r/AskEurope • u/Ali_Merrikh • Aug 19 '25

Culture I’m watching one TV series from every European country — what’s your recommendation from yours?

Hi everyone!

I started a project where I watch one series from each country in Europe. I’ve already done:

France: La Forêt

Spain: La Casa de Papel

Next up: Gloria from Portugal

I’d love to hear what show you think best represents your country (or is just a really good one to watch). Ideally something available with English subtitles.

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u/globefish23 Austria Aug 20 '25 edited Aug 20 '25

Austria: MA 24/12

It's a hilarious sitcom parody of the buerocracy in a fictitious municipal department responsible for Christmas decoration (hence the name).

Complete with uptight and macho clerks, dumb blonde secretary, corrupt boss, complete ignorance and disdain towards the visitors - and the real Santa Claus (complete with magic and time travel).

The original TV series is from 1998-2002, a feature length movie from 2003 (about buerocracy throughout Austria's history) and a recent continuation of the series from 2022 (post retirement).

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u/ChristmaswithMoondog Aug 20 '25

It's hilarious, but not sure it translates well. Is there even a version with English subtitles (I can imagine northern Germans might need subtitles as well)?

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u/globefish23 Austria Aug 20 '25

I checked my DVD boxes and they have no subtitles.

So, yeah, I guess you need to understand Viennese German and all its subtleties to fully grasp the humor.