A narrative stroll. The Jewish woman Fanny von Arnstein founded the first literary salon in Vienna in the 18th century. Arthur Schnitzler sat in Café Griensteidl, capturing the mood of the Fin de Siècle, while Joseph Roth's work reflects the First World War and the collapse of the Habsburg Empire. Vienna was the city of Ingeborg Bachmann, Sigmund Freud, and Thomas Bernhard. This anthology invites you to take a stroll through the winding streets where literature, history, and the present come together in a unique way. A narrative journey through the centuries from Marcus Aurelius to the present, from Adalbert Stifter to Friederike Mayröcker, with excursions to the Central, the Herrenhof, and the Wurstelprater. The selection presented here includes texts by Ingeborg Bachmann, Thomas Bernhard, Heimito von Doderer, Theodor Fontane, and Hugo von Hofmannsthal.