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Quick Links Home Duncan J. D. Smith 'Only In' Guides Photo Library Yorkshire Books Photojournalism "Stones of Vienna" Television & Radio Lectures Audio Tours Forgotten Travellers Cards & Prints Explore Further... Contact Explore more... Share This Latest News > 04.13 "Only in Paris" out now! > 04.13 Parisian Prayers: A Litany of Liturgies A new article in Hidden Europe > 03.13 Monstrous Monuments A new article in The Vienna Review > 02.13 New interview With anthropolgist and traveller Indie Gandolfi > 12.12 Only in Vienna 3rd revised edition! > 10.12 Smartphone App Explore Hidden Vienna > 4.12 Only in Zurich Available now! > 3.12 Zurich‘s Moulage Museum A new article in Hidden Europe magazine > 10.11 Voices of Exploration In conversation with Basha O‘Reilly of the Long Riders‘ Guild > 07.11 Only in Vienna: The Film! You‘ve read the book. Now watch the film! > 07.11 Ethiopia: Secret Land of Africa Lecture now available to view > 03.11 In the Spotlight Interview with the British Guild of Travel Writers > 02.11 ‘Only In‘ the UK ‘Only In‘ Guides now available from Stanfords of London > 02.11 Lecture Recording Audio samples from the lecture "The City is My Jungle" now available	STONES OF VIENNA For visitors and expatriates, and even some natives, Vienna remains a city dominated by classical music, coffee houses, and the Habsburg court. But scratch away the surface and a hidden world reveals itself. Join Urban Explorer Duncan J. D. Smith on his quest to uncover the secret and unsung corners of the Danube metropolis, with this monthly column in The Vienna Review, Austria‘s only English language newspaper: "Cathedral Curiosities" The Vienna Review (May 2013) "Good Living in Gasometer" The Vienna Review (April 2013) "Monstrous Monuments" The Vienna Review (March 2013) "In an Armenian Monastery" The Vienna Review (February 2013) "Heroes of the Polar Seas" The Vienna Review (December 2012) "A City for the Dead" The Vienna Review (November 2012) "The Emperor, the Tailor and the Church of Deliverance" The Vienna Review (October 2012) "Subterranean Cityscapes" The Vienna Review (September 2012) "The Fun of the Fair" The Vienna Review (July 2012) "All Change at Westbahnhof" The Vienna Review (June 2012) "Vienna at Your Convenience" The Vienna Review (May 2012) "A Cloister for Academics" The Vienna Review (April 2012) "Ottakring‘s Mystery Wartime Bunker" The Vienna Review (March 2012) "Silver Screen Vienna" The Vienna Review (February 2012) "Exploring Beethoven‘s Bastion with Harry Lime" The Vienna Review (December 2011) "A Story of Love and Bubbles" The Vienna Review (November 2011) "The Knights of Blood Alley" The Vienna Review (October 2011) "Of Courtly Love and the Four Seasons" The Vienna Review (September 2011) "Fire at the Ringtheater" The Vienna Review (July 2011) "The Forgotten Inventor of the Motor Car" The Vienna Review (June 2011) "Vienna Made to Measure" The Vienna Review (May 2011) "The Bones of Antonio Vivaldi" The Vienna Review (April 2011) "Hard as Nails" The Vienna Review (March 2011) "Vienna for Valentines" The Vienna Review (February 2011)	'Only In' Guides