Vienna

Enter a waltzing wonderland

Propose here

Go to Vienna in January or February, and buy a ticket for one of the more sumptuous balls. Pop the question after whirling in three-quarter time to the waltz Emperor Johan Strauss. (Just remember to learn the steps before you go.)

To get you in the mood

Choose your mood-setting melodies from virtually any of the continent's finest: Mozart, Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert and especially Strauss, waltz composer par excellence. Or if you fancy something more modern, there's Falco's Rock Me Amadeus or Ultravox's Vienna!

The Big Wheel in the Prater Gardens may well be familiar from Orson Welles's moody film adaptation of Graham Greene's The Third Man (remember Harry Lime?). James Bond has had a few spills and thrills here too.

Language of love

Herzlichen Hochzeitstag! = Happy anniversary

Ich liebe dich = I love you

Herzlichen Gluckwunsch = Congratulations!

Wurdest du mich heiraten? = Will you marry me?

Stags and hens

Austria has a robust beer culture, so check out the local brews such as KrahKrah. Your best bet is to go for a bar crawl round Vienna's bar-packed “Bermuda triangle” -- so-called because people tend to disappear for hours...

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