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

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324 CultureShock! Austria


soups 124
vegetarian 123–124
food places 129–131
Beiseln 129–130
fast food 131
international restaurants 130
Würstelstand 130
FPÖ 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38,
254, 258
Franz Josef 8, 20, 21, 25, 52, 56,
66, 123, 158, 193, 195, 219,
253, 261
Franz Josef Haydn 77, 149, 153–
154, 155, 173, 176, 189, 254,
263
Franz Peter
Schubert 149, 155, 156–
157, 163, 175, 189, 254
Friedensreich Hundertwasser 181,
182, 249, 255, 260, 263
friends 48–49
funeral 73

G
garden lots 46
Gustav Klimt 2, 38, 137, 161,
162–163, 187, 194, 255, 262
Gustav Mahler 137, 149, 160,
189, 254
H
history
16th and 17th centuries 15–16
18th century 16–18
19th century 18–21
20th century 21–35
Babenberg dynasty 14–15
Habsburgs dynasty 15
recent developments 35–39
history of the arts 149–166
Baroque era 150–155
Biedermeier era 156–158
Historicism 158–160
Jugendstil and the Secession
160–166
Hofburg 4, 116, 151, 152, 158,
169, 172, 173, 186, 192–
193, 262
holiday meals 144–147
Christmas 146–147
Easter 144–145

Fasching and Lent 144
Martinigansl 145–146
New Year’s Eve/Silvester 147
Pilzwochen 145
Spargelzeit 145
homosexuality 75
housing 78–83
Hundertwasserhaus 181, 263
I
immigrants 60–62
Internet 92
J
Jews 58–60
Johannes Brahms 159, 189, 254
Johann Nestroy 157, 179, 255
Johann Strauss Jr. 2, 56, 127, 149,
159, 172, 179, 189, 226, 254
Jörg Haider 31, 33, 35, 62, 254
K
Kaffeehäuser 136–138
Konditorei 138
Kurt Waldheim 32, 253
L
language 225–233
Ludwig van Beethoven 149, 154,
155, 156, 159, 161, 173, 179,
188, 189, 254

M
mail 88–91
manners 66–69
Maria Theresa 16–18, 25, 58,
150, 152, 153, 154, 173, 186,
192, 195, 253
medical services 103–105
Meldezettel 57, 81, 83, 85, 96,
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monasteries and churches 199–200
motherhood 49–50
movies 115–116
museums 183–191
Kunsthistorisches
Museum 4, 184, 186
Naturhistorisches
Museum 184, 186
Musikverein 157, 169–
170, 172, 262
Muslims 60
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