Living and Travelling in Austria

Important Offices in Austria and the United States

	Austrian Offices in the U.S.: http://www.austria.org/representations-in-the-us
	Austria is famous for its bureaucracy, which is hard to understand even for Austrians. But: if you are nice and polite, you can get almost anything you need. If you need help (especially on matters related to your legal stay in Austria) go to: http://www.help.gv.at/
	There ist also a new TA website designed specifically for English language assistants in a collaborative effort by Austrian English teachers and current TAs.
	U.S. Embassy in Austria: http://www.usembassy.at/en/index.html
	The Office of Science & Technology (OST) at the Embassy of Austria in Washington, DC, is a strategic interface for science, research and science policy between Austria and North America. bridges is the free online magazine published by the OST. bridges features a wide range of articles relating to science, technology and education policy in the US, Canada and Europe. Audio versions of selected articles are also available on the OST's website or by subscription to the bridges podcast.

Official Information Sites about Austria

	Austrian Press and Information Service: http://www.austria.org/
	Austrian National Tourist Office: http://www.austria-tourism.at/
	General Info about Austria: http://www.oesterreich.com/
	Tourist Information, Vienna: http://info.wien.at/index_e.html

Other Information of Interest When Living in Austria

The enterprises listed here have been chosen randomly to give you an idea about prices for certain goods and services, they are not meant as recommendations. For more information, please consult the Austrian web directory Sharlook: http://www.sharelook.at/

Accomodation

	Hotels Online Austria: http://www.hotels.or.at/
	NetHotels is a hotel reservation system for Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck and Salzburg (click on regions in the upper right hand corner): http://www.nethotels.com/

Bank Accounts
Most of the banks now offer telebanking options.

	Bank Austria / Creditanstalt: http://www.ba-ca.com/
	BAWAG: http://www.bawag.co.at/
	EasyBank (belongs to BAWAG, but only offers their services online): http://www.easybank-ag.com/
	Die Erste: http://www.erstebank.at/
	P.S.K. (the postal bank is very convenient because you can do your banking from your post office): http://www.psk.co.at/

Conversion Tables

	Currency Converter: http://www.xe.net/ucc/
	World Electric Power Guide: http://kropla.com/electric.htm

Bookstores

Buch + Medien österreich is a website sponsored by bookstores and publishers: http://www.buchmarkt.at/

Culture

	Austrian Cultural Forum (website of the Austrian Cultural Forum in New York): http://www.acfny.org/
	Links to Info about Kunst und Kultur in Austria: http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.online/
	Movie listings: http://www.film.at/
	National Museums: http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/BundesMuseen/index.htm
	National Theaters: http://www.bundestheater.at/Content.Node2/
	Vereinigte Bühnen Wien (musicals in German): http://www.musicalvienna.at/

Government and Institutions

	Federal Ministries: http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/
	Parliament: http://www.parlinkom.gv.at/
	Provincial Governments: http://www.ris.bka.gv.at/

Housing

	Immobilien Bazar Online: http://www.immobazar.at/
	komm:net is a site with links to the housing ads in various Austrian papers: http://komm.at/net/

Journals (just a selection; general sites, see news)

	Falter (weekly with detailed program listings for Vienna): http://www.falter.at/
	Format: http://www.news.at/format/
	Profil: http://www.profil.at/
	News: http://www.news.at/

Libraries

	Austrian National Library: http://www.onb.ac.at/
	Austrian Libraries (a list ranging from specialized libaries to public libraries in all nine Austrian provinces): http://info.uibk.ac.at/c108/obib.html
	Provincial Libraries (mostly research libraries with a focus on the province): http://www.dabis.at/lbib.htm/

News

Austrian Media Pages: http://www.mediaweb.at/links/index.html

Major Newspapers

	Kurier: http://www.kurier.at/
	Die Presse: http://www.diepresse.at/
	Der Standard: http://www.derstandard.at/
	The Wiener Zeitung is the oldest newspaper in the world that's still published. It is also the official state newspaper where public announcements have to pe printed: http://www.wienerzeitung.at/
	Salzburger Nachrichten http://www.salzburg.com/
	Kleine Zeitung is published in Styria and Carinthia: http://www.kleine.at/

Political Parties (represented in Parliament - by number of seats)

	Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs: http://www.spoe.at/
	Österreichische Volkspartei: http://www.oevp.at/
	Die Grünen: http://www.gruene.at/
	Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs: http://www.fpoe.at/
	Bündnis Zukunft Österreich: http://www.bzoe.at

Postal and Telephone Information

Electronic White Pages: http://www.herold.at/

Since January 1998, private telecom service providers are allowed to compete on the Austrian market. This includes long distance services and mobile phones. If you move into an apartment which does not come with a telephone, you might want to consider a mobile phone which is the cheaper option for people who keep their phone calls short. For an overview of prices, see Billiger Telefonieren: http://www.billiger-telefonieren.at/

Schools

Searching for websites of Austrian schools can be best done on the The Ministry of Education homepage.

Television and Radio

	Austrian National Television (news updated hourly): http://www.orf.at/
	ATV - a private Austrian TV channel: http://atv.at/

Tobacco

Yes, Austrians still smoke and the traditional Austrian Tobacco Monopoly (since 1784) crumbles under the EU rules: http://www.austriatabak.at/

Tourist Information

Tiscover is an extensive tourist information site including everything from a detailed atlas, to live cams, weather reports, hotel reservations and information about special events (use the Atlas to learn more about where you will be teaching): http://www.tiscover.com/

Transportation

	Austrian Railways: http://www.oebb.at/
	The German Railways have an excellent trainschedule for all European connections: http://www.bahn.de/
	Vienna Airport: http://www.viennaairport.com/

Vienna

	Not surprisingly, there are many sites on the city, however, there is one specifically designed by and for visitors from English speaking countries: http://www.virtualvienna.net/
	To find out what is going on check out: http://www.vienna.at/

Weather

Zentralanstalt für Meteorologie und Geodynamik: http://www.zamg.ac.at/

The Austrian-American Educational Commission (Fulbright Commission) endeavors to update
the information on this site on a regular basis, but cannot guarantee its accuracy at all times.