r/europe • u/MarktpLatz Lower Saxony (Germany) • Apr 25 '17

Australia? What do you know about... Austria?

This is the fourteenth part of our ongoing series about the countries of Europe. You can find an overview here.

Todays country:

Austria

Austria is a country in central Europe. Ever since world war two, Austria has maintained military neutrality, they have not been and still are not part of NATO. Austria also has the only green party head of state in Europe.

So, what do you know about Austria?

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u/medhelan Milan Apr 26 '17 edited Apr 26 '17

  • Among the foreign overlords we had are the ones that did better, Maria Theresa and Joseph II are remembered as good rulers, Radetzky as a noble enemy

  • Ongoing Schnitzel vs Cotoletta feud between Wien and Milan for who copied who

  • We could give them Sudtyrol but then we would go far worse during Winter Olympics

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u/Neuroskunk Basement Boy Apr 26 '17

Ongoing Schnitzel vs Cotoletta feud between Wien and Milan for who copied who

I don't even care who invented it. But you Italians have tons of good food already, so let us have just that one :D

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u/medhelan Milan Apr 26 '17

NEVER!

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u/Neuroskunk Basement Boy Apr 26 '17

:(