I live in wels :D it's great to hear you like my country!

Sandkralle I used to go the Weihnachtsmarkt in the Altstadt of Wels every year. I loved walking in the snow drinking Glühwein with my friends.

+gurumagoo Austria in general is old fashioned and conservative, but not Vienna. Actually Vienna is commonly referred to as "Rotes Wien", because it is a left-wing city.

+gurumagoo Glad you like my country :D One thing u definitely should visit in Austria, is Vorarlberg (the most western part). The Lake of Constanze, the old towns, the mountains and it´s in general more familiar.

+gurumagoo Hey, do you know ENNS (the city i grew up)? It was a part of the roman "Limes", the strategic front line against the 'barbarians' (Celtic people) from the north shore of the river Danube. Enns was given the right to be called a city ('Stadtrecht') in the year 212, interesting museum with findings from the roman empire, a chapel from 1341, another church from 1300 called 'Lorch' ('Lauriacum') built on the remains of houses and churches since the years around 200 also. Saint Florian (patron of chimney sweeps, soapmakers and firefighters) and Saint Severin lived (and died) here. The wall ant towers around the city were payed with ransom money for King Richard I the Lionhearted (the bard named 'Blondl' found him in prison in Lower Austria), Napoleon stayed here building a bridge over the river Enns, and the contract, that made Styria a part of Austria, was signed here too ('Georgenberger Handfeste'). The view from Enns (especially from the city tower) is marvelous and i heard it was described in the 'Nibelungensage' ('...Siegfried blickte über die Auen...' - don't know if this is true). After World War II it was a famous front line between the american and the russian sector (many Austrians know the famous scene in the movie "Bockerer" with Karl Merkatz) and so on, and so on...

Thomas Mohr I have lived in the US all my life and traveled to Europe. I agree completely with your thoughts. The present practice in the US is to frequently interrupt and it is annoying. It wasn't always this way, but now it is common. The waiters here seem to be trained to rely on persistence more than observation.

+Thomas Mohr lol as an american it's commonly considered very rude NOT to check on your customers, waiters that don't are seen as lazy and not worthy of a tip i guess that's cultural differences for you XD

MrAwsomenoob The thing is that a waiter can check on his customers thru observation, proximity and social cues, as was my experience in Europe, but not need to interrupt by breaking into the diners' meals, conversation, thoughts, etc. It is certainly a cultural difference, but it was not always this way in the US.

I definitely irritated my austrian waiter, by getting up and asking for an add on to my order. It's definitely difficult as an American to remember not to go to a austrian restaurant starving, because I waited 10 mins to be spoken to, then another 30 for my food to be given. I really needed water too, and that was never given when I sat down.

Thomas Mohr - you think a waiter in the U.S. coming to check on a table to see if the guest needs anything is "RUDE"?????? You are totally stupid and LAZY. You need to go to school and learn how to be a better worker. You come to the table and take food order then gone like you all dead and never appear to assist the customers and you EXPECT tip????? bunches of LAZY SHIT.

I forgott to say, that wenn you are not happy with service or anything was bad, just either lower the tip rate or just give no tip.

david schubert Thanks David! I appreciate hearing from actual service staff to clarify things as mostly it is people that eat at the restaurant that comment andnot the people working there. It means a lot! As i thought i said in the video (but i might have forgot) very professional service. Thanks! all the best to you!

Some of the older restaurants and Heurigen, etc. have really unfriendly waiters. And in general I've seen more unfriendly waiters in Austria than anywhere I traveled. That said, it's still just a minor percentage, most waiters are just as friendly as they should be.

Sie müßen einen Kellner studierien sein. In meiner Meinung, klingt das total irre/läppisch. In Amerika, würde man als ein(e) Kellner(in) angestellt. Tut mir leid. Mein Deutsch ist nicht so gut. Ich komme aus Amerika.

r93 keine Ausbildung brauchte.

same :)

ja Österreich is schon nice

Yes, my children....

Austria Ich feier dich hawara :D

Gott ich schäm mich österreicher zu sein. Scheuss geschichte, scheiss regierung, scheiss fpö

+0x777 I am in love with a Vienna woman....

Public transport does NOT suck in countrysides... at least in Tirol.

+TheTenggi1 der kommt wahrscheinlich aus Wien und regt sich auf wenn nicht alle 6 minuten eine U-bahn oder straßenbahn kommt hab selbst auch schon einbischen in wien gelebt und mit der zeit schaut man einfach nicht mehr auf die Uhr wenn man los geht und wartet höchstens 3 Minuten. Als ich wieder in Salzburg war, wars schon ungewohnt das züge nur alle 30 min kommen aber verglichen mit den US sind unsere verbindungen super auch wenn man im Gebirge etwas auf die Uhr schaun muss damit man nicht 2 Stunden wartet ^^

+0x777 I am from Vienna. Sadly, the waiters often ignore you here, I wish we would have more waiters like in the US. Even in pricier restaurants and bars it takes way too long in Austria. As for the public transportation: Indeed it´s very cheap, only 1 € per day (with the 12 month pass), but I still use my car to get around in Vienna, because I am often much faster. I live in the 16th district but work mainly in the 21st - nearly at the border to lower Austria (Prager Straße) and to get there with public trans. is not that decent. But my aunt does not even have a drivers license and travels without problems all around Europe and Austrian countryside . Of course a car is more convenient and sometimes faster, but it is still pretty decent. PS: Where do you live in Austria?

MsScully25 Going 16th to 21st I can see why you need a car. Living in the 7th (like me) and working in the 3rd, a car would slow you down horribly. Not only while driving, but finding a parking spot alone can take longer than the public transport ride. Originally I was from a village where public transport meant a bus going out of town around 7am and coming back in around 7pm. With no rides in between. That public transport is not an option with this infrastructure is (hopefully) a given.

Sarah Caramel I’m going to Austria, Hungary and The Czech Republic. I have electric curlers. Can you advise if an adapter and converter will be alright for this? Thank you!

you can't operate american electric tools with an adapter, because in America Voltage in the gir is just above 100V while in Europe it is over 200. Just a pluuging adaper would blow any american tool imediatly. You'need a full adapeter and those often re more costly than buying a cheap tool in Europe, safe from having less luggage

totally right

Bills under 20€ usually get a round up straight, above kinda same but +€ is up to u. But no waitress will get mad when u tip 2 much ;D.

But i do understand that,he thinks it's rude. He's used to more open customer service, off course it's off putting. But in fact he's right. I've been to a huge amount of restaurants in vienna ( because i live here). There are quite a few unfriendly folks (i mean a lot). And to top it off you have to call the waiter and the waiter's giving you an unfriendly reply which can be bummer :p

exactly my opinion :) ... nix schlimmeres wenn da Kellner alle 5 Minuten fragt ob er nu was bringen kann :-D

Peter E. also ich würd auszucken wenn da der kellner ständig fragen würde

hahaha

Lol, good one.

xxxsnaggletoothxxx in Austria there are no kangaroos- only Kuhlimuhs:)

Just don't try this joke in Austria because mostly it will anoy the heck out of everyone

No kangaroos, only kuhlimoos :P

Studio 22.8 - Fitness and other Stuff unasas is es beste 😀❤😘

Hi. I am Dibya from India. I am planning to visit Austria on a leisure trip. Would you please help me out with a proper tour guide :Intigrated.barik@gmail.com . Will appreciate your effort.

How far is Vienna from Salzburg?? I'd like to see the mountains ⛰️ as well.

@@groot724 between 3 to 4 hours.

its a neat place. I have studied there, visited there and worked there and I am going to visit again next year. you will have a great time.

i am from vienna xD

Wolters World Are you american? If yes which state

NucleareWarfare same

I´ve been living here since 1992, originally from New Jersey. Too bad you don´t have time to visit some of the places in Corinthia or Tirol, it is gorgeous there.

Der US-Amerikaner empfindet es anscheinend als freundlich wenn sich Wildfremde mit Namen vorstellen und ihn mit Floskeln zuquatschen und andauernd fragen ob auch alles passt. ;) Aber ich glaub das Essen schneiden sie sich schon noch selber! :P

da kann ich dir nur zustimmen :D finde den service eig. sehr gut, also ich bin zufrieden. unfreundlich kam mir z.b. italien vor.

I have been in countless countries all over the world and i have to say that viennese people ( I'm one too btw) are among the most unfriendly people you can meet ... the service is so much better in the US actually (I've been there 4 times)

Es stimmt schon, in den USA kommt das Customer is King noch viel mehr rüber. Und es stimmt, für uns wirkt das auch teilweise echt lächerlich/nervig, aber das ist ja auch der Grund dafür, warum es hier so ist und drüben anders :D

haemse Ich glaub das ist auch generell eine Mentalitätsfrage. Was bei denen als normaler Umgang betrachtet wird, wird bei uns gegenüber Leuten die man nicht kennt, sicher schon als befremdlich, aufdringlich oder unpassend wahrgenommen. Ich hab da bei @WantedAdventure zu dem Thema was gesehn. Die führen wohl mit allen und jeden einen herzlichen Small-Talk ob in irgend einer Warteschlange oder mit dem/der Kassiererin und sogar geschäftliche Mails werden wohl erstmal mit 1-2 Sätzen Small-Talk eingeleitet (wenn man sich flüchtig kennt) damit es freundlich rüberkommt. Ich würd mich da wohl zwangsläufig fragen: "Was will der/die von mir ... und was soll die falsche Herumschleimerei?" ;) Die Frage beim Essengehen ist halt was man sich erwartet. Will man einfach nur in Ruhe essen und vernünftig bedient werden oder will man gleichzeitig unterhalten werden. Ich denke Ersteres ist mehr so der Standard bei uns, auch abhängig vom Alter, aber Zweiteres kann man auch ohne Probleme finden.

Thank you for sharing that. Very true.

+woltersworld 200 and 500 Euro bills are generally reserved for larger transactions. Using two 500 Euro bills to pay for your new TV set wont be a problem, but trying to pay your bill at a restaurant or gas station wont make you the most appreciated customer - they simply often dont have the change available (due to security policies or practicability).

+Nudelgane Daily Express: A SELF-STYLED Sharia patrol group have been jailed for savagely beating a man trying to defended his daughter and wife. A court heard the group of young men, who called themselves ‘The Wolves’, approached the victim’s mother, daughter and his daughter’s friends. They told the girls, who were aged between 14 and 16, they were behaving improperly and ordered them to go home. The group told the man’s wife: “We, and only we, are bringing the girls back home. They are our country’s women.” Terrified, the mother phoned her husband, who turned up a short while later and confronted the group. In response, they brutally beat the man while his distraught family looked on in the shocking incident in Vienna, Austria. Another passer-by who tried to help the victim was also attacked. Both men ended up in hospital with severe cuts and bruises, while the father and husband was left with a titanium plate in his his eye socket. Three men were later identified and sentenced to between eight and 10 months in jail for GBH. Another man was spared jail but fined €480 for inciting violence. The men, who all registered on social media using the surname ‘Wolf’, claimed the girl’s mother had given them the job of protecting them. One posted on Facebook: “There are 1,000 reasons why we need to kill you, but the best is because of the funny looks.”

they 'll accept it ,but the will check it for clues of fakes

I´m viennese and can back up your impolite waiter story 100%. it´s really true.

I can also agree to that. I live near Vienna and just one thing to add to the service thing. Most people (including me) just get annoyed if the waiter asks every 2 minutes if everything is fine and so on. In my oppinon the point is that the waiter/waitress just has to be around your table if you want something an should not ask if everything is fine ;)

What the hell? It is not normal to tip? holy moly, IT IS! Yes you maybe would only round up a bill for a coffee or something, but if you are going out to eat in a restaurant, you tip! period.

Monsieur Longbow If you are happy with the meal and the service, tip. If you are not, don't tip. But thats entirely a thing to decide for yourself. Not tipping could be considered rude even if noone forces you to tip and thats one way to tell the waiters that you were unpleased with the service. But usually they even ask if you were fine with your stay after you finished your meal.

We won't show that we're mad but not getting tipped feels fucking horrible, considering it's the majority of my income. Without tip, I couldn't pay my rent.

Hi. I am Dibya from India. I am planning to visit Austria on a leisure trip. Would you please help me out with a proper tour guide :Intigrated.barik@gmail.com . Will appreciate your effort.

and I love that about the ATMs in Austria.

Das ist echt cool.

Dont miss out the cakes and Wiener Schnitzel, you can order them in nearly every "Wirtshaus" and theyr'e the best you can get

How was it?

@@butyoudidnt4387Beautiful nature, terrible food and music :D

@@adflicto1 Well that's good (and bad haha)! Nice that you remember it though!

at a place like cafe sacher tipping is expected but not everywhere. fast food workers for example never receive tips, generally the more fancy a restaurant (or "gasthaus" as they are often called) the more you are expected to tip.

Thats true. But fast food stores wouldnt be considered restaurants in austria.

Hallo Wien Osterreich..

sfisch1999 Das liegt aber glaub ich daran, dass man früher keine Ahnung wie lange das her ist, nur Englisch lernen durfte wenn man gut genuge Noten hatte, da diese viele teils nur wegen einen Fach nicht erreicht haben, konnte sie eben nie richtig Englisch lernen, aber ich denke wenn man noch Jung genug ist wird man schon Englisch gelernt haben ist ja nicht umsonst ein Hauptfach an Schulen spätestens in 10 Jahren wirst du vermutlich nur noch Leute sehen die Englisch können oder zumindest hauptsächlich

CoolPixx23 Oesttereich.

CoolPixx23 Oestrreich

Servus is actualy a old greeting meaning " I am your servant" you are most welcome.

Namenlos durch die nacht "wie ist dein name?" "WEISS ICH DAS?"

IgnacioAgramonte Thanks Ignacio!

+WooD wait until you see the know B4 USA video ;)

+Retro Gamer Ok ok maybe you are right but in media the situation seems more dangerous than it is in reality 😕

But I find the clothing change rooms in Austrian quite odd. (American in Vienna) Only a curtain, to get fully naked in most changing rooms. But the 12" gap underneath the toilets/WC's in USA freaks Austrians out. ??? :)

nicpey danke :)

Feedy Boy the people are nice, not sure what happens when they get into the service industry :)

+manuel niz made my day bro xD

lila = purple

lila in english is purple ;)

Aurora 91 austria is still powerful.

Brian Lavery thanks for the heads up Brian!

Gerne

Brian Lavery Mh, I would say it depends. If you go into a bar or pub around the corner with 1 to 3 waiters an evening, most people (as I've seen it, maybe I just saw the best customers of them) come close to the 10 % tip, but then again no one would tip someone at a Mac Donalds (and I think it is the same in the US?). Maybe it has also something to do with going out as a group and not losing your face when facing the bill, to tip that much. Then again it could also be an income gap issue, where the richer ones tip less than the average ones. Just wanted to gave my experiences in here.

woltersworld Mh, I would say it depends. If you go into a bar or pub around the corner with 1 to 3 waiters an evening, most people (as I've seen it, maybe I just saw the best customers of them) come close to the 10 % tip, but then again no one would tip someone at a Mac Donalds (and I think it is the same in the US?). Maybe it has also something to do with going out as a group and not losing your face when facing the bill, to tip that much. Then again it could also be an income gap issue, where the richer ones tip less than the average ones. Just wanted to gave my experiences in here. Also I wanted to add to the film that practically everyone takes 100 notes, but the 200 and 500 notes are a bit special. Not every place takes them, typically places where the average customer pays 50 Euro or less they wont accept it or at least only after some short discussion with the shop clerk (big examples therefor are supermarkets like Billa, Hofer, Pennymarkt, (Inter)Spar or small shops with 1 to 5 shopworkers including the owner). So it would be better to have some small notes just in that case. And if you like to pay with card, many shops and not so few pubs and restaurants already give the possibility to pay with debit card - it just have to be registered with the "Maestro" sign, which is a European bank linking system I think, but if you own such a card, you can buy many things in Austria without cash. And one thing, one big thing: if you hear someone say 'handy', they don't mean that something is practical, some 'great' mind has given this name to our mobile telephones. Well, the word "telephone" will still be recognized in Austria, it is just that the word 'handy' is so common used for mobiles that for someone not from Austria could be confused in the first times he visit us here. And for the waiters ... or service ... should be true, for some. Others are quite polite and very good at taking care of people. Mostly urban regions and newer businesses are 'americanized' in the service sector and so the service requirements for employees have risen in the last few years. I don't know if they have reached US standard yet or are just on the way there, but there are some businesses trying to do so. And for the english language ... that is a bit complicated. Many would understand you, but I fear we are not so easily understood when we speak english ... first we learn different english in school, depending on our teachers (mostly American English or British English, but there are also not few from Ireland and Scotland, I even heard someone with Australian Accent - some have a mixture from the accents due to different schools), and second our own slang mixes in into english. You know how Mister Arnold Schwarzenegger is speaking? This is when our Austrian Accent meets the English language. Oh, and one thing: even if someone speaks really good english, he or she will apologizing him or herself for their 'bad english', this is quite common. The better they speak the more likely they will make a formal apology for their inability. Just say "it's ok" or "no, you're quite good", it's kind of a ritual to let us know if we do not offend you or (in some cases) want to gain some acknowledgement, just a tiny little bit. Hmm, I didn't thought that I would write as much as I did, just wanted to give a little bit more defined view for you into Austria ... I'm sure there is much more to write, but as every little bit helps, I hope this does too. Thank you for the film, it is very accurate for that length and I hope more visitors come here to us because of that. Even if we don't show it everytime, we like being visited or maybe even more.

by the way... if you have a chance to have friends over here in Austria or you can get in contact with someone you know from Austria when you are being a tourist from the US... they can help you a lot and I mean A LOT for example if you might not understand the way we "serve" our customers... as said... it is a different culture over here and here the customer is as well respected and so is his privacy... it for sure might be normal in the US to have a waiter walk by all 5 minutes or faster... not in Austria... our waiters wait for the guests to either ask them to come over or they have finished a course... because of the pleasure of eating and hopefully enjoying your meal ;-)

So'n Kanal Halt ne'? :3 Und du willst anderen Grammatik bei bringen? :O

Tschüss is actually german, I mean, north germany german. Austrians will accept it and might smile a bit. But the proper way would be "servus" or "wieder'schaun".

+georg elpons i agree lol.

Hi. I am Dibya from India. I am planning to visit Austria on a leisure trip. Would you please help me out with a proper tour guide :Intigrated.barik@gmail.com . Will appreciate your effort.

+melanie wohlgenannt in Austria there like !0 Feldkirchen XD finde lustig wie ihr eure kleinen Dörfer so anpreist XD grüße aus graz