Seasonal traditions are still alive and kicking in the Leutasch valley on the Olympiaregion Seefeld plateau. Guided evening chapel walks are organised by torchlight every Friday and Saturday in Advent at 17.00 to visit a …
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Category: Things To Do
These articles take a monthly look at things to do in Austria’s cities and regions.
Winter Walking Nights in the Stubai Valley
The Stubai valley is offering special illuminated evening walks in the snowy landscape of the Natur Aktiv Park Klaus Äuele this winter. The winter hiking nights will be on 09 and 23 January as well …
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Experience the Stillness of a Monastery
The Charterhouse of Aggsbach in the Wachau region of Lower Austria shows how Carthusian monks once lived. Carthusian monks saw themselves as a community of hermits. They spent most of their days in silence, interrupted …
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Visit Gmünd in Carinthia
Gmünd, the ‘home of artists’ in Carinthia, is renowned for its amazingly lively cultural life. A William Turner exhibition in a small town in Upper Carinthia with just 2,600 inhabitants? Several museums, galleries, guest studios …
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Autumn Markets in the Tiroler Oberland
The Tiroler Oberland region is celebrating the coming of autumn with a number of farmer’s markets in the west of Tyrol. Three-country market Pfunds will be transformed into a centre of diversity on 28 September. …
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More 2019 Almabtrieb Festivals
The forthcoming weekend is the last big weekend for the celebrations and festivals surrounding the return of animals from their summer mountain pastures in the Tyrol. Here are some of the locations of the Almabtrieb …
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Woodland Views Along The Danube
The Donau-Auen National Park offers a unique water-meadow landscape for visitors to this part of eastern Austria. Looking at the course of the Danube from Vienna through Lower Austria to the border with Slovakia, numerous …
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The St Johann Dumpling Festival
The enthusiasm for the annual Dumpling Festival in St Johann in Tirol continues to amaze organisers – even after 38 years of the event. The recipe for the festival’s success: 21 different dumpling stands, approx. …
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Imst Harvest Festival
The Harvest Festival in Imst is taking place at the end of the month. The procession and celebrations, organised by the Imst Young Farmers Association, are scheduled for the 29 September. Following the Holy Mass …
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Waidring – Village of the Bells
Waidring – 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 September. The traditional trade of bell casting will …
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