Vienna | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2018-12-08

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Vienna


00:03:30 1 Etymology
00:04:55 2 History
00:05:03 2.1 Early history
00:07:08 2.2 Austro-Hungarian Empire and the early 20th century
00:09:14 2.3 Anschluss and World War II
00:10:27 2.4 Four-power Vienna
00:13:29 2.5 Austrian State Treaty and afterwards
00:14:58 3 Demographics
00:17:00 3.1 Religion
00:18:34 4 Geography and climate
00:20:36 5 Districts and enlargement
00:24:38 6 Politics
00:24:46 6.1 Political history
00:26:57 6.2 Government
00:28:44 7 Economy
00:31:25 7.1 Research and development
00:32:28 7.2 Information technologies
00:33:51 7.3 Tourism and conferences
00:34:59 8 Rankings
00:36:22 9 Urban development
00:36:31 9.1 Central Railway Station
00:37:15 9.2 Aspern
00:37:48 9.3 Smart City
00:38:42 10 Culture
00:38:51 10.1 Music, theatre and opera
00:42:04 10.2 Actors from Vienna
00:42:19 10.3 Musicians from Vienna
00:43:05 10.4 Famous Jewish cultural figures from Vienna
00:43:44 10.5 Museums
00:45:59 10.6 Architecture
00:48:39 10.7 Vienna balls
00:49:57 11 Education
00:50:14 11.1 Universities
00:51:13 11.2 International schools
00:51:48 12 Leisure activities
00:51:57 12.1 Parks and gardens
00:53:22 12.2 Sport
00:55:22 13 Culinary specialities
00:55:32 13.1 Food
00:57:47 13.2 Drinks
00:59:10 13.3 Viennese cafés
01:00:29 14 Tourist attractions
01:02:07 15 Transportation
01:03:32 16 International relations
01:03:42 16.1 International organisations in Vienna
01:05:38 16.2 Charitable organisations in Vienna
01:06:23 16.3 International City Cooperations
01:06:47 16.4 District to district partnerships



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Vienna ( (listen); German: Wien, pronounced [viːn] (listen)) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria, and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primate city, with a population of about 1.9 million (2.6 million within the metropolitan area, nearly one third 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 has the second largest number of German speakers after Berlin. Vienna is host to many major international organizations, including the United Nations and OPEC. The city is located in the eastern part 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. In July 2017 it was moved to the list of World Heritage in Danger.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 psychoanalyst – Sigmund Freud. The city's roots lie in early Celtic and Roman settlements that transformed into a Medieval and Baroque city, and then 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.Vienna is known for its high quality of life. In a 2005 study of 127 world cities, the Economist Intelligence Unit ranked the city first (in a tie with Vancouver and San Francisco) for the world's most liveable cities. Between 2011 and 2015, Vienna was ranked second, behind Melbourne. In 2018, it replaced Melbourne as the number one spot.  For eight consecutive years (2009–2016), the human-resource-consulting firm Mercer ranked Vienna fir ...