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Capital of Austria
Vienna, which is also one of the nine federal states.
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Federal states
Burgenland, Carinthia, Lower Austria, Upper Austria, Salzburg, Styria, Tyrol, Vorarlberg and Vienna.
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Neighbours of Austria
Germany, Czechia, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, Italy, Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
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Highest mountain
The Großglockner, 3,798 m, in the Hohe Tauern.
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Main river
The Danube, which flows through Linz and Vienna.
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Lake Neusiedl
Steppe lake in Burgenland on the border with Hungary, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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Largest and smallest states
Lower Austria is the largest and Vienna is the smallest.
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Flag
Three horizontal stripes: red, white, red.
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National anthem
Land der Berge, Land am Strome.
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National Day
26 October, the day of the neutrality law of 1955.
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Currency
The euro, in everyday use since 2002.
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Parliament
The Nationalrat has 183 members and the Bundesrat represents the states.
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Head of state and head of government
The Federal President (elected for six years) and the Federal Chancellor.
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Year of EU accession
1995.
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State Treaty
Signed on 15 May 1955 in the Belvedere in Vienna.
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Neutrality
Austria is permanently neutral and is not a member of NATO.
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International organisations in Vienna
OPEC, the IAEA and the OSCE have their seats in Vienna.
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Mozart
Born in Salzburg in 1756; lived in Vienna from 1781.
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The Blue Danube
Waltz by Johann Strauss II (1867).
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Gustav Klimt
Painter of The Kiss, a leader of the Vienna Secession.
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Sigmund Freud
Founder of psychoanalysis, who worked in Vienna.
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Erwin Schrödinger
Nobel Prize in Physics 1933 for the wave equation of quantum mechanics.
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Bertha von Suttner
Pacifist, author of Die Waffen nieder! and Nobel Peace Prize winner in 1905.
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Wiener Schnitzel
A breaded and fried cutlet of veal.
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Salzburg Festival
Summer festival of music and theatre, held since 1920.
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Coffee house culture
Viennese coffee houses are on UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage (2011).

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