As an austrian, I gotta say its refreshing to see videos about our country and reactions to those videos, it always surprises me that other people are so stunned at the things that for us austrians are completely normal. loved the video!
I've spent a minimum of 5 weeks in Austria every year since I was 8 years old. I have friends there that have visited me in the Netherlands too. It's the only country I'd consider moving to. Three more weeks until I go skiing with my family and friends.
As an Austrian living in Vienna, I see all of us get wrapped up so much in all the little things that don't work out - and forget how great we have it. Thanks for admiring our beautiful little country from afar, it reminds me of how precious my home is and how grateful I can be to live here. Cheers
Before ww1 austria was huge. Back then it was called austria-hungary ruled by the habsburger kaiser familiy. Czech republic, slowakia, hungary, parts of poland, slowenia, croatia and even parts of belguim and the netherlands were part of austria
I love Austria! It’s so incredibly beautiful, clean and friendly. I have been there many times, mainly for skiing, but also a few times in summer and a city trip to Vienna (gorgeous, as are Innsbruck and Salzburg). For me wintersport is best in this country. Better than France, Switzerland and even Colorado and Canada. Although the powder in North America is amazing, nothing beats the atmosphere in Austria. My mother maybe was their biggest fan. She went there twice a year, in summer and winter, for 50 years. When she got terminally ill, a great Dutch foundation Ambulance Wish, took her, my sister and me all the way to Stubaital Austria for a final 3 day visit so she could say goodbye to her beloved home away from home.
@@dionysos7735 It’s a bittersweet memory for sure, but one of the best things we could have done for her. You should have seen her face light up when she saw the mountains and we put her in a wheelchair so we could take her up in the lift to the top of the glacier. Her best friend made us Wiener schnitzel and apfelstrudel, her favorites.
@@arnodobler1096 Wowowowo! 😃 Or “Bergvagabunden” in my family better known as ‘Heilige Berge, sonnige Höhen’ and Die (lustige) Schilehrer aus dem Stubaital.
I am living in Austria, close to a small city called Innsbruck and sometimes it happens that I forget just how beautiful it is around here. Videos like yours are a good reminder to just stop for a moment, look up and appreciate the mountains. Thanks for that, made my day.
Geht mir oft genau so mit Österreich. Übrigens, ich bin aus Salzburg und habe in Innsbruck studiert. Beruflich habe ich das Glück ebenfalls des öfteren in Innsbruck zu tun zu haben.
As an Austrian, I need to say: Don't feel bad if you are Austrian and not into skiing - you might think so but you are not alone! You can still have a wonderful Austrian life with just a little (forced by heritage and school) skiing. There are many more ways to feel the magic of our sweet home Austria, it does not have to be a combination of cold and wet 😁💖✨
Been living in Austria for 3 years now, it's the 4th European country I've lived in and I think I'll call this one home for the long run. It's great to see such reactions because it reminds me of how lucky I am to be here, I too was stunned and I'm grateful every day for the opportunity to call this place home.
I'm a simple Austrian, I see Austria I press like. Also quite surprising how many Austrians are in this comment section. Edit: No we are not laughing at you for being impressed by these old building. I might be Austrian, but everytime i visit Vienna, i am absolutely stunned at all these old monumental buildings. Pictures and videos really can't get the size across and how absolutely awestruck you are every time you see them.
Even when living in Vienna, I get awestruck of the buildings! But I have noticed that some Austrians view it as a "Kulisse". Most of the buildings are from the Grunderzeit (late 1800´s to early 1900´s), so some view it as somewhat "fake". But for me, it feels real - and the blacksmith-work does not lie. Awesome. Some buildings are older though, and I sometimes get very impressed by signs like "this pharmacy opened in the year 15xx". Insane! :)
Austrian here who just discovered this video. Thank you 🤍 for your heartwarming reactions! Yes - it is indeed a stunningly beautiful country with such a rich culture and history. If you ever make it to Europe, give us a shout and we’ll give you the grandest tour 🥳
Something about the flag even most austrians don't know: it's even older than the guy who made that facts video found in his reasearch. He said it's from the Babenberg dynasty, which is where the Habsburg dynasty inherited it from which the republik inherited it. But thing is, this flag was already used by the "Eppensteiner" family which died out in 1122. Their flag and land posessions were inherited by the Traungauer dynasty and when they died out in 1192, the Babenberger dynasty inherited it. So by the time the ones he mentioned got it, the first 2 families it beloged to on todays austrian ground hand already died out! (And when the Babenbergers died out the Habsburgs inherited it. So basically the Habsburgers were the ones having it for the longest time and the only ones who managed to not die out. ;-) The "thing" in the Middle is an eagle and just used on the flag when the flag is used by official government authorities, otherwise it's just the red white red. (only they are allowed to use it with the "coat of arms" which is absically the eagle) The eagle wears a "crown out of a city wall made out of bricks" (hard to translate) as a symbol for the burgoisi?, has a hammer in one hand for the workers and a sickle in the other to symbolize the people in agriculture and has broken chains to symbolize the end of the dictatorship during WW2. On it's heart it has the shield with the austrian flag itself. Fun thing, the coat of arms for one of the federal states of austria is in use since around 1172 in the same form for the same thing and thus one of the oldest coats of arms still in use today almost unchanged. The coat of arms of styria that is. And there is a inscription in latin somewhere that translates to "nobody should tease the styrian panther because there's fire comming out of his mouth and his ass! 😎 (but the thing is that originally there was fire out of all it's body openings. all of them... (ok this got way longer than i anticipated, sorry!)
@@Hans-uv1po Correct, only the one for the whole of styria had these flames removed After a female local politician in the 20th century found it obscene...
If you´re talking about the flag, you may mention the story of it´s origin: Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa participated the crusade, white clothes. After a tough battle, he was over and over coverd with blood. Then he took off his belt, and there were the colors of Austria.
I’m from Styria/Austria. Arnold Schwarzenegger was born here and also Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull). Seeing such videos is important to me, because you can easily forget the beauty of your own country when you have it every day.
Every time I’ve visited Austria I’ve always been really impressed by just how clean of a country it is. They really take care of their beautiful country, it’s an example to other countries as to how you can have a clean environment.
I agree (living in Vienna since many years). I would even take it a step further: the Austrians are masters of preservation and renovation. They keep stuff clean and in order.
The downside I see as a austrian is that we have very little unspoiled nature. We manly have very well keped "Kulturlandschaften" (managed landscapes)..... I've beim climbing quite a few mountains and almost all are used for grassing almost up to the summit..... Austria to me is a very well kept park but true wilderness is almost impossible to find
@@tobiasfreitag2182 I agree there too, but unspoiled nature is hard to find anywhere today. I grew up in Sweden and many Austrians view Swedens nature as unspoiled. Around 2-3 percent of Swedens forests are unspoiled, the rest is "tree farming" in one way or another. But I guess unspoiled can also mean that there are less visible traces of humans and a lack of people "everywhere". Me and my Austrian girlfriend travelled to Sweden once, and when we spent some time by a lake, she suddenly asked: -Where are all the people? -There are no people here. It is empty. I can appreciate the "Kulturlandschaft" a lot, just because there are people around. When you have walked for many hours and turn around a corner, there is suddenly a pub/Wirtshaus. It´s beer time! :D
@@jokervienna6433 I plan on a canoe trip to sweden this summer (I have to build the canoe first as part of the challenge), to get away from all the people. I live in the salzkammergut and during the summer months it quite often is impossible for me to go paddling because you just can't find a place to leave your car for a few hours to get on to the water. The only way it works is when my wife brings me to the water and then drives back home again to wait till it is time to pick me up again..... but then, on the water it quite often feels like beeing to the mall becaus of all the people.... I kind of gave up on summer and my main paddling season has become winter. But back to the Swedish plan of mine.... I've been studying all kinds of canoe travel guides for Sweden for weeks now to find a place with enough space to paddle for ten days, that is not flooded with people in July. But it turns out that the more you look around the harder it gets...... everytime I think: ' that looks promising!' The next thing I read is stay away during the season because it will be hard to find a place to set up your tent..... I keep searching for a realy empty place, but hope is fading quickly.......
lol... thats why i'v never seen it:-) i thought it might be a bar or something... but thx. this underlines my point - the reviewed video is very poor. a guy visited the center of vienna in the morning and went to a skiing location in the afternoon - and thats enough to make a video about austria.
Sometimes, as an austrian, it is important to see videos like this. we are so blessed with our country and we have to appreciate it much more. f... all that politics and f... all the tiny fights about nothing. take a glas of tap water from any vieneese faucet and taste what real luxury is. go for a little hike in the woods and breath. enjoy your time with the family and friends. thank you, for remembering me of these things.
I am not from Austria, but from lower Bavaria (Niederbayern, Passau) and it is just a short trip for us to the beautiful city of Vienna. I personally think that Bavarians and Austrians are very much alike. Especially when it comes to tradition (lederhosen, Dirndl, beer culture,...), but also homour, traditional dishes and shared history. And it is not just Austria. It's like a southern block, including Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Austria, some parts of Switzerland and South Tirol, which are all culturally connected by traditions and shared common traits. Vienna definitely is one of my favorite cities in the world. The rich culture, the wonderful castles and historical sites - ohh, you just have to love that. And within the beautiful bonds of the European union we all can enjoy this culture of being connected and united. The world truly is a village. Here in the EU you can witness this every day. We might not be one nation but we are one people. I love strolling around in Prague or Dublin or lying on the beaches of Greece, Spain or Italy, while planning our next trip to Paris, Budapest or Lissabon. This might not be perfect (yet), but I am hoping this could be a role model for the rest of the world. I really do.
Very true! Also the bavarian dialect has more in common with the way people speak in Austria, than with the dialects in other regions of Germany. I once met 2 great guys from Bavaria who used to joke around and say: "We are from Northern- Austria".
Gibt scho an Grund warum wir Österreicher eich Bayern lieben im Gegensatz zu de Norddeutschn, wenn a Österreicher "Piffke" sogt is damit jeder Deutsche oberhalb von Bayern gmand, weil es unsane Brüder seits
Bajuwaren have settled and made arable most of Austria. With the exception of Vorarlberg, Austrian dialects belong to the Bavarian group of German dialects.My father was born in a town called Payerbach (Bavarians on the river shore). Unlike was is said in the video, Austrians are very much like Germans (South Germans). The German empire was ruled from Vienna for 500 years.
I'm German and I love Austria! Vienna is my favorite city but there are so many other beautiful places in this country. It's definitely worth a long trip.
@@aviationvienna2812 Böse Zungen sagen, dass das am kleinen Bruder Komplex liegt. So oder so, ich finds einfach schwachsinn, dass zwei Völker die die selbe Sprache sprechen aufgrund von irgendwann von Menschen gemachten Flaggen und Staaten anfangen sich zu spalten. Wir sollten zusammenhalten.
im austrian and i like the germans but please fix your politics , your Ampel takes a dump not only onto germany but also the whole EU - drags us in their climate craze and identity politics also fix DB, our railways get delays from your delayed trains disrupting the time table...
Hello real viennese here born in vienna!!if you visit austria i can recommend vienna for tourist things and when you want to go skiing go to salzburg!!!!
I'm austrian and you are right, we are used to views like that, but when I see a video like yours I can appreciate it again to live in such a nice country. It's not uncommon for us to visit a cafe in a house which is 250 years old, I even had a friend once whose family lived in the save appartement Napoleon claimed his own when he was in Klagenfurt in 1797!
i have a friend who lives in austria, he ended up there in 1991 as a refugee, he was 10 years old, never left, got his citizenship recently, got maried there and have 3 kids, i often go there to visit and stay for at least a week, for me it is like 4 hour drive top. and now we are in schengen so no stops and checks on border, so i get there even faster. everytime i go i discover something new, even things and places i already visited look different and stunning with every new visit.. it is beautifull country, it have structure, order, i always say the bigest mistake croatian ancestors done, was when they decided to ditch austria ruling, when they ditched being part of austrian empire ( habsburg monarchy) and decided to join countries with south slavs into state of slovenes, croats and serbs.. under austrian ruling we got railways, hospitals, schools, universeties, we become more educated, devloped, we ditched all that for something what changed names couple of times, to b ein union wich fall apart multipel times in blood bath. north of country is closer to border, austrian influence still today is so strong that it made that part of a country like whole different state, mentality of people, working habits, thinking about future, tolerance, order, whole structure of that part of a country is like completly different country than the rest, when i visit north of my county i have a feeling like i am in some austrian small bubbel wich is different than the resot of austria.. if our ancestor knew whaT we know today they would grab, hold and stick with austria and never let it go.. bigest mistake they ever done is when they let it go, instead to stay and today we would be still part of austria or some kind of autonomic teritory under austrian protectorat.. fools...
As an Austrian i rarely apreciate what we have in our country and how welthy we all are and this video reminded me of it thanks! Btw 7:44 on our flag there is an Eagle
It feels like you are catering your videos just for me! I'm an Aussie, live in Australia, my brother married an Austrian, and lives in the Austrian Alps with his family. I consider Austria my second home, and often fly from Aussie summer in to Austria n winter to go skiing at Christmas. Next react to a video about the Austrian tradition of Kraumpus, it's wild!!
The current coat of arms of the Republic of Austria has been in use in its first forms by the First Republic of Austria since 1919. Between 1934 and the German annexation in 1938, the Federal State used a different coat of arms, which consisted of a double-headed eagle. The establishment of the Second Republic in 1945 saw the return of the original arms, with broken chains added to symbolise Austria's liberation. The coat of arms is described in the Federal Constitutional Law (Austrian act) (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, B-VG). The artistic version describes the eagle's feathers as grey and detailed, with the colours of bluegrey for the chain and dark gold for the other signs. The symbols and emblems used in the Austrian arms are as follows: The Eagle: Austria's sovereignty (introduced 1919) The escutcheon: Emblem of Austria (from the late Middle Ages, reintroduced 1915) The mural crown: Middle class (bourgeoisie, introduced 1919) The sickle: Farmer's class (peasants, introduced 1919) The Hammer: Working class (introduced 1919) The broken chains: Liberation from German occupation (added 1945)
The Eagle: Austria's sovereignty (introduced 1919) The escutcheon: Emblem of Austria (from the late Middle Ages, reintroduced 1915) The mural crown: Middle class (bourgeoisie, introduced 1919) The sickle: Farmer's class (peasants, introduced 1919) The Hammer: Working class (introduced 1919) The broken chains: Liberation from German occupation (added 1945) Thats beautifull :) I never knew of this, even though my grandma was born in Vienna in 1916 :)
Of course i need to say that as a german....😅 Only our neighbours in Austria and Czech Republik are drinking more beer than germans🍻 I try my best to change that,Prost😉
love to see so many of us austrians in the comments! I was on the Großglockner (highest mountain) with my car in the parking spot and had lunch their. as you thought, it was awesome not all of vienna is so beautyful, but i rlly like the city i love our country sometimes i forget how beautyful it is
I am a Belgian and have been in a lot of European countries but Austria has always been my favourite country to go on holiday . Wen I jump in my car here near Brussels in the morning I am in the Austrian province of Tyrol at about 4 pm in the afternoon...I have been there more than 40 times .l.
I was born in Carinthia now I live near Krems, lower Austria, and the wine culture and the soft hills in the Waldviertel region are also really really amazing to explore. Damn I really love my country.
Great to see someone react to my home country! Austria's a nature-rich country and has many cute old villages and old city centers. It#S always fun to see someone talk about it from an outside perspective bc it makes me think of it from a different view as well ^^ Glad you enjoyed that video
I'm from Austria, and I just love to watch these videos. Honestly it makes me so happy and I mostly watch them when I'm sad or just feeling not so well lol
Austria absolutely is beautiful. But, as in general: if you want to really see a country: do NOT concentrate on the capital, focus on the villages and countryside! Allthough Vienna is a wonderful city, no doubt about that. Been there and loved it.
Hello, a German here. I like our Austrian neighbors very much. They are very friendly and open to others. They have a very sharp sense of humor which suits me very well. And it is a fantastically beautiful country.
I live in Vienna since seven years and I do agree that Austria and Vienna are great by themselves! Very beautiful, lots of nice food (including their special variants of fast foods - forget McDonalds!). But it gets complicated quite fast. What we today call Austria was created in 1955, after WW2. What was before WW1 was the Austria-Hungary Empire and the Habsburgers (likely the most important family in Europe for a long time). Facts around Austria often get mixed up between these periods. Some random cool things can be mentioned: -Many of the Habsburgers are buried in three places. The heart, the brain and the body are buried in different places. -Skip St Claus: for a true Christmas tradition, check out Krampus. -Viennas population before WW1 was 2,4 million. After WW2, the population was down to 1,2 million. -Vienna is still one of the spy capitals in the world. -The mountains are truly beautiful, but also dangerous. Around 3-400 people die in the mountains every year. -Austria is a great wine producer. Just don´t drink the stuff they export, the truly good wines they keep for themselves. -Watch out for "death by food"! One or all of these might kill you: the great sausages, the lovely cheese, the wonderful beer, the refreshing wine and of course the cakes and the chocolate.
Nice. I want to add to the list - Red Bull is an austrian invention - The blood types had been discovered by austrian-american Karl Landsteiner in 1901 - There are countless funny and peculiar place names, "Fucking" being the most famous one - About 1000 brands of austrian beers exist, every supermarket sells at the very least 10, more likely 20 - The story (rather the legend) behind the flag is quite bloody
@@Hagelnot Nice too! I had forgot about the flag story, but it is a good one! Perhaps we should just continue with a list of peculiar Austrian stuff, for any curious one out there? -The biggest cavalry attack in history is believed to be when Jan Sobiesky the 3:d relieved Vienna from the Turks. Some 18 000 cavalry went in to action. -It is said that the halfmoon shape of many Austrian cookies/breads comes from the celebration of the victory above - they made it into halfmoon shapes to mock the Turks. They also captured a lot of coffee, and perhaps that was the start of the Viennese coffee culture (likely myth, all of it). -Some of Viennas great buildings where actually never finished - because they ran out of money. Stephansdom only has one tower. The Hofburg only has one Flügel. The Parliament building lacks much of the gold covering that was planned from the start. -When the Wiener Staatsoper was built, they missed to coordinate it with the street being built outside. The Emperor made a small comment about that, and the architect promptly killed himself. The Emperor never mentioned any building mistakes after that. -The inner ring of Vienna was built for military purposes. The Emperor was once locked out from Vienna for some days, by communists/anarchists. He got so angry that he ordered the old defensive wall to be torn down and replaced with big streets where cavalry could be deployed fast. The old stables are now the Museumsquartier.
@@jokervienna6433 I might soon be running out of tidbits, but I can elaborate a bit. - The story of the flag, as I remember it goes as follow: King Leopold(?) wore a big belt in battle against the turks I believe, after he took it off his white doublet had been bloodstained, except for where the belt had been. - Emperor Franz Joseph once nearly drowned in the Suez canal when he visited for it's opening. - The crossaint myth, I also read it was due to the bakers that an underground sneak attack of the turks was noticed. They were up very early and heard the digging underneath and alarmed the military. After victory they created the mocking pastry. - Beethoven lived in many places because he was told to be a very unpleasant neighbor. In both cities I grew up and live now are several "Beethoven houses". - Austria has been huge in literature although missing the nobel prices mostly. Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Ferdinand Raimund, Franz Werfel, even Franz Kafka counts into it despite being from Prague. - Vienna is called the worlds capital for classical music. The "Wiener Philharmoniker" are the most renowned orchester of the world. I see you know a lot about architecture. Some typical "austrian solutions" there haha. When they built a new hospital in my city some years ago, they forgot to leave space for the parking lots. After completion the building kept having several structural damages, like i.e wet walls.
from the 3-400 ppl who die in the nature 99,99% are "Schlapfentouristen" ppl who are simply not prepared, leave trails or ski besides the slopes! basically you can tell - the natural election still works in Austria. you see tourists climbing via ferratas with crocs,.. with 22 million tourists each year - the number of ppl bite the grass is pretty low...
@@bluebull1985 the statistics might be low, but after seven years in Austria, two people that I have met (both mountain experienced Austrians) died hiking in the mountains. For one of them, it took two weeks to find his body - though his trail was known. He seems to have taken just one wrong step and then fell into a small crevice, some 100 meters down. The terrain is difficult. I agree with the "idiots", quite many overestimate themselves and some even choose to go off the trails "because it can not be so dangerous". Wrong. Always listen very carefully to the locals. Never ever do anything they are sceptical of.
Austria has an incredible history. A great empire, the gateway to western Europe. The Turks besieged Vienna, but it never fell. Culturally it was incredibly important and on par with Paris, I guess. And Vienna itself is a gem. On my bucket list for sure. Music, art, culture, architecture and beautiful nature. But if you visit you might be better off speaking English than standard German. I, for one, do not understand Austrian German if the person talking to me does not want my German ass to understand. 😅 If you like flags, you might consider watching Geography Now's Fan/Flag friday. They go into great detail about the heraldic details and symbolism and history of the flags. 😄
I can attest to what you said about our language ;-) Years ago i was i cologne for a course (sent by my employer) and one guy from the course who was from Bielefeld and stayed in the same hotel gave me a ride from the hotel to the course. His wife was from vienna, and at some point he told me that he understood me way better than his wife. I didn't dare to tell him that i was concentrating hard and trying my best to speak high german so he and the others would understand me, while his wife probably did not.
I‘m Austrian and just discovered your channel a week or so ago, what are the odds that you‘d start reacting to Austria related stuff now out of all times lol. Love your videos, it’s always interesting to hear what people from other countries and continents think of Europe and Austria, keep it up!
For your flag knowledge The best-known legend of how the Austrian flag came into being is that the bandage shield was created during the siege of Acre (1189-1191) in the Third Crusade, in which the Babenberg Duke Leopold V, the Virtuous (1157-1194) also took part. It is said that after the battle his white robe was completely soaked in blood, except for a white stripe (the "bandage") where he wore his sword belt. Henry VI is said to have granted him the coat of arms in this year 1191 to perpetuate his heroic courage.
Living on Austria is really nice. Looooong history with super cool architecture and one of the most beautiful landscapes over all...thx for checking out our beautiful country
My Trip recommendations for Austria are Vienna for Culture (Museums etc.), Carinthia for Nature (beautiful lakes and hikes) and Graz for Parties and Nights Out.
Thank you for your kind words. As an Austrian I appreciated them a lot. Actually, it is even better than all these pictures can transport, because not only the country itself is rich, but also the population is doing fine. Infrastructure, health system, education, sound nature,.. we should not only cherish this, but also be aware to preserve our accomplishments.
As a Portuguese , I must say I loved visiting Austria and Sweden. They are gems to preserve. But I would like you to watch something deep about my country also 😃
As an Austria I really appreciate your video. It' s heartwarming to see your reactions and it really helps to appreciate the things I took for granted. I live in Vienna, a beautiful city, and my Dad moved to Kärnten so I can always enjoy the mountains and beautiful lakes without paying for a hotel ;)
I'm Austrian. Born and raised in Vienna and I love the city so much. I'm so happy to live there. It's also great that Austria has so many mountains and that you can go skiing. For me that's normal because I have all these things but I sometimes forget that we shouldn't take that for granted.
I’m Austrian / Viennese and I really enjoyed this video. (I appreciate the way you use to talk about all the things in your videos, you are curious about everything and you never tear something off just because it is strange or uncommon for you, like some other RUclipsrs use to do.) It was an amazing video and together with your comments ist really worth to be seen. The two regions being shown in the video, the Salzkammergut (Mountains and lakes) and Vienna are the two parts of our country most tourists go. But be sure: there a more further regions you can go for holidays, for culture, nature and adventures! Everything being shown is very typical for our country. What I really missed? Two important things were missing: the Danube and the wine. Sometimes people think they belong together, but that’s not always true 😉
Hey, Ian - I'm 53 and apart from a few flakes when I was a child, I've never seen snow at all. I imagine, though that many of my fellow Australians might not have either. How beautiful is Austria though? There's always the Australia/Austria confusion on the part of some people, but really we couldn't be more different, it seems. The word for the study of flags is vexillology.
Hello from Austria! A couple of years back, I had the great pleasure to meet an Australian couple in the museum I work at. It was the middle of April and had started to snow heavily that morning. Both were extremely happy to not only see snow for the very first time in their lives, but to experience Vienna in snow on their first day in Austria. I jokingly told them to not show how glad they were to other people, because we were getting fed up with winter by that time and they might have to run for their lives from irate Viennese. (Yes, our humor and jokes are very slightly black)
I remember when I was in a bus few years ago, there was an australian family. and we pass by this mountain covered in snow and the kids went crazy. the mother looked at me because I was laughing at/with the kids and she said they are from australia and have never seen snow before
I´m actually from the village with the longest ice cave. If you visit Austria, go there - it is really impressive. Edit: The Village is called "Werfen" btw - and the cave is called "Eisriesenwelt" => Icy giants world
@@edwinnijmeijer8444 in summer also visit lake Wörthersee and the panoramic tower Pyramidenkogel on the south side of the lake. With good weather you'll get a stunning view over Carinthia from the Koralm in the east via the Karawanken in the south (border to Slovenia) up to Großglockner in the far west.
While there also visit the Schloß and watch the bird show. And for those without fear of heights, just before Eisriesenwelt a very narrow path in an almost vertical rockface leads to a beautiful hike!
I have to smile every time when I see a shot of Hallstatt (0:50), it's always one of the first things you see about austria. I went to school there for 4 years! Theres a school for furniture design, carpentry, instrument making and sculpting, people from all over austria (and even outside austria) go to school there. The most impressive thing for most people when I talk to them is that I had to go across the lake Hallstatt on my way to school every day. The trainstation is on the opposite side of the lake and from there you have to go by ship.+ Vienna is reanked pretty high in terms of quality of life but it is also NUMBER ONE on the list of most unfriendly cities. I work in vienna and lived there for over 10 years and I have to admit, I'm not missing the citie all that much. In recent years vienna became quite unattractive mostly because of some "governmental decisions".
But only unfriendly for foreigners? If they are not blond + blue-eyed? Please explain. That's an odd contra-diction. They want tourism but only with dirty money? 😢
At the time of Mozart and Beethoven there was no such thing as Germany or Austria like we know it today. The Holy Roman Empire of German Nations contained large kingdoms and several regions ruled by counts, dukes and princes. The leading force for long periode of time was the house of Habsburg in Vienna. So this head was called Emperor.
Germany as today - no. But in the time of Mozart Josef II was not only "Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches" but also "Erzherzog von Österreich". So there was an Austria for a long time. It was just much larger than today.
Hi, Austrian here! Honestly seeing people from across the world admire what Austria has to offer (especially the skiing places) and being amazed by the beauty of the alps is really refreshing. I am very grateful that I was born here, and still appreciate what I could be doing in my country even though I live in a little town. I don't really like skiing that much because of medical reasons but whenever I see the snow in videos and the mountains it puts a smile on my face :)
@@maggiemae9099 Ja, and then there is this nice drink that is also called Oma's Apfelstrudel. Apple juice with cinnamon. Normally I don't drink juice, but that was just awesome. The food around Graz is very special anyways. The land over there is so fertile.
Austria is heven on Earth! Stunning nature, great people, great food and beer. As a european truck driver I've been all over Europe and Austria is my favorite country. Would love to live there some day.
As an Austrian I am happy to see a video about my country. Ian, you are right: Vienna has been ranked several times as the best place to live in - we usually "battle" against Vancouver for number one :) Sadly enough we are also known for being grumpy and even unfriendly. Hope we are working on that....
Visited Vienna for 2/3 days on a school trip in 2017,too little time to really enjoy the city,but it has become a place that i wanna visit again asap,i can't describe it,but the vibe and the atmosphere is something that took a piece of my heart Luckily i live in Northern Italy,so it isn't that far away 😄
As an Austrian myself, i feel the need to adress a few things not mentiond which are kinda incredible special for americans. You should watch a video on how diffrent living itself is. Like how door knobs are, the fact that our tap water is perfectly fine and "actually orderd in restaurants aswell" and those kinds of stuff. Also considering our culture, there are is a very own "vienna coffee culture" which has its own charm. Salzburg has a very intresting history, alone because of the shear fact, if translated into english 1:1 it would mean "salt castle", which is historicly given. Its allways worth a sight seeing tour and those ice caves are not all to far away from there aswell. Also considering lake of constance which is one of the biggest "enclosed sweet water" sea's as far as i remember and has borders in 3 diffrent lands even "international" in the "DACH" region, as Austria, Germany and Switzerland are part of this Region.
Hi from Innsbruck/Austria! I wanna give a huge shout out to you for all your videos, it is really amazing how you keep watching all those videos, reacting to it, learning more yourself and at the same time show new stuff to the public! About thisvideo, if you liked it, just visit us someday! Theres a lot to explore and a lot of fun to be had. And its never ever too late to learn skiing either ;)
I drove once to Vienna (or Wien in Austrian) , on the way home,i found that we were driving in circles, never could find a right turn where i wanted to go, in the end a very nice local helped us, he drove out the city so we can follow him.
@@CommanderAustria That depends entirely what you are used to: Let me explain with this little example ofmy own experience: in vienna (and it's the only place in austria where that's the case) if you set your indicator, people "know" you are going to change lanes now and try to let you. In Graz for example, setting the indicator means "showing interest to change the lane". If you are lucky someone gives way, otherwise you have to wait. -> So if you are from vienna, it's easy in vienna and hard in other cities as for you "people in these places are rude and don't let you change lanes when you indicate". If you are from Graz or Linz and you drive in vienna, it's harder because people are rude and just indicate and change lanes immediately without checking if there's enough space for that (like the STVO actually states you have to). So if you remember where you are and what the local "laws" are the difficulty level is the same. (i worked in vienna for almost 11 years and are from an area close to Graz)
I live near Vienna and go to Vienna on a regular basis. It never gets old and I am still delighted to see those nice buildings. But also be aware that in those videos you always see those cities in summer time when all the vegetation is at it's peak and you see all blue skies. If you would visit Vienna from November to let's say February it looses some of it's charm due to the clouds and wet/cold weather. So if you consider visiting Vienna then make sure to go during spring time or summer time.
I love my country. All the beauty and heritage. I am from Carinthia, the most southern part of Austria. We add a little bit of mediterraneian spirit to the country because our neighbors are Italy and Slovenia. When I step out of my door, I look at a small but nice ~700 year old castle.
More austria reactions. I ususally watch germany reactions because there is hardly anything about austria out there. But I freaking love my austrian country.
I love everything about Austria!!! I live in the Netherlands and my parents took me a lot of times to Austria when I was a child. My husband and I already took our children 3 times to Austria. Last summer we were there again. It is so relaxing to be there. When you wake up you have already a beautiful view. It's so calming to me. Going up a mountain, take a walk and then drinking a cappuccino on top of the hill with a beautiful view is the best thing!!! It's sad that in summer there is less snow than 35 years ago. You have to go much higher up the mountain now.
I had a lil laught when u said that the shot from the Hallstättersee is familiar to you. Yes Hallstatt is used quite often as a Screen. It is beautiful I lived 6 years in Hallstatt, I was a teenager back then and admiring the landscape wasnt rly something I did, but I still remember the time with a warm heart :)
The symbols and emblems used in the Austrian arms are as follows: The Eagle: Austria's sovereignty (introduced 1919) The escutcheon: Emblem of Austria (late Middle Ages, reintroduced 1915 ) The mural crown: Middle class (bourgeoisie, introduced 1919) The sickle: Farmer's class (peasants, introduced 1919) The Hammer: Working class (introduced 1919) The broken chains: Liberation from German occupation (added 1945) The blown up iron chain symbolizes the regaining of Austria's independence and the reconstruction of the state in 1945. Discussions about the arms have been triggered in the past by differing political interpretations, especially by the use of the hammer and the sickle and the broken chains, since the crossed hammer and sickle are a widespread symbol of communism, as is the breaking of chains. Surveys have however confirmed, that understanding of the actual symbolism of the arms is widespread.
Just chiming with some additional info about the origins of Austrian flag! There are several legends around the origins of the Austrian red-white-red, but the most well-known traces it back to the Siege of Acre during the third crusade in the late 12th century. According to this legend, the Duke of Austria, Leopold V (also known for later imprisoning Richard Lionheart at Dürnstein castle), lost his banner during the battle, and, thinking quickly, used his formerly white surcoat which was by now drenched in blood, with a white stripe remaining in the middle where he had worn his belt, as his new makeshift banner. Afterwards, the emperor granted him permission to adopt the red-white-red banner as his new official coat of arms. Probably mostly fabrication, but kind of a neat legend!
German occupation? Seems like a little historical legend of the Austrians. With all the pictures of Austrians celebrating, it didn't look like occupation, especially when you compare the people's faces to the real occupation of Czechoslovakia. One could also find many Austrians (for example Hitler, Seyss-Inquart, Kaltenbrunner, Skorzeny) in leading positions in the Reich, which is not so common for an occupied country.
@@thkempeyes i agree. Since the Waldheim debate in 1986, the victim thesis has been regarded as a "historical lie" (Robert Menasse), which after 1945 had made it possible to successfully hide the involvement of Austrian society in National Socialism. In 1991, Federal Chancellor Vranitzky made a declaration of "co-responsibility" for the suffering that "not Austria as a state, but citizens of this country brought upon other people and peoples". Thus the victim theory was officially invalidated.
@@thkempe i don‘t know but if you look at north korean propaganda videos you als see people cheering. I think this is more a result of violence and fear. Apart of that Austria is very small and was always closely related to Germany. Which alternative would you have suggested to the Austrians in the 1940s?
Hey cool to see a video on Austria. I'm an American that moved here in 1999 at the age of 5 (Linz, Austria). It's perfect I love it, the thing this video missed out on is: A lot of cities are in these basins or valleys near water surrounded by mountains. Linz for example was built along the Danube and if your on the surrounding Mountains in the morning and its nice and foggy, the whole of the city will disappear and what is left is just long River of Fog. It's a sight to behold.
If you mention Berta von Suttner, you should also mention that she is the reason that the nobel prizes especially the one for peace exist. She worked as Noble private secretary for a short time and frequently was in contact with him. And he even was part of the peace organization she created. She also suggested a prize for people who promoted and were successfull in disarmament and demobilization of amred forces. As for other nobel prize winners i would throw in Karl Landsteiner (thanks to him we are aware of blood types)
@@raidri_conchobair technically speaking: There was no Germany as a country during Beethovens early life and he was born as "Kurkölner". (so he was from the cologne reagion which was it's own little entity) And Hitler gave up his austrian citizenship during WW1 and obtained a german one which he had until his death. (he dodged the medical testing for the recruitment of the austro hungarian army and volunteered for the german army which took him in.)
Interesting, all I knew about Austria was they ironically designed the model of rifle the Australian military uses, steyr AUG. they gave us the right to use the model and build it here in Australia with different specs and mods, The Australian model is called a F88 Austeyr. Bit of useless info for ya🙌🏼😂
The austrian army calls it STG77 for Sturmgewehr 77 - in english assault rifle 77 because it was introduced in 1977. To the other answer , i have to say that the steel from noricum was loved by the Romans because it had the right amount of carbon inside to stay longer without of rust. I live a few miles away from the mine. They closed it in the 70's because it was to expensive to mine and it was cheaper to import iron from Australia and Indonesia - I think we have here a little bit of cirle ;-)
@@Nebneru May i correct: it's not that the amount of carbon made it more rust resistant, but that amount of carbon meant it was actually steel. Most others at that time only had iron. Iron can't really be hardened, while steel can (even to a level choosable by the smith). So the actual advantage or the "iron of noricum" was that it was in fact steel: tougher and harder and could cut through iron. And that it was a pretty clean and consistent steel. (wihtout many flaws) And the romans (as far as i know) already contracted the weapons to be made in the province and didn't just buy the material from the noricers.
The G-wagons the australian army uses are also all made in Austria. (in the city of Graz to be specific) And the Australian army requirements for that matter were the inspiration to build the "sheik mobile" (as i call it) the G wagon 6x6 squared...
That Arlberg you saw, I was skiing right there❤️. And I also think, maybe football is (especially cause of the euro 2024) one of the if not the most popular sports. Much love from Tirol❤️
Vienna, Prague, Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam etc. Europe has so many cities to visit. While many share similar characteristics (being old European cities) each of them are unique in their own ways. If I was an American that hadn't seen much of Europe, I would probably start with a cruise ship holiday along the Donau. Wien/Vienna is a beautiful city with a lot of culture to explore. Don't miss out on trying their schnitzels.
On the topic of flags. Did you know that Denmark has the oldest continually used flag in the world. It's been the official flag of Denmark since around the year 1200.
If it would just be the time used... The austrian flag was already used by a smaller nobel family that died out in 1122(Eppensteiner) and passed it on to another dynasty that died out 1192 (Traungauer) and passed it on to another noble dynasty (Babenberger) which died out in 1246 when the Habsburger inherited the flag and lands and since 1918 the republic uses it. So while the flag is in use for an area that is in todays austria since before the danish one, it's not been *continually* used *for the same thing for that time* . Edit: if you are into such things, the styrian coat of arms is used for the duchy of styria (which became the federal state of styria in 1918) since 1180 in the same form (with one little change in removing the flame from his penis in the 1920's as a female politician felt it to be obscene) Which makes it one of if not the oldes coat of arms continually used for the same thing (that is still in use today)
8:18 - The Austrians made it so that the world saw Hitler as a German and Beethoven as an Austrian. In fact, Mozart AND Beethoven were citizens of the German Empire and Hitler was Austrian.
@@nomaam9077 better don´t fill the comment section with this messy state-like-union called HRR, where even the Netherlands where once part of it, ruled by the german emporerer (Karl V/Carlos I), who was also the archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia, Hungary and Spain, lived in Madrid and was the King of Hernán Cortés, the destroyer of the aztecs... And of course, Austria is beautiful
As an Austrian, I really enjoyed this video. It kind of helps you appreciate how much beauty is around us every day. I live in Vienna and although I‘ve made this city my home over a decade ago, I still marvel over its beauty every day. Oh by the way, the little town by the lakeside on the foot of the mountain - the one you assumed you had seen before on a screensaver - that’s Hallstatt and it’s one of the most beautiful places to go in Austria - it’s also crammed with tourists… The region it’s in is called Salzkammergut and it’s also very beautiful - the ice cave is there, too. I hope you can come here one day - Austria is really worth a trip. Also, incredible just how many Austrians there are in the comments.
I just spent a week in the US (my second time there) and I became aware again of a lot of things that we in Austria just grew up with to appreciate, like healthy food, famers markets in every town, grocery shopping in walking distance (shopping for food had to be done by uber in our US location, because it was so far away from the town center), water that actually tastes and smells refreshing (as opposed to it smelling and tasting like a swimming pool where we spent the past week). I want to add that I really loved our time in the US, because of the people we met (helpful and lovely angels all around), but we greatly missed what we have here in Austria. If you can, you should really come over and see for yourself. 🙂
as an Austrian, it is really nice to see your reaction - thank you for all your wows, - I didn't count them, but that would be a nice game.😉 greetings from Vienna!🤗
As an austrian, I gotta say its refreshing to see videos about our country and reactions to those videos, it always surprises me that other people are so stunned at the things that for us austrians are completely normal. loved the video!
You’re in a spectacular country, I can’t wait to learn more about it. I love the clean cities featured here and the big mountains
i'm traveling the world but always glad to be home to austria 👍
Same here... It makes me realise how blessed we are and that we should it enjoy it more to live here
I've spent a minimum of 5 weeks in Austria every year since I was 8 years old. I have friends there that have visited me in the Netherlands too. It's the only country I'd consider moving to. Three more weeks until I go skiing with my family and friends.
So true ✌️ Soizbuag 😅
As an Austrian living in Vienna, I see all of us get wrapped up so much in all the little things that don't work out - and forget how great we have it. Thanks for admiring our beautiful little country from afar, it reminds me of how precious my home is and how grateful I can be to live here. Cheers
well said, just thought the very same..
Agreed
todally agreed
I am also an austrian
i agree 100%
vienna is such a beautiful city to live. i love it so much
Portuguese here. Hugs for austrian friends, you have such a beautiful country!
Thanks, and Portugal is equally beautiful
@@Jonaelize True, I 💖 Portugal !
Thanks! Portugal is a very lovely country as well. I have been in Lissabon and a half years ago! It’s very lovely!
Much ❤ from Austria 🇦🇹
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Before ww1 austria was huge. Back then it was called austria-hungary ruled by the habsburger kaiser familiy. Czech republic, slowakia, hungary, parts of poland, slowenia, croatia and even parts of belguim and the netherlands were part of austria
Yes strange that that was not explicitly stated in the vid
I love Austria! It’s so incredibly beautiful, clean and friendly. I have been there many times, mainly for skiing, but also a few times in summer and a city trip to Vienna (gorgeous, as are Innsbruck and Salzburg). For me wintersport is best in this country. Better than France, Switzerland and even Colorado and Canada. Although the powder in North America is amazing, nothing beats the atmosphere in Austria.
My mother maybe was their biggest fan. She went there twice a year, in summer and winter, for 50 years. When she got terminally ill, a great Dutch foundation Ambulance Wish, took her, my sister and me all the way to Stubaital Austria for a final 3 day visit so she could say goodbye to her beloved home away from home.
That story almost made me cry oh my god
@@dionysos7735 It’s a bittersweet memory for sure, but one of the best things we could have done for her. You should have seen her face light up when she saw the mountains and we put her in a wheelchair so we could take her up in the lift to the top of the glacier. Her best friend made us Wiener schnitzel and apfelstrudel, her favorites.
"Schifoan" by Wolfgang Ambros 😍
Wow thank you for sharing this
@@arnodobler1096 Wowowowo! 😃
Or “Bergvagabunden” in my family better known as ‘Heilige Berge, sonnige Höhen’ and Die (lustige) Schilehrer aus dem Stubaital.
As an Austrian, I am so proud and happy to see our country being presented so positively. Love the video and your reaction. Thank you for that!
I am living in Austria, close to a small city called Innsbruck and sometimes it happens that I forget just how beautiful it is around here. Videos like yours are a good reminder to just stop for a moment, look up and appreciate the mountains. Thanks for that, made my day.
Kenne ich vom MSFluSim. Schwieriger Anflug immer auf den Flughafen.
hey wohne in der nähe bin aus Reutte😂
Geht mir oft genau so mit Österreich. Übrigens, ich bin aus Salzburg und habe in Innsbruck studiert. Beruflich habe ich das Glück ebenfalls des öfteren in Innsbruck zu tun zu haben.
I love Austria and Innsbruck is beautiful , ❤ from Slovakia
LG aus Wiener Neustadt
As an Austrian, I need to say: Don't feel bad if you are Austrian and not into skiing - you might think so but you are not alone!
You can still have a wonderful Austrian life with just a little (forced by heritage and school) skiing. There are many more ways to feel the magic of our sweet home Austria, it does not have to be a combination of cold and wet 😁💖✨
Yeah I hate skiing! 🙈 Just not for me, I was always so scared, it just wasn't fun for me. I live in Vienna anyway. 🤷🏻♀️
I love skiing and snowboarding, but I didn’t go for years, cause it’s so expensive nowadays 😩
@@Nemokiddy Clumsy Austrian here, tried skiing a few times as a kid, always completely self-destructed. Not for me.
I am from the Tyrol and don't like skiing as well.
I mean, you totally can live without skiing…. but do you really consider it living? 😂 (jk)
Woooow finally one for Austria! I am from Upper-Austria and i love your europe reactions. Much love from Austria!
Servus! 😊👋
I think he confused IT with australia
@@andreiionescu205 Clearly not! He understands it's Europe, the Alps and that they speak german.
Grüßt Gott Landesgenossen! Es ist schön zu sehen. dass einige Österreicher hier zu sehen sind!
Noch einen schönen Tag wünscht euch ein Wiener.
Greetings from Styria
Been living in Austria for 3 years now, it's the 4th European country I've lived in and I think I'll call this one home for the long run.
It's great to see such reactions because it reminds me of how lucky I am to be here, I too was stunned and I'm grateful every day for the opportunity to call this place home.
I'm a simple Austrian, I see Austria I press like. Also quite surprising how many Austrians are in this comment section.
Edit: No we are not laughing at you for being impressed by these old building. I might be Austrian, but everytime i visit Vienna, i am absolutely stunned at all these old monumental buildings. Pictures and videos really can't get the size across and how absolutely awestruck you are every time you see them.
Jeah. Austria in the title and we just click ^^
got me too :)
*Title,Picture,Video has Austria in it.*
Austrians: *intense clicking*
Greetings from Graz!
Even when living in Vienna, I get awestruck of the buildings! But I have noticed that some Austrians view it as a "Kulisse". Most of the buildings are from the Grunderzeit (late 1800´s to early 1900´s), so some view it as somewhat "fake". But for me, it feels real - and the blacksmith-work does not lie. Awesome.
Some buildings are older though, and I sometimes get very impressed by signs like "this pharmacy opened in the year 15xx". Insane! :)
@@tomatenplayer7379 In the video there is the Zeughaus missing the oldest weaponsstorage in europe or like that
Austrian here who just discovered this video. Thank you 🤍 for your heartwarming reactions! Yes - it is indeed a stunningly beautiful country with such a rich culture and history. If you ever make it to Europe, give us a shout and we’ll give you the grandest tour 🥳
Something about the flag even most austrians don't know: it's even older than the guy who made that facts video found in his reasearch. He said it's from the Babenberg dynasty, which is where the Habsburg dynasty inherited it from which the republik inherited it. But thing is, this flag was already used by the "Eppensteiner" family which died out in 1122. Their flag and land posessions were inherited by the Traungauer dynasty and when they died out in 1192, the Babenberger dynasty inherited it. So by the time the ones he mentioned got it, the first 2 families it beloged to on todays austrian ground hand already died out! (And when the Babenbergers died out the Habsburgs inherited it. So basically the Habsburgers were the ones having it for the longest time and the only ones who managed to not die out. ;-)
The "thing" in the Middle is an eagle and just used on the flag when the flag is used by official government authorities, otherwise it's just the red white red. (only they are allowed to use it with the "coat of arms" which is absically the eagle) The eagle wears a "crown out of a city wall made out of bricks" (hard to translate) as a symbol for the burgoisi?, has a hammer in one hand for the workers and a sickle in the other to symbolize the people in agriculture and has broken chains to symbolize the end of the dictatorship during WW2. On it's heart it has the shield with the austrian flag itself.
Fun thing, the coat of arms for one of the federal states of austria is in use since around 1172 in the same form for the same thing and thus one of the oldest coats of arms still in use today almost unchanged.
The coat of arms of styria that is. And there is a inscription in latin somewhere that translates to "nobody should tease the styrian panther because there's fire comming out of his mouth and his ass! 😎 (but the thing is that originally there was fire out of all it's body openings. all of them...
(ok this got way longer than i anticipated, sorry!)
The coat of arms of Graz still has the original with flames out of all openings.
@@Hans-uv1po Correct, only the one for the whole of styria had these flames removed After a female local politician in the 20th century found it obscene...
😂😂🤣Thanks man!! 🔥🔥
If you´re talking about the flag, you may mention the story of it´s origin: Emperor Friedrich Barbarossa participated the crusade, white clothes. After a tough battle, he was over and over coverd with blood. Then he took off his belt, and there were the colors of Austria.
Wow, didn't know that much about our flag... Quite impressive. Thanks for the effort!
I’m from Styria/Austria. Arnold Schwarzenegger was born here and also Dietrich Mateschitz (Red Bull). Seeing such videos is important to me, because you can easily forget the beauty of your own country when you have it every day.
Every time I’ve visited Austria I’ve always been really impressed by just how clean of a country it is.
They really take care of their beautiful country, it’s an example to other countries as to how you can have a clean environment.
you should see how clean Australia is
I agree (living in Vienna since many years). I would even take it a step further: the Austrians are masters of preservation and renovation. They keep stuff clean and in order.
The downside I see as a austrian is that we have very little unspoiled nature. We manly have very well keped "Kulturlandschaften" (managed landscapes).....
I've beim climbing quite a few mountains and almost all are used for grassing almost up to the summit.....
Austria to me is a very well kept park but true wilderness is almost impossible to find
@@tobiasfreitag2182 I agree there too, but unspoiled nature is hard to find anywhere today. I grew up in Sweden and many Austrians view Swedens nature as unspoiled. Around 2-3 percent of Swedens forests are unspoiled, the rest is "tree farming" in one way or another.
But I guess unspoiled can also mean that there are less visible traces of humans and a lack of people "everywhere". Me and my Austrian girlfriend travelled to Sweden once, and when we spent some time by a lake, she suddenly asked:
-Where are all the people?
-There are no people here. It is empty.
I can appreciate the "Kulturlandschaft" a lot, just because there are people around. When you have walked for many hours and turn around a corner, there is suddenly a pub/Wirtshaus. It´s beer time! :D
@@jokervienna6433 I plan on a canoe trip to sweden this summer (I have to build the canoe first as part of the challenge), to get away from all the people.
I live in the salzkammergut and during the summer months it quite often is impossible for me to go paddling because you just can't find a place to leave your car for a few hours to get on to the water. The only way it works is when my wife brings me to the water and then drives back home again to wait till it is time to pick me up again..... but then, on the water it quite often feels like beeing to the mall becaus of all the people.... I kind of gave up on summer and my main paddling season has become winter.
But back to the Swedish plan of mine.... I've been studying all kinds of canoe travel guides for Sweden for weeks now to find a place with enough space to paddle for ten days, that is not flooded with people in July. But it turns out that the more you look around the harder it gets...... everytime I think: ' that looks promising!' The next thing I read is stay away during the season because it will be hard to find a place to set up your tent.....
I keep searching for a realy empty place, but hope is fading quickly.......
That skiing resort at 5:00 is actually the SilverStar resort in Canada, not Austria.
YES! My first thought seeing that picture was: It's NO WAY this is in Austria! Thanks for claryfing.
lol... thats why i'v never seen it:-) i thought it might be a bar or something... but thx. this underlines my point - the reviewed video is very poor. a guy visited the center of vienna in the morning and went to a skiing location in the afternoon - and thats enough to make a video about austria.
Sometimes, as an austrian, it is important to see videos like this. we are so blessed with our country and we have to appreciate it much more. f... all that politics and f... all the tiny fights about nothing. take a glas of tap water from any vieneese faucet and taste what real luxury is. go for a little hike in the woods and breath. enjoy your time with the family and friends. thank you, for remembering me of these things.
I am not from Austria, but from lower Bavaria (Niederbayern, Passau) and it is just a short trip for us to the beautiful city of Vienna. I personally think that Bavarians and Austrians are very much alike. Especially when it comes to tradition (lederhosen, Dirndl, beer culture,...), but also homour, traditional dishes and shared history. And it is not just Austria. It's like a southern block, including Bavaria, Baden-Württemberg, Austria, some parts of Switzerland and South Tirol, which are all culturally connected by traditions and shared common traits. Vienna definitely is one of my favorite cities in the world. The rich culture, the wonderful castles and historical sites - ohh, you just have to love that. And within the beautiful bonds of the European union we all can enjoy this culture of being connected and united. The world truly is a village. Here in the EU you can witness this every day. We might not be one nation but we are one people. I love strolling around in Prague or Dublin or lying on the beaches of Greece, Spain or Italy, while planning our next trip to Paris, Budapest or Lissabon. This might not be perfect (yet), but I am hoping this could be a role model for the rest of the world. I really do.
To be honest. As an Austrian being in Bavaria I feel at home ! :-) There is nearly no difference.
I am an austrian and I always joke to my half bavarian half austrian friend that bavaria is austrias 10th federal state.
Very true! Also the bavarian dialect has more in common with the way people speak in Austria, than with the dialects in other regions of Germany.
I once met 2 great guys from Bavaria who used to joke around and say: "We are from Northern- Austria".
Gibt scho an Grund warum wir Österreicher eich Bayern lieben im Gegensatz zu de Norddeutschn, wenn a Österreicher "Piffke" sogt is damit jeder Deutsche oberhalb von Bayern gmand, weil es unsane Brüder seits
Bajuwaren have settled and made arable most of Austria. With the exception of Vorarlberg, Austrian dialects belong to the Bavarian group of German dialects.My father was born in a town called Payerbach (Bavarians on the river shore). Unlike was is said in the video, Austrians are very much like Germans (South Germans). The German empire was ruled from Vienna for 500 years.
I'm German and I love Austria! Vienna is my favorite city but there are so many other beautiful places in this country. It's definitely worth a long trip.
War viel beruflich in Österreich. Tolles Land, tolle Leute und super Essen! Gruß aus Stuttgart!
Liebe Grüße aus Wien, wir haben dich auch lieb!
@@aviationvienna2812 Böse Zungen sagen, dass das am kleinen Bruder Komplex liegt.
So oder so, ich finds einfach schwachsinn, dass zwei Völker die die selbe Sprache sprechen aufgrund von irgendwann von Menschen gemachten Flaggen und Staaten anfangen sich zu spalten. Wir sollten zusammenhalten.
Better than Germany?
im austrian and i like the germans but please fix your politics , your Ampel takes a dump not only onto germany but also the whole EU - drags us in their climate craze and identity politics
also fix DB, our railways get delays from your delayed trains disrupting the time table...
Hello real viennese here born in vienna!!if you visit austria i can recommend vienna for tourist things and when you want to go skiing go to salzburg!!!!
I'm austrian and you are right, we are used to views like that, but when I see a video like yours I can appreciate it again to live in such a nice country. It's not uncommon for us to visit a cafe in a house which is 250 years old, I even had a friend once whose family lived in the save appartement Napoleon claimed his own when he was in Klagenfurt in 1797!
Ich kenne deinen Nachnamen irgendwo her... bist du aus Kärnten?
@@onlione7086 Yup.
A friend of mine lives vis-à-vis of a house where Beethoven used to live. It's kind of nothing special to us weirdly
I am related to Schubert and my uncle (he was an organ builder) still owns a piano that belonged to him.
i have a friend who lives in austria, he ended up there in 1991 as a refugee, he was 10 years old, never left, got his citizenship recently, got maried there and have 3 kids, i often go there to visit and stay for at least a week, for me it is like 4 hour drive top. and now we are in schengen so no stops and checks on border, so i get there even faster. everytime i go i discover something new, even things and places i already visited look different and stunning with every new visit.. it is beautifull country, it have structure, order, i always say the bigest mistake croatian ancestors done, was when they decided to ditch austria ruling, when they ditched being part of austrian empire ( habsburg monarchy) and decided to join countries with south slavs into state of slovenes, croats and serbs.. under austrian ruling we got railways, hospitals, schools, universeties, we become more educated, devloped, we ditched all that for something what changed names couple of times, to b ein union wich fall apart multipel times in blood bath. north of country is closer to border, austrian influence still today is so strong that it made that part of a country like whole different state, mentality of people, working habits, thinking about future, tolerance, order, whole structure of that part of a country is like completly different country than the rest, when i visit north of my county i have a feeling like i am in some austrian small bubbel wich is different than the resot of austria.. if our ancestor knew whaT we know today they would grab, hold and stick with austria and never let it go.. bigest mistake they ever done is when they let it go, instead to stay and today we would be still part of austria or some kind of autonomic teritory under austrian protectorat.. fools...
And we wouldn't be landlocked 😢.
❤Croatia
Really cool video. Fun fact: actor and former governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is also from Austria.
Greetings from Graz, Austria 🇦🇹🏞️
That’s right 😎🎉💪
geil, bin ob dunnastog wieda berufsschui in graz
@@1meguminfandu bist sicher von Murtal oder Leonen Brück Gegend…😂😂😂
As an Austrian i rarely apreciate what we have in our country and how welthy we all are and this video reminded me of it thanks!
Btw 7:44 on our flag there is an Eagle
It feels like you are catering your videos just for me! I'm an Aussie, live in Australia, my brother married an Austrian, and lives in the Austrian Alps with his family. I consider Austria my second home, and often fly from Aussie summer in to Austria n winter to go skiing at Christmas. Next react to a video about the Austrian tradition of Kraumpus, it's wild!!
when someone misunderstands you and asks again if you're from Austria or Australia, you can just go "Yes." ^^
Krampus is wild indeed. 😂
Oh yes, Krampus and Shiachperchten are very rude indeed and in some regions also very dangerous.
I love the Video where Christoph Waltz tells Jimmy fallon about Krampus
This probably very unlikely, but does you brother happen have a passion for packrafting?
The current coat of arms of the Republic of Austria has been in use in its first forms by the First Republic of Austria since 1919. Between 1934 and the German annexation in 1938, the Federal State used a different coat of arms, which consisted of a double-headed eagle.
The establishment of the Second Republic in 1945 saw the return of the original arms, with broken chains added to symbolise Austria's liberation. The coat of arms is described in the Federal Constitutional Law (Austrian act) (Bundes-Verfassungsgesetz, B-VG).
The artistic version describes the eagle's feathers as grey and detailed, with the colours of bluegrey for the chain and dark gold for the other signs.
The symbols and emblems used in the Austrian arms are as follows:
The Eagle: Austria's sovereignty (introduced 1919)
The escutcheon: Emblem of Austria (from the late Middle Ages, reintroduced 1915)
The mural crown: Middle class (bourgeoisie, introduced 1919)
The sickle: Farmer's class (peasants, introduced 1919)
The Hammer: Working class (introduced 1919)
The broken chains: Liberation from German occupation (added 1945)
The Eagle: Austria's sovereignty (introduced 1919)
The escutcheon: Emblem of Austria (from the late Middle Ages, reintroduced 1915)
The mural crown: Middle class (bourgeoisie, introduced 1919)
The sickle: Farmer's class (peasants, introduced 1919)
The Hammer: Working class (introduced 1919)
The broken chains: Liberation from German occupation (added 1945)
Thats beautifull :) I never knew of this, even though my grandma was born in Vienna in 1916 :)
Of course i need to say that as a german....😅
Only our neighbours in Austria and Czech Republik are drinking more beer than germans🍻
I try my best to change that,Prost😉
😂
As an Austrian who lives in Vienna, I STILL take pictures of all the old buildings because it is just so fascinating!
Austria is also known for its countless hiking trails. in nature, on the mountain, something for everyone and nature is magical
love to see so many of us austrians in the comments!
I was on the Großglockner (highest mountain) with my car in the parking spot and had lunch their.
as you thought, it was awesome
not all of vienna is so beautyful, but i rlly like the city
i love our country
sometimes i forget how beautyful it is
I am a Belgian and have been in a lot of European countries but Austria has always been my favourite country to go on holiday . Wen I jump in my car here near Brussels in the morning I am in the Austrian province of Tyrol at about 4 pm in the afternoon...I have been there more than 40 times .l.
I was born in Carinthia now I live near Krems, lower Austria, and the wine culture and the soft hills in the Waldviertel region are also really really amazing to explore. Damn I really love my country.
Great to see someone react to my home country! Austria's a nature-rich country and has many cute old villages and old city centers. It#S always fun to see someone talk about it from an outside perspective bc it makes me think of it from a different view as well ^^ Glad you enjoyed that video
I'm from Austria, and I just love to watch these videos. Honestly it makes me so happy and I mostly watch them when I'm sad or just feeling not so well lol
Austria absolutely is beautiful. But, as in general: if you want to really see a country: do NOT concentrate on the capital, focus on the villages and countryside! Allthough Vienna is a wonderful city, no doubt about that. Been there and loved it.
Wien is owa anders haha
@@DarkHunter0091 Fürstenfeld a!😉
stimmt!
Hello, a German here. I like our Austrian neighbors very much. They are very friendly and open to others. They have a very sharp sense of humor which suits me very well. And it is a fantastically beautiful country.
I live in Vienna since seven years and I do agree that Austria and Vienna are great by themselves! Very beautiful, lots of nice food (including their special variants of fast foods - forget McDonalds!). But it gets complicated quite fast. What we today call Austria was created in 1955, after WW2. What was before WW1 was the Austria-Hungary Empire and the Habsburgers (likely the most important family in Europe for a long time). Facts around Austria often get mixed up between these periods.
Some random cool things can be mentioned:
-Many of the Habsburgers are buried in three places. The heart, the brain and the body are buried in different places.
-Skip St Claus: for a true Christmas tradition, check out Krampus.
-Viennas population before WW1 was 2,4 million. After WW2, the population was down to 1,2 million.
-Vienna is still one of the spy capitals in the world.
-The mountains are truly beautiful, but also dangerous. Around 3-400 people die in the mountains every year.
-Austria is a great wine producer. Just don´t drink the stuff they export, the truly good wines they keep for themselves.
-Watch out for "death by food"! One or all of these might kill you: the great sausages, the lovely cheese, the wonderful beer, the refreshing wine and of course the cakes and the chocolate.
Nice. I want to add to the list
- Red Bull is an austrian invention
- The blood types had been discovered by austrian-american Karl Landsteiner in 1901
- There are countless funny and peculiar place names, "Fucking" being the most famous one
- About 1000 brands of austrian beers exist, every supermarket sells at the very least 10, more likely 20
- The story (rather the legend) behind the flag is quite bloody
@@Hagelnot Nice too!
I had forgot about the flag story, but it is a good one! Perhaps we should just continue with a list of peculiar Austrian stuff, for any curious one out there?
-The biggest cavalry attack in history is believed to be when Jan Sobiesky the 3:d relieved Vienna from the Turks. Some 18 000 cavalry went in to action.
-It is said that the halfmoon shape of many Austrian cookies/breads comes from the celebration of the victory above - they made it into halfmoon shapes to mock the Turks. They also captured a lot of coffee, and perhaps that was the start of the Viennese coffee culture (likely myth, all of it).
-Some of Viennas great buildings where actually never finished - because they ran out of money. Stephansdom only has one tower. The Hofburg only has one Flügel. The Parliament building lacks much of the gold covering that was planned from the start.
-When the Wiener Staatsoper was built, they missed to coordinate it with the street being built outside. The Emperor made a small comment about that, and the architect promptly killed himself. The Emperor never mentioned any building mistakes after that.
-The inner ring of Vienna was built for military purposes. The Emperor was once locked out from Vienna for some days, by communists/anarchists. He got so angry that he ordered the old defensive wall to be torn down and replaced with big streets where cavalry could be deployed fast. The old stables are now the Museumsquartier.
@@jokervienna6433 I might soon be running out of tidbits, but I can elaborate a bit.
- The story of the flag, as I remember it goes as follow: King Leopold(?) wore a big belt in battle against the turks I believe, after he took it off his white doublet had been bloodstained, except for where the belt had been.
- Emperor Franz Joseph once nearly drowned in the Suez canal when he visited for it's opening.
- The crossaint myth, I also read it was due to the bakers that an underground sneak attack of the turks was noticed. They were up very early and heard the digging underneath and alarmed the military. After victory they created the mocking pastry.
- Beethoven lived in many places because he was told to be a very unpleasant neighbor. In both cities I grew up and live now are several "Beethoven houses".
- Austria has been huge in literature although missing the nobel prices mostly. Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Ferdinand Raimund, Franz Werfel, even Franz Kafka counts into it despite being from Prague.
- Vienna is called the worlds capital for classical music. The "Wiener Philharmoniker" are the most renowned orchester of the world.
I see you know a lot about architecture. Some typical "austrian solutions" there haha. When they built a new hospital in my city some years ago, they forgot to leave space for the parking lots. After completion the building kept having several structural damages, like i.e wet walls.
from the 3-400 ppl who die in the nature 99,99% are "Schlapfentouristen" ppl who are simply not prepared, leave trails or ski besides the slopes! basically you can tell - the natural election still works in Austria. you see tourists climbing via ferratas with crocs,.. with 22 million tourists each year - the number of ppl bite the grass is pretty low...
@@bluebull1985 the statistics might be low, but after seven years in Austria, two people that I have met (both mountain experienced Austrians) died hiking in the mountains. For one of them, it took two weeks to find his body - though his trail was known. He seems to have taken just one wrong step and then fell into a small crevice, some 100 meters down. The terrain is difficult.
I agree with the "idiots", quite many overestimate themselves and some even choose to go off the trails "because it can not be so dangerous". Wrong. Always listen very carefully to the locals. Never ever do anything they are sceptical of.
Great Video! Much love from Vienna ❤️
Austria has an incredible history. A great empire, the gateway to western Europe. The Turks besieged Vienna, but it never fell. Culturally it was incredibly important and on par with Paris, I guess. And Vienna itself is a gem. On my bucket list for sure. Music, art, culture, architecture and beautiful nature. But if you visit you might be better off speaking English than standard German. I, for one, do not understand Austrian German if the person talking to me does not want my German ass to understand. 😅 If you like flags, you might consider watching Geography Now's Fan/Flag friday. They go into great detail about the heraldic details and symbolism and history of the flags. 😄
I can attest to what you said about our language ;-)
Years ago i was i cologne for a course (sent by my employer) and one guy from the course who was from Bielefeld and stayed in the same hotel gave me a ride from the hotel to the course. His wife was from vienna, and at some point he told me that he understood me way better than his wife.
I didn't dare to tell him that i was concentrating hard and trying my best to speak high german so he and the others would understand me, while his wife probably did not.
Also in Wien redet eh kaum einer mehr Deutsch ...
13:58 the shot with the Castle in the Sea is a city called Gmunden. I live there, its one of the most beautiful places on Earth.
I‘m Austrian and just discovered your channel a week or so ago, what are the odds that you‘d start reacting to Austria related stuff now out of all times lol.
Love your videos, it’s always interesting to hear what people from other countries and continents think of Europe and Austria, keep it up!
Great timing 🎉😎 welcome to our RUclips Family, much more to come. Austria 🇦🇹 looks stunning and I want to learn more
I always love, when US Americans react to our beautiful country 🙏🏻 thanks for that
Danke für dieses schöne Österreich Video 🤩 Liebe Grüße!
For your flag knowledge
The best-known legend of how the Austrian flag came into being is that the bandage shield was created during the siege of Acre (1189-1191) in the Third Crusade, in which the Babenberg Duke Leopold V, the Virtuous (1157-1194) also took part.
It is said that after the battle his white robe was completely soaked in blood, except for a white stripe (the "bandage") where he wore his sword belt. Henry VI is said to have granted him the coat of arms in this year 1191 to perpetuate his heroic courage.
Living on Austria is really nice. Looooong history with super cool architecture and one of the most beautiful landscapes over all...thx for checking out our beautiful country
My Trip recommendations for Austria are Vienna for Culture (Museums etc.), Carinthia for Nature (beautiful lakes and hikes) and Graz for Parties and Nights Out.
Thats a good combination. 😂
Thank you for your kind words. As an Austrian I appreciated them a lot. Actually, it is even better than all these pictures can transport, because not only the country itself is rich, but also the population is doing fine. Infrastructure, health system, education, sound nature,.. we should not only cherish this, but also be aware to preserve our accomplishments.
As a Portuguese , I must say I loved visiting Austria and Sweden. They are gems to preserve. But I would like you to watch something deep about my country also 😃
I'm going to Madeira in a month :) This will be my first visit to Portugal, even though I have been to 26 countries within Europe.
I’m so sorry for delay, I have so many videos I’ve been doing, Portugal 🇵🇹 videos coming this weekend, I’m very excited to learn about it 🎉😎
my (austrian) friends said the same about Portugal haha :D muito legal
As an Austrian I must say, I am an absolute fan of Portugal, especially Porto. I like your food, your wines and culture very much!
I think Austrians and Portuguese have very similar mentality. All the best from Austria! 🙂
Love it so much to see our countrys beauty once again and i love your interest and reaction
Nice! Your reaction makes me really proud of my country!! 😁 Much gretings from Austria 🇦🇹
You should be proud, it’s beautiful! 😊 Thanks for watching my video 🎉
Hahaha voll musste ganze Zeit grinsen 😂😂😂 his reactions are the funniest and so cute 😂😂
Greetings from Carinthia
Diese Kommentarsektion ist jetzt im Besitz der Bundesrepublik Österreich 🎉
As an Austria I really appreciate your video. It' s heartwarming to see your reactions and it really helps to appreciate the things I took for granted. I live in Vienna, a beautiful city, and my Dad moved to Kärnten so I can always enjoy the mountains and beautiful lakes without paying for a hotel ;)
I'm Austrian. Born and raised in Vienna and I love the city so much. I'm so happy to live there. It's also great that Austria has so many mountains and that you can go skiing. For me that's normal because I have all these things but I sometimes forget that we shouldn't take that for granted.
Me too (for the first sentences) .In my childhood, I spent my holidays in lower Austria (Weinviertel).
Thank you that you make a video about our small country i really appreciate it.
Great reaction again 👍🏻 greetings from Austria 🇦🇹
Servus! 😊👋
I’m Austrian / Viennese and I really enjoyed this video. (I appreciate the way you use to talk about all the things in your videos, you are curious about everything and you never tear something off just because it is strange or uncommon for you, like some other RUclipsrs use to do.)
It was an amazing video and together with your comments ist really worth to be seen. The two regions being shown in the video, the Salzkammergut (Mountains and lakes) and Vienna are the two parts of our country most tourists go. But be sure: there a more further regions you can go for holidays, for culture, nature and adventures!
Everything being shown is very typical for our country. What I really missed? Two important things were missing: the Danube and the wine. Sometimes people think they belong together, but that’s not always true 😉
Hey, Ian - I'm 53 and apart from a few flakes when I was a child, I've never seen snow at all. I imagine, though that many of my fellow Australians might not have either. How beautiful is Austria though? There's always the Australia/Austria confusion on the part of some people, but really we couldn't be more different, it seems. The word for the study of flags is vexillology.
Hello from Austria! A couple of years back, I had the great pleasure to meet an Australian couple in the museum I work at. It was the middle of April and had started to snow heavily that morning. Both were extremely happy to not only see snow for the very first time in their lives, but to experience Vienna in snow on their first day in Austria. I jokingly told them to not show how glad they were to other people, because we were getting fed up with winter by that time and they might have to run for their lives from irate Viennese. (Yes, our humor and jokes are very slightly black)
there are no Kangooroos in Austria - only in Zoo - thats a big difference to Australia...
@@HermitNick14 Hey Nick - maybe one day I will get to see Austria as well - it looks like a great place to visit.
@@MrKawasaurus This is true - though in most places I have been in Australia, you won't see kangaroos hopping around either.
I remember when I was in a bus few years ago, there was an australian family. and we pass by this mountain covered in snow and the kids went crazy. the mother looked at me because I was laughing at/with the kids and she said they are from australia and have never seen snow before
Wow i really like your positive approach!! Nice way you do your vids! We need more people like you!
I´m actually from the village with the longest ice cave. If you visit Austria, go there - it is really impressive.
Edit: The Village is called "Werfen" btw - and the cave is called "Eisriesenwelt" => Icy giants world
Thanks! I will visit Austria this summer and looking for beautiful places for a road trip with sightseeing. This one is on the list 🙂
@@edwinnijmeijer8444 in summer also visit lake Wörthersee and the panoramic tower Pyramidenkogel on the south side of the lake. With good weather you'll get a stunning view over Carinthia from the Koralm in the east via the Karawanken in the south (border to Slovenia) up to Großglockner in the far west.
@@marcovonfrieling8762, that one is on the list already. I think it’s awesome
While there also visit the Schloß and watch the bird show. And for those without fear of heights, just before Eisriesenwelt a very narrow path in an almost vertical rockface leads to a beautiful hike!
You forgot to translate also the name of your village! - he lives in "Throwing"
You have to look up "perchtenlauf" it's a crazy tradition from austria where people dress up as monsters and beat the shit out of you for good luck 😂😅
I have to smile every time when I see a shot of Hallstatt (0:50), it's always one of the first things you see about austria. I went to school there for 4 years! Theres a school for furniture design, carpentry, instrument making and sculpting, people from all over austria (and even outside austria) go to school there. The most impressive thing for most people when I talk to them is that I had to go across the lake Hallstatt on my way to school every day. The trainstation is on the opposite side of the lake and from there you have to go by ship.+
Vienna is reanked pretty high in terms of quality of life but it is also NUMBER ONE on the list of most unfriendly cities. I work in vienna and lived there for over 10 years and I have to admit, I'm not missing the citie all that much. In recent years vienna became quite unattractive mostly because of some "governmental decisions".
But only unfriendly for foreigners? If they are not blond + blue-eyed? Please explain. That's an odd contra-diction. They want tourism but only with dirty money? 😢
Love from Vienna ❤️🤍❤️ thanks for covering our beautiful country!
At the time of Mozart and Beethoven there was no such thing as Germany or Austria like we know it today.
The Holy Roman Empire of German Nations contained large kingdoms and several regions ruled by counts, dukes and princes.
The leading force for long periode of time was the house of Habsburg in Vienna. So this head was called Emperor.
Germany as today - no. But in the time of Mozart Josef II was not only "Kaiser des Heiligen Römischen Reiches" but also "Erzherzog von Österreich". So there was an Austria for a long time. It was just much larger than today.
Hi, Austrian here!
Honestly seeing people from across the world admire what Austria has to offer (especially the skiing places) and being amazed by the beauty of the alps is really refreshing. I am very grateful that I was born here, and still appreciate what I could be doing in my country even though I live in a little town.
I don't really like skiing that much because of medical reasons but whenever I see the snow in videos and the mountains it puts a smile on my face :)
The country is so beautiful 🥰 I love me my Austria. And the food!!! Omg the food!
@@maggiemae9099 Ja, and then there is this nice drink that is also called Oma's Apfelstrudel. Apple juice with cinnamon. Normally I don't drink juice, but that was just awesome. The food around Graz is very special anyways. The land over there is so fertile.
Schnitzel and Leberkäse 🥰
Austria is heven on Earth! Stunning nature, great people, great food and beer. As a european truck driver I've been all over Europe and Austria is my favorite country. Would love to live there some day.
As an Austrian I am happy to see a video about my country. Ian, you are right: Vienna has been ranked several times as the best place to live in - we usually "battle" against Vancouver for number one :) Sadly enough we are also known for being grumpy and even unfriendly. Hope we are working on that....
I'm austrian and I always love seeing videos like this, it makes me appreciate my home so much more
Visited Vienna for 2/3 days on a school trip in 2017,too little time to really enjoy the city,but it has become a place that i wanna visit again asap,i can't describe it,but the vibe and the atmosphere is something that took a piece of my heart
Luckily i live in Northern Italy,so it isn't that far away 😄
As an Austrian myself, i feel the need to adress a few things not mentiond which are kinda incredible special for americans.
You should watch a video on how diffrent living itself is.
Like how door knobs are, the fact that our tap water is perfectly fine and "actually orderd in restaurants aswell" and those kinds of stuff.
Also considering our culture, there are is a very own "vienna coffee culture" which has its own charm.
Salzburg has a very intresting history, alone because of the shear fact, if translated into english 1:1 it would mean "salt castle", which is historicly given.
Its allways worth a sight seeing tour and those ice caves are not all to far away from there aswell.
Also considering lake of constance which is one of the biggest "enclosed sweet water" sea's as far as i remember and has borders in 3 diffrent lands even "international" in the "DACH" region, as Austria, Germany and Switzerland are part of this Region.
Hi from Innsbruck/Austria! I wanna give a huge shout out to you for all your videos, it is really amazing how you keep watching all those videos, reacting to it, learning more yourself and at the same time show new stuff to the public! About thisvideo, if you liked it, just visit us someday! Theres a lot to explore and a lot of fun to be had. And its never ever too late to learn skiing either ;)
Skiing ⛷️ in Austria 🇦🇹 is a must, definitely great memories would be made. I hope that happens someday 😎
Greetings from Tyrol, thank you very much for this video and for your reaction!
I drove once to Vienna (or Wien in Austrian) , on the way home,i found that we were driving in circles, never could find a right turn where i wanted to go, in the end a very nice local helped us, he drove out the city so we can follow him.
Everyone from Vienna knows exactly what you mean. It's not the entire city, but some areas are ridiculous.
Vienna is much easier to drive than all other cities! For me the worst to dirve is Graz and Linz.
Greetings from Vienna! If you are here, we want you to stay here 😂😂
@@CommanderAustria That depends entirely what you are used to: Let me explain with this little example ofmy own experience: in vienna (and it's the only place in austria where that's the case) if you set your indicator, people "know" you are going to change lanes now and try to let you. In Graz for example, setting the indicator means "showing interest to change the lane". If you are lucky someone gives way, otherwise you have to wait.
-> So if you are from vienna, it's easy in vienna and hard in other cities as for you "people in these places are rude and don't let you change lanes when you indicate". If you are from Graz or Linz and you drive in vienna, it's harder because people are rude and just indicate and change lanes immediately without checking if there's enough space for that (like the STVO actually states you have to).
So if you remember where you are and what the local "laws" are the difficulty level is the same.
(i worked in vienna for almost 11 years and are from an area close to Graz)
I live near Vienna and go to Vienna on a regular basis. It never gets old and I am still delighted to see those nice buildings.
But also be aware that in those videos you always see those cities in summer time when all the vegetation is at it's peak and you see all blue skies. If you would visit Vienna from November to let's say February it looses some of it's charm due to the clouds and wet/cold weather. So if you consider visiting Vienna then make sure to go during spring time or summer time.
I love my country. All the beauty and heritage. I am from Carinthia, the most southern part of Austria. We add a little bit of mediterraneian spirit to the country because our neighbors are Italy and Slovenia.
When I step out of my door, I look at a small but nice ~700 year old castle.
I´m from Carinthia too!
@@katharinazehetmeyer367 I'm living there too since over 16 years.
Schloss Stein?
Kärntner Kasnudl
@@manuelmessner6621 selbst gemacht schmeckt es wie von der Oma
Thanks, you made me appreciate my country more,again!
More austria reactions. I ususally watch germany reactions because there is hardly anything about austria out there. But I freaking love my austrian country.
Glad people are liking this, I’m amazed by Austria 🇦🇹, would like to learn more. More videos to come
I love everything about Austria!!! I live in the Netherlands and my parents took me a lot of times to Austria when I was a child. My husband and I already took our children 3 times to Austria. Last summer we were there again. It is so relaxing to be there. When you wake up you have already a beautiful view. It's so calming to me. Going up a mountain, take a walk and then drinking a cappuccino on top of the hill with a beautiful view is the best thing!!! It's sad that in summer there is less snow than 35 years ago. You have to go much higher up the mountain now.
I‘m also from Austria, I live in a city called Steyr and it was one of the first cities to produce iron and steel at least in Europe
Agree, because I am also from Steyr.
I had a lil laught when u said that the shot from the Hallstättersee is familiar to you. Yes Hallstatt is used quite often as a Screen.
It is beautiful I lived 6 years in Hallstatt, I was a teenager back then and admiring the landscape wasnt rly something I did, but I still remember the time with a warm heart :)
The symbols and emblems used in the Austrian arms are as follows:
The Eagle: Austria's sovereignty (introduced 1919)
The escutcheon: Emblem of Austria (late Middle Ages, reintroduced 1915 )
The mural crown: Middle class (bourgeoisie, introduced 1919)
The sickle: Farmer's class (peasants, introduced 1919)
The Hammer: Working class (introduced 1919)
The broken chains: Liberation from German occupation (added 1945)
The blown up iron chain symbolizes the regaining of Austria's independence and the reconstruction of the state in 1945.
Discussions about the arms have been triggered in the past by differing political interpretations, especially by the use of the hammer and the sickle and the broken chains, since the crossed hammer and sickle are a widespread symbol of communism, as is the breaking of chains. Surveys have however confirmed, that understanding of the actual symbolism of the arms is widespread.
Interesting breakdown of the flag, thank You
Just chiming with some additional info about the origins of Austrian flag!
There are several legends around the origins of the Austrian red-white-red, but the most well-known traces it back to the Siege of Acre during the third crusade in the late 12th century.
According to this legend, the Duke of Austria, Leopold V (also known for later imprisoning Richard Lionheart at Dürnstein castle), lost his banner during the battle, and, thinking quickly, used his formerly white surcoat which was by now drenched in blood, with a white stripe remaining in the middle where he had worn his belt, as his new makeshift banner.
Afterwards, the emperor granted him permission to adopt the red-white-red banner as his new official coat of arms.
Probably mostly fabrication, but kind of a neat legend!
German occupation? Seems like a little historical legend of the Austrians.
With all the pictures of Austrians celebrating, it didn't look like occupation, especially when you compare the people's faces to the real occupation of Czechoslovakia. One could also find many Austrians (for example Hitler, Seyss-Inquart, Kaltenbrunner, Skorzeny) in leading positions in the Reich, which is not so common for an occupied country.
@@thkempeyes i agree. Since the Waldheim debate in 1986, the victim thesis has been regarded as a "historical lie" (Robert Menasse), which after 1945 had made it possible to successfully hide the involvement of Austrian society in National Socialism. In 1991, Federal Chancellor Vranitzky made a declaration of "co-responsibility" for the suffering that "not Austria as a state, but citizens of this country brought upon other people and peoples". Thus the victim theory was officially invalidated.
@@thkempe i don‘t know but if you look at north korean propaganda videos you als see people cheering. I think this is more a result of violence and fear. Apart of that Austria is very small and was always closely related to Germany. Which alternative would you have suggested to the Austrians in the 1940s?
Hey cool to see a video on Austria. I'm an American that moved here in 1999 at the age of 5 (Linz, Austria). It's perfect I love it, the thing this video missed out on is: A lot of cities are in these basins or valleys near water surrounded by mountains. Linz for example was built along the Danube and if your on the surrounding Mountains in the morning and its nice and foggy, the whole of the city will disappear and what is left is just long River of Fog. It's a sight to behold.
Austria is on my bucket list. Looks like a wonderful place to visit.
By the looks of it, I may not leave though😀
Bro skiing and snowboarding is the funniest shit for real, its never to late to start skiing
Kinda feeling honored
Don´t forget Christian Doppler, very important scientist too. Greetings from bavaria to our beloved neighbors.
@@danielbachhofer8690 thank you our beloved northern neighbor
If you mention Berta von Suttner, you should also mention that she is the reason that the nobel prizes especially the one for peace exist. She worked as Noble private secretary for a short time and frequently was in contact with him. And he even was part of the peace organization she created.
She also suggested a prize for people who promoted and were successfull in disarmament and demobilization of amred forces.
As for other nobel prize winners i would throw in Karl Landsteiner (thanks to him we are aware of blood types)
Yeah, and that Hitler was Austrian and Beethoven German.
@@raidri_conchobair technically speaking: There was no Germany as a country during Beethovens early life and he was born as "Kurkölner". (so he was from the cologne reagion which was it's own little entity)
And Hitler gave up his austrian citizenship during WW1 and obtained a german one which he had until his death. (he dodged the medical testing for the recruitment of the austro hungarian army and volunteered for the german army which took him in.)
Greetings from vienna 💁🏻♀️ Thank you so much for this kind and lovely review of our country 😇 I’ve learned things about Austria I didn’t even know 😅
Interesting, all I knew about Austria was they ironically designed the model of rifle the Australian military uses, steyr AUG. they gave us the right to use the model and build it here in Australia with different specs and mods, The Australian model is called a F88 Austeyr. Bit of useless info for ya🙌🏼😂
We have some experience with steel and weapons, the Romans bough their swords from us as at the time Austria was called Noricum.
The austrian army calls it STG77 for Sturmgewehr 77 - in english assault rifle 77 because it was introduced in 1977. To the other answer , i have to say that the steel from noricum was loved by the Romans because it had the right amount of carbon inside to stay longer without of rust. I live a few miles away from the mine. They closed it in the 70's because it was to expensive to mine and it was cheaper to import iron from Australia and Indonesia - I think we have here a little bit of cirle ;-)
@@Nebneru May i correct: it's not that the amount of carbon made it more rust resistant, but that amount of carbon meant it was actually steel.
Most others at that time only had iron. Iron can't really be hardened, while steel can (even to a level choosable by the smith). So the actual advantage or the "iron of noricum" was that it was in fact steel: tougher and harder and could cut through iron. And that it was a pretty clean and consistent steel. (wihtout many flaws)
And the romans (as far as i know) already contracted the weapons to be made in the province and didn't just buy the material from the noricers.
The G-wagons the australian army uses are also all made in Austria. (in the city of Graz to be specific)
And the Australian army requirements for that matter were the inspiration to build the "sheik mobile" (as i call it) the G wagon 6x6 squared...
@@nirfz thats right
Steel caughts rust harder than pure iron
That Arlberg you saw, I was skiing right there❤️. And I also think, maybe football is (especially cause of the euro 2024) one of the if not the most popular sports. Much love from Tirol❤️
Vienna, Prague, Barcelona, Rome, Paris, Copenhagen, Berlin, Amsterdam etc. Europe has so many cities to visit.
While many share similar characteristics (being old European cities) each of them are unique in their own ways.
If I was an American that hadn't seen much of Europe, I would probably start with a cruise ship holiday along the Donau.
Wien/Vienna is a beautiful city with a lot of culture to explore. Don't miss out on trying their schnitzels.
Great Video, i love how excited you got about my country 😇
Much ❤️ from Austria 🇦🇹
On the topic of flags.
Did you know that Denmark has the oldest continually used flag in the world.
It's been the official flag of Denmark since around the year 1200.
If it would just be the time used...
The austrian flag was already used by a smaller nobel family that died out in 1122(Eppensteiner) and passed it on to another dynasty that died out 1192 (Traungauer) and passed it on to another noble dynasty (Babenberger) which died out in 1246 when the Habsburger inherited the flag and lands and since 1918 the republic uses it. So while the flag is in use for an area that is in todays austria since before the danish one, it's not been *continually* used *for the same thing for that time* .
Edit: if you are into such things, the styrian coat of arms is used for the duchy of styria (which became the federal state of styria in 1918) since 1180 in the same form (with one little change in removing the flame from his penis in the 1920's as a female politician felt it to be obscene)
Which makes it one of if not the oldes coat of arms continually used for the same thing (that is still in use today)
Hello
I am an Austrian too.
Thank you very much for making this video.
Its awsome to see you react about us and our country.
Have a nice day
8:18 - The Austrians made it so that the world saw Hitler as a German and Beethoven as an Austrian. In fact, Mozart AND Beethoven were citizens of the German Empire and Hitler was Austrian.
The so called "German" empire under Austrian rule?
If you mean the Habsburg Emperors you are right, but there were other (German) ones too
Correctly Mozart was a citizen of the Erzbißtum Salzburg and later of Habsburg Empire
The "HRR" (Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation) existed until 1806 and Salzburg was a part of it.
@@nomaam9077 better don´t fill the comment section with this messy state-like-union called HRR, where even the Netherlands where once part of it, ruled by the german emporerer (Karl V/Carlos I), who was also the archduke of Austria, king of Bohemia, Hungary and Spain, lived in Madrid and was the King of Hernán Cortés, the destroyer of the aztecs...
And of course, Austria is beautiful
As an Austrian, I really enjoyed this video. It kind of helps you appreciate how much beauty is around us every day. I live in Vienna and although I‘ve made this city my home over a decade ago, I still marvel over its beauty every day. Oh by the way, the little town by the lakeside on the foot of the mountain - the one you assumed you had seen before on a screensaver - that’s Hallstatt and it’s one of the most beautiful places to go in Austria - it’s also crammed with tourists… The region it’s in is called Salzkammergut and it’s also very beautiful - the ice cave is there, too. I hope you can come here one day - Austria is really worth a trip.
Also, incredible just how many Austrians there are in the comments.
2:23 Oh, not just recently. Vienna usually ranks first on the "most liveable cities" list. I think we missed Nr. 1 one year due to the pandemic.
Great Video 👍 Greetings from Austria / Bregenz ✌️
Bin I ernsthaft der Erste Österreicher heit? Leidln wo seits
Wir sein schu do
Jojo, kan Stress do...
Oida, kan stress, des hudln iwaloss ma de piefke 😜
I bin aus Niederbayern, guid des a?
na, geht schon bin a da
I just spent a week in the US (my second time there) and I became aware again of a lot of things that we in Austria just grew up with to appreciate, like healthy food, famers markets in every town, grocery shopping in walking distance (shopping for food had to be done by uber in our US location, because it was so far away from the town center), water that actually tastes and smells refreshing (as opposed to it smelling and tasting like a swimming pool where we spent the past week).
I want to add that I really loved our time in the US, because of the people we met (helpful and lovely angels all around), but we greatly missed what we have here in Austria. If you can, you should really come over and see for yourself. 🙂
saying austria is neutral is such a big lie lmao
Like Vers already wrote, I love your refreshing and overwhelming reactions about Austria. Greetings from Vienna!
as an Austrian, it is really nice to see your reaction - thank you for all your wows, - I didn't count them, but that would be a nice game.😉
greetings from Vienna!🤗