What is the capital of Austria, located along the Danube River?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: A. Vienna
- Step 1: Vienna was the long-standing imperial seat of the Habsburg monarchy and the Austro-Hungarian Empire for centuries.
- Step 2: Today it is the capital of the Republic of Austria and hosts major United Nations bodies (IAEA, UNODC) and OPEC headquarters.
Answer
Vienna
Why not the others: 'Salzburg' is famous as the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and alpine tourism; 'Innsbruck' is the capital of Tyrol in the Austrian Alps; 'Graz' is Austria's second-largest city in Styria.
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