As well as being the capital of Austria, Vienna is also the largest city and the one with the highest tourist numbers. It has a variety of reasons to travel there and this article sets to point a few of those out.
We will start off with the main annoyance though. The locals do have a reputation for being impolite. In reality it is just that they are to the point and a little stand offish. If you are prepared for it, you will soon get used to the nature of service you receive over there.