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
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
