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

42 CultureShock! Austria a form of humour realised from the day-to-day world: it’s much easier to see the negative and expect it ...

Austrian Folk 43 Differences also exist between the urban and the rural populations, between the upper-income and lower-income g ...

44 CultureShock! Austria spend more money per capita per child on toys than parents in any other European nation. School System ...

Austrian Folk 45 beckoning at the doorstep makes it the natural sport of choice. Children put on skis as soon as they learn to w ...

46 CultureShock! Austria 5:00 pm on Saturday. There is opposition to the idea of opening stores on Sunday, because many feel thi ...

Austrian Folk 47 Families tend to stay in one place all their lives, which makes the passing on of a house or apartment more com ...

48 CultureShock! Austria Saving for the future Saving is a virtue in Austria. There is little debt and credit cards are used wis ...

Austrian Folk 49 class or meeting, they will usually be friendly but introverted. Friendships develop over a long period of time ...

50 CultureShock! Austria payment (percentage of last income for one year; ca. €436/ month for three years) in order to raise the ...

Austrian Folk 51 who go to the party out of courtesy, then leave at 10:00 pm and turn around and call the police. Figure that on ...

52 CultureShock! Austria a variety of plant and meat products, such as wheat, vegetables, fruit, wine, milk, eggs, pork and beef ...

Austrian Folk 53 Saunas and Nude Bathing Austrians are open and accepting toward nudity. Now and then, you will see nude or sugg ...

54 CultureShock! Austria special dog tax. Helmut Zilk, a former mayor, tried to clean up the streets by hiring a French firm to ...

Austrian Folk 55 have the law on their side. Austria’s animal rights groups are crying murder over the ruling, and some are even ...

56 CultureShock! Austria The Zentralfriedhof The Zentralfriedhof in Vienna is the second largest cemetery in Europe. It holds ov ...

Austrian Folk 57 many wars in its defense. Josef II made many religious reforms in the late 18th century and gave Calvinists, Lu ...

58 CultureShock! Austria are similar to those around the world, with a few exceptions. Only a small number of Austrian Catholics ...

Austrian Folk 59 from 1897 to 1910, was virulently anti-Semitic and caused approximately 120,000 Jews to flee even before the An ...

60 CultureShock! Austria Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland, also has a significant Jewish population and museum. Muslims Mus ...

Austrian Folk 61 crossroads intellectually, artistically and politically. Vienna was Austria’s centre, and it was a great mix of ...