| |  | | | Austria | Latitude: 48.2 N Longitude: 16.36667 E Capital: Vienna | | | | | | | | Travel in Austria A total of 66 members have visited 46 locations in Austria. Together they have written 86 travel stories and uploaded 763 pictures from Austria. Last visit in Austria was made 2008-05-04 by laneise who was in Vienna. Have you been to Austria? Click here to join and share your pictures and stories. |
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Short introduction to Austria
Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies, Austria's 1955 State Treaty declared the country "permanently neutral" as a condition of Soviet military withdrawal. Neutrality, once ingrained as part of the Austrian cultural identity, has been called into question since the Soviet collapse of 1991 and Austria's increasingly prominent role in European affairs. A prosperous country, Austria joined the European Union in 1995 and the euro monetary system in 1999.
Source: World Factbook |
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Travel stories from Austria  | The Sound of Music!!!!!!:) | | Yes, that's right - we're here in music-filled Salzburg, having been on the Sound of Music locations tour today, and watching the movie now. We got here yesterday from Vienna, having spent a very ple... |
| | | |  | Day 7 - Kitzbuhel & Austrian Alps | | Woken at 4am by the sounds of a drunken horde stumbling back in to camp. There was much shouting as they entered the wrong tents or, in some cases, simply walked over those in their way. This left the... |
| | | |  | Leaving Budapest for Vienna | | Checked out of Budapest guesthouse-- got my key deposit back. I said it was 2000 forints, but the desk clerk said it was 10 euros, which was correct-- I forgot that I had paid in euros this time and, ... |
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