April 18, 2025 • 8 mins
"You could spill vast rivers of blue Danube ink try to encapsulate the enduring brilliance of Vienna and all that it has lavished on the world. It’s the city that vaulted Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn, Strauss and his waltz into the world’s consciousness. The city that unleashed the genius of Freud, published the world’s first newspaper, conceived the delicious Torte, and was the powerbase for the imperial Hapsburgs. Vienna remains a city of culture, class and beauty; of churches, castles and concert halls."
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Speaker 1 (00:07):
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks at.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Be Our travel corresponding is Mike Yardley. He's probably feeling
pretty good this morning. I reckon, Marke, it's only a hunch,
But did you ever think you would see James O'Connor
standing up and slotting a winning penalty give the Crusaders
and went over the Blues.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
We all love James O'Connor.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
We love Jose O'Connor. Do you know I've loved the
more season. I've loved the more season he's slotted right, Yeah, yeah,
but it's still it's a funny old world, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
You know.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
You're speaking of funny old will Jack. I'm in the
half big box hesh person at the moment, and it's
like like Friday here. The shopping is just insatiable. Yeah,
pilling out of mic teen and Rebels, Sports and Briscoes
and oh my goodness, crazy.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
No. I mean ash Vegas is. And I say this
as you know, it's someone who's spent a lot of
time in as Vegas over the years, given my my
dad being brought up there, my grandparents lived there and
all that. Ash Vegas has had, I reckon a transformation
greater than almost any other New Zealand town over the
last few years. And it's probably well, it's probably as
a result of some of the big dairy conversions and
(01:17):
I think some of the some of the dairy prices
as of late, yeah, been relatively agreeable. So if there's
one sector in our economy that might be doing okay
at the moment, it is probably a sector that's going
to be impacting things on the retail scene in Ashburg,
so you go. I think they've got that great sort
of art center and things now too. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I've been hates on a lot of the like civic amenities. Yeah. Yeah,
it's a really good place to live.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Yeah, I've always loved that part of the world. Well,
from from osh Vegas to Vienna two cultural Michas this
morning and whilstzing through Vienna. It is one of those
places of the world that is absolutely synonymous with coffee shops.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right, totally. Yeah, it's a religion, Jack. I've actually got
two and a half thousand cafes and coffee shops in Vienna.
That's the old school coffee shops, all marble and velvet
that I think really express the city's soul. So interestingly
the menus they still with about twenty types of coffee.
The top seller in Vienna is a Mallage, which is
(02:23):
sort of like a cappuccino and it's an espresso with
steam's frothy milk. Another big cellar ange Spanner, which is
an espresso heaped with whipped cream. They do love their
whipped cream in Vienna. I went with the super fancy coffee.
It's called a fiaca, which is a large espresso whipped
cream in a shot of cherry snaps. To put a
(02:45):
bit of pep in your step?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Am I run thing in? The Ottoman Turks were kind
of responsible for the cafe culture.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, very much, Jack. When the Ottoman's unsuccessfully tried to
seize Vienna four hundred years ago, their soldiers inadvertently left
behind their bags of coffee beans on Kallenburg Mountain, which
is just above the city. So that gave rise to
Vienna's cafe society, in fact Europe's. And it's quite interesting
the backstory because the locals who discovered these bags, they
(03:18):
thought the bean should be added to sup At first,
they didn't really know what they held to do with them.
So they pumped some captured ottom and soldiers fer info
and before long, yes, Europe's love affair with coffee was born.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Oh fantastic. So beyond coffee, what about good eats and
Vienna's signature taste.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Yeah, well, it's hard to go past a vena Schnitzel,
which has to be veal to be vena Schnitzel. I
discovered rather expensive though that little slice of the calve.
So a lot of schnitzel in Vienna is actually pork.
And a great place to go is this restaurant called
fegel Muller. They actually claimed to be the home of
(04:00):
the original Vena Schnitzel, but they also do pork schnitzel
and the portion sizes would slayer. Passing Texan is served
the size of a family pizza and it protrudes over
the side of your dinner plate. And it comes with
the side of potato salad, which is really good street
food by the way. Liba kaiser, which is like a
(04:23):
slice of meat roll served in a crusty bun, and
it's typically a combo of finely chopped pork, bacon, and beef.
It kind of looks like a pinkish pete. At Christmas
time they serve wild ball in these crusty buns, but
definitely get it served heated. It is so tasty. And
I was thinking of you, Jack, Sweet Tooth Department. Apple
(04:44):
Strudel obviously is a national obsession. My new found love
in Vienna. Kayser Schmann or Kaiser Schmann, actually Kaiser Schmann
as in the Emperor of the Kaiser. Yeah, it's a
pile of shredded fluffy pancakes served with stewed plums. I
am sold.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, so they shred them out so that they fry
the panca and the entried them correct yeow oh great, okay,
and they're still warm, They're not like yeah yeah, oh man, okay, Yeah,
I'm sold. That sounds fantastic. There are a lot of
palaces and follies in Vienna, so what did you fancy?
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Yeah? They are started with a ridiculous number of royal
palaces like shern Braun and the Hofburg, which is why
many people called the in a wedding cake city. It's
just got all of these you know, confections architecturally, but
I reckon one of the best pads is Belvedere Palace.
So this was the Habsburg summer residence, and it's draped
in the most incredibly dreamy gardens, lots of statues, lots
(05:44):
of like Greek and Roman mythological statues, amazing fountains, and
come the weekend it's like half of the inner flocks
there just to hang out. And inside the palace the
big drawer the artwork of gors Stave Clint Austria's for
the painter, and of course he's the guy behind. Really
they're only painting the world comes to see and that's
(06:05):
the kiss.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah, yeah, oh so good. So what about that giant
fairest wheel in Vienna? Did you track it down?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Indeed, Prata Park. I'm always up the cheap thrills, as
you know, Jack, and one of the world's oldest amusement parks,
Prata delivers in spades. It's actually been like a nursery
for many fair ground rights, so like it had the
world's first ghost train. But the big boy is that
giant fairest wheel, the Raisin Rud which James Bond of
(06:35):
Ficcionado's were recognized from the Living Daylights. It's the world's
oldest operating fairest wheel of its size, and I took
a ride up on the Raisin Rudd and it definitely
gives you the best views across the Vienna's rooftops.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
And who from Clint to another artist to who is
the notable composer whose birthday is being celebrated this year?
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Oh my god, they're so excited about this in Vienna.
Johannes Strauss Vienna is celebrating his two hundredth birthday this year,
the King of Waltz. Of course, some think Blue Danube
and anything waltzy, it's probably Strauss. Yeah. So there's a
year long roster of celebration concerts and events. A lot
(07:18):
of them are free, a lot of them are open
air in Vienna. He was actually the Harry Styles of
his day, jabs. It was the wildly idolized pop star
of the mid nineteenth century and quite the womanizer. I
have to end historians reckon he was engaged thirteen times.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
No, wow, I know. Okay, well that's a life I
lived for the sound. Okay, Oh so that's fantastic. Thank
you were all of your all of your tips for
exploring Vienna up on the news talks 'DB website. You
go and enjoy ash Burton and we will la catching
in very soon.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Thank you very much. Zach Ivy Easter, Yeah you too.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
That's Mike Yardley, our travel correspondent.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to Newstalks from nine am Saturday, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
You're listening to the Saturday Morning with Jack Teams podcast
from News Talks at.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Be Our travel corresponding is Mike Yardley. He's probably feeling
pretty good this morning. I reckon, Marke, it's only a hunch,
But did you ever think you would see James O'Connor
standing up and slotting a winning penalty give the Crusaders
and went over the Blues.
Speaker 3 (00:25):
We all love James O'Connor.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
We love Jose O'Connor. Do you know I've loved the
more season. I've loved the more season he's slotted right, Yeah, yeah,
but it's still it's a funny old world, isn't it.
Speaker 1 (00:36):
You know.
Speaker 3 (00:38):
You're speaking of funny old will Jack. I'm in the
half big box hesh person at the moment, and it's
like like Friday here. The shopping is just insatiable. Yeah,
pilling out of mic teen and Rebels, Sports and Briscoes
and oh my goodness, crazy.
Speaker 2 (00:55):
No. I mean ash Vegas is. And I say this
as you know, it's someone who's spent a lot of
time in as Vegas over the years, given my my
dad being brought up there, my grandparents lived there and
all that. Ash Vegas has had, I reckon a transformation
greater than almost any other New Zealand town over the
last few years. And it's probably well, it's probably as
a result of some of the big dairy conversions and
(01:17):
I think some of the some of the dairy prices
as of late, yeah, been relatively agreeable. So if there's
one sector in our economy that might be doing okay
at the moment, it is probably a sector that's going
to be impacting things on the retail scene in Ashburg,
so you go. I think they've got that great sort
of art center and things now too. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (01:37):
I've been hates on a lot of the like civic amenities. Yeah. Yeah,
it's a really good place to live.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
Yeah, I've always loved that part of the world. Well,
from from osh Vegas to Vienna two cultural Michas this
morning and whilstzing through Vienna. It is one of those
places of the world that is absolutely synonymous with coffee shops.
Speaker 3 (01:59):
Right, totally. Yeah, it's a religion, Jack. I've actually got
two and a half thousand cafes and coffee shops in Vienna.
That's the old school coffee shops, all marble and velvet
that I think really express the city's soul. So interestingly
the menus they still with about twenty types of coffee.
The top seller in Vienna is a Mallage, which is
(02:23):
sort of like a cappuccino and it's an espresso with
steam's frothy milk. Another big cellar ange Spanner, which is
an espresso heaped with whipped cream. They do love their
whipped cream in Vienna. I went with the super fancy coffee.
It's called a fiaca, which is a large espresso whipped
cream in a shot of cherry snaps. To put a
(02:45):
bit of pep in your step?
Speaker 2 (02:49):
Am I run thing in? The Ottoman Turks were kind
of responsible for the cafe culture.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, very much, Jack. When the Ottoman's unsuccessfully tried to
seize Vienna four hundred years ago, their soldiers inadvertently left
behind their bags of coffee beans on Kallenburg Mountain, which
is just above the city. So that gave rise to
Vienna's cafe society, in fact Europe's. And it's quite interesting
the backstory because the locals who discovered these bags, they
(03:18):
thought the bean should be added to sup At first,
they didn't really know what they held to do with them.
So they pumped some captured ottom and soldiers fer info
and before long, yes, Europe's love affair with coffee was born.
Speaker 2 (03:31):
Oh fantastic. So beyond coffee, what about good eats and
Vienna's signature taste.
Speaker 3 (03:37):
Yeah, well, it's hard to go past a vena Schnitzel,
which has to be veal to be vena Schnitzel. I
discovered rather expensive though that little slice of the calve.
So a lot of schnitzel in Vienna is actually pork.
And a great place to go is this restaurant called
fegel Muller. They actually claimed to be the home of
(04:00):
the original Vena Schnitzel, but they also do pork schnitzel
and the portion sizes would slayer. Passing Texan is served
the size of a family pizza and it protrudes over
the side of your dinner plate. And it comes with
the side of potato salad, which is really good street
food by the way. Liba kaiser, which is like a
(04:23):
slice of meat roll served in a crusty bun, and
it's typically a combo of finely chopped pork, bacon, and beef.
It kind of looks like a pinkish pete. At Christmas
time they serve wild ball in these crusty buns, but
definitely get it served heated. It is so tasty. And
I was thinking of you, Jack, Sweet Tooth Department. Apple
(04:44):
Strudel obviously is a national obsession. My new found love
in Vienna. Kayser Schmann or Kaiser Schmann, actually Kaiser Schmann
as in the Emperor of the Kaiser. Yeah, it's a
pile of shredded fluffy pancakes served with stewed plums. I
am sold.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
Yeah, so they shred them out so that they fry
the panca and the entried them correct yeow oh great, okay,
and they're still warm, They're not like yeah yeah, oh man, okay, Yeah,
I'm sold. That sounds fantastic. There are a lot of
palaces and follies in Vienna, so what did you fancy?
Speaker 3 (05:21):
Yeah? They are started with a ridiculous number of royal
palaces like shern Braun and the Hofburg, which is why
many people called the in a wedding cake city. It's
just got all of these you know, confections architecturally, but
I reckon one of the best pads is Belvedere Palace.
So this was the Habsburg summer residence, and it's draped
in the most incredibly dreamy gardens, lots of statues, lots
(05:44):
of like Greek and Roman mythological statues, amazing fountains, and
come the weekend it's like half of the inner flocks
there just to hang out. And inside the palace the
big drawer the artwork of gors Stave Clint Austria's for
the painter, and of course he's the guy behind. Really
they're only painting the world comes to see and that's
(06:05):
the kiss.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
Yeah, yeah, oh so good. So what about that giant
fairest wheel in Vienna? Did you track it down?
Speaker 1 (06:13):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Indeed, Prata Park. I'm always up the cheap thrills, as
you know, Jack, and one of the world's oldest amusement parks,
Prata delivers in spades. It's actually been like a nursery
for many fair ground rights, so like it had the
world's first ghost train. But the big boy is that
giant fairest wheel, the Raisin Rud which James Bond of
(06:35):
Ficcionado's were recognized from the Living Daylights. It's the world's
oldest operating fairest wheel of its size, and I took
a ride up on the Raisin Rudd and it definitely
gives you the best views across the Vienna's rooftops.
Speaker 2 (06:51):
And who from Clint to another artist to who is
the notable composer whose birthday is being celebrated this year?
Speaker 3 (06:57):
Oh my god, they're so excited about this in Vienna.
Johannes Strauss Vienna is celebrating his two hundredth birthday this year,
the King of Waltz. Of course, some think Blue Danube
and anything waltzy, it's probably Strauss. Yeah. So there's a
year long roster of celebration concerts and events. A lot
(07:18):
of them are free, a lot of them are open
air in Vienna. He was actually the Harry Styles of
his day, jabs. It was the wildly idolized pop star
of the mid nineteenth century and quite the womanizer. I
have to end historians reckon he was engaged thirteen times.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
No, wow, I know. Okay, well that's a life I
lived for the sound. Okay, Oh so that's fantastic. Thank
you were all of your all of your tips for
exploring Vienna up on the news talks 'DB website. You
go and enjoy ash Burton and we will la catching
in very soon.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Thank you very much. Zach Ivy Easter, Yeah you too.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
That's Mike Yardley, our travel correspondent.
Speaker 1 (08:02):
For more from Saturday Morning with Jack Tame, listen live
to Newstalks from nine am Saturday, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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