Location of Mistelbach within the boundaries of Austria

Mistelbach is a small town (11.000 inhabitants), some 45 km north-north-east of the capital of Austria, Vienna, and 25-30 km from the Czech and Slovakian border. It is situated in the “Weinviertel” district of Lower Austria, a hilly area characterized by crop fields and vineyards, small patches of forest and lanes with old cellar houses (“Kellergassen”) at the outskirts of quiet villages (see the IMC 2015 logo).

Mistelbach offers dry continental conditions, more related to the Eastern Czech Republic, Western Slovakia and Hungary than to the wet Atlantic climate in Western Austria, especially the Alpine Regions. Winters are sometimes cold and summertime can be pretty hot (maximum temperatures often exceeding +30 °C, even at the end of August).