Explore Austria in Europe - Austria Tourism Info

Description and Basic Information

Austria with its capital Vienna is located in Europe (Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia). It covers some 83,859 square kilometres (slightly smaller than Maine) with 8,205,000 citizens. German, Croatian, Hungarian and Slovenian are the official languages spoken in Austria (consider regional differences). Switzerland, Germany, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Italy, Slovenia and Liechtenstein are bordering countries.

Austria is a land-locked alpine country in Central Europe. Austria, along with neighboring Switzerland, is the winter sports capital of Europe. However, it is just as popular for summer tourists who visit its historic cities and villages and hike in the magnificent scenery of the alps. The diverse mix of landscapes is packed into a relatively small area of size. Glaciers, meadows, alpine valleys, wooded foothills, gently rolling farmland, vineyards, river gorges, plains and even semi-arid steppes can be found in Austria. Austria is a federation. Each of its nine federal states has a unique and distinct culture. Being at Europe's crossroads, their culture is influenced from many sides.

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About Austria

The topography features in the west and south mostly mountains (Alps) with along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping. The average density of population is about 97 per km². The climate in can be described as temperate with continental, cloudy, cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains, moderate summers with occasional showers. Potential natural disasters are landslides or avalanches or earthquakes.

To reach someone in Austria dial +43 prior to a number. There are 3,253,000 installed telephones. And there are 11,773,000 registered mobile phones. The cellular networks operate on frequencies of 900, 1800 MHz and 3G. Websites typically end with the top level domain ".at". If you want to bring electric appliances (e.g. battery charger), keep in mind the local 230V - 50Hz.

The country consists of 9 regions/states which are listed below.

Regions/States of Austria

European Tourism Information

Official Tourism Office

Website: Austria Tourism

Urlaubsinformation Österreich
Margaretenstrasse 1
A-1040 Wien
Austria

Phone: +43 1 588 660
Fax: +43 1 588 6620

Unesco World Heritage Properties

Austria has 2 more world heritage locations. To see all of them, visit the Austria Unesco Heritage location overview.

City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg

The City of Graz – Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg bear witness to an exemplary model of the living heritage of a central European urban complex influenced by the secular presence of...

Hallstatt-Dachstein / Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape

Human activity in the magnificent natural landscape of the Salzkammergut began in prehistoric times, with the salt deposits being exploited as early as the 2nd millennium BC. This resource formed...

Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg

Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its...

Historic Centre of Vienna

Vienna developed from early Celtic and Roman settlements into a Medieval and Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It played an essential role as a leading European music...

Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn

From the 18th century to 1918, Schönbrunn was the residence of the Habsburg emperors. It was designed by the architects Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach and Nicolaus Pacassi and is full of...

Demographic Information

Age Distribution in Austria

Each pair of bars represents a single age group (male/female). Each group is spanning 5 years. E.g. 0 to 5 years, 5 to 10 etc. and group "0 to 5" being at the left end and "100 +" at the right end of the chart.

Natural Population Growth

Population, Migration and Growth: The population in Austria is growing at an rate of 0.04% (or by 3,532 citizens). Each year 15,032 people enter this country (or 1.80 per thousand citizens) - making it an immigration country. This leads to an absolute natural increase rate of the population of -0.14%. Or an total decrease of 11,500 citizens.

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Geographic information is based on the data provided by geonames.org, CIA factsbook and Unesco.