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Austria has existed as a country for less than 100 years but, despite inauspicious beginnings, has thrived thanks to its position at the heart of Europe. Visitors are attracted by the glories of its Imperial Habsburg past, especially in the capital, Vienna. Austria also has a strong musical tradition and great natural beauty, especially in the Alps and the valley of the Danube.

Present-day Austria emerged in 1919, m the lands of its former empire were granted independence, as a curiously shaped, landlocked country. It is bordered by Switzerland and navy to the west and north. Along rest of its border lie the former lands of the old Habsburg Empire, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Slovenia, and the South Tyrol. The regions of the west, the Vorarlberg and the Tyrol, are mountainous, dominated by the eastern Alps. This is re you will find the most familiar images of Austria: well-appointed skiing resorts, snow-capped peaks, beautiful valleys cloaked in forest.

The Alps are not the traditional heart of Austria — this lies in the regions of upper and Lower Austria in the northeast, where the Danube (Donau) flows eastwards across the country for 360km (225 miles). Vienna stands at a point just beyond where the great river emerges from the mountains to flow into the Hungarian plain. The east of the country is more populous, with more agriculture and industry.