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Austria Celebrates Its National Day Again in Old Normality
The Austrian National Day (Nationalfeiertag) is celebrated annually on 26 October, the anniversary of the announcement of Austrian neutrality in 1955 and the departure of the last allied occupying forces from Austria. On this October 26, the national holiday will return to normality after two years of coronavirus mode. As the Austrian Armed Forces return in full force to their performance on Vienna's Heldenplatz, the doors of government and parliament reopen to the public.
After two years of Coronavirus mode, the national holiday on October 26 will be celebrated normally again. / Picture: © Wikimedia Commons / Manfred Werner - Tsui [CC BY-SA 3.0]
Austria's national holiday has been celebrated annually since 1965 on October 26, the day on which Austria's neutrality, which was decided in 1955, came into force.
Background
On May 15, 1955, the State Treaty had been signed, restoring Austria's state sovereignty. This treaty had to be ratified by all the Allied signatory states (France, Great Britain,…
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