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AustriaThe Inside StoryAustria is celebrated for its stunning alpine landscapes,wooden chalets, winter sports activities and being theubiquitous location for the filming of ‘The Sound of Music’.Away from the Tyrolean countryside, Austria’s imperial capital,Vienna, enjoys a world-renowned reputation as much for itscoffee houses and delicate pastries as its lavish balls, wherenights are waltzed away to the melodies of its native Mozartand Strauss within the walls of ornate Habsburg palaces.With fifty theatres, four opera houses and a hundredmuseums including The Museum Quarter, opportunitiesto embrace Vienna’s cultural delights abound. In April, theLong Night of The Museums sees some of the city’s bestmuseums staying open past midnight staging concerts,exhibitions and parties.Discover the Baroque delights of Salzburg and the upand-comingLinz for a taste of a more youthful Austria andenjoy an enthralling combination of culture and history atsites such as the Roman town of Carnuntum and the idyllicBregenzerwald.Storyto tell -JoanneWheelerWhy I loveAustriaAustria is full ofbreathtaking sceneryand gorgeous towns butVienna will always hold aspecial place in my heart.Its streets are an array ofsplendid museums, grandpalaces and wonderfulrestaurants. Particularlyspecial is the ImperialNew Year’s Eve ball –for those with twoleft feet, opt to havea private waltz lessonprior to the ball to besure to impress!962Otto I of Germanycrowned as Emperorof Holy Roman Empire1648Habsburgs declareRoman Catholicismofficial Austrian religion1867Dual-Monarchy ofAustria-Hungary established1914Assassination of heir to Austrianthrone, Archduke FranzFerdinand, precipitates WWI1278Rudolf I – the first of19 Habsburg Emperors –comes to power1782Mozart’s opera DieEntführung aus dem Serailpremiers in Vienna1881Sigmund Freud graduatesfrom the University of Vienna1918Collapse of HabsburgEmpire; Austriabecomes Republic ofGerman-Austria