Hey y'all, recently moved to Vienna and this will be my first summer here.
Are screens just not a thing here? I have these weird double windows (like one on the inside/outside) and another on top that isn't easily accessible. I open the windows and just end up with flies.
I want fresh air just not the bugs that come with it!
What is the best bank in Austria? Where would you recommend to open a bank account?
My partner is Kenyan, studied in Austria, and is navigating the nightmare of figuring out her legal options after graduation — visas, work permits, what's actually possible. I started researching whether this is a widespread problem and it turns out it really is.
I put together a short survey (3 min, anonymous) for anyone living in Vienna as a foreigner — EU or non-EU — about the real challenges of navigating work, residence, and bureaucracy here.
If you've ever felt lost with Austrian paperwork or unsure about your rights, I'd genuinely appreciate your input:
Happy to share the results here once I have enough responses.
In your experience were you able to find work once you had a registered address in the country you moved to, or you were able to secure a job before registering your address abroad?
For context, I have EU citizenship, do not speak German well enough to apply for jobs that require it. My field is IT support and Adminisration. Moving from the US to Vienna.
its been at least 5yrs since my last visit.
Ive been seeing really awful videos and hearing awful things about the city.
Can you elaborate me on the current situation? Is it actually dangerous now? (some areas or during the night)