Category: Austrian News

Sunshine, warm winds, and temperatures up to 30 degrees Celsius—before a cold front moves in next week, late summer will show itself from its best side once again this weekend. After late summery, sunny weather at the weekend, a cold front will bring another change in the weather at the beginning of the week. This is the forecast from Geosphere Austria in its latest five-day trend. It will be windy, especially on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, as predicted on Thursday. Late summer weekend with 30 degrees On Friday, light early…

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Changes when entering the EU From October 2025, there will be important changes when entering the EU, as the new European Entry/Exit System (EES) will go live on October 12, which means digital recording of biometric data for non-EU citizens. The new EES replaces the manual passport stamp for non-EU citizens with digital recording of data such as name, date of birth, and biometric features such as fingerprints and facial image. This is intended to simplify and make the control and management of third-country nationals’ entries and exits more secure.…

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The weather will be varied in the coming days: The week will start with plenty of sunshine and pleasant temperatures, but will become mixed again in the middle of the week. A cold front will bring heavy rain in some areas as early as Tuesday, and clouds will prevail in many places on Wednesday as well. According to Geosphere Austria, friendly weather will return across the board from Thursday onwards, with temperatures reaching 27 degrees and a late summer atmosphere towards the weekend. On Monday, a temporary high-pressure system will…

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Scammers are becoming increasingly creative and brazen when it comes to getting their hands on their victims’ money. Currently, calls from alleged “police officers” are making the rounds. Fraudsters are striking again and again in Austria. They use a wide variety of methods to get their hands on their victims’ data and money: from fake online offers to emails and phone calls, they use every trick in the book. They usually pretend to be well-known companies or institutions in order to appear trustworthy. They don’t even stop at the authorities:…

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The travel company “Unforgettable Travel Company” has named the most beautiful villages in the world for Forbes magazine. Particularly pleasing: an Austrian village secured a place on the podium. In the middle of the beautiful Salzkammergut region lies a village that is causing a stir around the world. We are talking about Hallstatt, a picturesque town whose streets and houses date back to the 16th century. A particularly prominent tourist hotspot is the Salzwelten, a former salt mine with an underground lake. Every year, the Austrian town attracts between one…

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The weather over the next few days will be varied: the week will start with lots of sun and pleasant temperatures, but will become mixed again in the middle of the week. On Tuesday, a cold front will bring heavy rain in some areas, and on Wednesday, clouds will prevail in many places. According to Geosphere Austria, pleasant weather will return on Thursday, with temperatures reaching 27 degrees Celsius and late summer conditions expected for the weekend. On Monday, a temporary high-pressure system will bring sunny weather to many places.…

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On February 20, 2026, Austria will select its entry for the final of the 70th Eurovision Song Contest on May 16 in Vienna in the ORF casting show “Vienna Calling.” “The 2026 ESC in Vienna is the biggest event to be held in Austria next year. Our declared goal is to involve and inspire the whole country,” said ORF program director Stefanie Groiss-Horowitz, explaining the decision to hold a national preliminary round again after 2016 to select the ESC representative, in which the audience will also be involved. Acts now…

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A relatively rare celestial spectacle is scheduled for Sunday: weather permitting, a total lunar eclipse will be visible in Austria and can be seen in its entirety. The moon will rise at 7:21 p.m. (Vienna time) before the start of totality. While the first lunar eclipse of the year on March 14 was relatively modest, with the moon setting when only nine percent of it was eclipsed, the upcoming eclipse is one of the highlights of the 2025 astronomical year. On Sunday, 86 percent of the Earth’s surface will already…

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September will start with changeable but warm late summer weather. However, the west is threatened with continuous rain on Tuesday, according to the gloomy forecast issued by Geosphere Austria on Sunday. On Thursday, the sun should be shining again across the whole country before a disturbance zone spreads on Friday. Monday will bring very sunny weather to the north, south, and east of the country. The sky will often be cloudless, with only a few cumulus clouds appearing in the mountains in the afternoon. In Vorarlberg and Tyrol, the day…

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