Category: Austrian News

How do Austrians prefer to pay? According to a recent survey by bank99, in which 400 people took part, cash remains the preferred payment method, especially for smaller amounts (75 percent), trade services (66 percent) and restaurant visits (60 percent). Nevertheless, debit cards also play an important role, for example, at petrol stations (49%), clothing stores (47%) and supermarkets (43%). Payment behaviour: Women prefer cash, and men prefer digital payment methodsHowever, there are differences between the sexes: Women prefer cash more often, while men increasingly use credit cards or smartphone…

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In the rest of the country, sun and clouds will alternate. Isolated rain showers may also spread to the eastern lowlands by the evening. The wind will freshen briskly from the south to southeast along the main Alpine ridge and in the foehn valleys on the northern and eastern edge of the Alps. Otherwise, it will remain rather weak. Temperatures will be between 1 and 9 degrees in the morning and 12 and 19 degrees during the day. Unsettled start to the new weekThe unsettled weather situation continues. The start…

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Changeable and cloudy weather will follow high-pressure weather, but temperatures will remain relatively mild. Geosphere Austria forecasts that temperatures could even exceed 20 degrees at the weekend. Dense cloud fields at the weekendToday, Saturday, a disturbance zone from the southwest with many, sometimes dense, cloud fields will move across Austria. Rain showers are expected, especially south of the main Alpine ridge. The snow line will be above 1,600 meters above sea level. The sun will usually only appear occasionally between the dense clouds, with the longest spells in the west.…

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The days are getting longer, temperatures are rising, and flora and fauna are returning to life – spring is just around the corner. In the northern hemisphere, including Austria and the rest of Europe, the calendar spring began on Tuesday, 20 March 2025, at 10:01 a.m. Central European Time (CET). Equinox usually differentCalendrical spring always begins at the equinox, i.e. when the sun is exactly over the equator. In March, the so-called “subsolar point” – the place above which the sun is at its zenith – moves from south to…

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In recent years, there have been many discussions about charging for parking in Shopping City Süd. So far, however, nothing has come of such plans. This will change on 14 April. From then on, customers will only be able to park their cars free of charge for four hours. After that, they will have to pay 2.50 euros per hour, as the SCS informs on its homepage.The parking garage will also charge a fee from the first minute. Only Westfield Club members can park for two hours free of charge.…

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From 2022 to 2023, the increase was still 7.4 percent. This affected 1.79 million main rental apartments in Austria, a quarter of which were temporary, with an average rental period of 11.4 years. In 2024, a main rental apartment, including operating costs, cost an average of EUR 653.60, which corresponds to EUR 9.8 per square meter, according to Statistics Austria.Excluding operating costs, 492.5 euros per apartment or 7.4 euros per square meter had to be paid. The previous year’s operating costs amounted to 163.7 euros per apartment or 2.5 euros…

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The sunny weather will continue on Thursday. Only from Lake Constance to the Upper Austrian Lake District (Upper Austria) will there be localized fog, which will clear in the morning. Afterward, some thin veil clouds will gather in the west. In the east, the wind will remain moderate from the southeast. While widespread frost will occur again in the morning, temperatures will rise to between 11 and 19 degrees during the day. Friday: Still sunny, but first cloudsOn Friday, the sun will be out again frequently, but not completely unclouded.…

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In 2024, Austrians made ten percent more payments with Visa cards than in the previous year.Despite the popularity of cash, many see the future of payment as digital: Visa, the global payment giant, reported record-breaking growth figures for Austria in 2024. Consumers are increasingly turning to cards—whether in supermarkets, online stores, restaurants, or even when skiing.Despite their desire to keep cash, Austrians are in a digital payment fever: the number of payment transactions with Visa cards rose by a whopping ten percent last year, while payment volumes increased by eight…

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New deposit rules: Since February, extended deposit obligations for plastic and glass bottles have been in force in Austria. What is affected, and what remains deposit-free? Since this year, a one-way deposit system has been in place for most plastic bottles and cans in Austria. And as if that wasn’t change enough, the deposit on some glass bottles was also increased at the beginning of February. The new one-way deposit regulation applies to all plastic bottles and cans with a volume between 0.1 and 3 liters. A deposit of 25…

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