Your Ultimate Guide to the inspiring and smile-worthy Vienna-based people you should be following in 2021

@zu.oft.gehoert

Inspiration factor: to burst bubbles, to get educated, to find out what it’s like to live in Vienna and be part of the BIPOC-community here, to understand how it is to endure everyday racism and learn how to help end this

@melisaerkurt

Inspiration factor: to ask questions, to tell stories, to not be quiet about things that matter, to think about future generations, to give a voice to those who don’t have it (yet)

@ruperthoeller

Inspiration factor: to find patterns in architecture, to be inspired by minimalistic and vibrant photographs in your feed

@mahirjahmal

Inspiration factor:  stunning photography that speaks for itself, the bubbly and loveable guy behind the camera who pops up on the feed now and again, images that make you screw up your face and go…’huh’

@fraufrasl

Inspiration factor: to step outside your comfort zone, to listen to someone who does not mince her words, to get really good input on certain topics that are otherwise often neglected or only dealt with from the one side

@luismorales.art

Inspiration factor: to fill the world with colour and funky looking art, to create on a daily basis

@martin.tardy

Inspiration factor: to do things differently and think outside the box, to see the human body differently, to take up sketching

@alexxschauer

Inspiration factor: more a quirky-factor than an inspirational factor, but he will make you laugh

@ellymagpie

Inspiration factor: to find a safe space where different people with different body shapes and forms are welcome, to live a healthy life, to get moving

@peace_joy_and_pancakes

Inspiration factor: to have a laugh at one funny dude, to live life with no inhibitions

@naikon_

Inspiration factor: to see the world, and our city, from a different perspective, to go the extra mile to create amazing results (the results being the photography), to always look for a different perspective

@anna_breit

Inspiration factor: photography that will make your eyes make your mouth smirk, to be reminded of the beauty of humans in all shapes and sizes, images you’ll see yourself in or at least relate to, inspiration to find your own style

@minusgold

Inspiration factor: to be real, to talk about those real things that most people get all awkward about, to think deeply, to be emotional, to have bad days without the guilt and to love and cry fiercely

@saschavanderwerf

Inspiration factor: to understand the power of light, to be reminded of how beautiful we humans are

@michibuchinger

Inspiration factor: be yourself and do so unashamedly, will give you severe case of the giggles and will make you love him instantly, sarcasm is an art worth practising

@wienerkind_

Inspiration factor: to not take yourself too seriously, to learn how to appreciate the small things in life, to talk about mental health openly and not be ashamed of it

@stefanjoham

Inspiration factor: to you do you and be yourself, to let go and have a damn good time, inspiration for a big, from the belly, laugh

@iamchristlclear

Inspiration factor: to learn something new and broaden your horizons, to shift attention to things that matter right now, to brighten up your day thanks to some genuine Wiener Schmäh, to get your daily dose of astrology

@laurakarasinski

Inspiration factor: how to make your surroundings bold and beautiful, to dress everyday as if you’ve got a photo shoot lined up, to get a cute lil’ dog, to find beauty in everything and to take quirky pics of it

@thanksforframing

Inspiration factor: sooooo much beauty can be found in the details, explore Vienna with a camera

@thuglifeaustria

Inspiration factor: to laugh out loud – no matter where you are, to fall in love – in some very-wrong-strange way – with the quirks of life in Austria

@fitbritvienna

Inspiration factor: to push yourself, and your body, further, to take good care of your body, to work out and have plenty of fun while doing it

@vanillaholica

Inspiration factor: to find your love for nature, to become an optimist caring for the environment, to be more conscious of the waste we’re filling the world with, to be mindful

@1st.perspective

Inspiration factor: to look up, to find new perspectives, to carry your camera with you wherever you go

@viennawurstelstand

Inspiration factor: to laugh…all the time, to love life, to explore Vienna like an obsessed stalker, to treat life like the game it is, to have a different perspective, to live with cheek, irony, and sarcasm

@thewurstagency

Inspiration factor: to make content out of everything, to tell stories every damn day of your life, to make meaningful content that people actually want to spend time with, to see more of what the team behind Vienna Würstelstand is doing