Van transport Belgrade – Graz

Graz, formerly known as Gradac, is the second largest city in Austria, located in the southeastern part of the country. Graz is the administrative, economic and cultural center of the province of Styria, where it forms a separate city district.

Graz is known for its old town, one of the best preserved in Central Europe, which is why it was placed on the UNESCO cultural heritage list in 1999, and in 2010 the Egenberg castle was added to it. Another special feature of the city is the emphasized "educational-university" function of the city, for which Graz is known throughout Europe.

2003 Graz itself was the cultural capital of Europe.

Graz is located in the southeastern part of Austria, near the Slovenian border (about 30 km). Thus, the closest major city to Graz, Slovenian Maribor, is 50 km south of the city. The capital Vienna is about 200 km north or 2 and a half hours drive.

Relief: Graz is located in a strategically important place in the southern foothills of the Alps. Here, the valley of the river Mura, until then squeezed among the Alps, spreads into the Styrian plain, the extreme western edge of the Pannonian plain. The city center was just formed on the first hills and hills of the Alps, from which one could easily observe the south-stretched plain.

Climate: The climate in the city is moderately continental with a mild influence of mountain climate from the nearby Alps (wind direction, winter snow). The average annual temperature is 9.4 ° C, and the average rainfall is 818 mm with 92 rainy days a year. The city's sunshine is 1890 hours a year and it is higher than in other Austrian cities due to the influence of the Mediterranean.

Waters: The Mura River flows through the town, which flows from the alpine valleys to the plains of the Pannonian Plain.

Culture
In 2003, Graz was the cultural center of Europe at the crossroads of northwestern and southeastern Europe. Through a walk through Graz, you can see that the city is in complete harmony with nature and it is not easy to answer the question of where the parks end and where the forests of "green" Styria begin. The old city center, which has been decorated with a lot of love and arranged in detail, has won many Council of Europe awards as the best example of preserving urban heritage. Graz is a city of the Italian Renaissance.