Why I Moved To Austria  

Thank you so much ! I appreciate your kind words ! Thanks for supporting my channel ❤️

Thank you !!!! 😊

Thank you so much Emeka 😁 I really appreciate it ! I would definitely recommend it. Austria is a beautiful country.

Hey 👋 thanks for watching !!! What part of Austria did you visit ?

Very cool 😎 you'll be in my hometown. I went to the Festspeile 2 years ago to see Rigoletto. I haven't seen the new one yet.

Thank you !!! 😊

Yea, it hasn't rained in so long, and now they have too much...

Hey 👋 Thank you ! Good luck with you're move !!!

hey @rickquintero thanks for watching. I hope you make it to Austria next year its definitely worth visiting !!!

Hi thanks for subscribing !!! I hope all is well with your husband's father. That's such a good idea to digitise everything. I will have to do that next time I go back to the states.

That's awesome !!! What part of Austria are you going to visit ?

Glad you enjoyed it 😊 Are you also an expat ? I would say it took me about 3-6 months to get comfortable with the German language but I'm still learning something new everyday lol 😆

Hello Son B thank you for subscribing and supporting the channel ! 💙 That sounds like an amazing vacation you had, Hallstatt is one of my favorite places in Austria . As far as finding an apartment just look online there are a bunch of real-estate websites with listings. I don't have any children but I know the school system is really good here especially when they go to college because it's free !!! Owning a car is no problem. I bought a car as soon as I got her. You will just have to go to the dmv here and they will transfer your American driver's license to an Austrian one. The housing market in the cities is insane a small apartment where I live in Bregenz is starts around €400k but in the country side they are a little cheaper. I hope you make it here one day and don't forget to start learning German lol.

@@austrianadventure what about learning austro bavarian german?

@@priceless073 I just focused on learning hochdeutsch (proper german) pretty much everyone can speak proper German. Then when you move to what ever part of Austria you want you can start learning the dialect of that region.

@@priceless073 It's dying out more and more. Young people, especially in the East of the country, hardly even speak it. in Vienna it's literally non-existing in U-25 age stage.

@@BBNix thank you

Thank you!

Hey that's awesome !!! Best of luck with you're move !

I have a question. My wife and son have Austrian citizenship. Will I have to pass a german test to establish residency?

@@BUCKINUT Yes if its the same as when i came 4 years ago you will need to be able to pass German A1. Heres a link to a website with all the info you need for moving to Austria www.migration.gv.at/en/welcome/?no_cache=1

Thanks!

@@BUCKINUT no problem

Yeah it was difficult in the beginning but i eventually figured it out. Thanks for watching!

Hey thanks for subscribing ! I plan to make some videos about the cost of living here in the near future.

Hey... tell me about it. I'm still struggling with meeting new friends here. Moving with our pets was super difficult but they are like our children we would have never left them behind. Thanks for the kind words and checking out my channel.

Appreciate this comment. I'm working my way to live in austria. Ps I'm living in a desert in thr middle of no where haha and I'm studying german

I moved to Portugal with the Golden Visa program, so I’m eligible for a citizenship in about a year. Then I can live anywhere in the Schengen zone. I moved two years ago with my little dog Sadie, who I would never have left in California. I had to wait until my other dog a golden retriever, Sam , passed away because I didn’t think he would make it on the trip. I agree it is a huge adjustment. I don’t feel assimilated yet but little by little and I’m studying my Portuguese every day and that is very challenging. I love your animals and they love you obviously. very nice little intro and best wishes. I visited Vienna a few years ago and loved it and I met some people from Salzburg and I would really like to visit there as well. I’m thinking of going to Austria this winter. They say that Vienna is one of them best places to live in terms of the quality of life for a city.

Hey Corbin thanks for watching ! Where in Tennessee ? I lived in Clarksville. That's awesome that you're already B1, you will pickup the dialect fast once you move here. There is a lot of work for the visa but the Austrian immigration website has a checklist you can print out. For work you can start applying before you move and get some interviews scheduled. Good luck with everything I hope you get to move here someday.

@@austrianadventure I actually study in Murfreesboro now but I live down near Chatt. Took me 6 years of study to get to my level of German but there was a lot of breaks in between. As an American did you find it difficult to adjust or did it feel like Tennessee?

Yeah it's really hard to move here. Im married to an Austrian citizen and still had to jump through hoops to move here.

Haha I guess this video should have been much shorter. Thanks for subscribing !

So you are an immigrant of Austria.

​@@juanmillan9873 If he intergrated well, know languane, their values, their traditions and respect them he is an austrian citizen. Not to mention real american people are germanic. So you cant compare turk or syrian immigrant and this guy. Love austria from slovenia 🇸🇮🇦🇹🏴

​@@liebherrlmtfan9000 I agree. And also out with the Balkans from the germanic heartlands. They are like the turks.

Thank you 😊

Lol 😆 thanks

@@austrianadventure take heart the rest of Austrians also have a hard time understanding them. I wonder why people would not talk English or proper German with you ?

Mear hind kan "Dialekt"... Mear hind "Dialekte".

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Thank you for watching! I was lucky enough to have someone here that helped me find a job. As far as the language barriers go , it definitely wasn't easy in the beginning. I was constantly asking people to repeat themselves, but living here and being immersed in the language I learned it pretty fast.

Thank you ! are you also moving to Austria ?

Hey thanks for watching ! Yes im fluent in German and I started learning German before I moved here. No I speak German at work but I do have contact with English speaking customers.

Hey. I meant that as a joke because of the dialect here in Vorarlberg. I highly recommend Lingoda for learning German it definitely was not a waste. Yes, within 3 months of moving here, I had to pass a german language test (A1) and the 2nd year A2, 3rd year B1 now I have no test for 3 years then I need to pass B2. Thanks for watching!!!

Born and bred Austrians have a problem understanding the dialect of the region where he lives :) Dialects (even the less extreme ones) are hard for non-natives (and it is impossible to prepare in courses because there is so much variety that applies to relatively small local subgroups of the population. But once you trained your ear, tongue and brain in ONE dialect it gets easier with the other dialects. Btw as a native Austrian you can hear the differences: whether someone grew up in Vieann, Styria, or Salzburg (and even in what region of Salzburg), or Tyrol ..... We can also hear the nuances in many German dialects (of Germany) although we may miss some of the details. Not only the differences in dialects but also if they speak correct German (for instance on TV, when reading the news. The cadence, the timbre of the voice - you just hear it). Same for the Swiss (their German dialect is also difficult for us. And the state where he lives borders on Switzerland). There are some actors that do a good job of imitating speech patterns or hide where they come from - but those may have a special talent AND they had training. People in the middle and North of Germany speak a very correct German, pretty much like the writen language. But dialects are more charming. The printing press and distribution of bibles helped to CREATE a common WRITTEN German language (proper German). Before that the regional differences even in writing (between Germany, Austria, Switzerland) were considerable and the differnces in spoken language even more extreme. That variety in language can be explained by the former societal order and poverty. And from the terrain which made it hard to travel (except walking). Dialects are more varied and extreme in the mountains. But even in terrain that is easier to travel and had more trade, population movements, larger settlements and wars / invasions - for many centuries most people stayed put, many hardly ever left their village or city during all their life. In the U.S. people moved around a lot (and still do). Also the distances. If you drive in any direction for 2 - 3 hours in Austria you are in another country (or pass through more than one country) and only a few of them have German as language. So the language barrier contains population movement. Even now with freedom of movement in the Schengen states. In the U.S. people can drive for 12 hours and still the dominant language will be English and the legal system etc. is the same. These days the differences in speech patterns go down (a bit). Very peculiar and very local words and phrases vanish. (if it was literally spoken in only one valley or a few villages). People move more, marry into other regions, move for a job, go to university. and since radios and TVs became a thing people got used to hearing more proper German so they did not hear only dialect all their life. In case of a real emergency most Austrians and Germans would be able to communicate in proper German ;) If I meet people that struggle with dialect I take care to talk with them and around them in proper German (the language as it is written and used on TV and radio). Or we switch to English. Of course if they give the impression of having mastered the dialect then they will not be coddled. It is proper German that is taught in language courses and they talk and write the same in Switzerland, Germany and Austria. (around 100 million people).

Yes . I'll try to get a video up by Wednesday and if you have any questions you can DM me on instagram @chadtheexpat.

If you still have this question, I can easily make a inquiry how to do this with the responsible offices

@@austrianadventure That would be amazing!

@@SirSquallus Yes please if you don't mind.

Thank you !!! Im dealing with a little homesickness myself right now so I know how she feels. The people here in Vorarlberg are definitely not open to meeting new people. It's really hard to make friends here !!!

Regional / complementary currencies in Vorarlberg. Klostertaler Walsertaler, Walgauer Langenegger Talente V-Thaler I guess most of these currencies are initiated by local authorites = Gemeinden (so they may not be so useful for your networking), but some could include time sharing exchanges - people that engage in such projects tend to be more open to meet new people. And the Red Cross is open and a good hub (I live in Upper Austria, so at least it is like that where I live). You can only work the phone for a limited number of hours and still have the foot in the door. Oh and engaging in the carneval groups would be a big one .... A lot of nonsense and booze helps with socializing.

It wasn't cheap but they are worth it.

I would suggest visiting www.migration.gv.at . This website has all the information you need.

@@austrianadventure thanks brother👍I hope to be there soon. I'm gonna come on vacation in March to check it out. Do alot of people speak English?

@@tspiv No problem ! Yes most people speak English especially the younger people, but it wouldn't hurt to start learning some German.

No 👎 but I have seen a place that sells horse meat. It was definitely a culture shock coming from America.

@@austrianadventure Actually up to WW2 horses were eaten in the U.S. too. Pretty much like beef. (they also shot mustangs for that). These days they likely become dog and cat food.

Hello ! Thank you.. I did a 3 month language marathon from lingoda.com. Im not sure if they still do this but you can check on the details on their website. www.lingoda.com

Ja am anfang hab ich mir sehr schwer getan mit den verschiedenen Dialekten, aber jetzt geht es schon veil besser.

Na servas, Ich kann mir denken das ganze "Hin & Her" mit den Dokumenten und das Warten in Bezug auf deine Tiere (red-tape). Aber toll dass du deinen Wechsel nach Oesterreich geschafft hast und das Wichtigste vor allem dass du jetzt gluecklicher bist als vorher..Toll !

Watch my other videos to see more of Austria 🇦🇹

@@austrianadventure ok

Thanks I never knew about the origins of the language. Thats really interesting. Here its hard to get them to speak Hochdeutsch. They start off in Hochdeutsch when you ask but then switch back to dialect lol.

@@austrianadventure "German speakers" which includes Austrians and German Swiss are no "linguistic entity" they are descendants of many germanic tribes like Alemans, Baiuvani(Bavarians), Francs, Hessians, Thuringians, Prussians, Saxons, Frisians Swabians and some more..and they all had and even have today their own form of german language ... "Standard German" also known colloquial as "Hochdeutsch" (although the term "Hochdeutsch" has in the linguistic science a totally different meaning refering solely to all the language variants of German spoken in the geographical higher regions in the South = Alps + Southern Germany meaning basically "Highland German" while the variants of German spoken in the lowlands in Northern Germany is named "Niederdeutsch" meaning "lowland German"..but because "Standard German" took over by far way more characteristics from the "Hochdeutsch variants" than from the "Niederdeutsch variants" Standard German became in colloquial speech the name "Hochdeutsch" as well although it isn´t scientific correct but solely based on pure emotion...by the way "the Dutch language" is a direct pure follow up of the "Niederdeutsch language variants" just to give you a whole picture) So ..Standard German was implemented as recently as the beginning of the 20th century which isn´t that much long ago..and even that is not an "universal Standard German" because there are 3 official forms of "Standard German" = Austrian Standard German + Swiss Standard German + Germany´s Standard German because Austrians + Swiss wanted to keep some local characteristics therefore the implementation became then a compromise of 3 forms of "Standard German"...and they now differ here and there very slightly in behalf of vocabulary + grammar including orthography...but "overall" it is basically the same for the very most part meaning we all (Austrians, Swiss, Germans) understand each other when speaking Hochdeutsch while we don´t understand each other at all when we speak in our genuine dialects. And after "Standard German" was implemented all local languages then became the status of "dialects"..and those dialects are the native tongue and "Standard German" is then taught in school and is so to say way more "the universal written German language" and is used as an "official umbrella language" for the whole german speaking area from the Northsea shores till to the Alps..

There is a song called "Vo Mello bis ge Schoppornou" by HMBC. They sing the song in the Vorarlberger accent and when I heard it in the radio for the first time I didn't even realize that it was in a German language 😆

Haha I'll have to check it out ... I probably won't understand a single word !

No Swiss German is different... here the dialect is called Vorarlbergerisch. Swiss German is even harder to understand.

Same language family though. But I agrees the Swiss German dialect may be even harder.

No, not ultra far right. Even the people that vote for the FPÖ are normally not that bad in real life.

hahaha I love it !!!!

Lol 😆 if that's what it takes ....