I just completed a B1/2 course at DeutschAkademie and it was fantastic ! Great teacher, spacious…read morerooms ( though the air-conditioning didn't work), friendly customer service and affordable prices! I had previously taken courses at 3 different institutes and this was by far my favorite if possible take a class with Andrea B!

I attended Deutsch Akademie from A1-1 thru B1-2...the courses are intensive, the classes relatively…read moresmall (10-13 people) and to get the full benefit, one must attend the classes regularly (to miss one class is to possibly miss some of the German grammar, which is quite different and for me, was much more difficult than English). I was quite satisfied with the instruction, as it has allowed me to pass both my A1 and A2 ÖSD tests, with good scores (91 on my A1 test and 89 on my A2) and has prepared me for my B1 test which I will take soon (tests required by Austria for residence). The school I attended is across from the Opera, a beautiful setting, with clean, well kept rooms, each with A/C and fans (sometimes the A/C was not working so well, but each room has several fans which kept the air moving and a comfortable working atmosphere). The office staff was always friendly, helpful and all I dealt with, spoke very good English, so it was easy to get information and schedule classes. Their course pricing is less expensive than most in Vienna, without sacrificing quality, with the many courses and varied schedules to select from, it made choosing Deutch Akadamie easy. The instructors I had were great! I was fortunate enough to have the same instructor for A2-1 through B1-2 (Anita V.) which was quite helpful. My first instructor was equally as good, she only was teaching the A1 series. I have attended several other language schools and found Deutsch Akadamie to be the best overall. I would very much recommend this language school to anyone wanting to learn German.

World Wide Teaching is one of the best language schools I have ever experienced in 30 years…read more Today I present you Mag. Evelin Striegler, the successful entrepreneur behind the company. 1) How did you hit on WWT? I have already dreamt of my own language school as a pupil and student. After some years of working for the international teacher's training on behalf of the Department for Foreign Affairs of Germany I wished to put that youth dream into practice. After many years overseas it was time to settle down - and therefore I chose Vienna. Many international companies and organisations are located here and offer an interesting clientele for language teaching. With my supply of German teaching I was pretty soon very successful - based on that I developed the supply of all world languages ... and thus WWT came into existence - World Wide Teaching. 2) What was your biggest success and your most difficult time? THE biggest success does plain simply not exist, it is the total of many small and big successes that make a company successful. The thankfulness of many customers after a successful course completion is part of it as well as the existence of an international language exam provided by the course participants trained by us. Thereto the completion of a big company order also belongs to as well as the wish of numerous main customers to take language courses over and over again with WWT. Furthermore the multifaceted recommendations of satisfied customers as well as the great acceptance of WWT in the diplomatic area are also part of it. THE most difficult time also does not exist. When you have been developing a company for 15 years by now (1996-2011), then there are always peaks and setbacks. If there aren't any difficult times, you won't value the success. 3) How do you explain the big success? Today people are much too often confronted with bulk goods. A WWT language course is no bulk good. The personal support of each customer, no matter whether private customer, embassy, company ... is dear to my heart. A personal counseling interview, the flexible scheduling, the customized program development as well as the professional individual counseling by the language trainer and taking seriously each setback, not only on paper and in advertisement, but practically implemented, each day, with each customer are also part of the success. Each customer feels to be personally noticed. That is the key to success. 4) What would you give young people to take with them? Effort, frankness, purposefulness, creativity, patience, imaginativeness and engagement, realizing own visions ... that proves to be successful! Do never rest on the supposed biggest success... further bigger successes can follow! Don't get discouraged by the pretended most difficult times... it can still get more difficult ... but it is also the basis for even bigger successes! "No pain, no gain"! Photo will follow soon

I bought my first "real" camera this summer and I am still struggling to understand all that is…read morepossible. As a new hobby photographer I was so excited to hear of Carola Schwalm's "Vienna Photo Walk". Today I went on my first walk with Carola to the Zentral Friedhof. The purpose of the walk is to explore the city, get to know your camera better, ask questions and get answers from Carola herself or from anyone in the group with experience. All levels, ages and equipment are welcome. The rules are simple. Don't rush, have fun, and feel free to ask for help when needed. I felt so welcomed by Carola and the entire group, and I no longer feel so lost with my camera! Vienna Photo Walk offers free and ticketed events and private sessions. Be sure to rsvp quickly if you have interest in her ticketed (10 euro) events. Places go fast!

Hmm...it says not to write a review if you are connected in any way to the employees but how can…read moreyou not have a strong connection to the teachers when you have been a student here? Even over 30 years later, I still have vivid memories when I think of this school and all that taught here. Aside from the most caring, engaged and inspiring teachers, this school was a game changer for me. The classes taught me to think, write, appreciate the arts and prepare me for college so well that my first year was not challenging academically as I cleared the remaining required classes so I could go on to the levels I was ready for. I could not have asked for a better school.

When I was looking at schools for our move to Vienna, I wished there were more reviews about them…read more That is why I find it important to write this one, for others who are searching for reviews like I was! My children have attended this school for the past several years. I am overall happy with the school. A few teachers do go out of their way, which almost makes up for the ones who do not. Of course, it has its little annoyances like all other schools. The director this past year and the last couple years have been great, although they have just hired a new one to start this next year. The elementary school principle is quite fake in personality and prefers to argue than find a solution if something arises that is out of her comfort zone. Hence, this is why I can say I like the directors. They were more open minded and helped find solutions. It also seems to me and many other moms I have talked with, that if you have a child who is either academically ahead or behind, they will stay stagnant. The school either does not have or will not go out of their way to have the resources needed to help the ones who are not on the same level achieve any higher success. Its almost a punishment if they are not at the same academic level as the others. Communication does seem to lack in the whole school between parents and teachers unless they have "issues" with your child. Then you will hear about it. They teach using the American curriculum. This may change a bit this year per rumors and have more Austrian combined. They have a German language program that is mandatory for all grade levels and I think this is great. Though it seems the younger ones do not get enough of the language on a daily basis. They celebrate every major and a few minor American holidays. This can be frustrating if you do not celebrate them. They also incorporate some Austrian holidays and customs. The PTA, or here they refer to it as the PTF, plays a huge part in the fund raising for the school. Things like halloween festivities, santa costumes, play toys, and also for bigger projects like theater curtains and play sheds. Why the PTF begs for money the entire year is beyond me when the tuition for the school is so high. Although many moms attend the PTF meetings and gripe, there is always the same ones running the different events. I must admit, some of the events can be fun though! The middle and high school, I have not had too many issues with. The teachers seem approachable if an issue does arise. My biggest complaint for these grades is the use of a personal laptop the school provides, but will not take responsibility for things the children have access to during school hours. This includes downloading and playing games or movies and social networking during school hours. This is a school where many wealthy children attend, so get ready to hear all year how so and so has and does this and that. Some of the children's attitude and clothing can be questionable without repercussions. Smoking cigarettes is a big thing in the high school. Although it is not allowed on the school campus, it happens directly off grounds and runs prevalent. Although they have security, when the school is either getting ready to start or end and the kids are coming/going, the guards do not check ID, so basically anyone can go inside during these times and no one notices. This should change for safety reasons! Like I said in the beginning, overall it is a great school, but it does have its kinks. I can honestly say I do not know how it compares to vienna international school.

This is not a grab and go coffee shop. Aside from classes, the coffee portion is only open on…read moreSaturdays. However this is a great place to stop by and drink and chat about coffee. Expect to be there for a while discussing about coffee. The owner, Johanna, is incredibly welcoming and enthusiastic about her product. She offered to experiment with new roasts with me and people would stop in to talk and ask questions about their brew systems.

Adorable café, guy working was helpful in selecting coffee to buy although they had more espresso…read moreoptions than filter. Cappuccino and espresso were great!

I do not recommend Sprachenstudio at all! The level of the teachers is extremely low. They are all…read morethe time late, disorganised and come unprepared for the lessons. Apart from that, if you want to sit for the ÖSD exam, do not do that at the Sprachenstudio. My husband told me that during his exam there it was so noisy in front of the door of the room (some heavy furniture was moved back and forth without any respect for the appropriate silence), that the participants could hardly hear anything, let alone details from the the Listening Comprehension unit. When they asked the supervisers to halt the recording for a while and to make sure that the outside disturbing noises come to an end, thay gave a dead ear and refused to play it once again. People in the examination room were so shocked and distracted from that awful experience that they could hardly focus on the following parts of the exam. Besides the supervisers seemed to have a special disgust for people from the Balcans. Discriminative, expensive, bad quality of teaching and even worse of making the ÖSD exam. A disaster!

My wife is a long-time member at Gold's in Venice (known as The Mecca) and we have to say....as…read morehard as this is to say...this gym is possibly the best, most well-equipped gym in the world! The staff were incredibly friendly and welcoming. Shout out to both Marvin and especially Philipp since he was there nearly every day of our stay in Vienna and was fantastic!! The equipment was all maintained very well. It included very old, nearly museum quality machines up to the most modern versions. It was great to see and use some of those old dog machines! The machines and racks were all organized so well and thoughtfully so you don't have to search out different apparatus. There were multiple rooms where one could train differently. The kitchen is really amazing! You can get great, super-healthy food at very reasonable prices. The gym is easily accessible via mass transit from anywhere in the city. My wife is very much the super gym rat....for her THIS IS THE HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH!! We would recommend if you like to hit the gym hard and happen to find yourself in Vienna...definitely make your way over to Das Gym! Say hi to Philipp and Marvin for us!

The best old school, body building, pump gym there is around!!…read moreDefiantly a must visit for anyone in to muscle pumping, and it shows, because of the little amount of cardio machines compared to weights. Then between trainings you can study in the rest area, or for when you're hungry they have high protein bowls that are very good (although not spicy enough)

I attended at VIS from 3yrs old all they up to 13 yrs old (15 now). I just recently moved countries…read moreand I cried all day, all month for living. Such an amazing country with an OUTSTANDING school. I will always remember my memories with my teachers and friends, I still did not lose hope of returning. Usually you see people run away to go home from school, I usually stayed an extra 2-3hrs after school EVERY SINGLE DAY. It felt like everyone was part of my family. It felt like my teachers were my friends! I NEVER EVER got bored on the fun activities we did everyday.