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Other famous Viennese features include the Lipizzaner stallions of the Spanish Riding School, the Vienna Boys' Choir (Wiener S”ngerknaben), Wiener Schnitzel, Sachertorte, and various pastries, including the bagel. Viennese cafes claim to have invented the process of filtering coffee from the captured baggage after the second Turkish siege in 1683.

In terms of folk dancing, the Viennese Kathreintanz is the best known.

Education

Universities

* Diplomatic Academy of Vienna

* Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

* Medical University of Vienna

* University of Applied Arts Vienna

* University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Vienna

* University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna

* University of Vienna

* University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna

* Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration

* Vienna University of Technology

* Webster University Vienna

International schools

* American International School of Vienna

* Danube International School

* Vienna International School

Transportation

12 Danube bridges connect the city, which is divided by the Danube and the New Danube.

Public transportation

Vienna has a large public transportation network.

* Vienna S-Bahn

* Vienna U-Bahn

* Local Railways (Lokalbahn Wien-Baden)

* Wiener Linien (Company operating U-Bahn, trams, and most bus routes)

Vienna has an extensive tram and bus network - the tram network being third largest in the world. In the most populated areas of Vienna, transportation systems are run so frequently (even during off-peak hours), that any familiarity with departure timetables is virtually unnecessary. The convenience and flexibility of the public transport is therefore reflected through its popularity.

The Viennese public transport is connected to services of train and bus lines operating 50 kilometres into the surrounding countryside, which can be used under the same system of tickets.

Public transportation mostly closes during night hours, but there is a special bus service, the Nightline, operating on the most important routes. However, most of these buses run only every thirty minutes. Vienna uses an "honor system." There are no gates or ticket checks when boarding transit lines, but ticket checks will occur, oftentimes by undercover employees. If you are caught "Schwarzfahren" or riding without a ticket, you could incur a hefty citation or at the very least, be forced to leave at the next stop. At any rate, it is undesirable to get "kontrolliert."

There are also two railways which run through the park: the Liliputbahn Prater in the Wiener Prater and the Donauparkbahn in Danube Park.

Railways

Historically, all traffic facilities were oriented towards the main capitals and residential cities of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy consequently, Vienna has several train stations that form the beginning of several train lines:

* Vienna Franz Josefs Station is the starting point of the Franz Josefs Railway

* Vienna West Station is starting point of the West Railway

* Vienna South Station (Former South and East Station) for the South Railway and the East Railway

as well as several through train stations:

* Vienna H¸tteldorf on the West Railway

* Vienna Heiligenstadt on the Franz Josefs Railway

* Vienna North (Viennese lines: Praterstern) on the North Railway. The convenient North Station was destroyed in World War II and was not built again after the decay of the Danube monarchy, especially when the Iron Curtain closed almost all passenger traffic to the north. Since World War II a smaller station called "Vienna North" has served as a transit station between S-Bahns, the U1 U-Bahn line, trams, and buses. In 2004 it was essentially completely torn down and is being rebuilt. In 2008 the extended U2 will also stop here.

* Vienna Meidling (Philadelphia bridge) - South Railway. This is Vienna most frequented transit station.

* Vienna Central (Landstraþe)