Austria has no sea access austria had sea access right up to WW1. and vienna only started to decline after that. vienna is also on the danube, a river that is

Austria has no sea access austria had sea access right up to WW1. and vienna only started to decline after that. vienna is also on the danube, a river that is connected to the main and rhine and allows ships to travel all the way from the north sea to the black sea. that makes it better positioned than paris, berlin or munich in this aspect. although i doubt that the river had much to do with its regrowth in the last few decades. it is more likely that its closeness to eastern europe made it an attractive destination once the eastern bloc fell apart, which was just before the time vienna started growing again.