UXCamp Vienna November 2009
Am 12. November ist es soweit und wir (UrbanMediaLab.at) werden dabei sein!
- Termin: Donnerstag, 12. November 2009, 9:00 - 18:00 Uhr
- Ort: polycollege Stöbergasse, 1050 Wien
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Studentendemo und Audimaxbesetzung
Ich hatte am Freitag zufällig meine Kamera dabei, als der erste Stein ins rollen kam. Plötzlich zogen hunderte verärgerte und demonstrierende Studenten durch das Gebäude der Hauptuni. Gut, Demos gibts ja öfter, man kennt das, vor allem von Studierenden. Das war am Donnerstag, seit dem ist einiges passiert.
Anfangs hatte ich eher den Eindruck, dass es hier um eine Demo der Demo willen geht, mit Bier und Party und allem. Nachdem ich 3 Tage das geschehen verfolgt habe, sieht es bei mir etwas anders aus. Das mediale Echo ist beachtlich, ebenso wie die organisatorische Leistung. Auch wenn ich die aufgestellte Forderungsliste nicht 100%ig nachvollziehen kann, zeigt die Kraft hinter diesem Aufstand eindeutig das einiges im Argen liegt. Wenn durch die Besetzung des Audimax (und mittlerweile auch der TU und in Graz) eine konstruktive Diskussion entfacht und getragen werden kann, dann finde ich dies eine gelungene Aktion.
Auf der Website http://unibrennt.at gibts laufend aktuelle News und einen Lifestream aus dem Audimax.
Augustin in Vienna - Eat well, lounge well
While I am very much into cooking my own food, going out and enjoying what others have cooked up for my consumption is something I'm very fond of as well. Of course, it does cost the equivalent of money, so if you don't have any, home cooking might be a better solution for you.
If you do indeed have scraped together enough dough to be able to buy yourself some food and drink, here's a place you should visit: Augustin. Set in a rather shabby part in a rather shabby district of Vienna (well, it's true. It just isn't really pretty, that district), Augustin is a great surprise. Not only does its exterior work hard on betraying the splendid interiour, the food is also quite delicious and plentiful.
Decked out in Biedermeier sofas, chandeliers, sturdy wooden tables and loads of candles, Augustin is as cozy as it can get. The fact that almost every night there's a chap playing the piano, only adds to the undeniable charm of the place. Foodwise I opted for nothing less than a Bauernkotelett (farmer's cutlet), which consisted of tender grilled pork, covered in loads of roasted onions, with fried potatoes, little cubes of bacon and pole beans on the side:
The only problem with the cozy interior of Augustin is, that sitting on a sofa as soft as the one we sat on, means, that your food sits somewhere on eye level, which makes it a tad difficult to eat (having been confronted with that dire situation myself, here's a trick that actually works: simply sit on a chair for the duration of the meal!). Here's just a small thing I'd like for the owners to do. Update your website! While I think your Bauernkotelett was worth every single cent I paid for it, advertising your food roughly three Euros cheaper than it actually is, may be frowned upon by people less lenient than me! Anyway, I absolutely recommend going to Augustin, especially round eight, when the pianist will be playing one of his tunes, while you, stuffed with most exquisite Austrian foods, can recline on a sofa with cigarette in mouth and beer in hand. Augustin is located in the 15th district, Märzstraße 67, a three minute walk from the U3 station Johnstraße:View Larger Map
Wien South Station
The South Station, Viennas biggest railway station, will be torn down before the end of this year.
With it will go memories, and the esthetics of an era.To make way for the uniform big business of burgers and coffe shop chains.
