Austria is a member state of the European Union as well as the Schengen Agreement. It is a good country for hitchhiking. On the Motorways, you can easily “hop” from city to city. Good places are service stations.
 Austria | |
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| Language: | German |
| Capital: | Vienna |
| Population: | 8,316,487 |
| Currency: | Euro (€) |
| Hitchability: |  (good)
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It is surrounded by Germany, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland, Slovenia, Liechtenstein and Italy.
People in Austria speak German, but knowledge in English might also be enough to communicate.
