Austria Expat Tips ·

Are you an expat that just moved to Austria, or are you planning to move in soon? Here you can find valuable information about common things you must do and also the beloved bureaucratic processes the Austrians love so much 🙃.

If you are a veteran expat, please contribute to this list. Let's help the expat community as much as we can.

Directory Structure

Some information is common and valid (mostly) for the whole country, but some cities or regions have their own quirks. The common information is located in the common directory. The cities/regions have their own directory.

If you are contributing to the project and the city's directory doesn't exist, please create one and update the index here.

Topics listed below with no links were listed on purpose. Those topics are considered super important, but we lack its contents. Please, submit a pull-request with those contents.

Topics NOT listed here are also welcome.

Common Information

• Rent websites
  • Willhaben
  • Immowelt
  • Immobilien Scout
  • Immodirekt
  • Donau Raum
  • Wohnnet
  • Bazar
• Visa
  • Red-white-red card application
  • Red-White-red card extension
• Transportation
  • Driver License
• Health Insurance
  • E-card
• Taxes
  • The Austrian tax book 2021 (English Version)

Vienna

• Education
  • German course and government support
  • Undergrad studies
  • Master programs
  • PhD programs
• Transportation
  • Public transport
    • Wiener Linien
    • VOR
  • Bike services
    • Citybike Wien
  • Ride apps
    • Uber
    • Mytaxi
  • Electric scooter apps
    • Lime
    • Bird
    • Tier
• Food
  • You must eat Schnitzel
    • Figlmüller - The home of Schinitzel
    • Brandauer
  • Delivery apps
    • mjam.at
    • Foodora
• Buy & Sell online
  • Willhaben
  • Shpock