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

Index 325

N
Naschmarkt 143–144
Nationalrat 27, 34
neighbours 50–51
newspapers 118
nightlife 168–169
noise 68
nudity 53

O
obscene gestures 68–69
Otto Wagner 161–162, 255
ÖVP 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34,
35, 38, 118, 258

P
palaces and castles 191–199
population 251
Prater 18, 52, 181, 188, 213,
219, 220, 221, 222, 263
prostitution 52

R
radio 92, 117
recycling 114–115
religion 56–58, 252
Ringstrasse 10, 158, 163, 170
river cruises 213–214

S
safety 52
saunas 53, 75
savings 48
Schanigärten 136
Schönbrunn Palace 11, 19, 153, 17
2, 173, 192, 262
sex 53
shopping 107–114
Sigmund Freud 1, 40, 59, 137, 1
87, 256
Sissi 21, 127, 192, 193, 219, 25
3, 257
smoking 67–68
social customs 64–66
greeting 64–65
kissing 65–66
shaking hands 65
Spanish Riding School 193, 262
spas 222–223
spectator sports 221–222

SPÖ 26, 28, 30, 35, 258

Staatsoper 158, 168, 170–171, 262

Stammtisch 133

Stephansdom 152, 172, 188, 262

summer sports 218–221

bicycling 219–220

hiking 218–219

water sports 220–221

supermarkets 142–143

T

Tabak-Trafi k 83, 91, 97, 99, 101,

11 3

telephone services 91–92

television 92, 116–117

time 250

tipping 76

transportation 100–103

travelling 223

U

university life 73–75

utilities 82–83

V

vacations 47

Vienna Boys’

Choir 2, 172, 192, 262

visa 84–85

visiting 71–72

W

wedding 72

Wiener Werkstätte 110, 164, 165,

189

winter sports

ice-skating 218

skiing 214–218

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2, 3,

4, 7, 149, 153, 154–155, 156,

159, 170, 172, 173, 174, 175,

188, 189, 195, 224, 254, 259

Z

Zentralfriedhof 56, 59, 189