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/seejur Viva San Marco Apr 25 '17

Salzburg and Vienna are two of the most beautiful towns I have every seen in my life.

I brought there my wife which is Korean. She was so pissed at the begin because I decided Austria instead of some more popular destinations such as Paris or London. After the travel she thanked me profoundly and Austria is now her favorite country in Europe after Italy

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u/luleigas Austria Apr 25 '17

after Italy

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u/seejur Viva San Marco Apr 25 '17

She had to, if she wanted to get along with my family :)

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u/Steffi128 🇪🇺 United in diversity | 🇦🇹 in 🇩🇪 Apr 26 '17

Give us Trieste and we're even. :p

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u/seejur Viva San Marco Apr 26 '17

Let's reenforce the EU and instead of Trieste you gain the whole Italy. And France, and Germany and...