I'm from Austria, so this is obviously biased, but in my experience, it really is as great as all these statistics make it seem. The biggest selling points are obviously the public transport and how green it is, but the thing I really like about it is the lack of smell. Most big cities I've been to have a distinct unpleasant smell in a lot of places. That is just not the case in 95% of Vienna. Also, a lot of the newer parts of the city are very pleasant places to be on foot. As you get into newly built areas, there are significantly less cars around and there is more space for walking and cycling. Its really nice. One small drawback that Vienna does have are the inhabitants themselves. I don't have much experience when it comes to interacting with people in other cities so I don't have a lot of comparisons, but Viennese people tend to be very private. It's not common to speak with strangers on the street in Austria. People like to keep to themselves most of the time.
I've been living there for my whole life and I have to say that it really depends where you live. If you want to see sights of course. Close to me there is sadly not much to see other than a kind of big green park. A little like the Times Square but much smaller. Otherwise I love my city.
As an austrian who lives in Vienna, here are some more things, I think should be included: -the quality of our school/educational system is very high and super cheap/mostly free -Being a big city, Vienna has lots of recreation areas; along the danube or various parks (f.e. prater) -can´t stretch enough how good our public transportation is -fresh water! with direct acces to fresh, clean and cool mountain water, it can´t get any better -public fountains with drinkable water scattered all across vienna -multicultural; vienna is a home to many cultures and religions -the art and culture scene, not only museums but also publicly available areas to paint etc (f.e. graffiti) -very bike friendly -the nightlife, lots of clubs, bars, discos...
The „fresh water“-part is so important! My dad is a taxi driver here in vienna and from time to time it happens that tourists ask him which brand of water he recommends that they should buy, because they don’t know that our tap water isn’t just drinkable, but also amongst the best tap waters in the world. Travel guides and pages that write about vienna mention every tiny detail about the city, but always fail to mention how good our water supply is.
I live in Vienna. Vienna is a good looking city, the people are horrible however, and that makes this city not very liveable, bc the peole in a place make the place.
Yeah as a genuine Viennese I totally confirm that we are "horrible people" BUT we are only horrible to people who are behaving horrible ..So what says that about you, Red Cherry? Although your comment speaks for itself anyway, generalizing over 2 Mio people of a whole city is already a horrible thing to do.
@@michaelgrabner8977 Nope, you are horrible bc you have no manners. How many times people bump into to and dont, talking on speakerphone in public transport loudly, theft, and rape, When I was young I never was afraid in Vienna it is terrifyin now. go to Keplerplatz, go to Simmering, go to Favoriten, go to Rudolfsheim. Go to Kahlenberg where the drifters are So Michael tell me do actually live in Vienna
@@kirschrot77 I spoke about "genuine Viennese"..We are just a very small margin in Vienna. Over 2 third of Vienna´s population are immigrants from the Austrian country side (="Zuagraste") or from other Nations and those aren´t "genuine Viennese" ..So I didn´t "generalize over 2 Mio" But - you - spoke about "the people" in general ..so the only one who was "generalizing over 2 mio" was just you...Therefore - in your own words - you are the one who is here "the dumb" because it was only you who did it.. In psychology your attempt to blame me for what you did is called "projection" and that is a psychological desease pattern mainly to find by Narcissists....but I´m not surprised, according to your first comment I already expected such a reply in such a form from you.
Vienna is a fantastic city! Been there last month, and they really knew how to maintain historical landmarks combined with modern city life. Urban design is amazing and public transit system is smooth and easy to navigate. It’s been hot there, and they really took walkability to the next level; providing trees with shades in the heat. All in all, 10/10 city. Can’t wait to go back to the Austrian capital!
@@avacandide Have you seen pics and video of Vienna after WW2? It wasn't razed, but most buildings were damaged in some way, so were repaired and reconstructed...
@@stevemcgowen I have and I live in Vienna. Historical buildings you can see today were preserved. Most buildings from the 50s are ugly af, they didn't bother to rebuild the old stuff. Around 20 % of the city was damaged in air raids and most historical buildings actually survived. Some buildings like trainstation north were destroyed and are gone forever.
I live in Vienna and love it. It's definetly the best place to live, provided you are Austrian or a EU citizen. For us third-country nationals, however, the experience of living in this amazing city is stained by its incredibly dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy (the MA35). As a result, many high-skilled professionals, such as myself, end up moving elsewhere after a while (in my case, even though I love this city, I will not hesitate to move elsewhere in search for opportunities and less bureaucratic stress once I finish my PhD).
I love Vienna. The many beautiful parks, the Ringstrasse. great museums, the Volksoper and the Staatsoper, the Philharmonic. What's not to love? Wish I had lived there. At least I can visit every couple of years.
@@laulinger8560 oh really? I live in Vienna so please tell me where the fuck I should get the fuck out to. Because I‘ve already been to many cities, both in Europe, US and Asia but none of them come even close to Vienna as far as the living standards are concerned.
I'd rather say grumpy than cold and rude. But that's to be expected. As someone mentioned once before - that grumpy attitude pushes the city to always improve - it's never good enough 😊. As for you, now that you have admitted that you were served with a genuine Viennese "warm" welcome, you can't ask for your money back 😊
I have lived in Munich, Germany, for 11 years and moved to Vienna in 2020, shortly before the start of the pandemic. During that time, when you would expect people to be extra burdened and grumpy, I have experienced more casual kindness (at the supermarket checkout, in public transport and general in public) and fun and humorous small talk with people than I have ever had in all my time spent in Munich. There also was a terror attack in 2021 in Vienna. The first one to ever happen there, I think. 4 people died. They put out the slogan "fuck off, asshole" in Austrian and moved on. The character of the city and the people hasn't changed since then. I perceive them as relaxed and down to earth as ever. There are, of course, grumpy and rude people here, too, but as far as I can tell, rude behavior is called out immediately. I experience it on my daily commute. Austrians are not afraid to speak their mind, so if they're bothered by something or someone, they might pick a fight, but I mostly thought, their reasons were justified.
Very cold and rude I would say, even for me as Czech, we are considered cold and rude, but what I saw in Vienna was too much even for me, especially in covid time. They were literally like "Halt! Papers!" 😀 I think muslims in Vienna were more kind than native people. I know that you doing your job, but as we say, give at least little life to that dying or how to translate that. 😀But it's possible that all those too cold people are former Czechoslovak refugees who think they are something better now.
I live and was born there and i am thankful every day for that. We are fucking blessed and lucky to live in Vienna. Even though some idiots tend to complain here a lot, but thats another story (of austrian behaviour)^^ And yes, our public transport system is one of a kind. You can get to any place pretty fast and it doesnt cost much. And they are still building it further, an entire new Metro Line ist just being built as we speak. Also, it is a very clean city and has great city administration. The men who are keeping our city clean and take the garbage away do a fantastic job and it all works fine. I might also add, that we are somewhat a modern city, but many things are the entire opposite. Like old tramways that are still around, or old buildings without an elevator or anything. If you compare some things to like, say, Japan - we are almost medieval compared to them^^ But it kinda fits into the entire package of our lifestyle and our beautiful city.
Life-long Austrian Vienna resident here. I guess we're pretty good in a global context. But the people are often somewhat grumpy and like to complain. Service culture is not a top priority. Crime has definitely increased. But any American used to downtown curfews at night would probably feel very safe.
That's the thing tho :P We like to complain, but we often forget how good we actually have it. Like Qualtinger (an Austrian comedian, actor, reciter and author) said "The problem of every Viennese: You can't stand it in Vienna anymore. But not anywhere else either."
No wonder crime has increased, just look at how the demographics of the city have developed in recent decades, especially the young generation, especially the schools.
@@SilverWave64 I noticed that there is so many muslim people in Vienna, but on other hand, all of them were kind and I had no problem with them and they all speak English, anyway, I am glad that we have Vietnamese instead of muslims. 🙂
I moved from Budapest to Vienna a year ago. I absolutely love that city almost as much as i did love Budapest. But still there are a few things for me that the others already mentioned: I really struggle to make contact with viennese people, they stick to their own probably, which is okay because there are sooo many other newbies for you ti connect with, and most of them are open great people. An other thing I didnt really experience is the very high profiency in english. Sure its not bad, but Stockholm or Amsterdam are on other levels. I really can recommend for anyone to move to Vienna, but for me i am eventually going to move back to Budapest, she is just holding a tight grip on me :)
I'm currently studying in Budapest and I've visited Vienna... I don't see that much difference in architecture or transportation, except economy Budapest is also beautiful.
100% agree with this. The locals attitude really should be a consideration in this. There place is amazing, the people - well I wouldn't know because after two months living here I haven't connected with a single one. Just expats as you say.
I'm a native viennese (even writing my masters thesis on the cultural stereotypes of vienna) and it makes me (even more) proud of reading about all the positive feedback and experiences people made. It's wonderful to read that so many visitors were able to make some good and great memories of this beautiful city.
I love the transport system and how accessible Vienna is to other European countries- Venice is just a seven hour train ride away, for example. However, as a few people have already mentioned- some of the Viennese are rude and unfriendly. After five years of living here I have no Viennese friends. It's a great place if you want to be left alone and ignore people, lol.
I don't find the people to be so rude. I personally think it's more of a stereo type than a fact. Of course I encounter rude and unfriendly people, but this happens in every country and I don't see them every day.
@@spicynugget_0294 tbh, I didn't notice the lack of friendliness in Vienna until I visited Graz. There the people smiled and said good morning to me and I was a bit taken aback at first. Such a difference in attitude between two Austrian cities!
@@kenmarten6049 There is some truth to what you write, yet colloquialisms in larger cities usually tend to be harsher and one more often gets dealt with in a curtly manner. At least in the West. Think New York or Paris where some say it to be advisable to use one's elbows not to drown.
@@Flex2212 true but vienna is special. I moved here too a year ago and it is unbelievably difficult to befriend people here that are not also foreigners. A lot of viennese/austrians are totally non-receptive to even talking more than is absolutely necessary. To get any friends, I had to be totally annoying and arrange meetups with literally everyone I met, because almost noone takes the initiative in these things, it is almost always the newcomer who has to carry the weight at first. And I'm German! Can't imagine what it's like if you're from a completely different culture! Note: This is the experience of most skilled people or university students who come here
WTF Which normal person makes 52k/year here? That must be a paralell Vienna you are talking about because that is just not true. Not at all. Most people are glad if they get 1.500/month. Apart from that, quite accurate.
🤣🤣🤣 it must be a mistake. People unfriendly and xenophobic ... and of c. SICK IN FRONT OF CORONA, the places are nice but the prices are hell. To live there is expensive ...
We can speak English, but for living there it IS recommended to learn German, especially the Austrian Standardvariety of German. Otherwise interactions with municipal officials is going to be... complicated at best. (It also helps with full integration, we're kinda wary of outsiders, ngl)
I lived in Vienna for one year. The city is really beautiful. I especially loved the Danube-Island which was close to my place. Within 15 minutes I could walked through the city and found myself in a green paradise. However, during my time there I missed a decent nightlife and in particular a proper club scene.
in vienna there are about 100? night clubs - several types for each music from jazz to dnb , also very big clubs where yóu can meet nice girls. i think you were mislead. i have been to 20 countries for parties - vienna is among the better cities for it
Pratersauna, Grelle Forelle, Werk, Flex, Celeste,....... and so many more. Backl Market. So many great Techno clubs. I live in Berlin and have to say that the nightlife i Vienna is very great.
@@Solaris0071 I also lived in Berlin and the clubs were much better. When I went to Sisyphos for instance I could stay there the whole weekend. In Grelle Forelle the music was shut down at 6 am sharp. Don't get me wrong ... Berlin looks like a wasteland compared to Vienna, but the nightlife (especially clubs) is much better.
i live here my whole life long and i gotta say i was suprised to hear all that. Although i do not disagree i just didnt know all that (Especially the things with the Statistics)
No idea where you found the chart at 02:46, but comming from Croatia I can assure you that Split in Croatia and Novi Sad in Serbia are way way worse then Vienna when it comes to transportation
Interesting fact about Vienna: 99,5 % of households get real fresh mountain spring water on tap. The water runs at a maximum temperature of 8-10° C (in Paris that's almost at 20° C).
public transportation in vienna works perfectly???? lmao clearly all the trams that regularly leave me stranded at stops that i didn't want to go to didn't get that memo..... also viennese trams are gross af
I live here and a few days ago i saw a broken glass bottle next to a playground, I called the citizen's government care hotline and told them, they sent a cleaning troop right away, and it was taken care of immediately and removed, now that's something you can't make up.
Also, we have the most extensive public housing provider in Europe owning 2000000 units with 5000000 tenants paying less than 10 euros per squer meter.
But sadly they aren’t really building new flats and instead go for public-private partnerships that only open up a few flats. Our public housing mostly is a remnant of good policies from the 1920s and 1950-70s, with very little happening since then.
Yeah its good there. I actually like almost every City. It only so happens that I live in Vienna and there for dont need to change. All tho I would like to go to NYC or other cities to Check out all the differences.
Lived in Vienna for 2 years and half and I confirm everything that was said in the video. The only thing that I don't like much about Vienna is that people that serve you in bars are restaurant are often quite rude. Sometimes it really feels like they are making a big favor to serve you as a paying customer.
Melbourne can never compete with Vienna, on cost of living alone, same goes for Copenhagen Also education, healthcare, housing, childcare and retirement security are better in Vienna, Austria
Copenhagen is definitely the cooler city to live in, although they public transpoet system is better in vienna and copenhagen is incredibly expensive. So both are cool:)
As an Austrian citizen I can tell you Vienna is a great country to live in if you are citizen or EU citizen. For outsiders it is really difficult because they face racism in certain areas, lots of issues with the ministry of immigration MA 35/BH and mainly because of the language. You MUST know German to survive here for EVERYTHING. (Doctor, finding an occupation, buying groceries, finding place to live, walking up to people…) Some are able to speak English but especially the ministries and authorities insist on speaking German! Additionally, be aware in Austria people do not speak German but dialect. Especially the elders always speak in their dialect which is really difficult to understand even for someone from Germany. Furthermore, as a foreigner in some ways you will always be treated as one no matter your German skills are great. Please note that due to some criminals from certain places the anger towards muslims is raising. It is very difficult to find good AND cheap apartments and some people try to exploit you. I paid 860€ for 42m2 and my neighbours pay 450€ for the same apartment size! If you come here for vacation, you will fall in love with the nature, the big variety of tourist spots, historical places, public transportation and the fresh water from the sink!
Vienna was downgraded from a liberal democracy to an electorate democracy! This Video is definitely not up to date! Considering corrupt politics and covid mandates, which brought the population in Austria and especially in Vienna to be divided is nothing that adds to life quality! Quite the opposite!!!
Visited last week!! Coming from India, obviously one can feel how different life is in these parts of the world. This made my determination to learn German and reach the B2 level in 2 years that much stronger. Can't wait to work harder to get my second master's and settle in either Austria or Germany.
Up until this July (2023) I spent 12 beautiful years in Vienna. I lived pretty centrally, where city centar was within a walkable distance from my place: needed less than 20 min by foot to get to St.Stephen's. Then I moved to the 3rd most livable from this list: which is Zurich. Between the two, visually, Zurich is rather ugly and pretty provincial, but that is not the main issue. Living is more affordable and much more available in Vienna than in Zurich. There just aren't enough available places to live in Zurich. I think that is why Zurich fell down some places on this list in the last 2 years.
I have lived in Wien and attended school at Vienna international school my late father was a diplomat. Great city great people if the opportunity presents its self I would go back
AnybodY who lives in ulcinj Montenegro it’s sobald but I’ve been to Vienna and it’s beautiful but don’t go on ulcinj it’s like trash it has trash everywhere just listen I love you the geography bible
A city with over 300 k people is by definition hardly liveable... too many low class people flock there. Village life has best quality of life. But u wont find that on any statistic!
A good public transport network and public transit oriented land use development is the backbone of a livable city. Australian and Canadian cities do not have that and should not be in the top 10 list.
i am born and raised in vienna. it used to be a good place to live, but sadly, as a regular citizen, the life quality is sinking more and more every month! the main reason for this, is our infamous, corrupt, intransparent politic system. we call it "freunderlwirtschaft", it means that that all major important positions are given to friends and families of the already ruling, corrupt and incompetent arselings! dont get me wrong, i know that these problems occure everywhere in the world, but living here, knowing the mainly ignorant attitude of my folk, its just sad to watch how this once wealthy country is going down the drain... and nobody even cares to really change something, all i hear all the time is the sentence "es woa scho imma so", meaning it was always like this... imho thats the worst part about vienna... other than that, this city has tons of unused potential, and i would like to see it thrive again one day... (also we have one of the worlds highest tax rates, in combination with a very intransparent expanditure system, what makes me doubt my political system even more)
I visited Vienna in 2016 and i loved it! Great transports, great architecture and quality of air. Despite that, i think i was the only guy who was pickpocketed there 😅
I live in Canyon Country CA and will be in Vienna soon. I love the sunsets here but frankly yogurt seems to have more culture. Off to hear the Vienna Philharmonic!🎻
You forgot the biggest point. You have a whole Island within the city. Its like central park just better cause you can swim in the summer, or winter if you are that hard core
wait i traveled to damascus for a week this year and it seems really beautiful definetly better than many cities I've seen, I guess its ranking is politic
ive been living in vienna for 8 years and the life there is pretty good whenever you go you just seee a random shop so i got 2 gas stations and 3 shops near my house i dont need to waste any time going for a shop and also visitet some historic buildings
Have you been to Vienna before? Perhaps you live there! What is it like? 🇦🇹
I'm from Austria, so this is obviously biased, but in my experience, it really is as great as all these statistics make it seem.
The biggest selling points are obviously the public transport and how green it is, but the thing I really like about it is the lack of smell.
Most big cities I've been to have a distinct unpleasant smell in a lot of places. That is just not the case in 95% of Vienna.
Also, a lot of the newer parts of the city are very pleasant places to be on foot.
As you get into newly built areas, there are significantly less cars around and there is more space for walking and cycling. Its really nice.
One small drawback that Vienna does have are the inhabitants themselves.
I don't have much experience when it comes to interacting with people in other cities so I don't have a lot of comparisons, but Viennese people tend to be very private.
It's not common to speak with strangers on the street in Austria. People like to keep to themselves most of the time.
When you uploaded this, I was having vacation in Vienna (on a train to Zurich as I'm writing), and I honestly found it straight up beautiful.
I've been living there for my whole life and I have to say that it really depends where you live. If you want to see sights of course. Close to me there is sadly not much to see other than a kind of big green park. A little like the Times Square but much smaller. Otherwise I love my city.
I have been a few times, but like Prague a lot more...
I live here and honestly, even if i had unlimited funds, i wouldnt move away.
As an austrian who lives in Vienna, here are some more things, I think should be included:
-the quality of our school/educational system is very high and super cheap/mostly free
-Being a big city, Vienna has lots of recreation areas; along the danube or various parks (f.e. prater)
-can´t stretch enough how good our public transportation is
-fresh water! with direct acces to fresh, clean and cool mountain water, it can´t get any better
-public fountains with drinkable water scattered all across vienna
-multicultural; vienna is a home to many cultures and religions
-the art and culture scene, not only museums but also publicly available areas to paint etc (f.e. graffiti)
-very bike friendly
-the nightlife, lots of clubs, bars, discos...
The „fresh water“-part is so important!
My dad is a taxi driver here in vienna and from time to time it happens that tourists ask him which brand of water he recommends that they should buy, because they don’t know that our tap water isn’t just drinkable, but also amongst the best tap waters in the world.
Travel guides and pages that write about vienna mention every tiny detail about the city, but always fail to mention how good our water supply is.
I would say it’s relatively bike friendly compared to some other city’s, but not „very“ bike friendly
Is it expensive rent?
@@oraz. nah, for a city like this not, Vienna is the city with best social housing in the world, therefore rents aint that high
Went to Vienna recently and wasn't impressed by the night life at all
You wont believe how glad i am to live in an historical house. (Altbau) Es ist wirklich cool.
Only got back from a visit, I'm already looking at apartments here
I would like to live in vienna but I feel like everything is so big
Wien is anders
That's impressive, but try holding it for 7 years 😉
Melbourne has nothign to do with Vienna becuase has a fraction of history.
I live in Vienna. Vienna is a good looking city, the people are horrible however, and that makes this city not very liveable, bc the peole in a place make the place.
Yeah as a genuine Viennese I totally confirm that we are "horrible people" BUT we are only horrible to people who are behaving horrible ..So what says that about you, Red Cherry?
Although your comment speaks for itself anyway, generalizing over 2 Mio people of a whole city is already a horrible thing to do.
@@michaelgrabner8977 Nope, you are horrible bc you have no manners. How many times people bump into to and dont, talking on speakerphone in public transport loudly, theft, and rape,
When I was young I never was afraid in Vienna it is terrifyin now. go to Keplerplatz, go to Simmering, go to Favoriten, go to Rudolfsheim.
Go to Kahlenberg where the drifters are
So Michael tell me do actually live in Vienna
@@michaelgrabner8977 Generalizing over 2 Mio people to nice and decent is deception and dumb wishful thinking
@@kirschrot77 I spoke about "genuine Viennese"..We are just a very small margin in Vienna. Over 2 third of Vienna´s population are immigrants from the Austrian country side (="Zuagraste") or from other Nations and those aren´t "genuine Viennese" ..So I didn´t "generalize over 2 Mio"
But - you - spoke about "the people" in general ..so the only one who was "generalizing over 2 mio" was just you...Therefore - in your own words - you are the one who is here "the dumb" because it was only you who did it..
In psychology your attempt to blame me for what you did is called "projection" and that is a psychological desease pattern mainly to find by Narcissists....but I´m not surprised, according to your first comment I already expected such a reply in such a form from you.
I live in Vienna. It’s awful: Crowded,, bad food, narrow minded conservative
people, cemetery atmosphere, ugly dialect.And unsocial population…
Unfortunately not a liveable city any more. Maybe when this government is gone it will be again.
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And I guess women there can boast of their comeliness and pulchritude , right ?
Vienna is a fantastic city! Been there last month, and they really knew how to maintain historical landmarks combined with modern city life. Urban design is amazing and public transit system is smooth and easy to navigate.
It’s been hot there, and they really took walkability to the next level; providing trees with shades in the heat.
All in all, 10/10 city.
Can’t wait to go back to the Austrian capital!
A lot of Vienna was destroyed in WW2, so what you think is well preserved is mostly re-built in the 1950's...
@@stevemcgowen Historical buildings you can see today were not destroyed. Some were damaged and repaired.
@@avacandide Have you seen pics and video of Vienna after WW2? It wasn't razed, but most buildings were damaged in some way, so were repaired and reconstructed...
@@stevemcgowen I have and I live in Vienna. Historical buildings you can see today were preserved. Most buildings from the 50s are ugly af, they didn't bother to rebuild the old stuff. Around 20 % of the city was damaged in air raids and most historical buildings actually survived. Some buildings like trainstation north were destroyed and are gone forever.
Vienna ❣️🇦🇹 ! One of my fav cities in the world 🌎 ,definitely in my bucket list✈️
Greetings from Vienna 😉
I born in Vienna and dont know where youre 52.000 average salary data comes from , maybe 25.000€ without taxes kinda not right data.
Best regards
I live in Vienna and love it. It's definetly the best place to live, provided you are Austrian or a EU citizen. For us third-country nationals, however, the experience of living in this amazing city is stained by its incredibly dysfunctional immigration bureaucracy (the MA35). As a result, many high-skilled professionals, such as myself, end up moving elsewhere after a while (in my case, even though I love this city, I will not hesitate to move elsewhere in search for opportunities and less bureaucratic stress once I finish my PhD).
True, I'm moving out 😀
What is your opinion about iran?
Oh the MA35! Trust me, I’m an EU citizen, and I’ve had issues with ma35 even after almost 4 years of moving to Vienna lol
If it's just about MA35, you can also move to Klosterneuburg to avoid it and still get all the perks of Vienna.
@@woodywoodverchecker it doesn’t matter where… I live now in Baden and still had to go through ma35 to get my “anmeldebescheinigung”
I love Vienna. The many beautiful parks, the Ringstrasse. great museums, the Volksoper and the Staatsoper, the Philharmonic. What's not to love? Wish I had lived there. At least I can visit every couple of years.
If you visit it as a tourist, it indeed is a very nice city. If u live here however u just want to get the fck out of here
Unfortunately also culture is declining in vienna, now more punks/ rappers on the streets who give the city a worse look. Imo these should be banned.
@@laulinger8560 not true, Vienna is the best city to live in
@@laulinger8560 oh really? I live in Vienna so please tell me where the fuck I should get the fuck out to. Because I‘ve already been to many cities, both in Europe, US and Asia but none of them come even close to Vienna as far as the living standards are concerned.
I spent 2 weeks in Vienna. Everything discussed in this video is accurate. That said, I found the people to be cold and at times rude.
Thats how we are😈😈😈
I'd rather say grumpy than cold and rude. But that's to be expected. As someone mentioned once before - that grumpy attitude pushes the city to always improve - it's never good enough 😊.
As for you, now that you have admitted that you were served with a genuine Viennese "warm" welcome, you can't ask for your money back 😊
Sorry for that. Weve been plaqued with inflation, corona and immigrants. Everything is just pissing us off.
I have lived in Munich, Germany, for 11 years and moved to Vienna in 2020, shortly before the start of the pandemic. During that time, when you would expect people to be extra burdened and grumpy, I have experienced more casual kindness (at the supermarket checkout, in public transport and general in public) and fun and humorous small talk with people than I have ever had in all my time spent in Munich.
There also was a terror attack in 2021 in Vienna. The first one to ever happen there, I think. 4 people died. They put out the slogan "fuck off, asshole" in Austrian and moved on. The character of the city and the people hasn't changed since then. I perceive them as relaxed and down to earth as ever.
There are, of course, grumpy and rude people here, too, but as far as I can tell, rude behavior is called out immediately. I experience it on my daily commute. Austrians are not afraid to speak their mind, so if they're bothered by something or someone, they might pick a fight, but I mostly thought, their reasons were justified.
Very cold and rude I would say, even for me as Czech, we are considered cold and rude, but what I saw in Vienna was too much even for me, especially in covid time. They were literally like "Halt! Papers!" 😀 I think muslims in Vienna were more kind than native people. I know that you doing your job, but as we say, give at least little life to that dying or how to translate that. 😀But it's possible that all those too cold people are former Czechoslovak refugees who think they are something better now.
I live and was born there and i am thankful every day for that. We are fucking blessed and lucky to live in Vienna. Even though some idiots tend to complain here a lot, but thats another story (of austrian behaviour)^^ And yes, our public transport system is one of a kind. You can get to any place pretty fast and it doesnt cost much. And they are still building it further, an entire new Metro Line ist just being built as we speak. Also, it is a very clean city and has great city administration. The men who are keeping our city clean and take the garbage away do a fantastic job and it all works fine.
I might also add, that we are somewhat a modern city, but many things are the entire opposite. Like old tramways that are still around, or old buildings without an elevator or anything. If you compare some things to like, say, Japan - we are almost medieval compared to them^^ But it kinda fits into the entire package of our lifestyle and our beautiful city.
The complaining isn't "Austrian behaviour", it's Viennese behaviour. That's why no one wants you in the rest of the country.
Life-long Austrian Vienna resident here. I guess we're pretty good in a global context. But the people are often somewhat grumpy and like to complain. Service culture is not a top priority. Crime has definitely increased. But any American used to downtown curfews at night would probably feel very safe.
That's the thing tho :P We like to complain, but we often forget how good we actually have it. Like Qualtinger (an Austrian comedian, actor, reciter and author) said "The problem of every Viennese: You can't stand it in Vienna anymore. But not anywhere else either."
Half of people in Vienna have Czech surname, so you know where that complain culture comes from. 😀
@@Pidalin Hald of the people in Vienna don't even speak German and the schools are dominated by islamic children.
No wonder crime has increased, just look at how the demographics of the city have developed in recent decades, especially the young generation, especially the schools.
@@SilverWave64 I noticed that there is so many muslim people in Vienna, but on other hand, all of them were kind and I had no problem with them and they all speak English, anyway, I am glad that we have Vietnamese instead of muslims. 🙂
"Vienna is not the most livable city in the world. It's just less shitty than the others."
Quote from a Viennese ;-)
I moved from Budapest to Vienna a year ago. I absolutely love that city almost as much as i did love Budapest. But still there are a few things for me that the others already mentioned: I really struggle to make contact with viennese people, they stick to their own probably, which is okay because there are sooo many other newbies for you ti connect with, and most of them are open great people. An other thing I didnt really experience is the very high profiency in english. Sure its not bad, but Stockholm or Amsterdam are on other levels. I really can recommend for anyone to move to Vienna, but for me i am eventually going to move back to Budapest, she is just holding a tight grip on me :)
I'm currently studying in Budapest and I've visited Vienna... I don't see that much difference in architecture or transportation, except economy Budapest is also beautiful.
100% agree with this. The locals attitude really should be a consideration in this. There place is amazing, the people - well I wouldn't know because after two months living here I haven't connected with a single one. Just expats as you say.
Also, I visited Budapest and absolutely fell in love with it. Would definitely love to live there at some point.
I'm a native viennese (even writing my masters thesis on the cultural stereotypes of vienna) and it makes me (even more) proud of reading about all the positive feedback and experiences people made. It's wonderful to read that so many visitors were able to make some good and great memories of this beautiful city.
What is the crime rate there?
@@junejuly532 its a safe city
I love the transport system and how accessible Vienna is to other European countries- Venice is just a seven hour train ride away, for example. However, as a few people have already mentioned- some of the Viennese are rude and unfriendly. After five years of living here I have no Viennese friends. It's a great place if you want to be left alone and ignore people, lol.
There's a viennese saying: Vienna would be the most beautifull city in the world, without the Viennese.
I don't find the people to be so rude. I personally think it's more of a stereo type than a fact. Of course I encounter rude and unfriendly people, but this happens in every country and I don't see them every day.
@@spicynugget_0294 tbh, I didn't notice the lack of friendliness in Vienna until I visited Graz. There the people smiled and said good morning to me and I was a bit taken aback at first. Such a difference in attitude between two Austrian cities!
@@kenmarten6049 There is some truth to what you write, yet colloquialisms in larger cities usually tend to be harsher and one more often gets dealt with in a curtly manner. At least in the West.
Think New York or Paris where some say it to be advisable to use one's elbows not to drown.
@@Flex2212 true but vienna is special. I moved here too a year ago and it is unbelievably difficult to befriend people here that are not also foreigners. A lot of viennese/austrians are totally non-receptive to even talking more than is absolutely necessary. To get any friends, I had to be totally annoying and arrange meetups with literally everyone I met, because almost noone takes the initiative in these things, it is almost always the newcomer who has to carry the weight at first. And I'm German! Can't imagine what it's like if you're from a completely different culture!
Note: This is the experience of most skilled people or university students who come here
WTF Which normal person makes 52k/year here? That must be a paralell Vienna you are talking about because that is just not true. Not at all. Most people are glad if they get 1.500/month. Apart from that, quite accurate.
maybe before taxes.
@@DenisHavlikVienna I live here. Taxes are high but not that high. The salary they said we would earn isn't realistic at all.
🤣🤣🤣 it must be a mistake.
People unfriendly and xenophobic ... and of c. SICK IN FRONT OF CORONA, the places are nice but the prices are hell. To live there is expensive ...
I went there recently and it truly is amazing. I grew up there before moving to London at age of 10. In many ways vienna beats london.
We can speak English, but for living there it IS recommended to learn German, especially the Austrian Standardvariety of German. Otherwise interactions with municipal officials is going to be... complicated at best. (It also helps with full integration, we're kinda wary of outsiders, ngl)
Kindest people I ever met was as a tourist in Vienna. Took us in under their wing and showed us their city. Will forever be grateful.
I was born in Vienna and have lived here ever since. The worst thing about Vienna is really the people themselves.
I live in Vienna for the past 7 years or so. I really love it there, I’m Romanian but I moved to Vienna and I don’t regret it.
This list cap tho. How is Frankfurt up there, how tf is Vancouver up there and how tf is Zürich up there
We are not in the same Vienna...
i love living here, already here for half of my life :)
I lived in Vienna for one year. The city is really beautiful. I especially loved the Danube-Island which was close to my place. Within 15 minutes I could walked through the city and found myself in a green paradise. However, during my time there I missed a decent nightlife and in particular a proper club scene.
in vienna there are about 100? night clubs - several types for each music from jazz to dnb , also very big clubs where yóu can meet nice girls.
i think you were mislead.
i have been to 20 countries for parties - vienna is among the better cities for it
Pratersauna, Grelle Forelle, Werk, Flex, Celeste,....... and so many more. Backl Market. So many great Techno clubs. I live in Berlin and have to say that the nightlife i Vienna is very great.
@@Solaris0071 I also lived in Berlin and the clubs were much better. When I went to Sisyphos for instance I could stay there the whole weekend. In Grelle Forelle the music was shut down at 6 am sharp. Don't get me wrong ... Berlin looks like a wasteland compared to Vienna, but the nightlife (especially clubs) is much better.
Imagine caring about club scene.
@@shanghaifunk. Imagine caring about Fortnite 🤡
HOW THE FLIP IS FRANKFURT ON THAT LIST
Im really happy see my hown in this video
I literally know every place and love my hometown
Canada strong with 3 cities in the global top 10.
"calgary of denmark me be like 😑 are you sure about that"
Vienna is great. I really would like to live there but you can't say it has the most beautiful architecture in Europe. It's not Rome 🤪
i live here my whole life long and i gotta say i was suprised to hear all that. Although i do not disagree i just didnt know all that (Especially the things with the Statistics)
52.000€ ? The avereage is more like 43000€ anual and you pay half of that taxes.......
No idea where you found the chart at 02:46, but comming from Croatia I can assure you that Split in Croatia and Novi Sad in Serbia are way way worse then Vienna when it comes to transportation
I lived for three years and found it dreadfully boring and uninspiring
Austrians speak English? Since when hahahaha
Yeah thought the same lul
Interesting fact about Vienna: 99,5 % of households get real fresh mountain spring water on tap. The water runs at a maximum temperature of 8-10° C (in Paris that's almost at 20° C).
The Von Habsburgs would be proud... I think
public transportation in vienna works perfectly???? lmao clearly all the trams that regularly leave me stranded at stops that i didn't want to go to didn't get that memo.....
also viennese trams are gross af
Dakar is the capital of Senegal, not Bangladesh - whose capital is Dhaka.
2nd highest English proficiency? With Britain, Australia and USA, I find that a little hard to believe...
definitely NOT the best place to live :)
I live here and a few days ago i saw a broken glass bottle next to a playground, I called the citizen's government care hotline and told them, they sent a cleaning troop right away, and it was taken care of immediately and removed, now that's something you can't make up.
Also, we have the most extensive public housing provider in Europe owning 2000000 units with 5000000 tenants paying less than 10 euros per squer meter.
But sadly they aren’t really building new flats and instead go for public-private partnerships that only open up a few flats.
Our public housing mostly is a remnant of good policies from the 1920s and 1950-70s, with very little happening since then.
I'm still cheering for Bangladesh 🇧🇩 💓
Yeah its good there. I actually like almost every City. It only so happens that I live in Vienna and there for dont need to change. All tho I would like to go to NYC or other cities to Check out all the differences.
Lived in Vienna for 2 years and half and I confirm everything that was said in the video. The only thing that I don't like much about Vienna is that people that serve you in bars are restaurant are often quite rude. Sometimes it really feels like they are making a big favor to serve you as a paying customer.
Melbourne can never compete with Vienna, on cost of living alone, same goes for Copenhagen
Also education, healthcare, housing, childcare and retirement security are better in Vienna, Austria
In 0:40 you showed Melbourne ranked 10th but at the end of the video you said it's Vienna's (ranked 1st) closest competitor ?? 🤔🤔
Please compare Vienna vs. Copenhagen in details 🙏🏻
Copenhagen is definitely the cooler city to live in, although they public transpoet system is better in vienna and copenhagen is incredibly expensive. So both are cool:)
really,how? cause i live there and i cant confirm ur content at all !
As an Austrian citizen I can tell you Vienna is a great country to live in if you are citizen or EU citizen. For outsiders it is really difficult because they face racism in certain areas, lots of issues with the ministry of immigration MA 35/BH and mainly because of the language. You MUST know German to survive here for EVERYTHING. (Doctor, finding an occupation, buying groceries, finding place to live, walking up to people…) Some are able to speak English but especially the ministries and authorities insist on speaking German! Additionally, be aware in Austria people do not speak German but dialect. Especially the elders always speak in their dialect which is really difficult to understand even for someone from Germany.
Furthermore, as a foreigner in some ways you will always be treated as one no matter your German skills are great. Please note that due to some criminals from certain places the anger towards muslims is raising. It is very difficult to find good AND cheap apartments and some people try to exploit you. I paid 860€ for 42m2 and my neighbours pay 450€ for the same apartment size!
If you come here for vacation, you will fall in love with the nature, the big variety of tourist spots, historical places, public transportation and the fresh water from the sink!
@@SA-pb4nb tell that to someone from NY and he will not understand what are you talking about
As a Viennese i dont want to live here anymore.
Vienna was downgraded from a liberal democracy to an electorate democracy! This Video is definitely not up to date!
Considering corrupt politics and covid mandates, which brought the population in Austria and especially in Vienna to be divided is nothing that adds to life quality! Quite the opposite!!!
True!
Vienna isn't country, you probabaly mean Austria.
Living in Dhaka and watching this😐
'the 'cheapest'. Not 'the most cheapest'
It is very liveble if you are a Migrant only
What a waste of 6 minutes of a video
I have moved to vienna in 2020 and I have to say, this city is truly special. It even inspired me to start a RUclips channel about it. :D
There was a Vienna.....
Visited last week!! Coming from India, obviously one can feel how different life is in these parts of the world. This made my determination to learn German and reach the B2 level in 2 years that much stronger. Can't wait to work harder to get my second master's and settle in either Austria or Germany.
Wish you much success :)
Good luck. Go for Vienna, you won't regret it, and you will also find a large Indian community there.
Als Wiener muss ich sagen. Es ist eine oasch Stadt mit oasch Leuten.
Up until this July (2023) I spent 12 beautiful years in Vienna.
I lived pretty centrally, where city centar was within a walkable distance from my place: needed less than 20 min by foot to get to St.Stephen's.
Then I moved to the 3rd most livable from this list: which is Zurich.
Between the two, visually, Zurich is rather ugly and pretty provincial, but that is not the main issue. Living is more affordable and much more available in Vienna than in Zurich. There just aren't enough available places to live in Zurich. I think that is why Zurich fell down some places on this list in the last 2 years.
Ha! We did it LESSS GOOOO
Yo, hello from Vienna. 👋.
I have lived in Wien and attended school at Vienna international school my late father was a diplomat. Great city great people if the opportunity presents its self I would go back
The amount, distribution, and quality of public space is also a major category that makes Vienna great.
Melbourne, Australia, the infamous city that locked in its residence for over two years during Covid is rated the second most livable?!
AnybodY who lives in ulcinj Montenegro it’s sobald but I’ve been to Vienna and it’s beautiful but don’t go on ulcinj it’s like trash it has trash everywhere just listen I love you the geography bible
A city with over 300 k people is by definition hardly liveable... too many low class people flock there. Village life has best quality of life. But u wont find that on any statistic!
A good public transport network and public transit oriented land use development is the backbone of a livable city. Australian and Canadian cities do not have that and should not be in the top 10 list.
i am born and raised in vienna. it used to be a good place to live, but sadly, as a regular citizen, the life quality is sinking more and more every month! the main reason for this, is our infamous, corrupt, intransparent politic system. we call it "freunderlwirtschaft", it means that that all major important positions are given to friends and families of the already ruling, corrupt and incompetent arselings! dont get me wrong, i know that these problems occure everywhere in the world, but living here, knowing the mainly ignorant attitude of my folk, its just sad to watch how this once wealthy country is going down the drain... and nobody even cares to really change something, all i hear all the time is the sentence "es woa scho imma so", meaning it was always like this... imho thats the worst part about vienna... other than that, this city has tons of unused potential, and i would like to see it thrive again one day... (also we have one of the worlds highest tax rates, in combination with a very intransparent expanditure system, what makes me doubt my political system even more)
I visited Vienna in 2016 and i loved it! Great transports, great architecture and quality of air. Despite that, i think i was the only guy who was pickpocketed there 😅
I live in Canyon Country CA and will be in Vienna soon. I love the sunsets here but frankly yogurt seems to have more culture. Off to hear the Vienna Philharmonic!🎻
After reading the comments, I really don't want to visit this city with its rude and cold people. No way.
I live there and it is very very liveable
You forgot the biggest point. You have a whole Island within the city. Its like central park just better cause you can swim in the summer, or winter if you are that hard core
Never have I heard a Brit mispronounce "Melbourne" before, I mean you guys named it xD
wait i traveled to damascus for a week this year and it seems really beautiful definetly better than many cities I've seen, I guess its ranking is politic
The comparisons with poverty stricken cities in the developing world are insensitive and unneeded.
Overrated
Living here is expensive. Rent is high. But it's still a nice city because basically it has everything.
And the strudels there must be palatable to all tastes !
You my friend should try Krautstrudel then. And yes, it's a thing!
ive been living in vienna for 8 years and the life there is pretty good whenever you go you just seee a random shop so i got 2 gas stations and 3 shops near my house i dont need to waste any time going for a shop and also visitet some historic buildings
Cheaper than Brussels and much better, gonna start german class and love to wien!
Im Viennese and I would never live somewhere else, it would be an waste not to come here.
Very lovely greetings frome vienna-danube ❤️
as an austrian, vienna is shit
Vienna is a great city.
First
Very picturesque. Which camera did the shooting please
Migrantenstadt passt besser. Vielleicht sollte man mal außerhalb des Gürtel schauen 😂. Oder Döbling und Favoriten vergleichen😇
Bangladesh is more peaceful than Vienna 😠
Vienna isn't there anymore. You have to accept the truth..