Today is Austria's National Day,

so the national flag is flown everywhere,

it was on this day in 1955,

that their country they no longer had to share.

A fitness march takes place today,

attracting 100,000 people each year,

this is to promote a healthy lifestyle,

in a really enjoyable atmosphere.

Today in Austria is a public holiday where banks, schools, offices and businesses are closed, transport runs a limited service. After the second world war, Austria was occupied by four Allied Forces, Great Britain, France, Soviet Union and the United States. Talks over a State Treaty were concluded in the spring of 1955, the treaty was eventually signed on May 15th 1955 in Vienna's Schloss Belvedere and came into force on July 27th 1955. The final remaining foreign troops left Austria on October 25th so October 26th was the first day of its new independent and sovereign state. The Austrian Parliament also passed  law on this day to have permanent neutrality.

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