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ROAMING AUSTRIA AUSTRIA ROAMING on to Vienna move on a train from Zürich or Munich, stop at Salzburg, Many backpackers arrive visit the time, stop first in Innsbruck and later With more Europe. and head straight to Eastern en route Graz makes a good budget stopover Salzkammergut lakes district south of Salzburg. to Hungary or Slovenia. TRAVEL HINTS HINTS TRAVEL cheap are Make lunch your main meal, when there helps digestion). a shot of schnapps, just for the hell of it (and it to have FAST FACTS FACTS FAST
3000m peaks are a dime a dozen ( p100 ) p100 ( a dozen a dime 3000m peaks are Innsbruck ( p96 ) Hohe Tauern National Park Hohe Tauern Salzkammergut ) p95 ( mines and ice caves Vienna’s Innere Stadt ) p76 ( back to the Roman age Town that dates Salzburg Music of
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AUSTRIA Austrian politics andby1938 therecession-hit would prove the Habsburgs’ downfall. in response, theensuing‘Great War’(WWI) declaredemperor FranzJosef, waronSerbia 1914. Whenhisuncle,theAustro-Hungarian by Slavic inSarajevo on28June separatists Archduke FranzFerdinand’s assassination Europe. in 1867, diminished theHabsburg’s influence tion of theAustrian-Hungarianempire in the 1866Austro-Prussian War,andcrea- in 1815after Waterloo, butthelossof reconsolidatedcleverly Austria’s power Austerlitz. Austrianchancellor Metternich and in1805Napoleondefeated Austriaat Ottoman threat reach thegates of Vienna, royalty. Bavarian of thecountrybydefeating theheadof the of1278, theHouse Habsburg tookcontrol turn were followedbyBavarians, and,in Romans followed400years later, whoin The tial markonAustriaaround450BC. whomade thefirst substan- was theCelts human occupationsincetheIceAge, butit since timeimmemorial.There are tracesof has experiencedinvasionsandstruggles the republic of Austria was formed. thattoanend,andin1918 in WWIbrought Butdefeat Germany. and, foraperiod,even much ofpassed Europe centralandEastern theirholdovertain aterritory which encom- Habsburgs strategic marriages used tomain- in theoutbreak of WWI.Forcenturiesthe playerand, inthe20thcentury,apivotal epicentre of Habsburg themighty empire landlocked Alpinecountrywasoncethe thatthisdiminutive,may behardtobelieve Austria isasmallnationwithbigpast.It HISTORY won’t bedisappointed. ofand mountains Vorarlberg, andsunshine andwineof the Wachau. towering alpineranges. Thenthere are thelakes andpeaksof theSalzkammergut, meadows architectural centre, gems, medieval proudlysitsamong whileInnsbruck,acitywithanintact drawcards waitinthewings.Graz,astudenttownwithdrive andenergy, hidescontemporary Salzburg,ease. guardedbyapowerfulhilltopfortress, isbaroquebeyondbelief.Lesser-known the country,isanarchitectural extravaganza where pastandpresent mixandminglewith Alps andalargely networkof untapped hikingandmountain-biking trails. is anoutdoorpurist’sdream, withsomeof thebestskiingandsnowboardinginNorthern 72 During the 1930sNazisbegan toinfluence palebeside setbacks these However, theThe 16thand17thcenturiessaw Like somanyEuropeancountries,Austria Whether youcanspare adayormonthforAustriaonyourEuropeantravels, youcertainly But Austriahasmore tooffer thanitsplethoraof and heartof peaks.Vienna,thecapital UTI • Hsoy AUSTRIA ••History in Austrian poles. young voters inthelastyears, andrankshigh and populistpropagandatowinover many leader, HC hisgoodlooks Strache, hasused a caraccidentinOctober 2008).FPÖ’scurrent troversial leader,Jörg Haider (Haider diedin Freedom Party –FPÖanditsformercon- political forayinthe’90swithfar-right gest impactontheinternational scenewasits EU in1995.Inrecent history,Austria’sbig- cluding theUNsince1979,andjoined number of international organisations, in- hometoa since1955,been a neutralstance economic decisions.Austriahasmaintained the Marshall Planandsoundpolitical but thecountryrecovered well,largely through Heldenplatz asaheroby 200,000 Viennese. met littleresistance andHitlerwasgreeted on troops country wasripeforpicking.German bert and otherEuropean composers were Beethoven, Brahms, Haydn, Mozart,Schu- ARTS to be charming. is quite ironicandcutting,butisalsomeant humour, pervading capital’s –aptly reflectsing withdragqueens this.The balls–grandoldsocietydames flirt- Viennese of findat decadence. Thesceneyoumight withalarge dollop Austrian conservatism especially amongthe older generation. formality are andexpected, esteemed highly ture withtherest of theworld.Politeness and genuine interest insharingamultifaceted cul- them better, mostare friendlyandexhibit whenyougetfriendliness. However, toknow generally regarded for outwarddisplaysof suspiciousofslightly strangers, andare not At first andeven reserved Austrians seem THE CULTURE Austria washeavily bombedduringWWII, Vienna has always been aparadox,Vienna hasalwaysbeen mixing WienerSchmäh, lonelyplanet.com