10 facts about Austria:

1. Austria is a country with one of the highest living standards in the world, and Vienna almost always stands first in the list of the most comfortable capitals of the world.

2. Alpine sports in winter sports are very popular in Austria. Among them, the most prominent are skiing.

3. There are more than 2.5 million graves in the central cemetery in Vienna. This is more than all the living population of the city!

4. St. Peter Stiftskeller is the oldest ever hotel/restaurant in the world. It opened in 803 - more than 1200 years ago!

5. Despite the failure with the elephant, Vienna is home to the oldest zoo in the world - the Tiergarten Schönbrunn.

6. The largest emerald in the world is shown in Vienna (2860 karats)

 7. After Luxembourg, Switzerland and the Scandinavian countries, Austria has the largest number of Nobel Prize laureates per capita (19).

8. Krimmler Wasserfalle is the highest waterfall in Europe (380 meters).

9. Among its peaks stands Grossglockner - the second highest mountain in Europe (3,798 m).

10. Most of Austria is mountainous and covered by the Alps, and 1/4 of the total population lives in the capital - Vienna.