Vienna

BRAZEN

Thieves Swipe Special Item Worth Millions in Wild Museum Hei

The men bought tickets to enter the museum before making their move.

Janna Brancolini

Multiple OEBB (Austrian Federal Railways) Cityjet trains are at platforms of Wien Westbahnhof railway station in Vienna, Austria, on June 7, 2025. The station serves regional and suburban routes and remains a key transport hub within the Austrian railway network. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

DANGERS OF SMOKING

Smoke-Break Passenger Survives Clinging to High-Speed Train

A wayward traveler clung to the outside of a train after it pulled away during a smoke break.

Tom Sanders

terror plot targeted Taylor Swift fans outside her planned concert in Vienna.

BAD BLOOD

ISIS Attackers Planned to Kill 20,000 at T-Swift Concert

Austrian authorities say that a teenage terrorist had built a bomb and stocked knives and machetes in preparation for an attack on the latest stop of the Eras Tour.

David Gardner

Trains of the national rail company OeBB are seen during a warning strike in a railway station in Vienna, Austria, Nov. 26, 2018.

SHAMEFUL

Pair Charged for Playing Hitler Speeches Over Train Speaker

A Holocaust survivor was on board at the time, one lawmaker said.

Dan Ladden-Hall

HOW THEY LIVED

‘Leopoldstadt’ Brings Jewish History to Haunting Life

Sir Tom Stoppard’s wonderful play about two intermarried Jewish families, from 1899 to 1955, is about identity, history—and the ties that bind beyond the horrors of the Holocaust.

Tim Teeman

SOLE-CRUSHING

Vienna City Marathon Winner Disqualified for Shoe Violation

The soles on Hurisa’s shoes were five centimeters thick, and therefore did not meet the four-centimeter-max requirement of the race, according to race coordinator Hannes Langer.

Kana Ruhalter