Vienna

On 29th June, Vienna’ Ernst-Happel-Stadion plays host to the finals of the 2008 European Football Championships. Only a ball’s throw from the stadium you find Vienna’s largest and oldest amusement park, the Wurstelprater. If roller coaster rides are not your cup of tea, then head to the legendary “Schweizerhaus” where you can indulge in mouth-watering pork knuckles and toast your team with a mug of Budweiser!

The Prater is only one of Vienna’s many examples that sports and pleasure do not exclude one another. The city is brimming with greenspace areas where you can kick a ball, play Frisbee or just laze in the sun. Once of these places is the Donauinsel, located two short subway stop from the Prater: every summer the Donauinsel hosts Europe’s largest open-air festival. In the summer the bar tenders at “Copa Cagrana” mix the city’s best cocktails which taste all the better after and active day on the island.

Vienna’s way of life is best experienced in a traditional coffee house, a quaint wine tavern (Vienna is the world’s only capital that makes its own wine!) or the well-known Naschmarkt. The city’s latest “in-place” is the MuseumsQuartier where you can relax al fresco on oversized deck chairs …