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History
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Arriving in Vienna
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Getting your bearings on S, U and tram
Getting Around
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Plains, trains, automobiles
Vienna Districts
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The lights, the gifts, the Glühwein
Culture & Events
From Wiener Schnitzel to BBQ
Coffeehouses
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Open air festivals & wine tasting
Klimt year 2012
Coffee, cake & culture
Heurigen & Wine bars
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His life and works 150 years on
City of Classical Music
Wine, wine and Wien
Nightlife
26 September 2012 -
27 January 2013
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Vienna sounds good
Bars, clubs and other dark rooms
Children's Vienna
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It's a child's world
What to See
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From imperial to contemporary
Jewish Vienna
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Synagogues, museums and a growing community
Shopping
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Whatever you want
Expat Vienna
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Tips for expats
Directory
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Maps & Index
Centre map
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Street register
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Public transport map
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  HISTORY
FOREWORD
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It's the season for merriness, cold toes, thermal
underwear, the delicious smell of mulled wine at
Christmas markets, and for retreating into a warm
café after a morning walk. Vienna is at its calmest
and most stately in winter, especially after a fresh
dusting of snow, and with the summer crowds a
vague memory, now is the time that visitors can
really get to know the city on their own terms.
The shops look at their best in the months running
up to Christmas, and it's a pleasure to browse
the city's department stores and boutiques. This
winter, consider getting some ecologically sound
clothing – see the Green Fashion feature on page
58. If you're visiting Vienna in December, you can't
miss the many Christmas markets; we list the
best on page 10. The Klimt Year 2012 is slowly
coming to an end – read all about the man and the
exhibitions on page 21.
Whatever you do this winter, don't hesitate to send
feedback about the city and this guide to vienna@
inyourpocket.com. Enjoy Vienna.
Starting off as a tiny village along the Wien river, Vienna is
now the 10th largest city in the EU and home to many major
international organizations such as the United Nations
and OPEC.
Europe In Your Pocket
Greeting from the mayor
Vienna is a city of dreams.
A city full of life, economic
vitality, efficient transportation,
numerous modern buildings and
architectural gems. A city that
offers people work and the youth
a wide range of opportunities.
Vienna is also the city of green
parks, calm, dreamy alleys, art
and music. This city attracts
people. Vienna is growing; life
can be felt on every corner and
in every street.
Vienna is rightly deemed a city
worth living in, a model of providing medical and social
benefits. Hardly any other city in the world is as closely tied
to both medical tradition and medical advances as Vienna.
As the headquarters of international agencies such
as OPEC, the UN and the International Atomic Energy
Agency, Vienna is also a cosmopolitan city of culture and
gastronomy - just as the “Vienna School of Medicine”
became an international term, so too has Viennese
cuisine gained an international reputation.
Simply put, Vienna is the perfect mix: street art and the
State Opera are just as much a Viennese pair as the
Heuriger and first class cuisine. Internationally acclaimed
exhibitions in the Albertina or the Museumsquartier are
just as much a part of us as an improvised stage in
the outer districts or the film festival at Rathausplatz,
Europe’s biggest open air cinema.
The rich spectrum of cultural offerings makes Vienna
a leading cultural metropolis; one often hears the term
“international capital of music” connected with it. On the
one hand, there are the many composers and musicians
who have lived and worked in Vienna over the past few
centuries. On the other, there are the Viennese music
institutions with their grand tradition, which constantly
keep this reputation fresh and carry it forth into the world.
In the best tradition of the many Viennese markets, I can
only say: have a look around!
Welcome to Vienna!
Northern
Ireland
Ireland
Estonia
Antiquity
Founded around 500 BC, Vienna was originally a Celtic
settlement. By 15 BCE, the town had developed into a Roman
frontier city called Vindobona, protecting the Roman Empire
from Germanic tribes.
Medieval times
During the Middle Ages, Vienna became the residence of the
Habsburg dynasty in 1440 and eventually grew to become
the capital of the Holy Roman Empire.
Beleaguered by Ottomans
On their march towards western Europe, the Ottoman
armies were twice stopped at Vienna in the 16th and 17th
centuries. During the 1529 Siege of Vienna, the city was
lucky to escape defeat and was saved by an early winter
and epidemics. A century later, the city's fortifications had
been greatly expanded proved their worth during the 1683
Battle of Vienna, when they helped the city survive for two
months, allowing the army led by Polish King Jan Sobieski to
assemble and defeat the Ottomans for good.
18th century
Baroque was the style of the century and hundreds of
buildings were constructed or remodelled in the curly
Baroque look by architects like Johann Bernhard Fischer
von Erlach and Johann Lukas von Hildebrandt. The local
nobility started constructing palaces in the – now safe –
countryside immediately outside the city, resulting in several
magnificent summer palaces, such as Palais Liechtenstein
and Schönbrunn.
Russia
Latvia
Lithuania
Belarus
Netherlands
Poland
Germany
Belgium
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Photo: Hubert Dimko
Ukraine
Czech
Republic
Austria
Switzerland
Romania
Slovenia
Croatia
Italy
Bosnia
Serbia
Bulgaria
Montenegro
Kosovo
FYR Macedonia
Albania
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Greece
The majestic Karlskirche church
towers over Vienna's charming Advent
Market on Karlsplatz; until Christmas
dozens o f stands sell cra fts, food and
drinks. Read all about it and other
Christmas markets on page 10.
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19th century
Vienna became the capital of the huge Austrian Empire in
1804, and later of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, playing
an important role in European and world politics. The arts
blossomed, and classical music witnessed golden years.
The rule of Emperor Franz Joseph I transformed the city in
many ways: culture, arts and architecture blossomed, the city
walls were demolished in 1858 to make way for the grand
Ringstraße boulevard lined lined with impressive buildings,
the city expanded to include its suburbs, and the Danube
river which caused several serious floods was canalised
and tamed.
Dr. Michael Häupl
Adolf Hitler – himself an Austrian – triumphantly marched
into town and spoke from the Hofburg balcony during
the Anschluss ('joining up') of Austria in 1938. Vienna's
th ousa n d s o f J ews su f fere d ba dl y, h aras s e d by b oth th e state
and anti-Semitic citizens, and decimated by the Holocaust.
Vienna was badly damaged in 1944 and 1945 during the
Soviet advance, but largely reconstructed in the 1950s-60s,
with the city centre proclaimed a UNESCO World Heritage Site
in 2001. Post-war Vienna was divided into sectors ruled by
The USA, UK, France and the Soviet Union just like Berlin,
though the city centre was an international zone where
control was handed over to another power every month. The
occupation lasted 10 years, in which time spies from east
and west played their Cold War games.
Austria regained full independence in 1955, and from the
1970s Vienna became the host city of many imporetant
international organisations, including various UN agencies,
OPEC, the International Atomic Energy Agency and OSCE.
The crumbling of the Iron Curtain in 1989 profoundly changed
the city's outlook. Many companies took advantage of the
prime location and nearby Bratislava in Slovakia now forms
an economical unit of 3 million people with Vienna.
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20th century
Industrialisation of and immigration to Vienna lead to a
period of expansion. By 1910, Vienna was the sixth largest
city in the world, with large numbers of Czech and Jewish
residents. The city was a centre of the new Jugendstil style
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The Austro-Hungarian Empire fell apart at the end of the First
World War and in 1918 the Republic of Deutsch-Österreich
(German-Austria) was created. Socialism quickly became
popular and "Red Vienna" saw many residential estates built,
but also shelling of locals supporting the socialist militia by
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 ARRIVING IN VIENNA
GETTING AROUND
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By plane
Vienna’s international airport is located in Schwechat, 18km
southeast of the city centre. After passing customs (for ar-
rivals from outside the Schengen zone) and collecting your
baggage, ATMs, banks and tourist information can be found
in the arrivals hall.
To get to town, there’s a choice of rail or road. The
City
Airport Train
(CAT, +43 1 252 50, www.cityairporttrain.
com) departs every half hour between 06:05 and 23:35,
arriving at S-Bahn station Wien Mitte. The ride takes 16
minutes and costs €11 for a single trip (€10 with the Vienna
Card), €17/16 for a return trip. It’s cheaper to take a regular
S-Bahn
train, departing from the airport to Wien Mitte sta-
tion approximately every 30 minutes between 04:34 and
00:18; tickets cost €4 and the ride takes about 25 minutes.
Vienna Airport Lines
buses
(tel. +43 1 700 73 23 00, www.
viennaairportlines.at) depart every 30 minutes between
05:00 to 23:00, stopping of f at U-Bahn Schwedenplatz, the
train stations Wien Meidling and Wien Westbahnhof and the
Vienna International Center (VIC), taking about 30 minutes.
A single ride costs €7, a return trip €12, and tickets can be
bought from the driver.
Ta k i n g a
taxi
to the centre takes about 15 minutes. If you just
hop into a waiting taxi outside, the ride will cost about €45,
including the fee for returning to the airport empty; it costs
€33 if you mention to the driver or dispatcher that you’d like
the set price (
Pauschaltariff
).
Car rental
The international car rental companies have offices at the
airport as well as on the Ringstrasse near the main hotels.
Rentals start from €80 per day.
AVIS
tel. +43 800 08 00 87 57, www.avis.at.
e-Carage
tel. +43 1 532 4775, www.e-carage.com.
Electric vehicles charged by solar panels at the garage.
Europcar
B-3, Schubertring 9, tel. +43 866 16
11/+43 866 16 10, wien1@europcar.at, www.eu-
ropcar.at.
Q
Open 07:30 - 18:00, Sat 08:00 - 13:00, Sun
08:00 - 12:00.
Hertz
B-3, Kaerntner Ring 17, tel. +43 1 795 32/+43
1 700 73 26 61, reservierung@hertz.at, www.hertz.at.
Q
Open 07:30 - 18:00, Sat, Sun 09:00 - 15:00.
Sixt
C-2, Am Stadtpark 1 (Hilton Hotel), tel. +43 810
97 74 24/+43 810 97 74 24, www.sixt.at.
Q
Open
07:00 - 19:00, Sat 08:00 - 13:00. Closed Sun.
Driving & Parking
Parking in central Vienna is expensive; the 20 public garages
in the centre charge up to €5 per hour. Street parking tickets
(€1 per 30 minutes) can be purchased from news agents
(
Tr a f i ke n
), the offices of Wiener Linien, many petrol stations,
major train stations and by SMS on the A1 mobile network.
Day visitors to Vienna are better off using a
Park & Ride
facility in the outskirts (€3 per day) and taking the tram or
U-Bahn to the city centre.
If you plan to drive on Austria’s highways (all A and S
roads) you’ll need a vignette sticker on your windscreen
costing €7.90 for 10 days, which can be purchased at
petrol stations.
Public transport
Vienna’s extensive public transportation system, run by
Wiener Linien
(Vienna Transport Authority), is an easy
and inexpensive way to get around town. The
U-Bahn
(metro) runs daily from 05:00 to 00:30, and non-stop on
Fridays and Saturdays and before public holidays. Subur-
ban
S-Bahn
trains radiate outwards from the city to the
surrounding districts and towns.
Tr a m s
are the best way
to get around the inner city sights, running every 5-15
minutes between 05:00 and 00:30.
Buses
mostly serve
Vienna’s suburbs and most visitors won’t need them though
the handy night buses replace the U-Bahn from 00:45 to
05:00 on weekdays.
City Airport Train
The City Airport Train departs every half hour from the city
c en ter (U - Bah n L a n d stras se/S - Bah n Wi e n M i t te) to Vi en na
International Airport. The ride takes 16 minutes and costs
€11 for a single trip (€10 with the Vienna Card) and €17/16
for a return trip. The City Air Terminal in the city centre
offers travellers the services of an international airport
terminal. Check in your baggage up to 75 minutes before
departure, get your boarding pass and enjoy the rest of
your journey to the airport comfortably and stress-free.
The City Check-In can only be used with a valid CAT ticket.
The building complex above the train station includes
130,000m² of offices, shops and catering areas as well
as the CAT terminal, and is currently Vienna’s largest in-
ner city project development. Construction was started in
2007 and is projected to be completed in late 2012, with
CAT operating normally the entire time.
City Airport Train
,
M
Landstraße/Wien Mittw,
www.cityairporttrain.com, tel. +43 1 252 50.
Tickets
cost €2 for a single ride, though it’s well worth getting
a day ticket if you’re planning on using public transport more
than a few times. A 24-hour ticket costs €6,70, a 48-hour
ticket €11,70 and a 72-hour ticket €14,50; a two-stop ticket
(
Kurzstrecke
) costs €1. Tickets must be validated before
getting on board. Tickets can be purchased from multilingual
machines at every U-Bahn station and on buses and trams,
though single tickets bought on board cost €2,20 and only
coins are accepted. You can also visit the ticket sales of-
fices of
Wiener Linien
at the Stephansplatz, Karlsplatz,
Westbahnhof and Wien Mitte U-Bahn stations. The 72 hour
ticket can also be purchased at the Tourist Information Of-
fice. Children up to six years old always travel free; children
up to 15 ride free on Sundays, holidays and during Vienna’s
school holidays (photo ID required). The
Vienna Card
costs
€19,9 0 a n d o f fers 72 h ou rs o f travel on pu bli c tra nspor t pl us
more than 200 discounts to museums, concerts, cafés, and
more. It can be bought at the Tourist Information Offices or
from the
Wiener Linien
offices.
By train
The new Wien-Hauptbahnhof (central station) is currently
under construction, so in the meantime trains from Prague,
Warsaw, Venice, Rome, Ljubljana, Zagreb and Graz arrive
at Wien-Meidling station, above the Philadelphiabrücke U-
Bahn station. Trains from Salzburg, Munich, Zurich, Berlin,
Frankfurt and Budapest arrive at Wien Westbahnhof, which
is conveniently built on top of the Westbahnhof U-Bahn
station. Trains from Bratislava and Burgenland arrive at the
temporary Ostbahnterminal near the new central station,
which is reached on tram D from the Ringstrasse. All these
stations have luggage lockers and ATMs, and a tourist
information desk office.
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The Danube river is increasingly used for ferry routes to
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VIENNA DISTRICTS
BASICS
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Electricity
Austrian electrical current is 220v AC, and the country uses
the standard European round, two-pin sockets.
Viennese for Beginners
Basic data
Can’t find that strange word in your German dictionary?
Get closer to the Viennese by speaking to them in their
own lingo.
Population
Austria (2009 estimate): 8,356,707
Vienna: 1,705,080
21,1% of people living in Vienna are foreign nationals,
121,000 of them originating from former Yugoslavia,
41,000 Turks and 28,000 Germans.
Money & Costs
Austria uses the euro (€) with banknotes in denominations
of €5, €10, €20, €50, €100, €200 and €500. Coins, whose
design depends on in which country they were minted,
come in denominations of €0.01, €0.02, €0.05, €0.10,
€0.20, €0.50, €1 and €2. ATMs can be found everywhere in
Vienna and are the best way to get cash. Vienna is not an
overly expensive city by Western European standards – and
competition from nearby cheap countries keeps the price
of for instance cigarettes at bay. Vienna´s status of a social
democratic stronghold means that public services such as
public transport are relatively cheap.
Baba
see you
Badewaschl
lifeguard
Beisl
local pub that serves food
Bierschtln
to drink
Area
Austria: 83,872 km
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Vienna: 414,90 km
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Bock
shoes
Fetzn
to have a buzz
Frucht
a football
Habara
friend
Official languages
German. Slovene, Croatian and Hungarian are officially
recognised.
Habschi
boyfriend
Herr Ober
waiter
Vienna is truly the most international city in Austria, if not in
all of Central Europe, hosting the regional headquarters of
many international enterprises, the UN, OSCE and OPEC. In
the central districts you will have no problem communicating
in English. Vienna has 23 districts, with the 1st being the
city centre, N°2-9 wrapped around it and surrounded by
the Gürtel highway. Districts 10-23 are mainly residential
areas. Every district is attractive in its own way and equally
important, generally safe for tourists.
1. City centre
The city centre literally refers to the very heart of Vienna.
In the mid-19th century Vienna’s old city wall was replaced
by the boulevard which in conjunction with the Franz-Josefs-
Kai now forms a ring around the city centre. Magnificent
buildings such as the state opera house, the Hofburg, the
parliament building, the Vienna city hall, the Burgtheater, the
university, the Vienna stock exchange and numerous pres-
tigious buildings line this splendid boulevard. Most 5-star
hotels as well as major sights are located here. Tourists
will spend most of their time in this area, with everything
more or less within walking distance. While Kärnterstrasse
and Graben are the two major shopping streets in the city
centre, Stephansplatz with St. Stephens cathedral is the
very centre of Vienna.
Kiberer
policeman
Krügerl
large beer
Local time
Central European (GMT+1hr)
Leiwand
awesome
Politics
The current mayor of Vienna is Michael Häupl. Since 1917,
Vienna has been (co-)governed by the Social Democratic Party
with an absolute majority in the city parliament (except from
1934 to 1945 when the party was banned and mayors were
appointed by the Austro-fascist and later by Nazi authorities).
The Social Democrats currently rule in coalition with the Green
Party. Many political experts believe that the rival Austrian
Pe opl e's Par t y woul d c ompl etel y d omi nate Austrian poli ti c s i f i t
weren't for the Social Democrats' unbreakable hold on Vienna.
An example of the city’s many social democratic policies is
the low-cost Gemeindebauten residential estates which house
about 25% of the Viennese population.
Mahlzeit
have a nice meal
Prost!
cheers
Longest river
Danube (357,5 km in Austria)
Seidl
small beer
Serwas
hello
Ts ch i ck
cigarette
Highest mountain
Austria: Großglockner 3,798m
Vienna: Hermannskogel 542m
Ur-Leiwand
very awesome
Weißer Spritzer
white wine with sparkling water
Wuchtl
joke
Zeche
check/bill
Borders
Austria borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the
north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and
Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein
to the west.
16er Blech
a can of Ottakringer beer
restaurants and cosy cafés where many tourists and locals
enjoy a break. The Freihausviertel south of Naschmarkt in
the 4th district is the upcoming chic shopping mile. The 6th
district, north of Naschmarkt, is known for its many gay bars.
Religion
Roman Catholic 49,2%; no religion 25,6%; Muslim
7,8%; Orthodox 6%; Protestant (mostly Lutheran) 4,7%;
Jewish 0,5%.
Smoking
Officially all restaurants, cafés and other such venues have
to provide a non-smoking section. While recently many
res tau ran ts tu rn e d i n to sm oke - fre e zon es, d on’ t b e su rprise d
how smoky many bars and clubs can get. Most traditional
coffee houses will have a smoking area.
6, 7. Mariahilferstrasse area
Mariahilferstrasse is known as Central and Eastern Europe’s
most important shopping street. Since the fall of the Iron
Curtain, hundreds of buses bring shoppers from Hungary,
Czech Republic and Slovakia to Vienna’s top shopping street
to get their Christmas presents. A lot of interesting stores,
nice restaurants and relaxed bars are found strolling around
the side streets.
Crime & Safety
Vienna is a safe city to visit, and there's little to fear except
perhaps for spending too much on food and souvenirs. As
elsewhere, avoid dark alleys at night and clutch your wallet
or purse when using public transport or in busy places.
Tipping
If the service merits it, waiters appreciate a tip of about 10%;
at the bar or at the Würstelstand it's common to round up
the sum a little.
2. Prater
The city’s largest park stretches from the Praterstern
metro and train station towards the Ernst Happel sta-
dium. Next to Praterstern is the Wurstelprater amuse-
ment park. Some say it’s better to avoid this area after
dark. Leopoldstadt in Vienna’s 2nd district used to be
the Jewish part of town. Today the jewish community is
again growing and you will find kosher bakeries and a
number of synagogues.
7, 8, 9. Gürtel area
Gürtel is the name of the highway ring that encircles Vienna’s
central districts 1-9. In the zone between Westbahnhof
station and the Danube canal, the red-light district has
developed into Vienna’s hottest nightlife spot with dozens
of clubs and bars, one after the other. Go and find a bar
that fits your taste!
Disabled travellers
Most hotels, restaurants and sights in Vienna are well-
equipped for people in wheelchairs or otherwise requiring
assistance, and public transport is easy to use with its many
escalators, lifts and low-floor trams. The symbols below
our hotel reviews which hotels are suitable. The city has an
informative site for disabled travellers at www.wien.info/en/
travel-info/accessible-vienna.
Climate
Vienna has warm summers and cold winters with
sn ow fall oc currin g from De cem b er to March. Sprin g an d
autumn are cool to mild. It rains or snows 10-15 days
per month throughout the year so bring your umbrella.
3. Belvedere & Hundertwasserhaus
The third district is one of Vienna’s most desirable ad-
dresses. Several buildings designed by Vienna’s most
unusual architect Friedenreich Hundertwasser, as well as
Belvedere Palace, the luxurious residence of Prince Eugene
of Savoy, are all located here. In addition, the district houses
numerous embassies and foreign missions, hence its name
– the Embassy Quarter.
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How far does your euro go in Vienna?
Espresso
50
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40
Glass of local beer (0.5 litre)
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€3
30
4, 5, 6. Naschmarkt
This is currently Vienna’s most vibrant area with chic cafes
and people strolling past trendy stores and art galleries.
You would not want to miss out on a visit to Vienna’s central
Naschmarkt, selling all sorts of food and with amazing
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Public transport ticket
€2
Taxi ride across town
€15
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€1.40
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Min Temp (°C)
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