Mailänderli are the most popular and most frequently baked Christmas biscuit in Switzerland. In Austria, of course, we...
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The Klemmkuchen – its history
The Fläming is a historically grown cultural landscape in the border region between Brandenburg and Saxony-Anhalt,...
The “Klapotetz”
If you visit the wine-growing areas in the south of Styria, you will notice the large windmills everywhere, which not...
Olivier Messiaen – a blackbird for the flutist
I probably don't think of any other composer as often as I think of Messiaen in my daily life - at least not with this...
Johann Strauss Radetzky March
It is probably the best known and most played march in the world: the Army March II dedicated to Field Marshal Josef...
Ravel’s Bolero – a classic earworm
Maurice Ravel composed his Bolero in 1928 for the dancer Ida Rubinstein. Throughout his life, he was to have a very...
European food culture around 0 and 1500
Despite all the contrasts in our modern world and despite all the differences between the cultures and regions of this...
History of the Flower Island Mainau
The flower island of Mainau is one of the most visited attractions on Lake Constance. There are very few travel groups...
Daniel Dorff and his many, great works for flute
Daniel Dorff is an American composer. He was born in 1956 in New Rochelle/New York and studied at Cornell University...
The king’s new snoopers!
Imagine the following: You are still sitting slightly sleepy and unsuspecting at your morning coffee. Suddenly your...
Puccini – Tosca and Tuscany
In 1858, Giacomo Puccini was born in Lucca, the once independent republic in northwestern Tuscany. In the...
The Cappuccino
At the beginning of the 16th century, there was unrest within the Franciscan Order. Many friars saw the great ideal of...
Indian summer (Altweibersommer)
Since the early 19th century the term "Altweibersommer" (summer of the old women) is known. It should be noted that...
Patricide
Paris, beginning of the 19th century. It is the first warm day of the year and a small group, made up of members of...
The history of the Carajillo
I was always convinced that red wine is the national drink of the Spanish. But in the meantime I have been enlightened...