Austria: Culture and Customs in Österreich

Austrian Culture & Customs: Information, links

Welcome to our introductory page on Austrian culture and life in Austria! On this page you’ll find links to our articles related to Austria—with information, photos, and resources to help you learn more about the sights to see, plus customs and daily life in Österreich.

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A road outside Scharnitz, Austria in Tirol. PHOTO: Hyde Flippo See a LARGER VIEW

What’s New!

• Austria Photos - New photos of Kitzbühel in Tirol
• Casinos in Austria, Germany, Switzerland - A guide to gambling in the German-speaking countries
• Billy Wilder - Austrian-American film director
• The Austrian Autobahn Sticker
• Shopping Advice for Austria, Germany, Switzerland
• Shopping Hours in Austria and Switzerland
• Austria Country Information - History, facts and figures
• Cell Phone Tips for Austria and Germany
• The German Way Expat Blog
• Austrian and German Celebrations and Holidays - Calendar and guide

Webscout Austria Find Offices in Austria

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• Austria Country Information - History, facts and figures
• The Austrian Autobahn Sticker (Mautvignette) is required if you want to drive on the autobahn in Austria (and Switzerland).
• Austria Travel & Tourism
• Christmas in Austria and Germany and the
     story of Austria’s “Silent Night”
• Famous People from Austria, Germany, Switzerland
• Learn German at our AboutGerman.net site
• Austrian Photos - Including an Austrian autobahn sticker (2005)
• Austrian Business and Shopping
• Austrian Film People and Cinema
• Austrian Radio and TV
• Austria on the Web

• The German Way Forum, where we share information about living in Austria and the other German-speaking countries.
• Topic Index - A complete index for this site!
• GW Contents - Articles about Austria and other places

Austria: Learning German

• Free German Lessons at our AboutGerman.net sister site
• Summer Camps in Austria - Learn German in Austria! Summer language camps for juniors and teens offer the perfect opportunity to discover Austria and the German language. (ESL Language Schools)
• German Dialects - German is very regional once you leave "standard" Hochdeutsch.
• The German Language - A look at German and its fellow Germanic language, English
• For Students and Teachers of German
• Österreiches Deutsch/Wörterbuch (OEWB - Austrian dictionary)
• Weanarisch Wiad Wödsproch im WWW - A Viennese dialect dictionary of Austrian German with a Viennese sense of humor. Also see Viennese for Americans.

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Austrian Pages & Photos at this Web site

Sigmund Freud was Austrian.

• Austria Country Information - History, facts and figures
• Austria Travel & Tourism
• The Austrian Autobahn Sticker (Mautvignette) is required if you want to drive on the autobahn in Austria (and Switzerland).
• Books about Austria
• NEW Casinos in Austria, Germany, Switzerland - A guide to gambling in the German-speaking countries
• The Autobahn page has an Austrian reference.
• The Education page has Austrian references, and our Schools page has links to schools and universities in Austria.
• Electrical Tips - The shocking facts about bringing electrical appliances or devices to Austria.
• Expat interviews with Americans who are living or have lived in Austria and the other German-speaking countries.
• German Language - Our AboutGerman.net site has free lessons and resources to help you learn Deutsch.
• The GW&M Site Map can help you find a specific page or topic on our site.
• The Money and Banks page has references to Austrian banking.
• The Police page has Austrian references (Gendarmerie) and links.

A trendy shopping street in Kitzbühel, Austria. PHOTO: Hyde Flippo See a LARGER VIEW

• Sigmund Freud was a “complex” Austrian.
• Sigmund Freud - Biography
• Silent Night page - Austria’s Christmas present to the world.
• The Travel page has info related to Austrian travel and tourism.
• Billy Wilder - Austrian-American film director

• Women and the Vienna Philharmonic - Women’s lib comes to Vienna! Or does it?
• Topic Index - A complete index for this site!
• German Way Contents page
• The Germanic Web links page has many Austrian links.
• About the book and its 77 topics, including Austria, The Habsburgs, Holidays, and more.

Austrian Film People and Cinema

From our German-Hollywood Connection site…

• Fritz Lang - The Austrian film director famous for Metropolis and his Hollywood films
• Peter Lorre was a one-of-a-kind movie star from Austria.
• Billy Wilder - Austria’s most famous Hollywood film director

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• Austria Country Information - History, facts and figures

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Austrian Web Links

General links for Austria

• Austrian Information - Austrian Press and Information Service, from the Austrian Embassy in Washington, DC.
• Just Landed - Austria - Living, working or studying in Austria? Just Landed helps you manage everyday life.
• Austria Country Information - History, facts and figures (this site)

Austrian cultural and educational links

• American Forces in Austria: 1945-1955 - This is a fascinating look at the Austrian-American interaction that took place when the Allied Forces occupied Austria after WWII.
• Austria-Lexikon - Encyclopedia, music, pictures, videos, photos, Freud, stamps... In German, with some English. From Austria-Forum.
• Wissenssammlungen (Knowledge base) - An online encyclopedia for Austria from Austria-Forum
• Museums in Austria - Austria-Forum - Museen in Österreich (Information and links to museums all across Austria - in German)
• Falco The late Austrian rock star ("Rock Me Amadeus") may be gone, but his music (and this official Web site) lives on. Real name: Hans Hölzl. Killed in a car crash in the Dominican Republic on Feb. 6, 1998 and laid to rest in Vienna’s Central Cemetery on Feb. 14. Site in English or German.
• Global Gourmet - Austria - Austrian cuisine, recipes, and history.
• The art of Gustav Klimt from the Web Museum
• Viennale - Vienna International Film Festival, October. (Also see: The German-Hollywood Connection, which includes the Austrian connections!)
• Silent Night (Stille Nacht) - Austria’s Christmas present to the world (a GW&M page).

Austrian universities

• Graz: Karl-Franzens-Universität auf Deutsch
• Graz - Karl Franzens University - English
• Linz - Johannes Kepler University (German or English)
• University of Vienna - International (English)
• Universität Wien - Univ. of Vienna (German)
• Webster University, Vienna offers this useful guide to Life in Vienna.
• Univ. of Alberta's list of Web links to universities and institutes in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland.
• Study Abroad - Austria lists schools and colleges in Austria.
• More Austrian univ. links on our “Schools” page.

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Austrian business and shopping links

• Webscout Austria - Find offices in Austria
• Austrian State Lottery (Toto, Lotto)
• Bank Austria - Austria's two largest banks (Bank Austria and Creditanstalt) merged into Bank Austria in 2002. (English or German)
• Casinos in Austria, Germany, Switzerland - A guide to gambling in the German-speaking countries
• IBM Austria (German or English)
• Julius Meinl - Austrian coffee and 400 recipes!
• ÖAMTC is the Austrian automobile club.
• Riedel Crystal - fine Austrian lead crystal since 1756. (site in English, German and a few other languages)
• Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG was founded in 1934. A detailed history of the Austrian automaker from AEIOU (in German).

Austrian Radio and TV

• ORF is Austria’s national broadcast service. Radio and television.
• ORF - TVthek - Watch Austrian television news and shows via the Internet.
• Oe3 - Austrian hit radio.
• Blue Danube Radio - WAS an English-language Austrian radio station, part of ORF - but, alas, now gone.
• ORF - Alle ORF Angebote im Netz - Find all of ORF's online offerings - radio, TV, streaming, etc.
• Tele - What’s on Austrian TV? A program guide and more. In German.

Photos of Austria

All photos copyright © Hyde Flippo unless noted otherwise.

• Austrian Sights
• GW Photo Galleries - A guide to all of the photo pages at this site.

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Austrian newspapers and magazines

• Austria Presse Agentur - APA - Austria's press agency (in German). A nice site!
• pressetext.at - Nachrichten per E-Mail und online.
• Kleine Zeitung, Graz, Vienna
• Oberösterreich Nachrichten in Linz.
• Die Presse, Vienna
• profil is Austria's news weekly, similar to Time or Newsweek.
• Der Standard is one of Austria's best online and print newspapers (Vienna).
• Vorarlberger Nachrichten - The latest news from western Austria from Vorarlberg Online. In German.
• Wiener Zeitung - Founded in 1703 in Vienna, the world's oldest existing daily newspaper is still going strong. - Aktuelles plus Links, Regierung, Computerseite, Bücher, Reise, usw.
• Wien.at - Medien
• WirtschaftsWoche Online, a German-language business weekly, no longer has a separate Austrian edition. (Frown!)

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Government sites - Austria

• Austrian Parliament - In English and German.
• Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs - In English and German. Searchable. Includes Austrian Facts and Figures, Consular Matters (Passports, Job Opportunities, Austrian Expatriate Organizations), and more.
• US Embassy, Vienna - Information of interest to US citizens living and working in, or visiting Austria.

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