Austria

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Austria
Region: Europe
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Austria (German: Österreich, literally "the Eastern Realm" or "Eastern Empire") is a land-locked alpine country in Central Europe bordering with Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west, Germany and Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east and Slovenia and Italy to the south. In 2006 it was home to the first European CouchSurfing Collective.

1 Regions
2 Couchsurfing in Austria
3 Places
4 Austrian CouchSurfers
5 Trivia
6 Austria in pictures

Regions

Austria is a federal republic comprised of nine federal-states:

Burgenland, capital Eisenstadt
Carinthia (Kärnten), capital Klagenfurt
Lower Austria (Niederösterreich), capital St. Pölten
Salzburg, capital Salzburg
Styria (Steiermark), capital Graz
Tyrol (Tirol), capital Innsbruck
Upper Austria (Oberösterreich), capital Linz
Vienna (Wien), capital Vienna
Vorarlberg, capital Bregenz

map of austria

Couchsurfing in Austria

Couchsurfing has a long history in Austria. After the International Weekend in 2005, in 2006 the first European CouchSurfing Collective was held here. As of March 2008 Austria has about 4.400 wonderful CouchSurfing members. Vienna is home to one of the most active CouchSurfing communities worldwide. Daily meetings, gatherings and parties make it a great place to live or spend time at. But other cities are well worth visiting too! Other cities with larger Couchsurfing communities are Graz, Linz, Innsbruck, Salzburg and Klagenfurt. In nearly every Austrian city, town and village you will nowadays find fellow CouchSurfing members.

Links to the Austrian Couchsurfing groups: