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Austria

Flag of Austria

Capital

Vienna

Largest City

Vienna

Top-Level Domain

www.example.at

Calling Code

+43

Driving Side

Right

Currency

EUREuro

Camera Generations

NGen 1
NGen 2
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Flag of Austria

Austria

Introduction


Subdivisions

Austria is made up of nine states, or Länder/Bundesländer:

  • Burgenland

  • Kärnten

    Carinthia

  • Niederösterreich

    Lower Austria

  • Oberösterreich

    Upper Austria

  • Salzburg

  • Steiermark

    Styria

  • Tirol

    Tyrol

  • Vorarlberg

  • Wien

    Vienna

1
Burgenland
2
Kärnten
3
Niederösterreich
4
Oberösterreich
5
Salzburg
6
Steiermark
7
Tirol
8
Vorarlberg
9
Wien

License Plates

As a member of the EU, Austria's license plates feature a blue band on the left side of the plate with the EU circle of stars and the country code A. Plates are white with black text, and a red-white-red triband (the Austrian flag's colors) on the top and bottom of the license plate: AAB ∇ 12CD. The first one or two letters represent the district of registration, and is followed by the coat of arms of the respective state (represented by a above).


Phone Codes

Austrian phone codes mostly follow the state borders, with some exceptions. Phone numbers are prefixed with a zero (0):

  1. Wien / Vienna
  2. Niederösterreich, Burgenland (northern half)
  3. Steiermark, Burgenland (southern half)
  4. Kärnten, Osttirol (eastern exclave of Tirol)
  5. Vorarlberg, Tirol
  6. Salzburg
  7. Oberösterreich, Niederösterreich (southwestern part)

Roads, Markings, and Signage


Highways & Road Numbering Schemes


Architecture


Language

Language overview

Script

Language uses the 26 standard letters of the Latin alphabet:

Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii
Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr
Ss Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz

Sample

Alle Menschen sind frei und gleich an Würde und Rechten geboren. Sie sind mit Vernunft und Gewissen begabt und sollen einander im Geist der Brüderlichkeit begegnen.

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