Austria Short Introduction for Travelers

Capital Vienna
Government Federal Parliamentary Republic
Currency Euro (€)
Area total: 83,871km²
water: 1,426km²
land: 82,445km²
Population 8,404,252 (Jan 2011)
Language German (official), Austro-Bavarian dialect (of German – native, except in Vorarlberg), Alemannic (native in Vorarlberg), regional Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian, Hungarian
Religion Roman Catholic 64%, Protestant 5%, Agnostics and Atheists 21%, Muslim and other 10%
Electricity 230V/50Hz (European plug)
Country code +43
Internet TLD .at
Time Zone UTC +1

Best Places To Visit in Austria

1 Spanish Riding School THE HOFBURG & AROUND
2 Schloss Ambras INNSBRUCK
3 Leopold Museum THE MUSEUM DISTRICT & NEUBAU
4 Staatsoper KARLSPLATZ & AROUND NASCHMARKT
5 Schloss Hellbrunn HELLBRUNN
6 Festung Hohensalzburg SALZBURG
7 Stephansdom STEPHANSDOM & THE HISTORIC CENTRE
8 Eisriesenwelt WERFEN