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Start of Summer Holidays in Western and Southern Austria

Im Westen und Süden starten die Sommerferien.
Im Westen und Süden starten die Sommerferien. ©APA/ROLAND SCHLAGER (Symbolbild)
Today, Friday, the summer holidays begin for around 660,000 children and teenagers in Vorarlberg, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper Austria, Carinthia, and Styria.

With the start of the summer holidays in Western and Southern Austria, all students in the country are now free, one week after the holidays began in Eastern Austria. School starts again on September 1st in Vienna, Lower Austria, and Burgenland, and on September 8th in the other federal states.

Start of Summer Holidays in Western and Southern Austria Causes Traffic Jams

As usual, a busy travel weekend is expected on the roads starting Friday afternoon. In addition to the six Austrian states, holidays also begin in six German states and parts of the Netherlands. The transit routes, city exits, highways around the state capitals, and border crossings will be heavily congested.

(APA/Red)

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