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 …
Continue readingImposing Castles in the Waldviertel
Last updated on July 25th, 2020 at 06:42 amThe castles in the Waldviertel have battled against the ravages of time and preserved their beauty over the centuries. Now the visitor can discover mighty walls and …
Continue readingEast Tyrol’s New Hiking Trail
Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe stunning new “Herz-Ass” (‘Ace of Hearts’) hiking tour tours the remote Villgraten valley in five day stages. The Herz-Ass-Weg has nothing to do with games of …
Continue readingWoodland Views Along The Danube
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 …
Continue readingAlmabtrieb – An Austrian Farming Tradition
Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe Almabtrieb is a German word for the traditional festival when animals are brought down from mountain pastures at the end of the summer. It is one …
Continue readingThe Linzer Torte – A Traditional Taste
Last updated on April 8th, 2020 at 06:49 amThe first recipe for the Linzer Torte dates back more than 360 years. Recorded in a cookbook from 1653, the culinary composition is regarded as one of …
Continue readingImst Harvest Festival
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 …
Continue readingSlow-Brewed from 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 …
Continue readingWaidring – Village of the Bells
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 …
Continue readingThe Almabtrieb in Fuschl
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 …
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