VISITING VIENNA SCHÖNBRUNN PALACE On a sunny summer morning a family boards a sightseeing bus in Vienna From the top deck of the bus they see sailboats gliding on the Danube River They stop to visit St Stephen’s Cathedral Inside are colorful stained-glass windows and beautiful paintings 4
OTHER TOP SITES HALLSTATT HOHE TAUERN NATIONAL PARK HOHENSALZBURG FORTRESS MELK ABBEY Next the family tours Schönbrunn Palace It has more than 1,400 rooms and apartments They wander through a maze in the palace gardens It is made of tall hedges Then the bus brings the family to the city center They eat soup with dumplings at a sidewalk café as the sun sets Welcome to Austria 5
LOCATION Austria is located in central Europe It covers an area of 32,383 square miles 83,871 square kilometers The nation’s capital is Vienna It stands on the Danube River in the northeast Austria is landlocked It does not touch any seas or oceans It borders eight countries To the north are Germany and the Czech Republic Its eastern neighbors are Slovakia and Hungary Slovenia and Italy border Austria to the south Switzerland and the very small country of Liechtenstein lie to the west 6 N W E S LIECHTENSTEIN SWITZERLAND
