Here's some basic information for you when it comes to travel to Austria...
CAPITAL
Vienna
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
German
FLAG
The flag of Austria is three equal horizontal bands of red (top), white, and red.
MONEY
Austria's currency is the euro. Coins are 1 and 2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents. Euro notes
come in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 denominations.
VAT on goods and services is levied at a rate of 10% for travel, food and museum entries
and at 20% for drinks and luxury
items. Prices are always displayed inclusive of all taxes.
TIME
Austria is one hour ahead of GMT/UTC; thus when it's noon in Austria, it's 11am in London, 6am in New York, 3am in San Francisco,
6am in Toronto, 9pm in Sydney and 11pm in Auckland. In the summer Austria observes daylight savings time, setting clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in
October and; clocks are wound back in the first Sunday of the following March.
BUSINESS HOURS
Most shops are open 8am to 6:30pm Monday to Friday and 1pm to 5pm on Saturday Banking hours are commonly from 9am to 12:30pm
and 1:30pm to 3pm Monday to Friday with late closing on Thursday.
RELIGION
80% of Austrians affiliate themselves with the Roman Catholic church The remainder are
Protestants or nondenominational.
ELECTRICITY
Electricity is 220V AC, 50 Hz, as in Australia, Asia and most of Europe; appliances designed
for DC supply or different voltages need a transformer.
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Austria uses the metric system of measurements. Petrol is bought in litres and food is
weighed in kilos.
If you're gonna travel abroad, make sure you are prepared... take it from us, travel insurance is an absolute must!
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