European Culture

Vienna is the national capital and the largest city of Austria, d ivided into 23 districts.  It is Austria's most populous city, with about 1.9 million inhabitants, being the 6th largest city by population within city limits in the European Union.  Vienna,  considered  the main politic, economic and cultural centre of Austria, is  the second-largest German-speaking city of the world, located in the eastern part of the country and close to the borders of Czechia, Slovakia and Hungary. 

Linz is the third largest city of the country, in the north centre of Austria, approximately 30 kilometres south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The city has aproximately 204.846 inhabitants, and is very famous because of the Linzer torte, which is the oldest cake in the world, with its first recipe dating from 1653. 

Hallstatt is a small town in the district of Gmunden, about in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Situated between the southwestern shore of Hallstätter See and the steep slopes of the Dachstein massif, the town lies in Salzkammergut region, on the national road linking Salzburg and Graz. Hallstatt is known for its production of salt, dating back to prehistoric times, and gave its name to the Hallstatt culture, linked to Proto-Celtic and early Celtic people of the Early Iron Age in Europe.