Category: Austrian News

In an online vote by film fans, Schönbrunn Palace was voted the best film/series location in Europe. The HBO mini-series The Regime, starring Kate Winslet, was filmed here in 2023. VIENNA: There is good news for all film fans in Vienna and Europe. Schönbrunn Palace has been voted the most beautiful film location in Europe by the public. This was voted for in the annual election for the best film/series location of the European Film Commission Network (EUFCN). The jury chose the Norwegian island of Frøya in Trøndelag with its…

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Official documents such as ID cards and passports are generally valid for ten years. After that, they must be renewed if you want to travel abroad with them (in some countries, documents that have been expired for up to six months are accepted). At the moment, it may be particularly worthwhile to check the expiration date of your passport. The “current government” and government negotiators recently announced that they would be increasing federal fees – drastically – due to the large budget shortfall.Due to the fee freeze, the Ministry of…

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A strong area of high pressure with cold air masses dominates the weather. Temperatures are dropping significantly, especially at night.The influence of the high-pressure area will increase at the weekend. There will be more sunny spells, but thicker patches of cloud may pass through, especially in the east. The sun will have a harder time on Sunday, and it may snow lightly in some places. Daytime highs away from the mountains will be between 1 and 4 degrees Celsius. At night, it will cool to between minus 3 and minus…

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Statistics Austria announced on Tuesday that Exactly 9,198,214 people were living in Austria at the beginning of 2025, which is 39,464 or 0.4 percent more than a year ago. The proportion of foreigners is 20.2 percent (1,855,624 people), compared to 19.7 percent in the previous year. At 36.4 percent, Vienna is the front-runner here, ahead of Vorarlberg (20.9) and Salzburg (20.8), while Burgenland has the lowest percentage at 11.5 percent. Growth was lower than in previous years – around 2023, plus 53,978 people or 0.6 percent. “Vienna once again had…

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Since 1 January, around one million deposit containers have been returned following the introduction of the deposit system for all plastic bottles and metal cans with a capacity of 0.1 to three liters. How the take-back worksAt the end of January, around 25 million returnable containers were already in circulation. “We expect that a large number of beverage containers with a deposit will already be in circulation from March,” said Monika Fiala and Simon Parth, Managing Directors of Recycling Pfand Österreich. 2025 is a transitional year: containers without a deposit…

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Tomorrow, 14 February, is Valentine’s Day. The Austrian Retail Association looked at how much Austrians spend on gifts for the day of love and found major regional differences. Valentine’s Day continues to be a significant sales factor for local retailers. According to the latest Consumer Check by the Austrian Retail Association, in collaboration with Reppublika Research, two-thirds of Austrians intend to buy gifts for Valentine’s Day this year. Austrians spend an average of 70 euros on Valentine’s Day “On the day of love, respect and appreciation for your partner are…

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Austria is not spared from the cold currents either. Cold Arctic air is being directed far to the south between an area of high pressure off Norway and an area of low pressure over Russia, leading to unsettled weather conditions with snow, rain, and frosty temperatures.The icy air from the Arctic is causing temperatures to drop into double figures in Scandinavia, Germany and Poland in particular. Austria is not spared either: the country’s eastern half has to brace itself for frosty days. Snow down to low altitudesTowards the weekend, an…

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9,960 people were on sick leave due to influenza in the previous week, and another 109,440 due to flu-like infections, according to data from the Austrian Health Insurance Fund (ÖGK). Corona affected 1,010 sick notes. “The number of illnesses due to real flu and flu-like infections is still rising, but not to the same extent as in previous weeks,” said ÖGK chief physician Andreas Krauter. Almost 10,000 people reported being sick due to influenzaThe circulating viruses A(H1N1)pdm09 and influenza B(Victoria) are exactly the same virus strains that are included in…

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On 12 February, the second full moon of the year—also known as the snow moon or hunger moon—will be visible. We can look forward to a spectacle in the night sky as early as mid-February. On Wednesday, 12 February, the so-called snow moon can be seen. This reaches its peak on Wednesday night. As soon as darkness falls, it will climb above the horizon in the east, visible to the Viennese. On its orbit, it reaches an elevation angle of exactly 45 degrees shortly after 10 p.m. The sun illuminates…

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