Austria
Vienna
Six Vienna climates: UN weather, woods-and-vineyard American, a city house in the 2nd, an IB day-and-boarding house in the 18th, a French AEFE lycée in the 9th, and Theresianum on Favoritenstrasse — Matura, not IB. The tram in Jänner is the honest tour.
School portraits in this city
AMADEUS International School Vienna
day and boarding · Early Years from 3 through Grade 12; boarding ages 11–18
ViennaAmerican International School Vienna
day · Pre-Kindergarten (age 4) through Grade 12
ViennaDanube International School Vienna
day · 3–19
ViennaLycée Français de Vienne
day · From 3 through Terminale
ViennaTheresianum
day and boarding · Kindergarten from 18 months through Gymnasium to 18, as the home page prints it
ViennaVienna International School
day · 3–18
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