Culture Shock! Austria - A Survival Guide to Customs and Etiquette

h As Austria has a strong Catholic tradition, most babies are baptised a few months after birth. A fee must be paid to the churc ...

Enjoying the Culture 215 those who wish to brush up on their skills. The Viennese frequent Semmering, Annaberg, Josefsberg and W ...

216 CultureShock! Austria There are many beautiful places for skiing in Austria, and the sport has won the hearts of Austrians a ...

Enjoying the Culture 217 ...

218 CultureShock! Austria and Styria. The best-known location for the sport is 40 minutes outside of Innsbruck, at the Stubai Gl ...

Enjoying the Culture 219 Summer Sports Hiking Wandern, a favourite pastime in Austria, combines hiking, strolling and observing. ...

220 CultureShock! Austria which can be found on the Donauinsel (Danube Island). The Prater is another good place for cycling. Ru ...

Enjoying the Culture 221 beautiful surroundings. Closest to Vienna is the Neusiedlersee in Burgenland, the only steppe lake in E ...

222 CultureShock! Austria a ball. There are many Tanzschule (dance schools), and some have private lessons in English. In Vienna ...

Enjoying the Culture 223 Goisern in the Salzkammergut. Iodised springs, such as Bad Hall in Upper Austria, are helpful in curing ...

‘I prefer German opera even though it means more trouble for me. Every nation has its own opera... Is not German as singable as ...

The German Language 225 THE GERMAN LANGUAGE CAN BE MIND-BOGGLING. German, surprisingly enough, is a relative of English. In fact ...

226 CultureShock! Austria primarily from neighbouring countries. The language is a cache of terms from Czech, Hungarian, Italian ...

The German Language 227 Wia wauns des soezaumd waa Und wauns so weidaged Kennan Wuaschd ob des bod Offn is oda zua Olle midaund ...

228 CultureShock! Austria in German, such formality is very much in use. Du is the informal ‘you’, and Sie the formal ‘you’. If, ...

The German Language 229 in the English translation it would come in the centre. For example: Ich muss in die Schule gehen. (I mu ...

230 CultureShock! Austria Gender Nouns can be feminine, as in Die Zeitung (the newspaper); masculine, as in Der Mann (the man); ...

The German Language 231 Quelle (source) Pronounced ‘kv’ Julia (proper name) Pronounced ‘y’ as in yule wandern (to hike) Pronounc ...

232 CultureShock! Austria number 20. For example, 21 is read as ‘one and twenty’ or einundzwanzig. When writing a number, it is ...

The German Language 233 is a sublime and impressive curiosity; it occupies a quarter of a column; it contains all the ten parts ...