Vienna is the capital, largest city, and one of nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria’s most populous city with a population of about 3 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one-third of the country’s population. The city is Austria’s cultural, economic, and political center. Vienna ranks 5th largest by population in the European Union largest of all cities on the Danube river by population.
Despite its populations size, Vienna can be explored easily on foot and via an efficient public transportation system that consists of tram, bus and train. The OBB trains offer regional, long distance and overnight services from nearby cities like Budapest, Hungary and Salzburg, Austria up to faraway international cities like Amsterdam, The Netherlands and Paris, France. The Ring Tram line around central Vienna allows visitors to hop on and hop off at various points and walk to popular attractions, enjoying the historic and scenic streets and buildings.
Vienna is consistently voted as one of the top 3 large cities with best quality of living standards in the world. Some of the notable attractions in the central part of Vienna that can explored in a day include the Mozart statue and adjacent Burggarten, the Hofburg Palace and princess Sissi museum, The Historic Theater that witnessed many performances from classical music icons like Mozart, Beethoven, Strauss and others, and many historic buildings and museums in the surrounding area of Museumsplatz including works of the famous artist Gustav Klimt.
Watch the video below for a virtual walking tour of Vienna.
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