https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Austria in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed 'In God's hands' read several of the tattoos inked during a free-of-charge session over the weekend -- organised by none other than Austria's leading group representing Catholic nuns and monks. https://www.thelocal.at/20230417/catholics-line-up-for-free-tattoos-in-austria Mon, 17 Apr 2023 12:38:54 +0200 catholics-line-up-for-free-tattoos-in-austria Whether it has been five weeks or five years, Austria can sometimes feel a little strange as a foreigner. But if you recognise any of these eight signs, you might be a little more integrated than you think. https://www.thelocal.at/20211004/eight-signs-youve-settled-into-life-in-austria Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:21:43 +0200 eight-signs-youve-settled-into-life-in-austria From the famous Fucking to the lesser known Windpassing - and of course Lower Stinky Well - Austria’s countryside is full of weird and wonderful place names. https://www.thelocal.at/20210420/eight-weird-and-wonderful-austrian-place-names Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:00:47 +0200 eight-weird-and-wonderful-austrian-place-names Austrian police fined a man 500 euros for loudly breaking wind after officers stopped him earlier this month to check his identity. https://www.thelocal.at/20200618/austrian-man-fined-500-euros-for-deliberate-massive-flatulence Thu, 18 Jun 2020 18:24:24 +0200 austrian-man-fined-500-euros-for-deliberate-massive-flatulence Who would steal cowbells from cows grazing in the Austrian mountains? That's what police are asking themselves. https://www.thelocal.at/20190826/austrian-police-stumped-by-spate-of-cowbell-thefts Mon, 26 Aug 2019 18:21:50 +0200 austrian-police-stumped-by-spate-of-cowbell-thefts Two diners in Austria bit off more than they could chew when they dared to complain about a mix-up in their food order and were compelled to run for safety from the enraged restaurant owner, police said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.at/20190503/austrian-innkeeper-throws-plates-and-punches-after-customer-complaints Fri, 03 May 2019 16:15:36 +0200 austrian-innkeeper-throws-plates-and-punches-after-customer-complaints Elvis Presley loved Cadillacs, compulsively collecting hundreds of them during his lifetime, and what is believed to be the last Cadillac he drove before his death in 1977 is going under the hammer in Austria later this month, the auctioneers said on Friday. https://www.thelocal.at/20181006/elvis-last-cadillac-up-for-sale-in-austria Sat, 06 Oct 2018 17:52:40 +0200 elvis-last-cadillac-up-for-sale-in-austria A 22-year-old Austrian man might have thought himself lucky after police in the city of Eisenstadt found his lost wallet -- had it not been full of ten fake 50 euro notes. https://www.thelocal.at/20180929/austrian-arrested-after-losing-wallet-full-of-fake-notes Sat, 29 Sep 2018 03:37:26 +0200 austrian-arrested-after-losing-wallet-full-of-fake-notes French police have arrested an Austrian man at a Paris airport after he flew in from Mexico with 80 small birds stashed in his hand luggage, a judicial source said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.at/20180802/austrian-arrested-at-paris-airport-with-80-birds-in-hand-luggage Thu, 02 Aug 2018 10:48:32 +0200 austrian-arrested-at-paris-airport-with-80-birds-in-hand-luggage A local section of the Green Party in Lower Austria has invited women to a breakfast meeting where they will learn how to pee standing up. https://www.thelocal.at/20170503/austria-green-party-teach-women-pee-standing-up Wed, 03 May 2017 13:12:33 +0200 austria-green-party-teach-women-pee-standing-up An Austrian teacher has been fired from his job at a secondary school after he let his 12-year-old students create an oversized model of an erect penis during an art and crafts class. Although the children reportedly found it funny, their parents were not amused. https://www.thelocal.at/20170227/penis-artwork-costs-austrian-teacher-his-job Mon, 27 Feb 2017 13:10:10 +0100 penis-artwork-costs-austrian-teacher-his-job Austrian police locked down the grounds of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Palace on Monday morning, after a jogger told them he’d spotted a lion which he believed must have escaped from the zoo. https://www.thelocal.at/20170227/16-police-officers-hunt-escaped-lion-at-schoenbrunn-palace Mon, 27 Feb 2017 12:00:31 +0100 16-police-officers-hunt-escaped-lion-at-schoenbrunn-palace A man who recently moved into a rented apartment in the Austrian town of Graz was astonished when he stumbled on a cardboard box containing six neat bundles of €500 notes in the cellar. The cash totalled €269,500. https://www.thelocal.at/20170213/man-finds-269500-euros-in-his-cellar-and-hands-it-to-the-police Mon, 13 Feb 2017 11:57:16 +0100 man-finds-269500-euros-in-his-cellar-and-hands-it-to-the-police An Austrian football fan learnt the hard way that it’s not the done thing to be too familiar with a police officer. https://www.thelocal.at/20170210/austrian-football-fan-given-official-warning-for-calling-policeman-dude Fri, 10 Feb 2017 17:20:48 +0100 austrian-football-fan-given-official-warning-for-calling-policeman-dude The former branch manager of a supermarket in the Austrian capital Vienna has received a six month probationary sentence for embezzling €20,000. He said he urgently needed the money to be able to take care of his cat. https://www.thelocal.at/20170208/supermarket-manager-embezzled-20000-euros-for-his-cat Wed, 08 Feb 2017 12:36:31 +0100 supermarket-manager-embezzled-20000-euros-for-his-cat The Austrian president of the International Naturism Federation (INF) has been asked to step down from her post after accusations that she has not done enough to promote the benefits of nudity to the wider public. https://www.thelocal.at/20170206/world-of-naturism-split-over-austrian-presidency Mon, 06 Feb 2017 13:43:03 +0100 world-of-naturism-split-over-austrian-presidency Police in Vienna have arrested an 18-year-old man who together with a friend robbed his own mother during an armed burglary in January. https://www.thelocal.at/20170203/armed-robber-turns-out-to-be-victims-own-son Fri, 03 Feb 2017 13:20:24 +0100 armed-robber-turns-out-to-be-victims-own-son German police faced one of their more unusual call-outs on Thursday when reports emerged of an Austrian pensioner causing mayhem on the motorway - with fake police equipment. https://www.thelocal.at/20170203/austrian-pensioner-terrorizes-german-motorists-with-fake-police-stunt Fri, 03 Feb 2017 08:19:01 +0100 austrian-pensioner-terrorizes-german-motorists-with-fake-police-stunt A German skier is being treated in hospital for a serious injury after a fellow skier kicked him in the genitals whilst wearing ski boots during a drunken argument at a ski resort in the Austrian state of Salzburg. https://www.thelocal.at/20170201/ski-booted-man-caused-serious-injury-with-groin-kick Wed, 01 Feb 2017 12:54:18 +0100 ski-booted-man-caused-serious-injury-with-groin-kick A 25-year-old Austrian man who was detained in the western city of Villach after a naked night time joyride on his bike has said the incident was a “prank” to impress a female colleague. https://www.thelocal.at/20170126/naked-cyclist-says-joyride-prank-was-attempt-to-impress-a-girl Thu, 26 Jan 2017 13:02:57 +0100 naked-cyclist-says-joyride-prank-was-attempt-to-impress-a-girl