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Slow-Brewed from Carinthia

On 07/09/2019 By Steve In Beer, Carinthia

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amBeer has been brewed in Hirt, about 40 kilometres north of Klagenfurt in Carinthia, since the Middle Ages. One of Hirt’s specialities commemorates the year it was …

Waidring – Village of the Bells

On 06/09/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amWaidring – the Tyrol’s ‘village of the bells’ – offers the first of two highlights with the opening of the Glockenwelt (‘World of Bells’) exhibition on 14 …

The Almabtrieb at the Mayerlehenhütte in the Fuschlsee region of Salzburg

The Almabtrieb in Fuschl

On 04/09/2019 By Steve In Salzburg, Things To Do

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Gruberalm in the Fuschelsee region of the Salzkammergut is an idyllic mountain location, set at around 1000 metres above sea level. Cows graze on the alpine …

The Klafferkessel in the Schladminger Tauern

In the Footsteps of the Mountain Miners

On 02/09/2019 By Steve In Styria

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amMiners once climbed this trail with heavy packs on their back and extracted the valuable ore under difficult conditions Today visitors can happily hike through the impressive …

Sheep being driven through the narrow streets of Tarrenz

More Almabtrieb Festivals in Tyrol

On 31/08/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amWhen the animals return from the mountain pastures at the end of summer, we are not just talking about cows. Two Tyrolean villages are holding sheep drives …

Concerts in the Wolkenturm at Grafenegg Castle in Lower Austria

The Noonday Witch in a Tower of Clouds

On 29/08/2019 By Steve In Lower Austria, Things To Do

Last updated on April 21st, 2022 at 10:35 pmGrafenegg Castle, situated between Vienna and the Wachau in Lower Austria, has developed into an internationally renowned festival location in the last few years. There are several …

Prize goat in the Wildschönau valley in the Tyrol

The Best-Looking Billy Goat

On 27/08/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe mountain celebrations including the “Goaßbockfest” on the Schönangeralm are another highlight of the Wildschönau autumn. The festival starts on 08 September at 10.00 with a mass …

The dugout canoe race on the Attersee in Upper Austria

Stone Age Canoes on the Attersee

On 25/08/2019 By Steve In Upper Austria

Last updated on March 31st, 2022 at 05:27 amRacing in dugout canoes built in a prehistoric style is all part of the yearly regatta at Seewalchen am Attersee in Upper Austria. The event took place …

Around Three Mountain Ranges

On 23/08/2019 By Steve In Vorarlberg

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Montafon Hut Circuit in the Vorarlberg takes in three different mountain ranges at refreshing altitudes. Flowering meadows in the Verwall, glaciers in the Silvretta, impressive rock …

The church festival at the Kramsach Farmouse Museum

Travel Back to the Old Tyrol

On 21/08/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Farmhouse Museum in Kramsach celebrates its traditional church festival at the end of September. Folk music, craftsmanship and Tyrolean delicacies will be on offer in a …