Austria vs. Germany

Todays topic is the German versus the Austrian country, culture and language. Even if the language in Austria and Germany are actually the same, there are a lot of differences. Not only words, but also the pronounciation differs! To be honest, for me as a German it is even easier talking English to austrian than German. But most Austrians can understand the “proper” German.

As you can see on the map below, Austria is much smaller than Germany. Germans capital Berlin and Austrias capital Vienna are both really international.

 

 

Taking a closer look at the prices in both countries one can definitely say that Austria is much more expensive than Germany. Especially hotels and commodity prices are much higher in Austria.

The food itself is probably quite similar. Typical Austrian food is “Leberkäs” or “Kaiserschmarrn”, but it is also common in Germany. Austrians and Germans are really spoiled when it comes to bread and cakes. There are a lot of bakery shops that only sell various kinds of breads. 🙂