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 Tragic death inspires restaurant owner to serve meals to homeless A restaurant owner in Vienna’s 20th district is going to start serving free meals to homeless people after a woman who was sleeping rough recently burnt to death in the Austrian capital after trying to light a fire to keep herself warm. https://www.thelocal.at/20170120/tragic-death-inspires-restaurant-owner-to-serve-meals-to-homeless-people Fri, 20 Jan 2017 12:49:27 +0100 tragic-death-inspires-restaurant-owner-to-serve-meals-to-homeless-people Vienna's homeless show tourists life on the street On a wintry afternoon, tourists huddle around their guide outside Vienna's central train station. But instead of exploring glitzy palaces, Barbara will take them around night shelters and soup kitchens as part of a new initiative aimed at helping homeless people like herself get back on their feet. https://www.thelocal.at/20170115/viennas-homeless-show-tourists-life-on-the-street Sun, 15 Jan 2017 13:44:21 +0100 viennas-homeless-show-tourists-life-on-the-street Homeless become city tour guides A new startup in Vienna aims to help homeless people by creating guided tours of the city from their perspective. https://www.thelocal.at/20160111/homeless-become-city-tour-guides Mon, 11 Jan 2016 13:46:49 +0100 homeless-become-city-tour-guides Homeless man froze to death at busy station A homeless Slovakian man froze to death on a bench outside Vienna’s Hütteldorf station on Tuesday morning - despite hundreds of commuters passing him on their way to work. https://www.thelocal.at/20141217/homeless-man-froze-to-death-at-busy-station Wed, 17 Dec 2014 11:14:00 +0100 homeless-man-froze-to-death-at-busy-station