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BBC News – Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914

Posted by Joseph & Jazmin on January 7, 2014March 22, 2014

BBC News – Dancing over the edge: Vienna in 1914

One hundred years ago, Vienna was at the epicentre of a world on the brink of war. Bethany Bell reflects on a century of changes in the Austrian capital.

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