Arrival City or Integration Machine?

“Cities are to be judged by their welcome,” goes a credo of urbanism.¹ Is Vienna an open and hospitable city? This is a crucial question for one of the fastest-growing cities in the European Union. Until well into the 1980s, Vienna was characterized by an aging and shrinking population and a timeworn urban aesthetic. Today, the city gives the impression of a faster, denser, super-diverse, globalized European metropolis.