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City of Vienna
Vienna is the number one city for art and music lovers, attracting gourmets with fine food and wine, fascinating fans of the imperial age, and inspiring trend scouts for fashion, design and music. Vienna is more than just a city - Vienna is a way of life! Come on and find out what`s going on in Vienna by checking out http://www.vienna.info.

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Church Services
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish services are available. Please contact your hotel concierge.

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Climate & Weather Conditions
The weather in Vienna during late springtime is usually dry and pleasant. Thousands of flowers and trees will bloom in the numerous parks making a stay in Vienna during the spring season very enjoyable. The average temperatures in May are around 10-20°C, with almost 250 hours of sunshine and only 70mm of rain during late spring and early summer.

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Currency
The official currency in Austria is the €uro. You can exchange your currency at most banks as well as exchange bureaus in the city.

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Electricity
Electricity in Austria is 220-volt current. Plugs are central European Standard with two round pins.

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Further Facts, Factoids & Vienna Amenities
Vienna , the capital of Austria , covers about 414 km2 with 1,8 million inhabitants, almost a quarter of the Austrian population. The quality of living is outstanding and the cost of living is reasonable. Further, Austria has one of the lowest unemployment rates in Europe , even in times of worldwide economic problems.

Likewise, the inflation and strike rates in Austria have been far below the average found in the rest of Europe throughout many years, even in these days of worldwide economic problems. Based on the GNP per capita, Austria is among the top-ten richest countries worldwide, and economic indicators are excellent by all international criteria.

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Getting around in Vienna
Public transportation in Vienna is outstanding, efficient and considerably cheap, providing a very good cost-performance relationship. The Wiener Linien (Vienna Transport Authority) network is one of the most modern and efficient in the world. There are 5 underground lines, 33 tram routes, 81 bus routes (including 22 night services), all of which ensure that visitors can effortlessly and safely reach any destination in Vienna. At peak times, underground trains run every three minutes on average, and trams and busses around every three to five minutes. In the evening hours, the intervals are between five minutes (underground) and a maximum of 15 minutes (tram).

Night busses operate at half-hourly intervals. Importantly, public transportation in Vienna is safe, clean, efficient, easily accessible, thus providing outstanding value for money.

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Political & Financial Stability in Austria
For the last 30 years, Austria has been one of the political strongholds in the world, with unsurpassed political stability, peoples rights and social competence, as well as social health care. The €uro, the unifying European currency, now belongs to the worlds most important currencies together with the US Dollar and Japanese Yen.

Prices and invoices in Austria are always "inclusive" prices, meaning that all relevant taxes are already included in the consumer price. Austrian VAT tops at 10% on food and accommodation, and 20% on all other goods and services.

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Shopping
Shops and department stores are generally open Monday through Friday 9 am to 6 pm , some even until 7 pm , Saturdays 9 am - 5 pm . In shopping malls and shopping streets shops are open on Thursdays until 9 pm and on Saturdays until 6 pm . Only souvenir shops are open on Sunday.

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Time Zone
Vienna is 1 hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and 6 hours ahead of US - Eastern Standard Time.

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