Austria

Austria (German: Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (German: Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.66 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Hungary and Slovakia to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The territory of Austria covers 83,879 square kilometres (32,386 sq mi). Austria's terrain is highly mountainous, lying within the Alps; only 32% of the country is below 500 metres (1,640 ft), and its highest point is 3,798 metres (12,461 ft).[8] The majority of the population speak local Bavarian dialects of German as their native language, and Austrian German in its standard form is the country's official language. Other local official languages are Hungarian, Burgenland Croatian, and Slovene.

Links To Peel
Peel would make radio programmes at Peel Acres for Austria's Nachtexpress programmes in the early 90's for radio station Ö3, who were based in Vienna. In the summer of 1991, Peel managed to see for the first time the Nachtexpress studios (and a huge pile of bureaucratic forms). A year later, he visited the country as part of the BBC's Radio campaign on work opportunities in Europe, where he interviewed the Austrian band Attwenger, who were unpleasant to him. Peel mentioned on his 10 July 1993 (BFBS) show that he was so infuriated by their lack of hospitality and impoliteness when he visited them in Austria that he threw their CDs into the rubbish bin when he returned home. No records from the group were ever played on Peel's show after 1993.