Austria Travel Guide
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Quick Facts about Austria
Government: Federal Republic
Area: 83,858 sq km
Population: 8,139,000
Capital: Vienna
Language: German
Currency: EUR
Member of EU: Yes
Austria is located in Central Europe, with no sea coast. Austrian border is formed by 8 countries - Italy, Switzerland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, Germany, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Slovenia. Adminstrative division is into nine federal provinces (Bundesländer):
* Vienna (Wien)
* Lower Austria (Niederösterreich)
* Upper Austria (Oberösterreich)
* Salzburg (Salzburg)
* Carinthia (Kärnten)
* Tyrol (Tirol)
* Vorarlberg (Vorarlberg)
* Styria (Steiermark)
* Burgenland (Burgenland)
Country capital is Vienna with around 1,6 milion inhabitants.
Austrian weather
Austria enjoys a moderate continental climate featuring four distinct seasons: spring, summer, autumn and winter. Summers are generally warm and pleasant with cool nights, winters are sunny, with reliable and frequent snowfalls.
The weather is changeable throughout the year. However, in summer rainfalls are usually heavy and of short duration only. Winters are rather cold in the North-East and can be lightened up by frequent and heavy foehn winds (a warm and dry wind) in some valleys in the Alps.