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Silent Night – Discover the History

On 30/10/2019 By Steve In Salzburg, Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on May 3rd, 2022 at 06:18 pmThe 200th anniversary of this renowned Christmas carol was celebrated last year. Originally strongly associated with the Tyrol and especially with the Ziller valley region, ‘Silent Night’ …

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The Parlliament buildings in Vienna

Austria’s National Day

On 25/10/2019 By Steve In General, Things To Do

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Austrian ‘Nationalfeiertag’, as the National Day is called in German, is celebrated each year on October 26. Why then? It is the anniversary of the Austria’s …

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Christmas markets in Innsbruck

Innsbruck’s Christmas Markets

On 19/10/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amInnsbruck is offering a special Advent guided walk around the different Christmas markets in the city. Each of the enchanting Christmas markets has its own character: for …

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A chapel in the Leutasch valley

An Advent Like It Used To Be

On 17/10/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on July 2nd, 2021 at 08:33 amSeasonal 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 …

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Winter walking nights in Tyrol

Winter Walking Nights in the Stubai Valley

On 11/10/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe 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 …

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The Charterhouse of Aggsbach

Experience the Stillness of a Monastery

On 04/10/2019 By Steve In Lower Austria, Things To Do

Last updated on April 21st, 2022 at 10:24 pmThe 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 …

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A street in the Carinthian town of Gmünd

Visit Gmünd in Carinthia

On 28/09/2019 By Steve In Carinthia, Things To Do

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amGmünd, 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 …

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Autumn market in the Tiroler Oberland region

Autumn Markets in the Tiroler Oberland

On 24/09/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe 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 …

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The banks of the River Danube in the Donau-Auen National Park

Woodland Views Along The Danube

On 16/09/2019 By Steve In Lower Austria, Things To Do

Last updated on May 11th, 2021 at 03:40 pmThe 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 …

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Imst Harvest Festival

Imst Harvest Festival

On 10/09/2019 By Steve In Things To Do, Tyrol

Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe 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 …

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