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Two tram stops away the rates drop noticeably and you lose very little.",{"type":377,"content":454},[455],{"type":342,"attrs":456,"content":457},{"textAlign":197},[458,462],{"text":459,"type":347,"marks":460},"Coffee houses beat hotel breakfasts:",[461],{"type":428},{"text":463,"type":347}," Vienna has some of the finest coffee houses in Europe, and many open early. Skip the hotel breakfast and have it there instead.",{"type":377,"content":465},[466],{"type":342,"attrs":467,"content":468},{"textAlign":197},[469,473],{"text":470,"type":347,"marks":471},"Tram, not taxi:",[472],{"type":428},{"text":474,"type":347}," The tram network is dense and reliable. 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