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Vienna is the capital and largest city of
Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.794 million (2.6 million within the metropolitan area, more than 20% of Austria's population), and its cultural, economic, and political centre. It is the 7th-largest city by population within city limits in the
European Union. Until the beginning of the
20th century it was the largest
German-speaking city in the world, and before the splitting of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire in
World War I the city had 2 million inhabitants.
Today it is the second only to
Berlin in
German speakers. Vienna is host to many major international organizations, including the
United Nations and
OPEC. The city lies in the east of Austria and is close to the borders of the
Czech Republic,
Slovakia, and
Hungary. These regions work together in a
European Centrope border region. Along with nearby Bratislava, Vienna forms a metropolitan region with 3 million inhabitants. In
2001, the city centre was designated a
UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Apart from being regarded as the
City of Music because of its musical legacy, Vienna is also said to be "
The City of
Dreams" because it was home to the world's first psycho-analyst –
Sigmund Freud. The city's roots lie in early
Celtic and
Roman settlements that transformed into a
Medieval and
Baroque city, the capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. It is well known for having played an essential role as a leading
European music centre, from the great age of Viennese
Classicism through the early part of the 20th century. The historic centre of Vienna is rich in architectural ensembles, including Baroque castles and gardens, and the late-19th-century
Ringstrasse lined with grand buildings, monuments and parks.
In a
2005 study of
127 world cities, the
Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first (in a tie with
Vancouver, Canada) for the world's most livable cities (in the
2012 survey of
140 cities Vienna was ranked number two, behind
Melbourne). For six consecutive years (2009–2014), the human-resource-consulting firm
Mercer ranked Vienna first in its annual "
Quality of
Living" survey of hundreds of cities around the world, a title the city has reclaimed in 2014. Monocle's 2012 "
Quality of Life Survey" ranked Vienna fourth on a list of the top 25 cities in the world "to make a base within" (up from sixth in
2011 and eighth in
2010).
The city was ranked 1st globally for its culture of innovation in
2007 and 2008, and fifth globally (out of 256 cities) in the
2011 Innovation Cities Index, which analyzed 162 indicators in covering three areas: culture, infrastructure, and markets. Vienna regularly hosts urban planning conferences and is often used as a case study by urban planners. Between 2005 and 2010, Vienna was the world's number one destination for international congresses and conventions. It attracts about five million tourists a year.
- published: 12 Mar 2015
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