Vienna vs. Virginia You might be saying, “of course Vienna and Virginia are different, there six thousand mile apart on two different continents.” However, in this essay I’ll show you how different they really are through the city layout, language, and transit system. Vienna is the capital of Austria, a country in Europe south of Germany. Virginia is a state in the US on its eastern shore board. With this in mind, I’ll show you their idiosyncrasies. To understand Vienna’s city layout I will tell a little of the history behind the city. It was established in the three hundreds as a post on the Danube river by the Roman Empire. It had a mote, church, shops, and palace.