Vienna Events 2013: The first Conversation Meals for travellers will be staged in Vienna, Austria from March 2013. Masterminded by Oxford University historian Theodore Zeldin, Conversation Meals are designed to encourage meaningful encounters between strangers.

(TRAVPR.COM) UNITED KINGDOM - January 9th, 2013 - The monthly Vienna Coffeehouse Conversations are held in English and will bring visitors and Viennese together in 1:1 conversations in traditional cafés. A menu of questions will help participants share their views on travel, friendship, compassion, inspiration and more. “The Vienna Coffeehouse Conversations enable travellers to re-invent the world-famous and UNESCO-recognised Vienna coffeehouse culture, echoing a time when Sigmund Freud, Gustav Klimt and Stefan Zweig met acquaintances in cafés to exchange ideas and debate”, explains co-organiser Barbara Grüll-Cação from travel site Vienna Unwrapped. The topics for conversation are arranged across a three-course Viennese meal and coffee.

The two locations, Café Museum and Café am Heumarkt, represent the best of bohemian, literary, contemporary Vienna. The city has a rich tradition of lively, late-night discussion, which the Coffeehouse Conversations will add to. The food reflects the Habsburg era sweep of central Europe, with influences from Italy right up into Poland.

Eugene Quinn, of Vienna events group space and place, sees this as an opportunity to go deeper than on a typical city visit. “We staged two sold-out events for locals in April, and decided to liven things up by introducing international participants. We invite people from around the world to come and get to know more about Vienna, and make a new friend. At the end of each event, there is a get-together for all invitees, to encourage some international friendship.”

NOTES FOR EDITORS

Theodore Zeldin's Conversation Meals have taken place as part of street festivals, in art galleries from London to Singapore, and at the World Economic Forum in Davos.

Vienna Coffeehouse Conversations: Event Calendar 2013

Saturday, 9th March, Café Museum
Friday, 12th April, Café am Heumarkt
Saturday, 11th May, Café Museum
Friday, 14th June, Café am Heumarkt
Saturday, 13th July, Café Museum
Saturday, 10th August, Café Museum

Events take place from 6.50pm to 9pm.

Registration for Travellers
http://www.vienna-unwrapped.com/vienna-coffeehouse-conversations.html

Event Organisers
Co-organisers Barbara Grüll-Cação, Vienna Unwrapped, and Eugene Quinn, space and place, are available for interview.

space and place
space and place is a Vienna-based cultural group, focused on fresh ideas, integration and playing with the city. Co-organiser Eugene Quinn is originally from London, and now based in Vienna.

Contact:
Mobile: +43 6801 254354
Email: eugene.quinn@spaceandplace.at
Facebook: facebook.com/spaceandplace

Vienna Unwrapped
Vienna Unwrapped is an independent, online travel guide. Founded and run by native Viennese Barbara Grüll-Cação, the site shares Barbara’s little black book of the best places, hotels, tours, walks, concerts, balls and things to do in her hometown with travellers worldwide.

Contact:
Email: barbara.cacao@vienna-unwrapped.com
Twitter: twitter.com/Viennaunwrapped
Facebook: facebook.com/ViennaUnwrapped  

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