Perm – a museum of the 21st century and Peter Zumthor

Today’s Perm is a city which defies the post Soviet misery with an impressive determination, building its identity on ideas, culture and museums. It is ever more boldly reaching for the title of the creative and cultural capital of Russia, unperturbed by the seemingly inviolable primacy of Moscow and St. Petersburg

Sibiu – city of cultures

Did one of the smallest (roughly 170,000 inhabitants) cities designated European Capital of Culture rise to the challenge, made all the more difficult by the fact that it happened in unusual circumstances – in the year of Romania joining the European Union?

Bunkers with art

During World War II the Nazis built six anti aircraft towers, called Flaks (German Flaktürme) in Vienna. They were used by the antiaircraft forces of the Third Reich against the Allied forces – set in pairs, they created a defensive triangle for the city centre.

Say Linz. Say change

For years Linz had a reputation as a drab industrial town with the added burden of its links with National Socialism and Hitler. It offered nothing to tempt those travelling between Vienna and Salzburg to stop.

Death redecorated

This June a new branch of the City of Krakow Historical Museum was opened: the Oskar Schindler Enamelware Factory, with the exhibition Krakow – the period of the 1939–1945 occupation. Krakow’s first truly modern museum is a model for local thinking about museums and their role, history, and identity. »