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"EUROPE´S YOUTH GETS TO KNOW VIENNA" CAMPAIGN

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The "Europe´s Youth Gets To Know Vienna" campaign, a programme being run in conjunction with the "Austria´s Youth Gets To Know Its Capital City" campaign by the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture, is offering young people an opportunity to spend a week in Vienna to get to know the significance to Austria of its capital city in terms of its history, culture, economy, domestic and foreign policy and administration as well as an opportunity to meet other young people from all over the world.

PROPOSED AGENDA

1. "Vienna as the Centre of "European History"
   Vienna´s Hofburg complex: treasure vault, National Library, Emperor´s vault.
2. "Medieval Vienna"
   Saint Steven´s Cathedral, Graben, Hoher Markt, Saint Ruprecht, Maria am Gestade,
   Minoritenkirche, etc.
3. "Baroque Vienna"
   Belvedere Castle, Karlskirche, plague monument, Peterskirche
4. "The Republic of Austria and its Democratic Institutions"
   Parliament, Town Hall, Ballhausplatz, Palace of Justice.
5. "Schoenbrunn"
   Schoenbrunn Castle: public rooms, Wagenburg, Gloriette, palm house, zoo
6. Guided tour of "The Vienna of Today"
7. "Klosterneuburg Convent, Kahlenberg"
8. "Vienna at the Turn of the Century"
   Buildings on Ringstrasse, secession with freeze by Gustav Klimt, Otto Wagner buildings.
9. Visits to museums
   (Art Historical Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Austrian Gallery, Natural History Museum,
   etc.).
10. Free half day for individual recreation.

1. CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION
The campaign is open to groups of young people consisting of at least ten participants between the ages of 14 and 30, from schools, youth organisations, companies, etc. headed by a responsible tour manager.

2. DURATION OF STAY
Participants will stay in Vienna for one week, arriving on a Sunday and leaving on the following Saturday. Scheduled arrival and departure times should be indicated on the registration from Groups will NOT be met at stations or the airport. Arrangements may be made with the managers of the homes where the groups will be staying for the connecting journey, which will be paid for by the participants and is not included in the participation fee.

3. ACCOMMODATION
Participants will be staying in youth hostels.

4. BOARD
Three meals a day will be provided, the first being breakfast on the Monday and the last being breakfast on the Saturday.

5. PROGRAMME
A separate programme will be drawn up for each group, based on specific requests and according to the dates of the visit. In addition to the items mentioned on the previous page, the programme will also include a visit to the theatre or a musical event (concert, operetta, opera, etc.). The programme will start on the Monday morning and will end on the Friday evening. The groups will have at their disposal trained employees of the Federal Ministry for Education, Arts and Culture for support and advice for the duration of their stay as necessitated by the programme. All guided tours will be conducted in German.

6. PARTICIPATION FEE
The participation fee will be € 185,70 per person. The participation fee will include all the costs of accommodation, board and visits as well as a network card for the vienna public transport for sightseeing use. Participation fees for the entire group should be paid 2 weeks before participation, but latest during the stay in Vienna by bank transfer to: Oesterreichische Postsparkasse, account number: 5030.518 "Wien-Aktion", "Europa-Aktion", 1010 Vienna. (BIC: OPSKATWW / IBAN: AT 73 600000000 5030518) Groups who will have a coach at their disposal in Vienna will have the cost of a 7-day network card on Viennese public transport per person € 12,50 and the cost of the coach trip to Klosterneuburg and Kahlenberg € 52.- per coach reimbursed. These amounts will be refunded to the tour manager during the stay in Vienna.

7. REGISTRATION AND CORRESPONDENCE
All applications and registrations should be addressed to Bundesministerium fuer Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur Abteilung IV / 6, "Wien-Aktion", "Europa-Aktion", Minoritenplatz 5, 1014 Wien, (Tel. 01/53120-2512, 2375, 2334, 2513, 2524). Applications should be made well in advance for organisational reasons, and should state the probable number of participants.

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