stifter
Christmas Eve on a Plate

Dec 24, 2025

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8 min read

Christmas Eve on a Plate

Why Austrian Traditions are sometimes easier to eat than to explain - A personal attempt at navigating Austrian Christmas food traditions, carp chaos, and the comfort of doing things your own way.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

Opinion Piece

The Secret Life of a Hostess

Dec 6, 2025

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8 min read

The Secret Life of a Hostess

A dinner party is never just dinner. In Vienna, the table has always been where ideas sharpen, wine softens, and culture happens between courses.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

Gift Guide

Vienna in December: A Craftsmanship Guide for People Who Are Done With Boring Gifts

Dec 4, 2025

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12 min read

Vienna in December: A Craftsmanship Guide for People Who Are Done With Boring Gifts

Extended Online Edition - The one and only Gift guide you will need in Vienna.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter
A Viennese Guide to Movies I’ve Never Seen

Nov 28, 2025

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7 min read

A Viennese Guide to Movies I’ve Never Seen

A cultural column from someone who is absolutely not culturally qualified to talk about Movies - but in a very authentic Viennese way.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

Opinion Piece

Of Cakes, Choices and the Calm of the Familiar

Nov 21, 2025

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5 min read

Of Cakes, Choices and the Calm of the Familiar

Why Vienna has always been drowning in choice, indulging in excess, and still somehow ends up ordering the same six things.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

Culture

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From Vienna’s State Opera to Berghain: Seventy Years Old and Suddenly Sexy Again

Nov 7, 2025

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7 min read

From Vienna’s State Opera to Berghain: Seventy Years Old and Suddenly Sexy Again

How the comeback of Opera is giving roaring 20’s.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

Opinion Piece

Welcome to Vienna, Please Mind the Afterlife: The City That Plans Funerals Better Than Parties

Oct 31, 2025

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7 min read

Welcome to Vienna, Please Mind the Afterlife: The City That Plans Funerals Better Than Parties

Where the afterlife has better PR than the living.

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

Travel

The Viennese Art of Wine and Free Labour with a View

Oct 17, 2025

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10 min read

The Viennese Art of Wine and Free Labour with a View

Eleonore Marie Stifter
Eleonore Marie Stifter

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