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Austria

5 destinations & festivals · 2 etiquette rules

Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0

Before you go

Read before you go

Red lineEveryday manners

The law requires you to be able to show your passport at all times; Austria does not accept a UK driving licence as official ID.

Red lineDriving

You will be fined.

Places & local life

Classic landmarkVienna, Austria

The Habsburgs' summer palace: an imperial dream of 1,441 rooms

Classic landmarkSalzkammergut, Austria

A lakeside salt-mining village, the postcard model for 'the world's most beautiful village'

FoodVienna, Austria

Vienna's most famous chocolate cake, over which two old houses fought legal battles for decades.

CaféVienna, Austria (Café Central and other old cafés)

One coffee buys you an afternoon: marble tables, Thonet chairs, newspaper racks and a glass of water served with your coffee.

Classic landmarkVienna (Stephansplatz), Austria

A Viennese landmark with a coloured tiled roof, witness to many great events in Habsburg and Austrian history.