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- <text id=93CT1598>
- <title>
- Austria--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Europe
- Austria
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Vienna's climate is similar to that of
- the northeastern US; clothing needs and tastes are about the
- same. Wear sweaters and light woolens during possible cool
- spells in summer.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Local pharmacies are well stocked, and hospitals are
- adequate. The US Embassy can provide a list of English-speaking
- physicians and dentists in Vienna. Community health and
- sanitation are similar to that in the US; the Viennese are
- proud of their city's water, piped in from mountain springs.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Telegraph and telephone services are
- efficient. Vienna is 6 hours ahead of eastern standard time.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Public transportation in Vienna and other
- cities via bus, streetcar, and subway is good. Taxis are
- available 24 hours at stands throughout Vienna. Roads are good,
- though occasionally steep on alpine passes. Highways connect
- Vienna with Graz, Salzburg, Innsbruck, and the German border.
- The popular Austrian State Railway provides inexpensive service
- throughout the country and connections to Eastern and Western
- Europe.
- </p>
- <p> Tourist attractions: Austria has a number of widely differing
- tourist areas: Vienna and Salzburg; the lake and mountain
- district of the Salzkammergut; the Danube Valley, known for its
- vineyards, castles, and monasteries; Burgenland, the easternmost
- province, centering on the Lake Neusiedler seashore; and the
- Alpine Provinces, for hunting, fishing, and skiing.
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, July
- 1987.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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