The Local Austria https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweet expectations fulfilled with strawberry cakes Ever wondered who makes the best strawberry cake in Vienna? Yelp, the online local business guide ran a contest on Wednesday for 13 products from nine different bakers, with a 30-person judging panel, and decided they found a winner. https://www.thelocal.at/20160703/sweet-expectations-fulfilled-with-best-strawberry-cakes Sun, 03 Jul 2016 17:51:26 +0200 sweet-expectations-fulfilled-with-best-strawberry-cakes Austria: the ice cream capital of Europe? With Austria home to the highest number of ice cream salons per person in the whole of Europe, the country could be described as the continent’s ice-cream capital. https://www.thelocal.at/20160613/austria-the-ice-cream-capital-of-europe-best-ice-cream-parlours-vienna Mon, 13 Jun 2016 14:42:53 +0200 austria-the-ice-cream-capital-of-europe-best-ice-cream-parlours-vienna Five unwritten rules about cake in Austria After opening amid much hype three years ago, Dunkin Donuts announced this week that they are filing for insolvency in Austria and will be shutting their shops in the country. https://www.thelocal.at/20160603/five-unwritten-rules-about-cake-in-austria Fri, 03 Jun 2016 14:28:11 +0200 five-unwritten-rules-about-cake-in-austria Every fourth Vienna cafe 'forced to close' Vienna is famous for its coffee house culture, which has even been recognised by Unesco as part of Austria’s cultural heritage, but many of its cafes are struggling to survive. https://www.thelocal.at/20151214/vienna-coffee-house-tradition-in-danger Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:49:36 +0100 vienna-coffee-house-tradition-in-danger Sissi cake on display in Italian castle This is one cake you can neither have nor eat: a tart baked 118 years ago for Austria's Empress Elisabeth has gone on display this week at an Italian castle once used by the sovereign as a holiday residence. https://www.thelocal.at/20151202/sissi-cake-on-display-in-italian-castle Wed, 02 Dec 2015 20:24:36 +0100 sissi-cake-on-display-in-italian-castle Bundt cake brazenly taken from supermarket RegioNews reports on a suspected theft in Linz on Wednesday. A local man went into a supermarket, and stole a Bundt cake. https://www.thelocal.at/20140711/bundt-cake-brazenly-taken-from-supermarket Fri, 11 Jul 2014 23:18:00 +0200 bundt-cake-brazenly-taken-from-supermarket