Austria
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Austria (German: Österreich, literally "the Eastern Realm" or "Eastern Empire") is a land-locked alpine country in Central Europe bordering with Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west, Germany and Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east and Slovenia and Italy to the south. In 2006 it was home to the first European CouchSurfing Collective.
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Regions
Austria is a federal republic comprised of nine federal-states:
- Burgenland, capital Eisenstadt
- Carinthia (Kärnten), capital Klagenfurt
- Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), capital St. Pölten
- Salzburg, capital Salzburg
- Styria (Steiermark), capital Graz
- Tyrol (Tirol), capital Innsbruck
- Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), capital Linz
- Vienna (Wien), capital Vienna
- Vorarlberg, capital Bregenz
Couchsurfing in Austria
Couchsurfing has a long history in Austria. After the International Weekend in 2005, in 2006 the first European CouchSurfing Collective was held here. As of March 2008 Austria has about 4.400 wonderful CouchSurfing members. Vienna is home to one of the most active CouchSurfing communities worldwide. Daily meetings, gatherings and parties make it a great place to live or spend time at. But other cities are well worth visiting too! Other cities with larger Couchsurfing communities are Graz, Linz, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Klagenfurt. In nearly every Austrian city, town and village you will nowadays find fellow CouchSurfing members.
Links to the Austrian Couchsurfing groups:
- Austria group
- Vienna group
- Upper Austria group
- Styria group
- Salzburg group
- Tyrol group
- Carinthia group
- Vorarlberg group
- Lower Austria group
- Burgenland group
Austrian CouchSurfing Ambassadors
Places
Austrian CouchSurfers
are looking forward to getting to know you!
Trivia
Austria in pictures
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