r/AskAustria • u/StrangerinNewYork • 15d ago
Insights on Villach
Hi everyone,
Next year, we’re moving to Villach! We currently live in Germany but originally come from Southern Europe. Our plan was to move to Bavaria, but we didn’t find suitable jobs there, so we’re excited to have landed a job opportunity in Villach.
It will be me, my wife, and our two young children (kindergarten age). We’re eager to learn more about Villach—especially about:
The local community: Are people welcoming? Is there any xenophobia?
Dialect: it's not our mothertongue, but we are both fluent. can we manage with the local Dialect? Is there a way to learn it? Does understanding get better with time?
Housing: Are apartments hard to find? Prices seem high—what’s the actual situation?
Kindergarten: Which ones are highly rated? Are there any we should avoid?
Healthcare: Is it easy to find a pediatrician or general practitioner?
Any general tips or pointers that would help us settle in smoothly.
Thanks so much for any insight you can share!
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u/Avejaal 14d ago
People are nice on the outside and then just do not care too much. nowadays it seems like it is easier to find an apartment to rent, you can use willhaben.at to look around. Kindergarten is doable, but maybe not so easy. Local dialect is a nightmare, but if you speak fluent Hochdeutsch, communication should not be a problem, they all get it but do not use it. Local.doctor could be an issue, the one I signed up to said my family was last to take, as already having too many. Due to Infineon, Villach is quite open and cosmopolitan, yet of course that is Carinthia, other then that it is a great place to live and to work, 2hrs drive to Adriatic, lots of outdoor opportunities etc. I moved here 5yrs ago, feel free to DM for some more details