Austria By Eva W Where is Austria Austria

Austria By Eva W

Where is Austria? ◦ Austria is in Europe and borders Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Liechte nstein, Slovaki, Slovenia, and Switzerland.

Austria traditions Easter Every Easter Austrians have a tradition which settles at breakfast or brunch, they are served colourful Boiled eggs with a slice off cake shaped As an Easter bunny, before they eat their Egg a battle commences. (Seeing whose would Breaking first by tapping them together firmly) Scary mask processions other wise known as ‘The Krampus parade’ is a parade that takes place at night, marchers dress up in furry costumes and put masks on to resemble a cross between vikings and cavemen.

Food The most common food in Austria is meat (Beef, chicken, turkey etc, ). This is a traditional dinner in Austria, it is served with a side of fried potatoes, sour cream and onions.

Vienna ◦ Vienna is the capital of Austria, although it is a small capital city it has many attractions and so many things to do. Who found Vienna? The romans found Vienna and set up a camp and called Vienna ‘Vindobona’

WHAT IS AUSTRIA FAMOUS FOR?

Austria is famous for many things but they are most famous for their castles and architecture. Big churches and castles are built all over. This is one of the most famous castles.

Sports Austria is known for skiing. In 1964, Egon Zimmermann won the gold medal in the men’s alpine skiing event.

AUSTRIA MAP POPULATION 8 MILLION

Did you know? Austria does not have their own language they speak German. The real name for ‘Republic of Austria’ is ‘Republik Österreich’ There are mainly Christians in Austria (if you are religious, but 74% roman Catholics)