Salzburg is the fourth-largest city in Austria, located near the German border, in the wide Berchtesgaden valley. It is surrounded by the snow-capped Alps with a population of more than 115,000 people.
The city has been an important center of education since the Middle Ages. It hosts several universities, including Salzburg University, and a large number of musical groups and artists are residents there.
The weather in Salzburg in summer is mild with almost no rainfall. The average temperature in the summer months is 23 degrees Celsius.