Culture Shock: Austria | Easy German Podcast 402 Live in Vienna

- What's up? Hello, my dear! Hello, Matthias. How are you? Servus! What is it? And hello, dear public, here in Vienna! It's beautiful! Manuel, you're excited, we're now once again with a real audience The Commission is in the process of adopting a proposal. Richtig! What are you doing? And I think it's nice that it's so slow to become tradition, but it's one of our First live podcasts outside of Berlin and I haven't seen so much of Wien yet, But it's still very beautiful here. We also arrived in Vienna yesterday evening and from the last 24 hours Manuel I felt in 20 in this room verbracht und hat alles vorbereitet. It actually looks simple, we have three microphones, a table and a laptop, But it's all very complicated, the technicians, who are behind here. Yes, zum Glück we are in a wonderful room, because we are first among our kind Gastgeber, this is the Social Hub in Vienna. - I know. This is a beautiful auditorium, we found here. By the way, if you're only listening to this, because you're listening to the podcast and normally, then there's It's now exceptionally also a video-version on YouTube. Richtig, what's up? You can watch this video on YouTube, on our YouTube channel, if you don't want to. You know, that we have a YouTube-Channel, youtube.com slash Easy German is our Channel. Thanks to the Social Hub, who sponsored us here, our stay here. And it's really a beautiful place, it's a mixture of Studentenwohnheim, Hotel. Experience, I would say. We have a crazy roof terrace upstairs. Yeah, right, we did. We got a VIP room here and it's really nice, you can come here too I'm going to talk to you. And yes, welcome first, Matthias, you are today our special guest, because we are in Austria. So beautiful. We can't talk about Austria without you. That goes of course not, no, schön, that you are there, I am glad I am, that you Finally back in Vienna and for the first time outside Berlin with a podcast, Have you been understanding now? Well, I'll tell you what, I'm gonna have to try a little harder or talk slower today. We're going to see. - What's going on? We have here a public with about a hundred people, most of them live In Vienna and have this problem, that you now have at home, every day, they hear Austrian dialect and thinking, see, nobody has prepared me for that. And to help you, we will talk today, not only with you, in dialect, but also speak about Österreich. We've got a wonderful theme of the week, but before we start, Let's call Janusz now. A lot of people have asked, oh yes, Janusz is missing here, many people have asked, We'll find out who Janusz is and what he's doing in the podcast. That's it. Hello, Janusz. How are you? Oh, wait, yes, here is the audience, I'll switch you in here near the microphones, Say hello to me. Hello to you. Janusz, everyone is asking, how is Janusz? How are you today? Mir geht sehr gut, ich habe, es gibt ein sehr schönes Wetter in Berlin and I understand that you are not in Berlin. Tag every twenty miles with my E-Bike. He's not so bad anymore, I'd say. Okay, Janusz, are you not so sick anymore? I'm still a bit worried, I have to forget the worst memories So a bit. And I have to, I have to rebuild myself a little bit, but that may not depend With my illness together, but every time, when I feel so sick, then falls When I come home from a trip, I must find myself again. It's normal with me. Yes, and now from the journey from the Krankenhaus erst mal erst recht. Yeah, exactly. I don't know where I should tell Janusz. I won't complain. Janusz, we are glad to have seen you briefly. We've also already met you in the meeting with a couple of people, who will be We'll do it again later, there will be a Janusz-Ecke and then you can all I'm also speaking with Janusz. Thank you for your message, that you are feeling better. 20 kilometers with the Fahrrad, that's already been, no? Feels good, yeah. Okay, with the E-Bike, okay. I'm not going to tell you, Janusz! Manuel, we have a theme of the week prepared and all of us here in this room. Many have participated, because this topic we got crowdsourced. Geil, crowdsourced. It's hot, right? How do you say man das auf Deutsch? How do you say that in Austrian? Joa, I have no idea. Gegruppenquelle, yeah, I have no idea. The grouping The group. Das Wort gibt es wirklich nicht auf Deutsch, so bitte sei nicht böse, if we are now I'm using an English word. We would like to talk about what is actually typical of Austrian and our The main theme is Culture shock Austria. Sorry, Schön mal, sorry for all, that it is very bad war. And that's interesting, because we're from Germany. Germany and Austria are different states. We've already waited for the first step into Fettnäpfchen. That's normal when you come from another continent, right? Maybe someone from Chile is here, hello, or from the USA or from Canada, You might think, Austria, Germany both speak German and they are very similar. I think you're wearing both leather pants, we haven't talked about it yet. We all have black T-shirts, except Manuel, who has the Coldplay T-shirt today. But we want to talk about it today, what is actually typical Austrian, And that's why I've prepared some topics. I was prepared, and I am prepared with all of you. Was was eure Kulturschok in Österreich? Was was für And then we'll look at you both. And Manuel, you can look at me. Is that really also typical German? And then we can work out the subtleties. I'm not going to say anything. All right, all right. Are you ready? Let's go. Okay, let's get started. I asked you, what is typical for you? The people come from all over the world, I can already tell. The neighbouring countries of Austria are there, Slovakia, which is still there, Czechia. Hungary, Italy, Germany. Yes, they're all here, the Czechs are here, the Hungarians are here, you can call me. Hello, there are some Italians here, we're from Germany. I'm from Liechtenstein, Switzerland. And of course there are people from all over Europe and from all over the world. And let's catch up with the first topic, Matthias. We've also noticed that the streets look like they're leaking. The first war I saw after the arrival, I thought it was terrible. The highest feeling is a cigarette but no rubbish. In Berlin it looks totally different, I can already tell. From the Czech Republic, hat geschrieben, as soon as I die The houses are repaired, the rooms are cleaned, the rooms are cleaned. The fields are worked, the highway is better. I'm totally grateful for your first question. I'd say it's a nice shock, but I can also say for Vienna, we have the MA48, This is the Magistratsabteilung, which is responsible for the Müll in Vienna. Sounds like a secret service. lt's totally cool. Sozusagen die Müllabfuhr in Wien und die Schauen, that the Streeten and so on will remain clean. First of all, they not only do the good work and they have a really good sense of humor. See that maybe on every Mülltonne in Vienna, on every Mistkübel, as we say. You must learn that at home, that means not Mülleimer. I'm not sure if you're familiar with the name, but I'm not familiar with the name. So things like, today we've already seen, I think, Müllegrazie. Müllegrazie, that's what the Italians wrote here in Austria. Take a Sackerl for your Gackerl. I'm going to go to the hospital and get some sleep. Your doggy bag, it doesn't sound so cool, but it's okay. And say it again, how do you say that? Take a Sackerl for my Sackerl, and that speaks a dog sozusagen. The next topic, Matthias, is positive topics. - Very pretty. The next topic is, I think, Großteils auch positiv. - I'm not going to. Many people have written that Schnitzel is typical Austrian. Hello, hello, I said, I'd like to ask you a question. Is it ever okay to order a Schnitzel with Pilzsoße in Austria? Well, there are two answers. And I'm of the opinion that everyone should be Essen, as he is am liebest mag. But we already said so Schnitzel mit Tunke, that would be so rather an deutsches Essen. What is this? Soße or so. Tunke, do you know the word, Mann? Typically, this man is a schnitzel with a large biscuit. What was it? I'm going to the bathroom. Was he? Was that it? Petersilienkartoffeln, yes, in Butter geschwenkt and with Preiselbeer marmalade. That would be the typical Wiener version. That's also a culture shock. That's already very well known. Many dishes, which combine sweet and savory, so to speak, sweet and salty. Then there are many other things that have been discovered, for example, many sausages, Käsekreiner, I'm going to go to the kitchen and I'm going to get some food. The Austrians eat very much meat, right? Yes, sir, and it's also very much meat. In other directions, but traditionally, Austria is very much meat her. Yes, I have not yet, we were shopping yesterday, was difficult to find vegans for you. I had hummus yesterday evening and today morning and today noon. And probably tomorrow too. But the hummus is really good. Hummus, this is the vegan Essen here in Austria. You have to eat bread at all times, that's typical of Austria. Yes, I think, Austria has already very special Brotkultur. And I must say, when we go to other countries, we usually go to the Brot von We're going to miss him. You don't say missing, but it goes off? It's going to be fine. That sounds a little more aggressive. It's going to be here. Yeah, it's the same, no, it's the same, we miss it, and it's true, We can eat bread at any time. Valerio from Italy has stated that you have many fried things to eat and that you still My butter was smeared. Well, it's true, we live in a very cold land and our food is very cold. I'm not sure I'm going to be able to do this. Also many fried things and fatty and heavy things like Knödel und Frittierts und Kartoffeln are actually the Kälte geschuldet, yes. And who comes with that over the winter? The Winterspeck. Also historically, that is now very exact, man must over the winter gut kommen. The fatter, the more set is man sozusagen. That's good. I didn't know that. I wouldn't either. Yeah, then we'll have another Käsekreiner extra for the winter. It's very nice. Matthias, a huge culture shock, that really has I'm not sure if you're going to be able to get to the office. In a European capital city like Vienna, the shops are tomorrow, here is the supermarket. 18 Uhr geschlossen, um where is da los? That is... I'm going to go. No, that's a totally interesting question. If you always have everything open, but you have to see it from another side. I am sure that the last 50 years of Social Democratic rule we have very strict laws on the protection of workers. And you must once see, I don't know, who in your countries is this, who stands in Supermarket behind the cashier. Socioeconomic households, who may have less money. The government in Austria has decided that the price of the product is not very good. As social factor these people have the Sunday off to be with the family and also I'm going to be free to be with my family again. Not hat, but we have, sincedem es Österreich gibt, geschafft, immer rechtzeitig einkaufen zu Go, even if it's not Sunday. Manuel, what do you think of the good? I'm fully convinced and I must say, I've also worked in retail, And it's actually so similar, that we had some sort of I'm on Saturday at seven o'clock, and it's just great. All the celebrants and the man can't even make it together. That's very cool, Matthias. Culture shock, which we called Anna. Culture shock is how fast the Lebensmittel in the Supermarkt are scanned. And if not, the visitors immediately demand a second cashier. Also, yes, also for me it's quite normal, the Speed, but that's beautiful, For me, it's also the fastest thing ever with Hofer. I must say, it's always so fast, I've never seen it before. That's your Aldi, right? Our Aldi, exactly. lt's so fast, it's really fast. There is a saying, "Bitte, zweite Kasse bitte, für eine weitere Kasse", Then three people will rise and man will be eighteen. You must also go through all the bis siebzehn Uhr. Genau, where are you? Manuel, in Germany it is also so, dass das vielen auffällt und ein Kulturschlag ist, that the many are offended and a culture shock is, That the people stand at the cash register, and you think, When, how should I create all this? Because man also has to pack everything himself. Everything is packed. Everything must be packed, which means that you must be prepared. - It's all there. Yes, I'd like to ask you how well you understand Matthias so far. - I'm going to go. Get out of here. Does anyone have any difficulty understanding, Matthias? No, no, not at all. I'm not going to be able to do this. Matthias, we were talking about a subject you know well. It's about the Naked Seen. I was asked, yes, I was asked today. We were actually in your sauna today. Something, was man in Austria so hat Valerio hat dazu geschrieben Er schreibt, FKK-Strand, Sauna with family and friends, the most normal thing in the world. Yes, we also have a FKK area in the middle of the city, on the Donauinsel. The hat Paul wrote, yes. Oida, also these Freikörperkultur ist schon was Wichtiges in Österreich. Why she was maybe not exactly, but I can only say, that, was especially is in Austria, That man in the sauna, that the saunas are mixed, also there are no sexes separated Saunas and it's a textile-free zone. Wait, we have to explain again. No cloth, also gar nichts. Yeah, so strong is it not, It is also actually Badehose und Bikini-Verbot in der Sauna in Österreich. And what is the point of it? That all are equal. I think that's the way it is. Hygiene kommt, weil die Handtücher sind immer frisch, man must auf dem Handtuch is a good way to get to know the people. If you sit on top and you're very shy, you can of course change the handkerchief. It must be only a garment. Man may have a huge handkerchief... I'm also the least likely to fall on a man when he's naked. I'd be interested in knowing if you really do that. Friends naked in the sauna? There's also an Easy-German episode about it. Yes, we did today, also we were not to Spaß in the sauna, we did sleep naturally. Yes, I've heard of the post-production, it will be a Verpixelung No, it's not just in the sauna, it's in the bathroom. But in every gym, in every school in Austria, there is only a common shower. There are only showers where all the untrained are naked together. Football club, in every school, in every gym are people used to, I think it's very scary. I think it's interesting, but I'm not sure if you're familiar with the idea. In Germany there is also this FKK-Kultur und das ist wirklich einfach von Familie zu We also had a holiday with our cousins and a few friends. Cousins and the ones who were on the beach all naked and we're not. It's funny, yes, but I wouldn't take off my clothes now, just so we're the same. No, it is actually so, that in the FKK-Bereichen is also a FKK-Pflicht. If a man is in the area, then he must also be naked, because otherwise it's funny, yes. Are you crazy, Manuel, have you got a FKK-Vorliebe? There are still so many themes, let's go on. Okay, now it's time to talk about the subject. We've already talked about it. - Is that right? It's always hard to judge, like in other countries, but yes. When are you up? I'm a Langschläfer, you know. Also Matthias has missed our breakfast this morning at 9.30 Uhr. I'm out at 10.20 am, yes. Austria gets up early, but goes to sleep early. Yeah, because the supermarkets are already here. Was man then still making? Don't be late and then... There's no beer anymore, if I don't have... I've already run out of refrigerators. When at 22 Uhr der Wein is clear. Yes, gas station, bus stop or train station or stay awake. Or go to sleep. Matthias, our next topic is work. Julia from Belarus sits behind me, yes, takes me already mal Augenkontakt auf. The Austrians work in the afternoon. I can't confirm, but I'm also totally willing to work, because I love everything, But that's obviously hard in the afternoon. I can imagine. Would you like to explain, Julia? I'm totally excited. I'm also studying in Graz and I work at the university where I study. And I have noticed, also I work manchmal am Nachmittag, also von 14 Uhr bis, ich weiß nicht, And at this time it's so difficult to reach the other departments, Because the eben, it comes to me before, it's just nobody more there, also before 12 o'clock goes and after 12 o'clock, It just stirred everything up, I think. Because the Austrians are up early, they work from six. You might have to get up early. Also, the rest hours are from 22 to 6 o'clock. But it is true that many companies also have only Vormittag am Unter der Woche speaking times. And authorities too, that can be good. It's worse than in Germany. It's a country with a lot of quality of life. Really, is it? Matthias, our next topic, it will be serious now. It is about the character, about the friendliness of the Austrians. I have different... Excuse me, at the same time again, if it was always come. I've seen so many different moods for it. Erstmal schreiben einige Leute, zum Beispiel Lilith from Armenian wrote, Typical Austrian being generous and always complaining about something small. Yes, I confirm that. So was Ähnliches bestätigst du? I'm not getting a second case. So was Ähnliches schreibt Matthias from Sweden, dass Menschen eine gewisse Grantigkeit an den Tag legen. So was Ähnliches schreibt Matthias from Sweden, dass Menschen eine gewisse Grantigkeit an den Tag legen, that people have a certain kind of generosity and kindness that they can share with others. It's a good and a... yes, it's a good Art and Way, he writes. Also was denn ist diese gute Granttigkeit? Maybe we can explain the word first. Grantig, this is such a mixture of a bit of dissatisfied and upset, But now I don't really have a very strong feeling. It's also nice when you don't have a lust hat or something. And that's good to be grateful, because we just don't have very much, That's what we can complain about. We'll just take the little things we complain about. Austria is so cool, there's nothing there. Yeah, that's exactly what I would have said. In Germany, they would say, "Klagen auf hohem Niveau". Genau, exactly. We'll do it too, man. Do you know this word grantig? I know that, but we don't use that. I'm going to the hospital. It could be a bit of a bad gelato, too, exactly. Oh, the Matthias is so generous again today. Yeah, I also know that von mir gar not so much. I'm also very rare, I must say. But in Vienna for example is das schon etwas, was ein bisschen zur Kultur der Stadt dazugehört. Wien, is that typical Wienerisch? Yes, for example, typical for the service personnel in Vienna. There are other places where you can get a really good waiter. We were in Berlin together. It's good, it's good. Now comes a theme, that fits, but somehow not. Once again on the one hand, the Austrians are complaining, they are dissatisfied. On the other hand, the Austrians are totally polite and friendly and conflict-averse. Anna writes, for example, in a culture shock war, that the people are not particularly direct. You always try to be friendly, even if you don't really mean it. That's not too hard for me. That means we've already played a scene like this in our video. For example, if you're traveling with a German, we're sitting in a restaurant. The waiter, the hat Manuel played, brings the fake drink. The Germans would immediately complain and say, I ordered the Wasser mit Spudel. And you... Yeah, I would just drink it. You'd just drink it, you'd never complain, because that's rude. Yes, that's right. Also, I think there's a lot more to the Directness than that. Austrians are certainly not so direct. The hat is Vor- und Nachteile. Because on the one hand, you often get a net worth. So, hey, how's the evening going? Unfortunately, I can't, I have so much to do. And the Directheit would stop, I'm glad it's not, I'll show you stop sure not. I'd rather stay home. Also, it's always with a bit of an excuse or with a, yeah, they justify it in Austria. Also, the Direktheit is not so very da. That's interesting, right? Also, you'd rather just agree to something, if you didn't like it, when you complained. But if you're alone, then you're a bitch. Yes, or among us, then we'd like to meet. And you feel strangers when we're eating, for example in a restaurant. For example, yesterday it took a bit, when we were together Abendessen And I wanted to wink so straight, that man on us... That's it, that's what you do, then. Yeah, the war so, ah, the Germans are back, okay, that's okay. Hello, we've been waiting here for three minutes. Und das Wasser is still missing. I called the restaurant earlier and said I'm in a German group. Don't be surprised, don't be surprised Did you see that? But would you like to do it? I would have done better, yes. Yeah, because it's so awkward. You also said, we should go to a restaurant, where the... Where I wouldn't have gone otherwise. Where the people don't know me, yes. Yeah, that's what I'm doing. Slavka, where are you? You have, you have also an interesting... no, are you that? Do we have another one, Slavka? Gibt's still one, yeah? You were. Did you write that with the Letter vom Bürgermeister? - What? Ah, yeah. Tell me what's wrong. You actually live in a village and what happened there in that village? Yes, I live in a very small village in Burgenland. We only have 600 inhabitants and always, if someone with us birthday hat, then gets man Geburtstagskarte, direkt vom Bürgermeister unterschrieben und immer zum Geburtstagstag (born on the day of the birthday of the mayor) On Fridays you get a gift, something from the bakery, chocolate or something personal. Also that's actually quite normal, totally, also I come also from a small village And for example, our neighbor had, I believe, the 60th Birthday and She is standing on the balcony and I passed by and I said, hey, war der Bürgermeister And she says, no, but the priest, also es kommt the Bürgermeister und the priest Usually passes. Also in Vienna you get zu großen, runden Geburtstagen at least a Letter from the Bürgermeister. I think there are too many people in Vienna, that the Bürgermeister will come, But especially in the small towns it is quite normal, the close relationship to the opinion-leaders. The opinion leader? Yeah, I just wanted to say, yeah, the Klein Influencer in der Gemeinde exists. So, Slavka is also an Influencer in Vienna? No, I meant to say, the Bürgermeister, who goes and does it. These are our mini-influencers in Vienna. You must write the brief, so you can choose it again, Slavka. That might of course also be a bit of a rumor, but... Manuel, our episode is fast rum, do we still have time for a final topic? Okay, the last theme, Matthias, on the theme of culture shock Austria, is in der Kategorie Style. And I would have read Valerio's commentary. Er schreibt, was ist los mit eurem Sonnenbrillengeschmack? What is it? Most people look like RoboCop. Yeah, I mean, taste can't be bought. I must say, it's quite clear, I have no idea. I haven't noticed that yet, but I'm already off to bed, that is. Can you explain that, Valerio? Manuel brings you the microphone, now you're very excited. I think it may be for skiing, ski driver. You look like a skier, but you're on the road. That's a bit funny. That's not so cool, Matthias. Naja, immer im Auge des Betrachters. I'm not going to be able to do this. I'm not too surprised, but I think weird sunglasses are pretty cool too. Manuel, we have not yet a final topic, was you interested. That's what you wanted to hear. It is about Technik und Digitalisierung. Yeah, I'm excited to see if things are going better here than in Berlin. Julia is sitting on the bed. The hat, the hat, there's some here. Shall we maybe swap places? Julia says, firstly bad Internet, secondly old-fashioned websites and apps. That's typical Austria. Spannend, what's up? Have you noticed, Matthias? No, not at all. I also know that many other EU countries are much further away, for example, from the EU. If you look at Lithuania and especially the Nordic countries. But compared to Germany we are super. Not hard, not strong. It's going to be a joke. How fast is your Internet at home? At home I have 500 megabytes per second. Why, was it you? Yeah, that's good. It's probably a megabit. Manuel corrected. But it is also Berlin's leader Catastrophe. Oh, that's too bad. Then Olga has not written yet, is Olga here? Yeah, maybe you? Yes, you have, have you, is dir aufgefallen, That there are very many things being sent by post, Even though it's actually highly developed? Is that the reason, Matthias? These are very difficult questions, for was man that... Yes, you must now hold more for all Austria. I take it the Post was misguided. Ah, will the Post keep its monopoly? No, also at very many companies, When I look at you, my Strom and so on, There's often the possibility, That man must actively log in The Commission has decided to initiate a procedure for the adoption of a new directive. Also that's not by default or standard. Opt out, exactly. And we must say, But the foundation is always short. And if a man does that for you, it's cheaper, Because then you won't pay the Postgebühr von den Briefen. I can only recommend, If you want to have this online now, Man must make his own decisions. Okay, also a tip for all Menschen, reside in Austria, Out there, who says man das jetzt, The Commission has not yet adopted a decision. I'm going to go to the hospital. I'm just going to order the brief. Abbestellen, exactly. That's interesting. Guys, this was a nice send. We are already at the end of the official tails. I'm not sure. You can all be sad. Trurig, once all really sad. But you have luck, you who are still sitting here. Because we're not doing an after show with you. There is a giant aftershow, Then now it's just going to go right. We've collected questions. We asked, If you could ask an Austrian everything, Would that be? And these questions we'll ask now in the aftershow. And if you want to hear this, You can become a member of Easy German. Easygerman.org slash Membership in der Podcast-Membership oder höher. Then you'll hear every episode of an aftershow. Mostly it's just me and my car, We're not even discussing our calendar entries. When can we meet? But today it's gonna get a little bigger. Today there will be a real show after the show. We are happy if you support us as a Member. Thank you, that you all were here. That's also a great support, Because it's so beautiful, you all in person to see And you in the eyes to look and also to experience, Who are the people who die every day? See you bald, my dear people. It's nice to see you. I'll see you. - I'm going to the hospital.