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Watch A Death Luge Fly Down A Mountain With No Brakes

6:40AM November 23, 2011 | Kyle Wagner

You know in The Temple of Doom when the mine cart’s brake gives out and obviously everyone is going to shoot out the side of a mountain and die? This is sort of that, except on purpose and in Austria. More »


News

Pastafarian Finally Gets Driver’s Licence After Wearing Colander Hat

6:50PM July 14, 2011 | Kwame Opam

Athiests everywhere (well, in Austria) can rejoice. After three years and medical testing to prove his sanity, Niko Alm just received his driver’s licence. All that just so he could wear a colander on his head for the picture. More »


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Giant House Filled With Hammocks, Don’t Mind The Boobs Tower

1:40PM July 9, 2011 | Casey Chan

Sometimes I think the Europeans know how to live. In Vienna, Austria, they’ve created a gigantic five-storey “hangout spot” complete with hammocks to sprawl out in. The best part is the view. It’s a gigantic Tower of Boobs. More »


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China Is Cloning This Entire European City

5:51AM June 18, 2011 | Jesus Diaz

Not happy with cloning watches, iPods, trains and even combat airplanes, the Chinese are now cloning an entire European city. And not any city, but the mountain town of Hallstatt, Austria, a UNESCO World Heritage site. More »


News

This Is What Real Buried Treasure Looks Like

8:00AM April 24, 2011 | Kwame Opam

An Austrian man who has been identified as just Andreas K. is one lucky bastard. While digging around in his yard back in 2007, he managed to find a treasure trove of jewellery and ornaments buried 650 years ago. More »


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The World’s Creepiest Opera Is Still Under Construction

6:00AM April 14, 2011 | Sam Biddle

An Austrian production of French Revolutionary opera ‘Andre Chenier’ is set to start in July, on the banks of beautiful Lake Constance. Not quite so beautiful is the eery, incomplete, massive human torso (with 15m head) that provides the stage. More »


Get Outta The Way! City’s Streets Converted To Running Track

1:00PM November 25, 2010 | Sam Biddle

Well, this ought to make a lot of morning commutes a little more interesting! Austrian architects have converted streets in the city of Graz into a makeshift track, lanes and all. Late for work? Now you’ll have some serious motivation. More »


Find This Otherworldly Watchtower Right Here On Earth

6:00AM July 24, 2010 | Kyle VanHemert

It looks like a vista from some distant sci-fi planet, but this is actually a forest near the River Mur, where Austria borders Slovenia. And the steel and aluminium helix stretching above the treetops isn’t any less arresting up close: More »


Come Inside The Rectum Bar For A Slow Screw Up Against The Wall

8:20PM April 19, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

Here I was, thinking Europeans were meant to be classier than Americans – but have you ever heard of a Rectum Bar outside of Vienna, Austria? Do you even know what a rectum is? More »


Gaming

Drink Cocktails Mixed By A Robot Based On Your Mario And Tetris Gameplay

5:26AM December 5, 2009 | Kat Hannaford

To me, a festival is a field, a few musical acts, pair of rain boots, and heaps of mud. But then, I do live in England. Roboexotica, on the other hand, is robots and cocktails. Much more civilized. More »