What tenants are allowed to do

Decorations for Christmas: When to switch off the lights

Fairy lights have become an integral part of many households in the run-up to Christmas.

(Bild: Wenzel Markus)

Apartments and balconies are decorated with twinkling figures or fairy lights: the days leading up to Christmas Eve are all about decorations. But what are you actually allowed to do? Read more about the design options available to tenants in Austria and the areas in which landlords and neighbors have a right of veto here.

Fairy lights that come on in the windows as dusk falls; a twinkling carriage and reindeer on the neighbor's balcony; an inflatable Santa Claus adorning the loggia just a few meters away - apart from the sparkling decorations in the city and town centers, the motto at home before Christmas is often: "The lights never twinkle sweeter."