Europe

Austria

Location

Central Europe, north of Italy and Slovenia.

Personal security, general travel, navigation, off road driving, cold weather injuries, personal hygiene, sanitation/sterilisation, clothing & equipment, emergency first aid, cultures/customs, communications, emergency shelters.

Local water is safe to drink.

In the west and south mostly mountains (Alps); along the eastern and northern margins mostly flat or gently sloping.

Temperate; continental, cloudy; cold winters with frequent rain and some snow in lowlands and snow in mountains; moderate summers with occasional showers.

Landslides; avalanches; earthquakes.

Avian influenza, hepatitis A, polio, rabies, typhoid; ticks also pose a problem and may transmit Lyme disease/encephalitis.
Hospital: Allgemeines Krankenhaus, 18-20 Waehringer Guertal, Vienna A-1090. Tel: 1-4020660

Some forest degradation caused by air and soil pollution; soil pollution results from the use of agricultural chemicals; air pollution results from emissions by coal- and oil-fired power stations and industrial plants and from trucks transiting Austria between northern and southern Europe.

Complex driving laws, roads good.

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