Austria Country Information

Country information

Austria's natural splendour attracts travellers to its national parks and forests, and captures the hearts of its visitors with art, music and history.

Art, architecture, paintings, sculpture and high fashion seeps from every corner of Vienna.

Tourists peek excitedly into the houses of the celebrated composers Ludwig Von Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss and revel in a moving rendition of extolled pieces at one of the many performance houses throughout the cities.

Capital: Vienna
Population: 8.3 million
Language: mainly German, some parts Slovenian, Croatian or Hungarian
Currency: Euro (EUR)
Train Operator: ÖBB (Österreichische Bundesbahnen)
Tourist Board: www.austria.info
Time Zone: GMT+1
Calling Code: +43
Internet TLD: .at
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