The best place for my métier
..said Mozart back in 1781. Internationally-renowned personalities, from Otto Wagner to Adolf Loos, from Sigmund Freud to Klimt, Schiele, the Strauss family and Franz Liszt – they all lived in the Vienna Region and did their best work here.
Number 1 worldwide: the Ranking in the quality of life study carried out by Mercer Human Resource Consulting places Vienna and the Vienna Region ten times a row on the top of the top.
1.000.000
schnitzel were eaten
42.826
hectars of vineyards
36.819
babys were born
Vienna is consistently ranked at the top of the list in many international surveys evaluating quality of life, as they were f.e. in the Mercer Human Consulting study, in which 250 cities were evaluated on the basis of criteria such as personal safety, political and economic stability, health care, educational and recreational opportunities.
Lower Austria’s diversity of landscapes is incomparable: high alpine areas and deep meadows, gentle hills and wide plains. As an historical heartland it is rich in architectural monuments, castles and palaces from numerous epochs.
In addition to a rich cultural heritage Burgenland offers a wealth of attractive scenery, for example Europe’s only steppe lake. The thermal spas and wellness resorts erected in recent years have made Burgenland even more enticing.