London is carpeted. Vienna is not.
The difference is evident right from the airport. London Stansted has 100 metres of carpet to welcome travellers, which is more than I have seen in 3 years of living in Vienna.
Vienna has “Teppiche” (rugs) in some buildings, but very few have “Teppichboden” (literally “rug floors” – carpets). Wood, tiles, lino are all more popular.
Carpet in a home bathroom is non-existent in Vienna, and regarded as an unfathomable and irrational eccentricity.
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