Editor-in-chief Margaret Childs Publisher Home Town Media GmbH | Circulation 30,000 | |
Categories Expat City Magazine for Vienna Frequency 10 (monthly, double issues for December/January and July/August) Founder Dardis McNamee & Margaret Childs | ||
METROPOLE is an English language monthly magazine targeted at expatriates and internationals in Vienna. METROPOLE’s motto “Don’t be a stranger” captures its main goal: To help its readers get acquainted with Austria and its capital Vienna in particular.
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Distribution/Circulation
The magazine has a circulation of about 30,000 copies, on sale at more than 500 locations within Austria: at newsstands, train stations, airports and bookshops. It’s also available as a print or digital subscription and digitally on flights of Lufthansa and Austrian Airlines.
In addition, the magazine targets its readership directly through a corporate subscription model to reach the employees of international organizations and companies.
METROPOLE appears at the beginning of the month, ten times annually, with double issues for the months December and January and for July and August.
Contents
Each issue has a thematic focus that defines the main sections, such as the Editorials, the Cover Story and the Quotes, Stats & Numbers. Apart from that, METROPOLE features event tips, interesting locations, and portrays Vienna’s city life and neighborhoods (Grätzl). Besides contributions by regular authors, each issue features guest-contributors in line with the main topic. The magazine shouldn’t be regarded as just a tourist guide, but as a way to help those who are new to Vienna, find their way in the city.
Most of the digital content is only accessible to subscribers, but the sections City Life, Features, Events and the Blog are available for everyone to read.
History
In October 2015, Margaret Childs and Dardis McNamee co-founded Home Town Media GmbH and published the first issue of METROPOLE, titled “We Built This City”, focusing on how internationality shaped Austria and Vienna and continues to do so.
The founders and many of the contributors to the magazine were formerly associated with The Vienna Review, a previous English-language monthly, which ceased publication at the end of 2013.
Events and other products
METROPOLE regularly organizes events for their readers, startups, companies and international influencers. The aim, which is in line with the motto “Don’t be a Stranger,” is for guests to get to know each other, exchange ideas and visions and to get a sense of the possibilities that working and living in Austria has to offer.