Central Europe
Video Chat with People from Austria
Picture Vienna's coffee houses, Salzburg's old town under its fortress, Graz's red rooftops and Innsbruck ringed by mountains, and you have a sense of where the people you meet from Austria might be. German is the language, spoken with an Austrian accent and plenty of local words: tomatoes are Paradeiser, potatoes Erdäpfel, and January is Jänner. Dialects shift from Vienna to Tyrol to Vorarlberg, and English is widely spoken, especially among younger adults.
Austria is on Central European Time (UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer), so 9 PM in Vienna is 3 PM in New York. Skiing and hiking come up quickly, as do classical music (Mozart was born in Salzburg), summer festivals, football and food like Wiener Schnitzel, Kaiserschmarrn and Sachertorte. Ask whether they're a mountain person or a lake person; it's a fun way to get going. To meet only people in Austria, select it in the country filter.
Austria at a glance
| Flag | 🇦🇹 |
|---|---|
| Official name | Republic of Austria |
| Capital | Vienna |
| Region | Europe · Central Europe |
| Official language | Austro-Bavarian German |
| Currency | Euro (€, EUR) |
| Calling code | +43 |
| Time zone | Central European Time (Europe/Vienna) |
How to say hello
A few words of Austro-Bavarian German make a great first impression, even if you switch to English right after.
| Language | Phrase | Say it | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| German (Austria) | Servus! | ZEHR-voos | Hi! / Bye! (casual) |
| German (Austria) | Grüß Gott! | grooss GOTT | Hello! (polite, very common in Austria) |
| German (Austria) | Griaß di! | GREE-ahss dee | Hi! (dialect, to one person) |
| German (Vienna) | Baba! | bah-BAH | Bye! (casual) |
Tips for chatting with people from Austria
- Don't treat Austria as part of Germany; asking for the Austrian word for something you know in German is a much better icebreaker.
- Ask about their Kaffeehaus order; a Melange is the Viennese classic.
- Practicing German? Austrian vocabulary is a bonus, not a problem, and our German phrases are a good base.
- Ask where they ski or hike; regional pride runs strong from Tyrol to Styria.
Only meet people from Austria
Omlet matches you Worldwide by default. To meet only people from Austria, use the country filter, the only filter Omlet has:
- Open Omlet and press Country on the control panel.
- Search for Austria and select it.
- Press Start. Press Next to meet someone else from Austria, or switch back to Worldwide any time.
Your first day is free: you add a card through Stripe to start it, and nothing is charged that day. When the 24 hours end, the country filter costs $3 one time, charged to that card, unless you cancel before then in Settings (if you cancel, you can still pick a country until the day ends). It's not a subscription, and it stays unlocked on that device and browser. It doesn't carry over to other devices or browsers, and clearing your browser data removes it. There's one free day per device, home network and card. Payment goes through Stripe, so Omlet never sees your card number.
The filter works both ways, and matching can be slower when fewer people from Austria are online. Chatting itself is free, and Worldwide matching never costs anything.
Your own country is detected automatically and shown to the people you meet as a flag.
Neighboring countries
Austria borders 8 countries. Curious about the people next door? Meet them too: