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/fdupNeighbor 14d ago

I mean most people nowadays are f'ing racist... Even leftists tend to be quite racist. Austria? I'd say 90 percent here are either actively racist or don't even notice it because it is sooo standart here. But: There are still countries that are even more racist. For example I'd say France, Switzerland for example are even more racist. (which is actually not easy). So it is not the worst racism wise.

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u/Warm_Temperature5136 14d ago

imo, austria has the biggest problem with xenophobia in all of europe. so i would never in my life move to fucking villach, not only a shithole without any future or vision, also the people are terrible. i would even consider just going to western or northern europe, austria is looking very gloomy

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u/pdevon 14d ago

You don't get around much do you? Yes there are countries which are less xenophobic (mostly those that have less immigration than Austria), but saying Austria is one of the worst or even the worst, is just ridiculous. Talk to Greek what they think about Bulgarians or Albanians, talk to Serbs what they think about Muslims, talk to Hungarians what they think about Roma... you would be surprised how socially accepted it is in those countries to be openly racist.

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u/Warm_Temperature5136 13d ago

you guys are the worst, trust me!

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u/pdevon 13d ago

That's racist!