Category: Austrian News

Here you can find out all the details on how and when you can best observe the supermoon in Austria. The supermoon over AustriaThe largest full moon of the year will reach its full luminosity on October 17, 2024. In Austria, this impressive celestial event will reach its peak around midday. From this point onwards, the moon will slowly fade in brightness, but it will still be visible in full splendor during the evening and night. When and where can you see the supermoon?The supermoon in October 2024, also known…

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Since the beginning of this week, Vienna’s city centre has been lit up with Christmas decorations. Passers-by are surprised. While strolling through the first district on Tuesday afternoon, a Viennese noticed that Christmas decorations had already been put up in Rotenturmstraße. This was very surprising for the Viennese at this point in time.According to the Vienna Chamber of Commerce, however, Christmas lights are important to the capital’s shopping districts. “The City of Vienna and the Vienna Chamber of Commerce have therefore agreed to increase the joint funding for the operation…

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Vienna – The maximum temperatures in Austria will rise to 22 degrees by Wednesday. In less sunny regions, however, they will hardly exceed ten degrees, according to forecasts by Geosphere Austria. On Monday, extensive cloud fields will initially move in from the west and reach eastern Austria in the afternoon. Towards the evening, some rain is expected on the northern side of the Alps and in the north. It will be one to eight degrees in the morning and twelve to 17 degrees as the day progresses. On Tuesday, dense…

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Everyday life is becoming increasingly expensive; this also applies to parking in Vienna. There will be a significant increase from 2025. If you want to park in Vienna starting in 2025, you will have to dig deeper into your wallet than before: As of January 1, parking fees will increase by 5.9 percent due to a fee adjustment announced by the city. According to ÖAMTC, half an hour’s parking will cost 1.30 euros instead of 1.25 euros. The one-hour parking ticket will increase by 10 cents from 2.50 euros to…

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The weather at the weekend will once again show its changeable side. On Friday, low pressure will bring some rain showers along the northern side of the Alps and snow or sleet showers above 1,600 meters. In the meantime, the sun will appear again and again, except in the northern congestion. Fewer showers will be to the east, while the south and southeast will remain largely precipitation-free. A brisk westerly wind will prevail in the Danube region and on the eastern edge of the Alps. Early temperatures will range from…

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The magazine “Condé Nast Traveller” has created a big surprise with its new reader poll: Austria is in first place for the first time. As part of its annual “Readers’ Choice Awards,” the travel magazine Condé Nast Traveller recently determined the friendliest countries in Europe. The first-placed country was surprising in many places. “With an impressive debut on our list, Austria dethrones last year’s winner, Ireland, and is voted the friendliest country in Europe by our readers,” says the Condé Nast Traveler website. As a result, the magazine explains the…

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Wind, rain, and cooler air on ThursdayOn Thursday, “Kirk” will bring rain, fresh winds, and cooler air to Austria from the west. In the eastern half of the country, it will initially still be warm and sunny at times, but towards the afternoon, the clouds will thicken here, too, and it will get wet. Most rain will be concentrated in Vorarlberg, the Tyrolean lowlands, East Tyrol, Salzburg, and Carinthia. By the afternoon, the rain will also reach Styria and Burgenland. Danger of flooding and mudslidesThe heavy rain may lead to…

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Wiener Linien is working on the U4 again. The last construction work was only a month ago and now new work is being carried out. However, the restrictions are much less severe than in the summer, when the line could not run continuously. Specifically, Wiener Linien is renewing the turning facility in Heiligenstadt. Originally, it was said that trains would therefore not be able to run to the terminus but only to the Spittelau station in front of it. However, this was obviously prevented. Instead, according to Wiener Linien, the…

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Today, October 5, 2024, sirens will be sounding throughout Austria—the annual civil protection test alarm will be sounded between 12 and 12.45 pm., with over 8,200 sirens. Attention, watch out! On Saturday, October 5, 2024, the civil defense test alarm will sound throughout Austria between 12 and 12.45 pm. The test’s purpose is to sensitize the population to emergencies and test the functioning of the alarm systems. “In order to ensure that the population understands the necessity of this test alarm, it is necessary to draw attention to this alarm…

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