Famous People In Austria
Famous People In Austria
Austria as a Holiday Destination
Austria in general
Austria is a totally land-locked country, that shares its border with eight other countries. These are;
1. the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein,
2. Germany,
3. the Czech republic,
4. Slovak republic,
5. Hungary,
6. Slovenia,
7. Italy
8. and Switzerland.
The nation is made up of nine provinces:
1. Burgenland,
2. Carinthia,
3. Lower Austria,
4. Salzburg,
5. Styria,
6. Tyrol,
7. Vienna,
8. Vorarlberg
9. and Upper Austria.
The official language is German and the vast majority of its 8 million inhabitants are Germanic.
Austria is an Alpine country with mountainous terrain covering its western and southern area. This creates a spectacular landscape of verdant green valleys, beautiful lakes and fairy-tale forests. There are also numerous, fast-flowing rivers, including Europe’s second biggest; the Danube.
Holidaying in Austria
Austria has much more to offer tourists than its dramatically beautiful scenery.
Its cities offer culture, history, magnificent architecture plus entertainment and a vibrant night life.
Vienna is the capital and little more than a century ago it was the imperial seat of government for the mighty Austro-Hungarian empire. It is famous for both its musical tradition and stunning architecture.
Then there is Salzburg, the birth place of Mozart and the location of Europe’s largest and best preserved fortress, the Hohensalzburg. Below this mighty castle, Salzburg’s baroque OldTown is a delight to explore at any time.
Everywhere you go in Austria you are reminded of why the nation is renowned for its rich cultural inheritance. For the real culture buffs, concerts, operas and museums are always beckoning and demanding attention.
Despite the many other things that this relatively small country has to offer the tourist, the majority of holidaymakers are attracted to it by the mountains. Whether it’s a summer holiday relaxing by the side of one of the many lakes, a hiking holiday in the spring time, or a winter sports holiday,the Alpine regions are where most people head for.
Austria’s climate
Austria’s climate is favourable to outdoor activities although it can be quite changeable. Summers are generally warm and pleasant but fairly heavy rain showers are common. Austria’s winters usually provide dependable snowfalls but in recent years some ski resorts have suffered at the beginning and towards the end of their season. Winter sunshine levels are usually good making a day on the ski slopes attractive scenically as well as being an exhilarating experience. Austria really is a country that offers something for everyone. Use our best travel tip articles to help you to decide which of the many activities and sights are your personal priorities.
About the Author
Stewart is very passionate about travel. He is a travel article writer and runs a travel-tip website, which aims to provide travel tips and information about holiday vacation destinations worldwide.
He travels a great deal and derives enormous pleasure from visiting as many of the world’s favourite travel destinations as possible.
Are there many people from Ex Yugoslavia in Austria?
Of course there is! Can you tell me more about the community there? How are they intergrated? What is Ex-Yug culture like there. Any clubs…TV channels..newspapers etc? Any famous Austrians of Yug decent?
And anything else you can tell me ??
Oh yes – there are very many of them. Ex-Yugoslav are the biggest group of immigrants in Austria. Some of them came to Austria bout 30 years ago because of the better economic situation. Mostly, they settled in towns where are large companies e.g. in the town next to my town (a river is in between) where was a large textile factory. (http://www.lambacherleinen.com/englisch/index-en.htm)
Many came because of that.
Others, especially Bosnians, and Albanians from Kosova and from Makedonia came during the wars.
In general, they are well integrated. Reasons: Many of them were already born in Austria, they have perfect language skills. Another reason is, they look very similar to “native” Austrians ( they aren´t black, they don´t wear turbans, saris etc.)
Furthermore, their names don´t sound so “different”. Due to the fact that in the Austro-Hungarian empire lived many nationalities of Slavic origin (Czechs, Slovaks, Slovenians, Croatians, Polish) and the fact that there are native Slovenian and Croatian minorities in the South and East of Austria, many “native” Austrians have Slavic family names.
Religion is not a big problem either: I know a Bosnian family from the Tuzla area, they came about 15 years ago with their 2 children to Austria because of the war. They live in an area of Austria where the people live mostly from agriculture and wood. The economic situation isn´t that great – that´s why they are the only Ex-Yugoslavian people by far. They live in a rather small town, their neighbour is the Roman-Catholic priest. They are so well integrated, you won´t believe it!! Even the priest (!) is having barbecue or coffee in the afternoon with the Islamic family (!)
Their son is working now, he also plays football in the third best league, he is an excellent defensive player. The daughter (who is one year older than me) went to a middle school and is now the boss of the McDonald´s in the county capital. 2 years ago, she married a man from Bosnia.
In general, I have to say that Croats and Bosnians, even they have perfect language skills, speak with an accent where you can see that they are of foreign origin. Most Serbians I know speak German like “native” Austrians.
There is no special Yugoslavian TV channel in Austria, I saw many of them watching a channel (I think it´s for Ex-Yugoslavians abroad – don´t know the name of the channel, they mostly play music)
Yugoslavian newspapers and magazines (sports, youth, …) are available almost everywhere where Yugoslavians live.
Most Turkish shop offer a wide range of Serbian, Bosnian and Croatian music, also Albanian. They also sell videos of popular Yugoslavian movies. There are no special Yugoslavian shops but the Turkish also have Yugoslavian ratluk, other Yugoslavian sweets, cheese,…
There are some bars and cafés owned by Yugoslavians. They offer Yugoslavian dishes and are mostly frequented by Ex-Yugoslavians. Some of them are really nice, others are “infamous” for drug-dealing and fighting.
Many people, especially young ones and those, who were already born in Austria or have a higher level of education, also visit “Austrian” bars and restaurants.
About famous Ex-Yugoslavians:
The most famous is Ivica Vastic.
http://www.ivicavastic.at/
Other popular football players with Yugoslav background (some of them were born in Austria) – they already have the Austrian citizenship and play for the Austrian national team.
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sanel_Kuljic
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlatko_Junuzovi%C4%87
http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bozo_Kovacevic
And this is a TV moderator, she was born in Belgrade and moved to Austria when she was a child:
http://kundendienst.orf.at/orfstars/roscic.html
Opec Headquarters in Vienna, Austria
