Austria entered the European Union in 1995 and uses the euro as its currency. Vienna is the capital city located in the northwest of the country. German is Austria's official language, spoken by 88.6% of the population. Apple strudel is a popular dessert in Austrian cuisine. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born in Austria in 1756, was a highly influential composer of the Classical era known for his symphonies, concertos, operas, and choral music.

1. Austria entered The European Union
in 1995.
Austria uses the euro as its currency.

2. Vienna is located
at the north west
of Austria.
Vienna is the
capital city.
Austria is located in the
centre south of Europe.

3. This is the flag of Austria. The flag
has two red straight lines and a white
straight line in the middle.

4. The population of Austria is 8,4
million people and the area is 83,855
squared kilometers.

5. In Austria, the euro was
introduced as an accounting
currency on 1 January 1999, and
euro coins and banknotes
entered circulation on 1 January
2002. As a preparation for this
date, the minting of the new
euro coins started as early as
1999, however all Austrian euro
coins introduced in 2002 have
this year on it; unlike other
countries of the Eurozone where
mint year is minted in the coin

6. German is Austria´s official language and is
spoken nativily by 88.6 % of the population
, Turkish by (2.3%),Serbian by (2.2%),
Croatian by (1.6%), Hungarian by (0.5%),
Bosnian by (0.4%) and Slovenian by (0.3%)

7. Mozart was
born in Austria.
COSTUMES for men: a shirt with short
trousers, long socks, shoes, tie, hat
and a vest.
For woman: a shirt with a dress, long
socks and shoes and a apron.

8. Apple strudel is a kind
of sweet or savoury
layered pastry with an
apple filling inside,
Millirahmstrudel:milk - cream strudel (a drink ).
Eierschwammerl also know as Pfifferling are native yellow
, tan mushrooms.

9. Wolfang Amadeus Mozart(27 January
1756 – 5 December 1791) , was a
prolific and influential composer of
the Classic era. He composed 600
works, many acknowledged as
pinnades of symphonic, concertante,
chamber, operatic and choral music.
Mozart showed prodigious ability
from his earlist childhood in
Salzburg.Already competent on
keyboard and violin, he composed
from the age of five and preformed
before European royality.At 17, he was
engaged as a court musican in
Salzburg. During his final years in
Vienna, he composed many of his best
–know syphonic concertos.