Hotels in Vienna
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Vienna is the capital of Austria, and is also one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city.
Vienna lies in eastern Austria, at the easternmost extension of the Alps in the Vienna Basin. The earliest settlement, at the location of today's inner city, were south of the meandering Danube while the city now spans both sides of the river. Elevation ranges from 151 to 542 m.
The
Viennese Basin (German: Wiener Becken, Czech: Víden(ská pánev,
Slovak: Viedenská kotlina, Slovenian: Dunajska kotlina) is a sedimentary
basin between the Alps and the Carpathian Mountains. More than 50% of the Viennese
Basin is located in Lower Austria, the rest is in Vienna, the Czech Republic and
Slovakia.
The fairly level area has the shape of a spindle, over an area of 50 kilometres by 200 kilometres.
It forms a defensible valley from attacks from downstream on the Danube, (Hungary).
The Battle of Vienna, 1529, had Ottoman Turks against the walls the city.
Parts ; The Viennese Basin proper. The part within the Czech Republic is called Dolnomoravský úval (the Lower Moravian Vale), whilst that within Slovakia is called Borská nížina (the Bor Lowland), Marchfeld in Austria, Leitha Mountains (Leitha-Gebirge) in Austria, Chvojnice Hills (Chvojnická pahorkatina) in Slovakia
The Bor Lowland and Chvojnice Hills are known collectively as Záhorská nížina (the Záhorie Lowland).
Areas
of the city of Vienna include ; Innere Stadt, Leopoldstadt, Landstraße,
Wieden, Margareten, Mariahilf, Neubau, Josefstadt, Alsergrund, Favoriten, Simmering,
Meidling, Hietzing, Penzing, Rudolfsheim-Fünfhaus, Ottakring, Hernals, Währing,
Döbling, Brigittenau, Floridsdorf, Donaustadt, Liesing
Art
and culture have a long tradition in Vienna, including theater, opera, classical
music and fine arts. The Burgtheater is considered one of the best theaters in
the German-speaking world alongside its branch, the Akademietheater. The Volkstheater
Wien and the Theater in der Josefstadt also enjoy good reputations. There is also
a multitude of smaller theaters, in many cases devoted to less mainstream forms
of performing arts, such as modern, experimental plays or cabaret.
Vienna is also home to a number of opera houses, including the Staatsoper and the Volksoper, the latter being devoted to the typical Viennese operetta. Classical concerts are performed at well known venues such as the Wiener Musikverein, home of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Wiener Konzerthaus. Many concert venues offer concerts aimed at tourists, featuring popular highlights of Viennese music (particularly the works of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Johann Strauss).
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