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Vienna
Country: Austria
Vienna By The Numbers:
Population: 1.5 million ( city ), 2.3 million ( metropolitan )
Elevation: 190 meters/623 feet
Average Annual Rainfall: 61 cm/24 in
Average Annual Snowfall: 25 cm/10 in
Average January Temperature: -1°C/31°F
Average July Temperature: 20°C/68°F
Quick Facts:
Electricity: 220 V, 50 Hz, standard two pin plugs
Time Zone: +1 GMT
Country Dialing Code: +43
Area Code: 01
Vienna’s Zentralfriedhof ( central cemetery ) is Europe’s second largest cemetery with 2.5 square kilometers/1 square miles.
Twice as many people are buried at the Zentralfriedhof than actually live within the city limits of Vienna.
All of Vienna’s bike lanes add up to a total length of 1,000 kilometers/620 miles.
Did You Know?
The city is the setting for Graham Greene's novel The Third Man ( later an award-winning film directed by Carol Reed and starring Joseph Cotton and Orson Welles ).
Vienna was home to many world-renowned celebrities and artists, such as: Gustav Klimt ( painter ), Siegmund Freud ( psychologist ), Arthur Schnitzler ( author ), Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Strauß and Gustav Mahler ( musicians ).
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