r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Apr 25 '17

Australia? What do you know about... Austria?

This is the fourteenth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Austria

Austria is a country in central Europe. Ever since world war two, Austria has maintained military neutrality, they have not been and still are not part of NATO. Austria also has the only green party head of state in Europe.

So, what do you know about Austria?

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u/mikatom South Bohemia, Czech Republic Apr 25 '17

Neighbour, Alps, Wien, Salzburg, Linz, pretty towns and villages, eco friendly, beautiful nature, they like bavarians and would like to be rich as Switzerland, Wien is cosmopolitan with sizable minorities from Balkan, countryside is rather traditional and catholic, there are strong local identities like tyroleans, they like to reminisce on their former empire, friendly people who like to complain (which is no different from czechs), they are good at sports - especially winter sports, good cusine and food products, tourism is stronk