Vienna
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Vienna is the capital of Austria.
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[edit] Food
Trash Recepticles are often locked up and are not accessable without a key.
The easiest finds are at the outdoor markets (most known is Naschmarkt but there are tons of others, too), albeit mostly while the markets are open as the trash containers are emptied or locked up at night and on Sunday for the most part. Also, it is easy to dumpster dive outside the urban center (try near Danube river in districts 2, 20, 21, 22 for instance) where there are free-standing supermarkets with dumpsters out in the back or in the parking lot.
Be careful! In March 2009, an instance of poison (cleaning solutions) was poured onto vegatables in the dumpster of a Hofer (Aldi) supermarket.
Local reports describe very easy dumpster diving, lots of selection (too much, in fact), and many organic-type stores. Apparently Vienna throws away enough bread to feed a city of 500,000 (fact from "Our daily bread" film).
[edit] VoKüs
Freegan foods are prepared and served for free similar to food not bombs.
[edit] I:da
There is a vegan dumpster-dived meal after 7pm every Tuesday night at a house-project (squat-ish anarchist center) called "I:da" near the Westbanhof on Zwolfergasse.
[edit] Tüwi
Student house of the BOKU (University of things to do with the Earth) is home to a Vokü on the 1st Sunday of the month from around 3 PM.
[edit] uoqbon
A culture/info/art/community space offers a Vokü together with a local food coop on the third Sunday of the month with food ready by around 8 PM.
[edit] Non-Food
It is common to find non-food items. Austrians, being one of the more affluent people on this planet, often throw things other people can still use in the household trash. People also leave things near recepticles for charity donations, many people scavange through these. Some seekers have been known to try to pry things out of these recepticles as well. Store's trash can also yield good finds such as newly packaged electronics and items lightly used within the store.
