This slow-paced European city is our favourite destination for culture-rich downtime

I stepped off a train here three decades ago and have been finding my way back ever since. Some cities seem to encapsulate a feeling, a mood, and while Vienna may forever be immortalised in a certain glacial hit of the 1980s, there’s also a 1970s Billy Joel song of the same name that feels more apt. “Slow down, you’re doing fine,” goes the refrain, “you can afford to lose a day or two.” This is a city where it’s easy to slow down, take your time. In the romantic film Before…