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At this time of year, thousands of Brits are heading to the Austrian ski slopes, enchanted not just by the pistes but also by the absurdly pretty villages, great food and drink (who doesn’t love a gluhwein?), and, that Austrian lifesaver for parents, the kinderhotel. Puzzling, then, that a recent survey by InterNations on Expat-Friendly Places has put Austria well and truly on the naughty step. It is ranked the worst country in the world (well, out of 53 countries) for “local friendliness”.
A direct railway link across the Italy-Slovenia border as part of a new Milan-Ljubljana train is bringing back the infrastructure of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
A new route opening up direct access between between Italy and Slovenia will spin passengers back more than a century to the times of the Habsburg empire.