5 weird things in Vienna

[@neoshinryu]

7:37 yes i can confirm that the top-jugendticket would solve those problems and it's definitely worth it, especially from the childrens POV. you can hop on any public transportation at any time without having to worry about anything.

[@erikamayers6148]

Interesting anyway.....thanks

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

There will be more positive videos as well. Don’t worry 😉

[@CojaboBerlin]

You are allowed to take bikes by the subway. The Wiener Linien allow it between 9 AM & 3 PM on working days. After 6:30 PM again. It´s due to the rush hours. At the weekend there are no restrictions. The U-Bahn will definitely allow you to travel with bike. You should go to the danube island with your kid. The bike lanes there are mainly big enough to have your kid cycle next to you. Could be a good place to teach.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

You can take bikes to U-bahn, but not into trams. That said, I agree that riding on the Danube Island is a lot of fun!

[@YASYTU]

@@TomaszJakubKusienicki they didnt say anything about Trams...?

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

oh true, sorry

[@annakoller5382]

Meist sind in der Heiligenstädterstrasse eh wenige Autos unterwegs.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

Diese Straße ist nur ein Beispiel. Es gibt noch viel mehr. Zum Beispiel Billrothstraße.

[@doctorsilver3365]

And if you do have private insurance, then you pay full cost out of pocket first - 200 or 250 per visit as you said. Then you mail reciept to public insurance first and wait about 6 months, often they reject it after 6 months if you didnt get approved by them in firsr place bla bla), and pnly then you can send your bill to the private insurance. And if public insurance denied it then private will not pay for it either. So even if you have a private insurance there are still a billion rules for everything and months waiting. Great video!

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

Hi. Yes, I agree. I have a privite insurance for my daugher and I do not like this system. It is so slow, has too many steps and i have to frozen my money for months. I prefer the system in Poland where with most private insurances you have to go to specific clinics, but you pay nothing and in major cities that have many locations, so it works quite well.

[@PaulFromCHGO]

It almost sounds like the Private system is creeping more and more into a US style system. Not good at all, especially being required to pay up front.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

@@PaulFromCHGO Yes, it is quite simillar. Fortunately, the public health service works quite well and is universally available.

[@PaulFromCHGO]

@@TomaszJakubKusienicki I hope to find that out soon! I'm in Vienna now in the 5th district through the next month and I am here to figure out life in Austria and how I can plan out my integration. The hope is I will buy a house in the area and settle here permanently in a few years. I recently obtained Austrian citizenship.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

@@PaulFromCHGO amazing! I saw your email as well, I will try to respond as soon as I have a chance. Good luck! ❤️

[@knitd1985]

Of course - always expect the street from the right to go first. But why would you search for the back side of the triangle sign? Just look for a car. If there's no car coming from there, you can go. (Obviously you have to go slowly, but that's the point)

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

Of course. 😊 I am talking about the situation where their is traffic and you have to decide what to do. I see some locals struggle with this too and insist to ride in the wrong order causing a bit of chaos. The good thing is that after the while you remember those intersections so the more you drive, the less likely you are to make a mistake.

[@annakoller5382]

Es gibt doch dieses 70 euro Ticket für die Kinder für ein ganzes Jahr.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

Danke, jetzt weiß ich es. 😊BTW Das Top-Jugendticket kostet derzeit 86 Euro.

[@heraldreichel1971]

I get your point. The rules are just that. But seriously? You are on the priority road, and it turns (let's say) left, you have to signal a left turn? I'd never have guessed - but a friend got fined for not signalling, going the main way. The "straight", in this case is a super minor and dead end street only a couple of yards long. Shouldn't the police do something, you know, useful? Like protecting us from mischief or something? Instead of enforcing rules that are positively useless at best, and probably misleading? Shouldn't you instead signal a right turn going straight, if you need to slow down substantially, going off the main road? Edit: I need to assert that "defund the police" is crazy talk to me. Reasonable/Sensible (not sensitive) policing is more like it.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

I always singnal my intention no matter if I am staying on the main road or not. I signal even if there is no one around. That's how I was taught and it works well for me. I personally think that not signalling when you go left is dangerous as the car from the other direction might try to go thinking you are heading straight, but yeah, it could be a warning and not a fine if that was the first time.

[@heraldreichel1971]

@@TomaszJakubKusienicki You are right. Signalling isn't an effort. It makes the driver's intentions clear, not depending on the context.

[@YASYTU]

You just know weird people. Almost nobody has private health insurance. Nobody needs it.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

I think all locals I know who are planing to have kids have a private insurance. 🤔 But sure, it might be my bubble.

[@YASYTU]

@@TomaszJakubKusienicki You can have your Kids without, no problem. 😜

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

​@@YASYTU I know, I know. I'm just saying that I think Austrians buy private health insurance more often than people in many other countries.

[@YASYTU]

@@TomaszJakubKusienicki You sure? I mean we already pay a lot through mandatory insurance so why would anyone... and we don't have money left for such things anyway. Sounds like waste of money.

[@TomaszJakubKusienicki]

@@YASYTU I have found that 32% of Austrians have a private health insurance and I suspect big part of that number is coming from Vienna.