THINGS TO KNOW ABOUT AUSTRIA

THE KRIMML FALLS (KRIMMLER WASSERFALLE)

ARE EUROPE'S TALLEST WATERFALL

(380 METRES)

AFTER LUXEMBOURG, SWITZERLAND AND THE

SCANDINAVIAN COUNTRIES, AUSTRIA HAS THE

HIGHEST NUMBER OF NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

PER CAPITA (19 TOTAL)

THE WORLD'S LARGEST EMERALD IS ON

DISPLAY IN VIENNA (2860 CARAT)

IN SPITE OF THE MISHAP WITH THE ELEPHANT,

VIENNA IS HOME TO THE WORLD'S OLDEST ZOO,

THE TIERGARTEN SCHONBRUNN.

ST. PETER STIFTSKELLER IS THE OLDEST

STILL-OPERATING INN/RESTAURANT IN THE WORLD.

IT OPENED IN 803 AD. THAT'S MORE THAN

1200 YEARS AGO!

THE CENTRAL CEMETERY IN VIENNA HAS OVER

2.5 MILLION GRAVES. THAT IS MORE THAN THE

CITY'S LIVING POPULATION!

PERHAPS NOT SURPRISINGLY, ALPINE SPORTS LIKE

SKIING ARE VERY POPULAR IN AUSTRIA

AUSTRIA IS CONSTANTLY RANKED AS HAVING ONE

OF THE HIGHEST STANDARDS OF LIVING IN THE

WORLD AND VIENNA NEARLY ALWAYS TOPS THE

LIST OF THE WORLD'S MOST LIVEABLE CITIES