What I Learned About AUSTRIA During My Exchange Semester 2020

In February 2020 I arrived in Dornbirn. I was really excited to get to know Austria to travel to learn and experience new things. Although the pandemic forced everyone to change their plans I still had a great time in Austria.
Dornbirn is a small cute town with fresh air mountain air. For the most part I was stuck inside but I didn't regret spending my time there. And to remember my half a year I wanted to make a video :))
00:00 Introduction
00:33 Let's start
00:42 What is what
01:02 What surprised me in Austria
02:12 What is Austria?
02: 42 Who are Austrians?
03:34 My Study
03:57 2020
04:49 Honorable mentions
05:13 Personal reflation
05:58 Fin
Thank you for watching and stay healthy!

Пікірлер: 57

  • @adrianessig8188
    @adrianessig81888 ай бұрын

    Hey, I'm from Dornbirn currently studying computer science at FH Vorarlberg, just started the masters. It was really interesting to see Vorarlberg from the view of an exchange student. Really sad to hear that you came during covid. I started my studies during that year and it was quite tough... I did my exchange in Finland which was amazing and I made one of my best friends there who is also from Latvia, we immediately bonded over the shared flags :)

  • @VIVEKSHAKYA563
    @VIVEKSHAKYA5633 жыл бұрын

    Erika! This is one of the better produced videos I have come across KZread. And it was extremely funny.

  • @mekhiwesson4849

    @mekhiwesson4849

    2 жыл бұрын

    instablaster...

  • @flyiasf5668
    @flyiasf56683 жыл бұрын

    lol, i am austrian, and even i dont understand the people in vorarlberg

  • @esclatvia4382
    @esclatvia43823 жыл бұрын

    The fact that I randomly found another Latvian on yt is amazing!

  • @AndresArreaza94
    @AndresArreaza942 жыл бұрын

    Thank you KZread algorithm to get me here , I'm a subscriber now since I enjoyed your video!

  • @AamirKamal
    @AamirKamal3 жыл бұрын

    Mozart may feel proud. Thank you for sharing your experience. It was really helpful.

  • @9a72a
    @9a72a3 жыл бұрын

    Wow, your edits are cool! And Austria is gorgeous, I want to visit it again and again...

  • @mohan7273
    @mohan727310 ай бұрын

    Wow! This one was so hilarious 😂! loved it.

  • @jahrolo
    @jahrolo2 жыл бұрын

    Damn... Vorarlberg is definitely the wrong place to learn german :D

  • @robwilliams2410
    @robwilliams2410 Жыл бұрын

    Lovely video! I did a summer study abroad program in Bregenz. I read enjoy your storytelling, sense of humor, nice production.

  • @rudymilla
    @rudymilla2 жыл бұрын

    the video quality is absolutely fantastic

  • @Bossabot
    @Bossabot2 жыл бұрын

    This is actually crazy! Great job on your video; I subscribed immediately.

  • @sisyphus645
    @sisyphus6452 жыл бұрын

    Holy shit, this is very well made!

  • @emmanuelpan7882
    @emmanuelpan78823 жыл бұрын

    Hahhaah you're so funny! thanks loved the video

  • @chiaracirone1371
    @chiaracirone1371 Жыл бұрын

    as someone who grew up in the netherlands and is now living in austria, i feel you on the peanut butter, a true tragedy

  • @seth_everman

    @seth_everman

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey you look like the right one, can you tell me which country is better to live between netherlands and austria, I am very confused between these two countries please tell me what your experience was related to salaries, Weather and people etc

  • @thedarkknight1865
    @thedarkknight18652 жыл бұрын

    Austria is very much beautiful 😘

  • @soloking804
    @soloking8043 жыл бұрын

    Your video is amazing. I hope to get selected for Austria.

  • @NoMady688
    @NoMady688 Жыл бұрын

    1:08 Eu amo beber água quando estou de ressaca. 😂😂😂 A água também produz uma cerveja muito boa. ❤❤❤ Tudo é água, e se olhar do Alto tudo se torna uma cachoeira.

  • @niknikelbert1660
    @niknikelbert16602 жыл бұрын

    So funny 😂

  • @lkt7343
    @lkt73433 жыл бұрын

    any austrians here?😌

  • @carlosandreselizondorojas5542

    @carlosandreselizondorojas5542

    6 ай бұрын

    I will be in Dornbirn next month, need help hahaha

  • @EsBarto2
    @EsBarto23 жыл бұрын

    for peanut butter I recommend going to an asian supermarket if there is one around

  • @helloerika

    @helloerika

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thank u for the recommendation!

  • @julientrue
    @julientrue3 жыл бұрын

    Queen's™ sounds like a good game 🤔

  • @chantalrotman4786
    @chantalrotman4786 Жыл бұрын

    Hello, I’m going to do an exchange in Dornbirn as well. Could you let me know which accommodation you stayed in?

  • @TomaattiJuize

    @TomaattiJuize

    Жыл бұрын

    me 2, it would be nice hear about that!

  • @car4029
    @car40293 жыл бұрын

    Oh no the peanut butter!

  • @JGM20012
    @JGM20012 Жыл бұрын

    looks like that particular studentenwohnheim still struggles to keep its sign from being vandalized...IIRC it was first torn down in 2013/2014?

  • @pope406
    @pope4062 жыл бұрын

    The story of the austrian flag is another one. It is said that after the battle of Akkon, Leopold the 5th of Austria was drenched in his enemies blood that after he removed his Sword belt his battle dress had the color of red-white-red

  • @eriksezis8255

    @eriksezis8255

    2 жыл бұрын

    Latvian flag has similar story. Legend recounts the story of the mortally wounded chief of a Latvian tribe who was wrapped in a white sheet. The part of the sheet on which he was lying remained white, but the two edges were stained in his blood. During the next battle the bloodstained sheet was used as a flag. According to the legend this time the Latvian warriors were successful and drove the enemy away. Ever since then Latvian tribes have used these colours.🤓 Bloody blod in the deep history...

  • @Leo-uu8du

    @Leo-uu8du

    2 жыл бұрын

    The real history of the flag is also quite nice and even makes the Austrian flag to the oldest symbol of sovereignity. The full origin is unclear, but it was adopted by the Carinthians first, they inherited it to Styria, with which Austria merged together by signing the Georgenberg Pact (It determined that Styria and Austria are inseperable. This basically means they became one single entity, which also means that it would be better to call the country Austria-Styria from then on instead of just Austria, but that's just my opinion).

  • @woolicorn7407
    @woolicorn74072 жыл бұрын

    2:13 I see what you did there xD

  • @horstlohner1910
    @horstlohner19102 жыл бұрын

    Oh no!You are in Vorarlberg.Its for us from eastern Austria Gsiberg.Why?Wo bischte gsi?Slang is like in CH!Dornbirn or Rorschach,no difference for me.Cheese is the fav food in Vorarlberg,Tirol und Salzburg.

  • @NoMady688
    @NoMady688 Жыл бұрын

    Ninguém gosta de ser comparado a ninguém. Mesmo que seja pontos positivos. Isso gera muita conversa. Um exemplo disso são os cariocas, alguns gostam outros não. Os cariocas se tornam referência no assunto "malandragem", pois eles gostam de conversar com os turistas e o Rio de Janeiro é um lugar turístico. E quando o carioca vai para outros lugares as pessoas os amam, só os paulista que não gostam. Porque eles não caem no nosso papo. ❤😂❤

  • @mrelias4116
    @mrelias41163 жыл бұрын

    Boa de is in Voradelberg des is a Schande 😂😂joke I m form Kärnten (Austria) and I hope you enjoyed everything

  • @lukasbrida9530

    @lukasbrida9530

    3 жыл бұрын

    wit mi verascha? ;)

  • @semsemeini7905

    @semsemeini7905

    2 жыл бұрын

    I love Velden am Worthersee.

  • @daivabloma7695
    @daivabloma76952 жыл бұрын

    Hey! Ar kādu apmaiņas programmu tu tur nonāci

  • @helloerika

    @helloerika

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mana universitāte piedāvāja ar līdzīgām skolām apmaiņu uz pusgadu. Plus viņi arī sadarbojās ar Erasmusu.

  • @daivabloma7695

    @daivabloma7695

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@helloerika goddamn reāli labais

  • @Hyri3L
    @Hyri3L2 жыл бұрын

    wy evry tourist or exchangeling eat Wiener Schnitzl all the 9 contys (bundeslande) has its OWN SPECIALITY in Kärntn its KÄRTNER KASNOCKERl in Tyrol its Tiroler Speckknädl in Viena its Wiener Schnitzl or Blunzengrestl orSacher Torten in Saltzburg its Salzburger Kaas Spätzle Seirmark has also his own as dos Vorarlberg and Upper austria Kaiserschmarn Lower austria has also his own so wy allways ONLY WIENER SCHNITZL -.-

  • @Hyri3L

    @Hyri3L

    2 жыл бұрын

    ps habs Burgenland vergessen There are all the Wines Zeigelt Weisrisling and so forth

  • @thesep1967
    @thesep19673 жыл бұрын

    Dornbirn? That's only Austrian by a historic accident. The people there are really Swiss. They talk and think like them.

  • @frisco1968

    @frisco1968

    2 жыл бұрын

    Complete BS!

  • @thesep1967

    @thesep1967

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@frisco1968 Achtung! A Schwob!

  • @Leo-uu8du

    @Leo-uu8du

    2 жыл бұрын

    Vorarlberg or formerly "Vorderösterreich", was one of the first regions in which the Habsburg family ruled. Vorarlberg is a part of Austria for a much longer time (since 1345) than Salzburg (since 1805), Tyrol (parts in 1369, unified since 1500), Innviertel (since 1779) and Burgenland (depending: either 1921, when it became the "Burgenland" or 1526, when western Hungary became part of Austria)

  • @thesep1967

    @thesep1967

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Leo-uu8du Sure, and so what? Long before the Habsburgs Austria was ruled by the Babenberger. Zero Swabian influence then. The Habsburgs have their humble origins in Switzerland and they expanded their territory pretty much in every direction (Vorderösterreich actually denotes everything west of Tyrol, including stretches of the Rhine, Alsace, mostly Swabian speaking regions, like Vorarlberg). Over time they lost all of their western lands with the exception of Vorarlberg (mostly because nobody was interested in what was then a piss-poor backwater with the main export being child labor). The Habsburgs were more successful with their eastern/south-eastern expansion but this also came to an end in 1918, when the German-speaking rest of their empire (well, a large part of it) formed modern Austria. Even Vorarlberg joined, but only after they've been told off by the Swiss, who were their first choice.

  • @Leo-uu8du

    @Leo-uu8du

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@thesep1967 But still, the Babenberg family also wasn't Austrian, but Franconian, and the area of Austria where they first ruled where Slavic, with some Bavarian and Franconian collonies and especially the Bavarian language and culture was still pretty much the same as the Alemannic one during that time. If Vorarlberg was a coincidence, then over half of Austria was one too. Also don't forget that the small referendums within Austria after WW1 where all considered illegal and without any official checking mechanisms against manipulation. Upper Austria and Tyrol voted to join Bavaria and in Tyrol there also was the widespread idea of an independant Tyrol. Nevertheless after the austrian economy stabilized all these movements ceased to exist.

  • @edholohan
    @edholohan2 жыл бұрын

    Rudest people on Earth...