Vienna, Austria

Vienna is the Capital city of Austria. and holds more than 25% of Austria's population. Vienna hosts many international organisations ( for example United Nations and OPEC) the city is close to the borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. It is regarded as the City of Music because of its musical legacy. It is also known as the City of Dreams because it was home to the worlds first psycho-analyst Sigmund Freud.

You can see many attractions in Vienna for example the Kunsthistorisches Museum (That's a mouthful!) which is a museum that tells the history of Vienna and other countries. You should also try and visit the Schonbrunn Palace (which is a World Heritage site) this is a little out of the city but is worth the trip. It is easy to get to on the metro but you'd have to choose a nice day with no rain in order to fully appreciate it. 

Another place to visit in Vienna is the Tiergarten Schonbrunn which is a Zoo. It is rated as number 7 on the list of things you have to do in Vienna! It was absolutely amazing and with such cute animals. This would probably be a good idea to visit if you are bringing children with you so that they have something else to look forward too.

Whilst in Vienna you should also try to go to Salzburg *Sings* The hills are alive! With the sound of music! (If you don't know where that comes from first of all watch The Sound of Music and then hang your head in shame for not watching it before hand.) I'll probably upload a blog of Salzburg soon and I'll put a link on this when I have (it was a beautiful place to visit).

Vienna is generally cold, the coldest being in January where it can be 2.9°C or sometimes even as low as -2°C and in July and August the highest could be 25.9°C or 15.3°C so in that sense Vienna's climate is very much like Britain's and I wouldn't recommend it for a hot holiday because you wont get it.