| Vienna is the capital city in Austria, and also one of 9 states of Austria. Austria's main city - Vienna is the main town with a population of approximately 1.7 million (2.3 million in metro area), it is by far the largest city in Austria and its cultural identity, economic and political centre. He is the 10th largest city population in the European Union and has been registered by Mercer Human Resource Consulting as the 2nd highest quality of life (from 2008). Vienna is hosting many major international organizations like the United Nations and OPEC. Vienna lies due east of Austria and is close to the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. In 2001, downtown was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site and an Economist Intelligence Unit study of 127 cities worldwide on the first rank tied with Vancouver for the quality of life. |
