Vienna

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When to go

Vienna is a very happening city, alive all year round. Festivities and artistic performances are a common and popular sight anytime of the year.

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Fast Facts

-Location: Vienna, State Capital of Austria. Dialing code; 00 43 1: (e.g. 00 43 1 XXX-XXXX); Emergency numbers: European emergency call number: 112 Police: 133 Ambulances: 144 Firefighters: 122

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Exchange Rates

The currency previously used was the Austrian Schilling (ATS),

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Jan 1 New Year's Day: Jan 6 Epiphany March/April Good Friday; March/April Easter Sunday: May 1 Labor Day May 21 Ascension May 31 Pentecost Sunday June 1 Pentecost Monday Jun 11 Corpus Christi Aug 15 Assumption of Mary Oct 26 National Day Nov 1 All Saints Day Dec 8 Immaculate Conception Dec 24 Christmas Eve Dec 25 Christmas Day Dec 26 St. Stephen's Day Dec 31 New Year's Eve

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Average Monthly Temperatures

January low temperature: -4 °C high temperature: 1 °C

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Vienna Residents

Vienna has a truly diverse mix of people, whether they are classified on the basis of religion, ethnicity, nationality, age, or interests. Where you can find groups of old timers dozing off to the tunes of Mozart and Beethoven in a coffee house on a street corner, you can also find energetic youth dancing to heart-thumping electronic music.

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Vienna today

Vienna is uniquely known as a city for the young, the carefree, and the intellectually self-challenging. But this is just one of the many facades of this city. Vienna is a city alive with activity, dynamic, frolicking, and rocking. With independent labels, cult-status underground record stores, a vibrant club scene, and multitudes of street performers, the lifestyle here has evolved into a truly electrifying experience for all classes of people.

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Vienna History

Vienna is quite an ancient city. It was founded around 500 BC as a settlement for the Celts. In the first century BC, Vienna became the Roman frontier city, guarding the Old Roman Empire against the barbaric Germanic tribes from the north. Vienna was the center of the Babenberg Dynasty during the Medieval Period. In 1440 it was chosen as the royal residence city of the Habsburg dynasties, and from here it eventually expanded in size and importance to become the capital city of the Holy Roman Empire. Relics from the Roman era are still recognizable in the present day city center, including statues, monuments, and churches.

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