A high proportion of Austria's landscape is covered with forests and woodland. Meadows and farmland also account for much of Austria's land use . Although landlocked Austria has a number of rivers and natural and artificial lakes. Trees include beech, birch, oak, fir, larch and spruce. Edelweiss and gentians grow in the alpine regions.
Animals are relatively small such as foxes, badgers and deer.
Vienna also has some noteable buildings from the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century designed by architects such as Otto Wagner and Adolf Loos . The Haas Haus by Hans Hollein completed in 1990 is an interesting example of the post-modern style. The population of Austria is just over eight million, one thousand. The majority of the population is Roman Catholic with a minority of Protestants and Muslims. FOOD Austria shares much of the cuisine of surrounding countries which were once part of the Austrian Habsburg Empire.