How is life in Vienna, is it difficult to adapt and move from Macedonia, do Macedonians get along with each other? In the show Free Press we are talking to our correspondent from Vienna, Zoran Rusmir.

- Moving to Vienna was accidental, 23 years ago. Adaptation quite difficult. I had to suppress the knowledge of the English language so that the German could take its place. Finding a job was not a problem, but the adaptation, although difficult, was a fortunate circumstance working with Austrians. To be completely frank, for the first six months I was a toneless picture. There was no good day and goodbye. Many colleagues were nice to me and explained everything to me, from concepts, sentences... Over time, you learn all the rules and regulations in a country - says Rusmir.

He experienced the first cultural shock during the winter of 2012/2013.

– A big snow fell in Vienna, it seems to me that it is the last biggest snow in Vienna, maybe one meter. While I was going to work in the morning, the people from the city green were clearing the snow with excavators, loading it into trucks, and those trucks were getting lost somewhere. New empty trucks are coming. I ask one of the workers, they say that by 7 in the morning, when people go to work, the snow must be cleared. Where are you going, I shout, with that snow? They say, we throw it into the Danube - says Rusmir.

A policeman with a beard and mustache was his second shock, and he says he still wonders about the third.

- On the weekends, there was a nylon bag with a piggy bank on every light bulb, pole. There were daily newspapers in the bags. People took a newspaper, left a coin in the piggy bank and left - says Rusmir.

He says that the current gap between Austria and Macedonia is very big, very drastic.

- The people should totally change, change their perception of life, of what a city should look like. After I moved to Vienna in 2001, I did not enter Macedonia for 8 years. I entered for the first time in 2008 in January. And that Skopje still had a soul. Now, after every visit, I am spiritually sick - says Rusmir.

When asked how many Macedonians there are in Vienna and whether they make friends with each other, he says that there as well as here, politics separates people.

- If people from Prilep socialize with people from Prilep or as a family, mini communities are formed. That's how they get hired. Unlike Macedonians, Bosnians and Serbs have large communities, they socialize a lot with each other - says Rusmir.

Rusmir is a photographer, he says about himself that photography became his profession from a hobby. He received his first camera from his father, and he took his first photos at his high school graduation. He attended courses, trainings, and finally graduated from the Academy of Photography and Media Design in Vienna. When asked if he makes a living from photography, Rusmir says that it depends on the character of the photographer.

- I specifically send photos to competitions around the world where there are prizes and diplomas. I live for photography and with photography. I travel a lot and in addition to memories, I also bring a lot of photos with me. In this particular year, I had two diametrically opposed trips. One journey took me back to the 19th century, and the other took me to the 22nd century. The first is Morocco, the second is Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Finland - says Rusmir.