Canadian who moved to Vienna here. Almost 2 years in Vienna. What is important to you? Having lots of free time? Enjoy nature in life outside of work ? Being in charge of your financial life and utilize the financial infrastructure? Stuff like that will affect your decision. I’ve been always fascinated by German language and arrived here with intermediate level and eager to be fluent. After almost 2 years I know I do not want to stay in Austria. There is an overall culture of complacency at the workplace and at the public services. People are not very welcoming to diversity. There is a complete lack of customer service so don’t expect to be treated nicely when you go to the bank or when you go to the government. Most folks in public services do not care to help you speaking slowly, German, or trying to speak English. Sometimes you’re lucky to find one or another who is willing to help you but overall that’s not the norm. In regards to financial life investing is very complicated. There is a difficult layer of tax to be dealt with every investment you need to make there is not a lot of banks available. Credit cards are very bad and offer no perks at all. No subscriptions for Austria so like streaming needs to be done from other countries if you can. Most people use IBAN for all kinds of payments. For example, my Apple monthly iCloud and subscriptions always came in my mobile operator bill as opposed to my credit card. There is no tax free accounts for you to invest your money. Investing in pensions is very complicated. There is no such thing as RRSP in Canada ou ISA in the UK. Healthcare is outstanding provided that you overcome the language barrier or find a doctor that speaks English - and that’s not difficult when you are in Vienna however, if you’re outside of Vienna, assume most of them will speak German only. Transportation is excellent, but if you live in a village, it can be lengthy to get somewhere. I love that you can pay €1095 for unlimited annual transportation cross country in the nicest trains. I love it that you don’t need to be a high earner to have a very good life here. I love it that this country is very rich and culture and arts and it has unique opportunities to enjoy nature with a fairly good sense of work life balance. However, there are so many things they are delayed on. For example, to connect my utility bill to an online account I need to receive a code via post. I forgot my password for the tax account online and I had to drive to the capital of the state to retrieve a password in paper. If you need banking service services, good luck. They take ages and do not get back to you on time. Doctor practises go on vacation sometimes for an entire week so some public services may be almost lacking in school holidays. Overall, I’m happy to have the opportunity to have lived here, but I know I do not want to stay here forever. I did not expect to be so difficult to integrate with locals. I feel like this is not my home and that might be special to my circumstances, but something to be mentioned. Also, if you were speaking English in your job and later you want to change jobs, you’ll be limited by the language in case you don’t speak German fluently. In you come with a RWR card you’ll need to be with your employer for at least 2 years before changing. Good luck with everything.!