The Wurst Guide to Living in Austria

Warning: This podcast speaks Denglish. In this episode, Gabriel and Jake unpick and examine what the deal is when it comes to 'einladen' when you're out with friends or on a date in Austria. Who pays on the first date? Is shouting a round of drinks a thing? If you're on a date and it's going really badly, is it okay to sneak out the back without paying? This is the worst guide to etiquette in Aust...

Warning: This podcast speaks Denglish. In this episode, Gabriel and Jake have the podcast living up to its true name as they deliver what is, quite possibly, the worst guide to Austrian traditions. However, it's certainly worth it as they have plenty of laughs along the way. Plus, they get into a fascinating discussion about TikTok vs podcasts, attention spans - are they shrinking – and if the ove...

Warning: this podcast speaks Denglish Tongues ready, people! In this episode, the hosts of TWG, Gabriel and Jake, talk ice cream in Vienna.  What they specifically talk about? + Where to get the best ice cream in Vienna (crowdsourced recommendations from 1000s of people living in the city) + The oldest ice cream salon in the city + What are the people of Vienna's favourite flavours are And much, m...

Warning: this podcast talks Denglish Gabriel becomes the master Sensei (ummm, of sorts) and Jake becomes the humble student (ummm, of sorts)as the hosts of the Wurst guide take a deep dive into the dialects and slang of Austria. What do we specifically talk about? + The distinct differences in the dialects from Austria’s different regions + Talking dirty in Tirolean + The district of Neubau becomi...

Hosts, Jake and Gabriel, ask the questions is Vienna really the most liveable city in the world? How do these 'Liveable City reports' measure what makes a city liveable? What make Vienna an unliveable city? And there’s more! This podcast is powered by viennawurstelstand.com and The Wurst Agency and is hosted by Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler.  Like us to have somebody specific on the podcast or...

This is one very special episode. Jacob and Gabriel have a mega-fan based in the LA of the USA, Dave S., drop into the studio to talk about the stereotypes Austrians have of Americans, the shit show playing out in the US at the moment, and how Dave managed to become an Austrian citizen without ever having stepped foot in the country. The chat gets funny in parts, and deep in others.  What do we sp...

In a extremely hot podcast booth in front of a live audience at the 2022 4gamechangers Festival, hosts Jacob Moss & Gabriel Schaffler talk about the highlights of the Vienna festival, and more (including a few 'networking' in Austria tips) This podcast is powered by viennawurstelstand.com and The Wurst Agency and is hosted by Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler.  Like us to have somebody specific on...

Where is the biggest, messiest and best Döner of the city of Vienna to be found? Hosts, Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler find out when hundreds of crowdsourced reviews and insider tips come rolling in. If you dig a Döner, you'll dig this episode. What do we specifically talk about? + The insider tips on where the best Döner is served up + How the Döner is the great equaliser + What makes a extraor...

The guest for this episode unexpectedly ghosts the hosts, Jake and Gabriel. This leads to a surprising episode where a discussion about badminton turns into the invention of some kind of cross-genre of film – horror porn – and the guys talking about texting communication etiquette and preferences in Austria. 

As the word 'inflation' has so often been in headlines around Austria we thought we should do an episode about it, too. Plus, it was surprisingly the most requested topic for an episode from our community aka. the TWG gang. Unlike other media outlets, through some serious investigative journalism, we do a deep dive into how inflation is affecting the lives of the people of Austria. Ok, calling it...

In this second part of a special episode, we join the people of Austria in their bedrooms, and on their dates, as we talk all things sex and dating with sex podcaster, author, and influencer, Leonie-Rachel Soyel. Along with her co-host Sinah Edhofer, Leonie hosts the very popular and award-winning podcast, Couchgeflüster .  This podcast episode was so interesting and full of fascinating conversati...

In this special episode, we join the people of Austria in their bedrooms, and on their dates, as we talk all things sex and dating with sex podcaster, author, and influencer, Leonie-Rachel Soyel. Along with her co-host Sinah Edhofer, Leonie hosts the very popular and award-winning podcast, Couchgeflüster .  This podcast episode was so interesting and full of fascinating conversation that it ran fo...

In this episode, co-hosts Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler talk about the infamous angry swans of the Danube and the river’s equally infamous tretboot gang (aka. paddle boat gang). We also shine a spotlight on the iconic uniforms that go with certain jobs around Vienna (aka. the bright orange 48ers, the black and white chimney sweeps) and asked the community to rate them – this is also thoroughly...

In this episode, co-hosts Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler are talk about all things summer holidays in Austria (and its surroundings). What do we specifically talk about? A few golden insider travel tips Road trip travel stories What to do with your summer holidays Gabriel's horror film sounding night in some random couple's kids' room in New Zealand Jake's hairy scary horse trip through Kyrgyzst...

Co-hosts, Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler, open up Austria's attic where piles of taboos are kept locked away to talk about the things that are not commonly talked about (even actively avoided!) in Austria.  What specifically do we talk about? + Austrian's relationship to money and death + How to negotiate with your employer for the wage that you deserve + Phantom farters on the Vienna U-Bahn + F...

In this episode, co-hosts Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler are joined by resident DJ at the Vienna club, O – der Klub, and music producer, Nima Yahya to talk about ‘post-pandemic’ partying in Vienna  What do we specifically talk about? How partying has changed in Vienna since the ‘post-pandemic’ reopening The insider’s secret spots to be discovered in O – der Klub What it’s like to be a DJ inspiri...

In this special episode, co-hosts, Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler answer the call from a listener to investigate a recent video uncovered by the Heute newspaper that raises the question (and alarm bells) – does Vienna's Danube have sharks in it?! Along the way, they also dive deeper into some fascinating insights about the blue vein of Vienna, the Danube river. What specifically do we talk about...

Co-hosts, Jacob Moss and Gabriel Schaffler talk all things spring in Austria. Also, with it being the Easter special, we talk a little about that too.   What specifically do we talk about? + Biking in Vienna + Where to get that first ice cream in Vienna + What's worse? - crocs/ sandals and socks or animal print FFP2 masks + Neighbourhood markets   And much more!     This podcast is powered by vien...

The Wurst Guide to Living in Austria is back, and coming with the relaunch is a new co-host – Austrian comedian and podcaster, Gabriel Shaffler. Woot! Woot! In the first episode back from a one-month break, the Austrian, Gabriel, speaks with his Australian co-host, Jake Moss, about all things living in Austria, along with some other random... stuff.  What specifically do we talk about? + Life in A...

While if you're an Austrian reading this, Thomas Brezina needs no introduction, but we're going to do it anyway. As the author of 550+ books, the creator and presenter of the most popular children's shows to ever show up on Austrian television, Thomas Brezina has inspired the imagination and claimed the hearts of millions of Austrians, young and old(er). We invited Thomas into the Wurst studio to...

No, this is not a guide to being an asylum-seeker in Austria, yet rather a guide to what it is like to be seeking asylum in this country. Spoiler alert: It's not pretty.  We speak to the press pro, Maren Riebe, at the independent organisation, Das Flüchtlingsprojekt Ute Bock , who dedicate their days to helping those seeking asylum in Austria. We gain a fascinating insight into the lives of these...

A film-worthy art heist that happened right in Vienna's Kunsthistorisches Museum, what art in Vienna you absolutely can't miss out on, what's it been like running one of the most important art museums in the world over the course of the pandemic – we discuss all of this and more with the fascinating storyteller of an art historian, Sabine Haag.  Warning: Her love for art is incredibly infectious d...

Austria's often perceived (and experienced by many) as a conservative country.  We invited well-known drag queen, fashion designer and DJ, Tamara Mascara into the studio to talk about how to be bold and beautifully different in the conservative landscape of Austria where sameness is strongly encouraged and being unique will often earn you stares and judgemental comments.  What specifically do we t...

In this episode, we talk to the well-known Vienna-based independent journalist, Michael Bonvalot, who has written for several big-name publications in Austria. We break down the historic happenings that would define the chapters if Austria's 2021 was a history book.  What do we specifically talk about? + How the Corona pandemic has radically changed Austria, and our lives, in 2021? + How, in Austr...

In exactly the same study, Vienna was voted as both the most liveable city, but also the unfriendliest city to live in. We invited influencer and original Wienerin, Astrid Aschenbrenner ( aka. Wienerkind_ ) into the studio to discuss a topic that seems to come up at every house party and gathering where there's a multicultural crowd present – are the Viennese so rude or is it all just one big misu...