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greeted by the friendly bar owner herself.
We order a Colada Habanera and
are served an entire pineapple with
straws: bravo! Why this is such a special
place for Conchita is something she’ll
explain in the video available with the
online edition of this magazine. Unlike
Conchita, we’re not fully booked
tonight, so now we have time to head
out into the night and find some things
to add to our list of recommendations
for you.
we say culture, we mean no less than
one hundred museums (plus we’d
consider the city in itself a giant openair
museum). Life here is amazing. No
matter where you work, live or like to
hang, your eyes will be aesthetically
entertained by the stucco decorations
and statues found everywhere in the
city.
Ending the day
with a nice drink
After all this culture, we’re in need of
a drink, and so Conchita takes us to
her second living room, the Cuban
Mojito Bar in Vienna’s first district. The
elegantly crafted dark wood panelling
takes us back to the glorious old
times, and from behind the bar we’re
Thank God
Vienna isn’t New York
If you dislike going out in places like
New York where bars close at 2:00
a.m. and security will politely but firmly
usher you out of a club by four, then
you’ve come to the right place, because
in Vienna you can revel till the
crack of dawn. With the city’s 1.8 million
inhabitants, it has quite a substantial
nightlife, and if you know where to
go, you’ll always find a place to go wild
on the dance floor. That said, there’s no
drunken revelry comparable to places
like Ibiza or New Orleans during Mardi
Gras. Vienna has just too much charm
for such things, plus quite a fondness
for individuality. Special society
events are mostly privately organized,