Austria to Canada to Study and Tour

Vienna is Austria's capital and largest city.

Other Austria cities include: Graz an industrial city, Linz a port city and provincial capital, Salzburg a cultural tourist centre and Innsbruck a provincial capital and tourist attraction.

Austria is divided into nine provinces: Burgenland, Carinthia (Kärnten), Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), Salzburg, Styria (Steiermark), Tirol, Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), Vienna (Wien), and Vorarlberg.

Austria’s long tradition of free education dates from the Educational Reform Act of 1774. Over 99 per cent of the Austria population are able to read and write and educational spending averages 9 per cent of the Austrian national budget.