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

254 CultureShock! Austria Jörg Haider Governor of Carinthia and former head of the FPÖ right-wing party, which he later left to ...

Fast Facts 255 Anton Bruckner (1824–1896) Often called ‘God’s musician’, this classical music composer is known for his symphoni ...

256 CultureShock! Austria Franz Grillparzer (1791–1872) Highly-respected poet and playwright. Arthur Schnitzler (1862–1931) Popu ...

Fast Facts 257 Elfriede Jelinek (born 1946) Contemporary and controversial author who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature ...

258 CultureShock! Austria Renate Götschl (born 1975) Alpine skier who has won two Olympic medals. Benjamin Raich (born 1978) Alp ...

Fast Facts 259 Ty ro l „Å Innsbruck: „ Goldenes Dachl (little golden roof): This small balcony, dating from 1500, on the former ...

260 CultureShock! Austria Carinthia „ Klagenfurt: Capital city, known for the dragon fountain in the main square erected in 1593 ...

Fast Facts 261 Upper Austria „ Linz: Pöstlingberg hill; Landhaus, formerly Linz College, where the astronomer Johannes Kepler ta ...

262 CultureShock! Austria „ Krems, Und, Stein: Medieval towns at the end of the Wachau valley. Krems has been restored and is a ...

Fast Facts 263 „ Museum Quartier: A complex that houses a number of museums, such as the Museum of Modern Art and a children’s m ...

264 CULTURE QUIZ SITUATION 1 You’ve been invited to a small dinner party by some new Austrian friends. Eager to make a good impr ...

Culture Quiz 265  The Küss die Hand greeting is practised only in certain circles and a foreigner can look especially stupid tr ...

266 CultureShock! Austria  This is the loser’s way out. Every job you have will end the same way unless you work with your own ...

Culture Quiz 267 items through but then you realise that your groceries are merely piling up next to the cashier’s elbow as ther ...

268 CultureShock! Austria  Phone the neighbour you believe made the complaint, call her an ‘old cow’ and tell her to get a life ...

Culture Quiz 269 closed doors of your dilemma but are only barked at and told to wait your turn, with the remark, “Can’t you rea ...

270 CultureShock! Austria Comments ,  Both responses are inappropriate because many owners take their dogs with them to eat. I ...

271 DO’S AND DON’TS DO’S „ Get a Meldezettel (registration form) within three days of arrival in Austria. „ Apply for a drivers ...

272 CultureShock! Austria „ Make a lot of noise after 10:00 pm or at any time on Sundays. This applies to parties or household c ...

273 GLOSSARY Essentials Hello Grüss Gott / Servus / Guten Tag Goodbye Auf Wiedersehen / Wiederschauen / Wiederhören / Tschüss / ...