About Austria
Map of Austria
After world war 2
History of Austria
Large cities – Vienna ( CAPITAL )
Land and Nature
Climate
Administrative Divisions
Politics
Transport
Geography
Language
Sports
Education
Religion
Music
Facts
Bibliography
President of Austria is Heinz Fischer
Language spoken are German and English
Austria is one of the richest countries in the world, with a nominal per capita GDP of $52,216
Population is 8,623,073
Area - 83,879 km2
Country in Central Europe
Vienna is the capital of Austria
Currency here is Euro (€) (EUR
2. About Austria
Map of Austria
After world war 2
History of Austria
Large cities – Vienna ( CAPITAL )
Land and Nature
Climate
Administrative Divisions
Politics
Transport
Geography
Language
Sports
Education
Religion
Music
Facts
Bibliography
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6. Much like
Germany, Austria
was divided into
British, French,
Soviet and
American zones
and governed by
the Allied
Commission for
Austria
Innsbruck hosted the
1964 and 1976 Winter
Olympics as well as
the 2012 Winter
Youth Olympics, the
first in history.
The United
Nations Office in
Vienna (UNOV) is
one of the four
major UN office
sites worldwide
16. CARS
• car-loving nation
• Austria boasts an excellent road
network
• bigger cities suffer from severe
parking availability problems
• Spaces are scarce and
prohibitively expensive
• time you are allowed to park
for is usually around 90
minutes.
• Drivers need to carry all safety
kits, or else they would be fined
Air links
• All of Austria's major cities including
Linz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Graz and
Klagenfurt and Vienna have their
own international airports.
• Austrian Airlines, Austria's national
carrier, serves all of the above cities
and connects Austria with many
international destinations.
• There are now a range of low cost
carriers which connect Vienna, Linz
and Bratislava to a number of
European destinations e.g. AirBerlin,
Fly Niki, Ryanair, Sky Europe and
German Wings.
19. The Alps of western Austria
give way somewhat into low
lands and plains in the
eastern part of the country
20. View of Krems
at the end of
Wachau valley
Austrian rural area of
Schoppernau in summer
The plains of the
Weinviertel
View of
Hallstatt
View of the
Großglockner
from
Heiligenblut
21. German is Austria's official language and,
according to the 2015 census, it is spoken
natively by 88.6% of the population
The official language used in education, publications,
announcements and websites is German, which is
mostly identical to the German used in Germany but
with some vocabulary differences
Turkish (2.3%), Bosnian (2.2%), Serbian (1.9%), English (0.7%), Hungarian
(0.5%), Croatian (0.4%), Polish (0.4%), Albanian (0.3%), Slovenian (0.3%),
Czech (0.2%), Arabic (0.2%) and Romanian (0.2%) come after AUSTRIA.
22. Besides football, Austria also has
professional national leagues for most
major team sports, including the
Austrian Hockey League for ice hockey,
and the Basketball for basketball.
Horseback riding is also popular.
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25. 44% of Austrian citizens
responded that "they
believe there is a God".
38% answered that "they
believe there is some sort
of spirit or life force".
12% answered that "they
do not believe there is any
sort of spirit, God, or life
force".
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28. Facts
•The name Austria derives from a Germanic word ‘austro’,
meaning ‘east’
•The Austrian flag is one of the oldest national flags in the
world
•The sewing machine was invented by Josef Madersperger, an
Austrian
• The world's largest emerald is displayed in the Imperial
Treasury of the Hofburg in Vienna.
•Vienna has the oldest zoo in the world, founded in 1752
•The first postcards used were in Austria.