Digital nomad guide to Austria

Best for: Mid-stay Vienna base for nomads who value infrastructure over cost.

Austria has no DNV and the Selbstständig path is more demanding than Germany's — it's discretionary and weighted toward nomads whose work has clear Austrian-economy benefit. Vienna is the only real nomad city, but it's a top-tier one (Quality of Living surveys consistently #1). Best treated as a 90-day Schengen city or a multi-year Selbstständig settlement, not a casual 6-month stop.