Austria Travel Overview

Austria Travel Overview

Important facts

Capital: Vienna (See more on ITYPEJOB.COM)

Official language: German

Currency: Euro (exchange rates)

Continent: Western Europe

Vacation in Austria

According to Countryaah, Austria is located in the heart of Europe and has an area of ​​almost 84,000 km² and around 8.3 million residents. The capital of Austria is Vienna on the Danube.

Land of mountains, land of lakes

Austria consists of the federal states of Vienna, Lower Austria, Burgenland, Styria, Carinthia, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Tyrol and Vorarlberg. The landscape of Austria is extremely diverse. In the east is the Neusiedler See, a Pannonian steppe lake, which is known for its unique flora and fauna. The foothills of the Alps extend to the west and south and merge into the heights of the Alps. Well known are the lakes in the Salzkammergut, the Wachau, the Styrian Wine Route, the Danube and the great culture of the country.

City vacation in Vienna

For example, Vienna is associated with the New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic, St. Stephen’s Cathedral, Schönbrunn Palace, the Hofburg, the Spanish Riding School and the magnificent buildings on the Ringstrasse. Both tourists and locals like to visit the Vienna flea market and the year-round Naschmarkt.

The Austrian cultural offer

The Salzburg and Bregenz Festivals, beautiful provincial capitals, old monasteries and castles offer a rich program for those interested in culture.

Poet

Great poets and writers from this country are famous worldwide, such as Franz Grillparzer, Ferdinand Raimund, Johann Nestroy, Adalbert Stifter, Arthur Schnitzler, Stefan Zweig, Joseph Roth, Robert Musil, Ingeborg Bachmann, Thomas Bernhard or Peter Handke.

Musician

The Austrian musicians Joseph Haydn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert, Johann Strauss and Gustav Mahler played a major role in the development of music history.

Visual arts

Big names in the visual arts, such as Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Ernst Fuchs, Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Hermann Nitsch, as well as the sculptors Fritz Wotruba and Alfred Hrdlicka achieved international renown.

Active vacation in Austria

Austria offers many opportunities for leisure activities. Surfing, sailing, hiking, paragliding, cycling and swimming are the typical summer sports that are mainly practiced on the lakes of the Salzkammergut, the lakes of Carinthia and Lake Neusiedl. The well-known large ski areas can be found in Tyrol, Carinthia, Salzburg and Vorarlberg. A large number of thermal baths attracts many visitors, the largest thermal region is in Styria.

Austrian cuisine

Hearty home-style cooking is popular in Austria. The Wiener Schnitzel or the Tafelspitz are famous. Salzburg cheese noodles, Carinthian cheese noodles, Burgenland balasn, Styrian seed oil, Tyrolean bacon, Vorarlberger Schupfnudla, Upper Austrian dumplings or Wachau apricots from Lower Austria are regional specialties. Austrian cuisine is influenced by the cuisines from Bohemia, Hungary and Italy from the time of the Habsburgs. The pastries like apple strudel, Kaiserschmarrn and Sachertorte are popular with young and old. A fine drop of wine from Austria such as Veltliner, Traminer, Riesling, Zweigelt or Sankt Laurent are popular everywhere in the country.

Important facts

Capital: Vienna

Official language: German

Currency

Currency (sub-unit)

Euro (100 cents)

ISO 4217 code

EUR / 978

Geography

Continent: Europe

Region: west

Geo coordinates: N 47 ° 30 ‘58.4 ” E 14 ° 33’ 0.3″

Highest mountain: Grossglockner (3,797 m)

Total area: 83,859 km²

Mainland: 82,739 km²

National border: 2,562 km

Politics

Dependency: End of the Empire 1806

Formerly dependent states: Hungary until 1918
Poland until 1918

UN member since: 1955

Other political affiliation: European Union since 1995

Form of government: Democratic Republic

Economy

Austria GDP - gross domestic product

Export goods: Iron, machines, wood

BSP: $ 296,885,000,000

GDP: $ 303,414,000,000

GDP purchasing power parity: $ 280.3 billion

Economic growth: 2.1%

GDP share of agriculture: 1.7%

GDP share of industry: 31.2%

GDP share of services: 67.1%

Inflation rate: 2.5%

Unemployment: 5.5%

State budget revenue: $ 4294967295

State budget expenditure: $ 4294967295

National debt: 66.7%

Export: $ 143.1 billion

Import: $ 131.7 billion

Foreign debt: $ 546.5 billion

Gold and currency reserves: $ 11.410 billion

Electricity consumption: 66,840 million KWh

Gas reserves: 23,200 million m³

Gas production: 2,000 million m³

Gas consumption: 9,470 million m³

Oil reserves: 84 million m³

Oil production: 570,000 million m³

Oil consumption: 257,000 million m³

Cultivation area: 17.4%

Bovine: 2,094,000 pieces

Pigs: 3,359,000 pieces

Demographic data

Residents: 8,192,900

Residents in cities: 5,480,700

Average age: 40.9 years

0-14 years: 15.4%

15-64 years: 67.5%

> 65 years: 17.1%

Population growth: 0.09%

Birth rate: 8.74 / 1,000 residents

Death rate: 9.76 / 1,000 residents

Migration: 1.94 / 1,000 residents

Ratio men / women: 0.95

Fertility: 1.36 children / woman

Infant mortality: 4.6 ‰

Life expectancy men: 76.17 years

Life expectancy women: 82.11 years

Country codes and abbreviations

ISO 3166 Alpha 2: AT

ISO 3166 Alpha 3: AUT

ISO 3166 numeric: 40

Top Level Domain: at

IOC country code: AUT

UN / LOCODE: AT

Source: Abbreviationfinder

Communication

Telephone connections: 4,020,000

Cell Phones: 7,480,000

Radios: 6,140,000

TV: 4,650,000

Computer: 4,120,000

Internet users: 5,160,000

Transportation

Railway lines: 6,011 km

Paved roads: 134,790 km

of which expressways: 1,726 km

Cars: 4,152,000

Merchant fleet (ships over 1,000 GRT): 8th

Pipelines: 3,534

Health

Number of doctors: 18,690

Daily food intake: 3.820 kcal / resident

HIV- infected people: 10,500

Education

Illiteracy: 1 %

History

Foundation: 976

Last sovereign since: 1806

Religion

Main religious group: Christians

Crime

Prison inmates: 8,700

Military

Armed forces (troop strength): 33,000

Main battle tank: 380

Warplanes: 30th

Helicopter: 80

Defense Spending: $ 2,518,900,000