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Trekking in Austria
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Sight seeings Vienna:
Belvedere   Kunsthistorisches and Naturhistorisches Museum   Naschmarkt   Prater   Schönbrunn   Stadtpark   Stephansdom   Wienerwald  

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Train timetable
Vienna local transport
Airport Vienna
 + current Arrivals and Departures
Airports: Graz | Innsbruck | Klagenfurt | Linz | Salzburg




Austrian web directories (mainly in German)
A-Site
Austria WWW
Austronaut
AustroSearch
Guide
Infopoint
Intersearch
Sharelook Österreich




Phone call to Austria

Austrian phone book

Phone rates in Austria

1. Country Code:



2. Area Code:
When you call from abroad, leave out the leading zero
in the area code (for example: area code Salzburg is 0662 - dial 662).
Area codes of Austrian capitals:


3. Some phone numbers in Vienna





Public holidays in Austria

January 01,  New Year
January 06,  Three Kings
* Good Friday
* Easter Sunday
* Easter Monday
May 01, Statutory holiday
* Ascension Day
* Whitsunday
* Whit Monday
* Corpus Christi
August 15, Assumption Day
October 26, National holiday
November 01, All Saints' Day
December 25, Christmas
December 26, Christmas


* Variable dates:

Easter Sunday
The first Sunday after the first full moon in spring.
Earliest possible on March 22. and latest on April 25. (2008: April 12)
Good Friday
The Friday before Easter Sunday.
Ascension Day
The fortieth day after Easter Sunday (include Easter Sunday in count).
Whitsuntide
Whit Monday is the fiftieth day after Easter Sunday.
Corpus Christi
The Sunday following Whit Monday is called Holy Trinity.
Corpus Christi is the Thursday after Holy Trinity.




Universities in Austria

University Vienna
Vienna University of Technology
University of Medicine Vienna
University of Economics Vienna
University of Agricultural Studies Vienna
University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna
University Graz
University of Technology Graz
University Innsbruck
University Klagenfurt
University Linz
University Salzburg
Montan University Leoben




Additional information:

Regardless of exceptions -
Banks are usually open from 8:00 to 12:30 and from 13:30 to 15:00.
Supermarkets are usually open from 8:00 to 19:00.
Public offices are usually open from 8:00 to 12:00.
Many pubs and restaurants are open till early in the morning. Local transport in Vienna is driving from around 5:00 to 0:30 in the morning - late night busses are driving the whole night on some more frequented routes. You get tickets for local transport at subway and train stations and at small newspaper shops.
Most shops are closed on Sunday.



Statistical data:
Numbers are often approximate and rounded.

Population: 8.032.926 people
       around 3.340.000 households, 3.350.000 employees

Language: German (mainly)

Timezone: MEZ = CET = (UTC+1)
Daylight time starts last Sunday morning in March (2:00 -> 3:00) and ends last Sunday morning in October (3:00 -> 2:00).

Coordinates Vienna (capital): 48:13.11 N - 16:22.12 E

Political system: Parliamentary democratic federal republic
Voting system: Proportional representation (Hare-Niemeyer/D'Hondt)
Suffrage: Age 16


On this page:

General Information
Phone call to Austria
Public holidays
Universities
Additional information
Statistical data


FEDERAL COUNTRIES   POPULATION    AREA km2   CAPITALS
                                        
Burgenland            277.569    3.965,38    Eisenstadt
Carinthia             559.404    9.533,01    Klagenfurt
Lower Austria       1.545.804   19.173,53    Sankt Pölten
Salzburg              515.327    7.151,24    Salzburg
Styria              1.183.303   16.388,15    Graz
Tyrol                 673.504   12.647,82    Innsbruck
Upper Austria       1.376.797   11.979,65    Linz
Vorarlberg            351.095    2.601,40    Bregenz
Wien (Vienna)       1.656.560      414,95    Wien (Vienna)

Highest mountain: Grossglockner 3.798 metres (in Tyrol)

Gross domestic product 2008: 285.600.000.000.- Euro

Public indeptedness 2008: 165.000.000.000.- Euro

Foreign trade 2006 in Euro:

  • Import: 104.200.577.000
  • Export: 103.741.778.000
Science works: around place 22 worldwide, main focus medicine
(number of published and cited works).

Rise in prices May 2008: +3.7 % to May 2007.

Reference rate of interest June 2007: 5.25 %

Unemployed persons May 2008: 184.810  =  5.1 %, furthermore in job training: 51.984

Births 2005: 78.190   Deceased 2005: 75.189

Marriages 2005: 39.153   Divorces 2005: 19.453

Energy consumption 2004: 1.394.573.000 gigajoules
Power Voltage: 220 Volts

Cars 2005: 4.156.743

  • Deaths due to road accidents 2005: 768
Railway lines length 2005: 5.690 kilometers

Commercial air transport 2005:

  • Arrivals: 155.470 with 10.113.694 people
  • Takeoffs: 155.474 with 10.141.855 people
Overnight stays 2005: 119.241.539

Field crops 2005 (selection):

  • Sugar-beet: 3.132.504 tons
  • Maize: 1.724.778 tons
  • Wheat: 1.453.072 tons
  • Barley: 879.628 tons
  • Potatoes: 763.165 tons
  • Rye: 163.653 tons
  • Oats: 128.432 tons
Apples 2005: 390.147 tons

Wine production 2005: 3.025.653 hectolitres

Live-stock (selection):

  • Chicken 2001: 11.905.100
  • Swine 2005: 3.169.500
  • Cattle 2005: 2.010.680
Milk production (cow) 2005: 3.113.700 tons

Television:

  • 2 state-owned channels
  • 1 private channel since June 2003
  • city channels and foreign channels through cable service or satellite

Abolition of death penalty for all crimes in 1968


Member state of:

  • BIZ Bank fuer internationalen Zahlungsausgleich
  • Council of Europe
  • EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • ESA European Space Agency
  • EU European Union
  • IBRD International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • IFAD International Fund for Agricultural Development
  • IMF International Monetary Fund
  • OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development
  • OSCE Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe
  • UNO United Nations Organization
  • WTO World Trade Organization




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