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Vienna (in German Wien pronounce /viːn/; /viˈɛnʌ/ English; see also other names) is the capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city; with a population of about 1.7 million (2.3 million within the metropolitan area), it is by far the largest city in Austria as well as its cultural, economic and political center. It is the 10th largest city by population in the European Union and was listed by Mercer Human Resource Consulting as having the 3rd highest quality of living. Vienna is host to many major international organizations such as the United Nations and OPEC. Vienna lies in the very east of Austria and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2001, the city centre was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an Economist Intelligence Unit study of 127 world cities ranked it first equal with Vancouver for the quality of life.

Trivia about vienna

  • The Volksgarden, a beautiful park in this Austrian capital, is famous for its rose trees
  • Locally, this world capital is spelled W-I-E-N
  • Cadets attend a dance at a girls' school in "Graduation Ball", a ballet set in this capital of Austria
  • 100,000 people of this city turned out for the 1849 funeral of beloved bandleader Johann Strauss Sr.
  • Freud, Strauss & Klimt appear in "A Nervous Splendor", a 1980 portrait of this city in the 1880s
  • This city on the Danube was originally a Celtic settlement called Vindobona
  • Born in this Austrian city, Maximilian Schell directed a film of "Tale from" its "Woods"
  • Sacher Torte originated in this Austrian capital
  • Joseph Haydn was born in 1732 in Rohrau, 25 miles east of this world capital to which he moved in 1740
  • From 1902 to 1938 Sigmund Freud was psyched working as a professor at the University of this European Capital
  • Carl Czerny was just 15 when he began teaching in this Austrian city; Beethoven's nephew was among his pupils
  • Some evidence indicates Beethoven moved 79 times during his 35-year stay in this central European capital
  • The Austrian city where Mozart died
  • The congress held here hoped to restore Europe to the way it was before Napoleon
  • Many composers including Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Beethoven, & Strauss, made this capital their home
  • No tame little swing ride, the Starflyer in this Austrian city swings you as high as a 23-story building
  • Gustav Klimt was a founding member & first president of this Austrian city's Sezession movement
  • In 1957 the U.N. set up the International Atomic Energy Agency in this Austrian capital
  • The Hofborg,Freud's Apartment,St. Stephen's Cathedral
  • The current headquarters of the Teutonic Knights are in this European capital at Singerstrasse 7
  • Karl Von Hasenauer was one of the leading architects of the Ringstrasse in this world capital
  • In 1997 harpist Anna Lelkes became the first woman member of this European city's 150-year-old Philharmonic
  • In 1792 Beethoven went to this city, where he went into Haydn for lessons & stayed for the rest of his life
  • (Jon of the Clue Crew stands next to an ornate clock in a glass case.) I'm here in the only surviving apartment that Mozart lived in, in this world capital; it's now a museum devoted to him
  • Once the seat of the Holy Roman Empire, it's now the capital of Austria
  • City Wiener Schnitzel is named for
  • The Pummerin, Austria's largest bell, is in this city's St. Stephen's Cathedral
  • It's said that Goethe's granddaughter posed for the statue that tops this capital city's Austria Fountain
  • It's recommended you try the Sachertorte while at the Hotel Sacher in this capital city
  • Volksgarten isn't a parking lot for Volkswagens but a beautiful park noted for its rose bushes in this Austrian city
  • Home to a famous zoo, the Schonbrunn Palace in this city is also home to an annual Mozart festival
  • Vincentio, duke of this Austrian city, is the first character to speak in "Measure for Measure"
  • You can waltz in the year 2000 at the Imperial Ball in this city's Hofburg Palace
  • A giant ferris wheel graces this city's Prater, opened to the public by Joseph II in 1766
  • Schonbrunn, the Hapsburgs' summer palace, is a top tourist attraction just outside this capital
  • In 1886 Freud set up a private practice in this capital
  • Hotel Romischer Kaiser,Hotel am Schubertring
  • In 1897 Gustav Mahler became the artistic director of this city's Imperial Opera, a post he held for 10 years
  • It's home to the Hofburg, the former imperial palace of the Hapsburgs
  • "Le Beau Danube" with music by Johann Strauss, is set in a public park in this city
  • The capital city where she was born
  • Metternich said, "The emperor is everything," this city "is nothing"--nice waltzes, though
  • Until 1918 & the collapse of the dynasty, it was home base for the Hapsburgs
  • In 1814 the congress of this city met to redraw Europe
  • This city's Philharmonic, formed in 1842, also plays regularly at the Salsburg festival
  • Neigh! The world-famous Spanish Riding School isn't in Madrid but in this other world capital
  • Works by Venetian masters Titian & Tintoretto are in this other "V" city's Kunsthistorisches Museum
  • Pop music star Falco
  • Johann Strauss Jr. conducted the "Blue Danube" waltz publicly for the first time at a Feb. 1867 concert in this city
  • The Hotel Romischer Kaiser & the Amadeus Hotel
  • The monument seen here is in the section of honor in this city's Central Cemetery
  • This city's Schonbrunn Garden Palace houses the Museum of Austrian Folk Art & Folk Life
  • The Sigmund Freud Museum (complete with his consulting room)
  • Sacher,Imperial,Pension Wiener
  • Even the papacy was represented at the 1814-15 congress in this city
  • In the Heldenplatz
  • Austrians challenge Frankfurt's claim to have invented the meaty treat, saying it came from this city
  • The 1815 Treaty of this capital made the Rhine an international waterway
  • If you're looking for Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, head to this capital where he died & is buried (somewhere)
  • With French troops advancing on Germany in 1792, Beethoven moved to this neighboring capital city
  • A Durer collection is highlight of this city's Kunsthistorisches Museum, built up by the Hapsburgs
  • Do I hear a waltz in Franz von Suppe's overture "Morning, Noon and Night in" this city?
  • The Celtic town of Vindobona became a military post for the Romans; it later evolved into this capital on the Danube
  • World leaders met at the Congress of this city in 1815 to decide the fate of Europe after Napoleon's defeat
  • In the congress system of 1815-25, nations tried to solve conflict diplomatically, starting with the Congress of here
  • This city's Hofburg is the residence of President Heinz Fischer & home to the famous Spanish Riding School
  • 38 years before she lost her head, Marie Antoinette was born in this capital on the Danube River

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