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Schönbrunn   Vienna

Schönbrunn, Vienna

 355 Reviews  Take the whole day to visit this palace. It is big and has lots of things to explore. The Habsburgs really knew how to leave with style. A magnificent and imponent summer residence. Diferent kind of... 

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Mozart's House   Salzburg

Mozart's House, Salzburg

 124 Reviews  Mozarts Geburtshaus (Mozart's birth house) - The Mozart family lived in this house in the heart of Salzburg from 1747-1773, where W.A. Mozart himself was born on 27 January 1756. The house is now a... 

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Old Town   Innsbruck

Old Town, Innsbruck

 57 Reviews  This building in the very centre of Innsbruck was between 1653 and 1765 the house of the family of the architects Gumpp, who were the most important architects of Innsbruck : Christoff Gumpp 1600 -... 

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Schlossberg   Graz

Schlossberg, Graz

 63 Reviews  Schlossbergplatz is small inattractive square but it's the main point to get to the Castle Hill. There are three options to get to the top of the Castle Hill; first one is by the very steep stairway... 

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Hofburg   Vienna

Hofburg, Vienna

 286 Reviews  Hofburg was designed by Fisher von Erlach in the 1720 and finished towards the end of the 19th century, with new and more alterations in the spirit of the crumbling Empire. The pompous gates are... 

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Mirabell Garden & Castle   Salzburg

Mirabell Garden & Castle, Salzburg

 162 Reviews  When the weather permits you should go for a walk through the Mirabell Garden and maybe have a look at the Castle too. The Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg had these gardens and the castle specially... 

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Swarovski Crystal   Innsbruck

Swarovski Crystal, Innsbruck

 15 Reviews  The Swarovski Crystal Worlds are to your mind what the high seas were to Columbus, Magellan or Vasco da Gama. The place of origin of a voyage of discovery in which a sparkling sea of enlightenment... 

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Mur River   Graz

Mur River, Graz

 22 Reviews  The Mur-Insel is a strange little structure in the middle of the Mur River. It was designed by Vito Acconci specifically Graz's position as 2003 Cultral Capital of the European Union. You can walk... 

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Ringstrasse   Vienna

Ringstrasse, Vienna

 224 Reviews  The new Townhall doesn`t look so new as the architect who built it in the late 19th century wanted it to have a neo-gothic appearance. This style was quite popular then as it symbolized the gothic... 

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Hohensalzburg Fortress   Salzburg

Hohensalzburg Fortress, Salzburg

 225 Reviews  Located on top of a mountain, the Fortress offers breath-taking views of Salzburg and the Alps. Inside the fortress is a museum of medieval weapons, life on the fortress, and torture instruments.... 

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Maria Theresien Strasse   Innsbruck

Maria Theresien Strasse, Innsbruck

 27 Reviews  Maria-Theresien Strasse is Innsbruck's main street and a wonderful place to stroll around or sit at one of the side cafes and whatch the people go by. When we were there, they were getting ready for... 

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Kunsthaus   Graz

Kunsthaus, Graz

 17 Reviews  This has to be one of my favourite art exhibitions in Europe - it's worth a visit to Graz on its own. A combination of shocking architecture, and fascinatingly different artwork on display inside,... 

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Hundertwasser   Vienna

Hundertwasser, Vienna

 149 Reviews  To get here take tram line 1 in the direction of the Prater and get off at Redetsky Place. The Hundertwasser Kunst Haus Museum is a couple of minutes walk from the stop. The Hundertwasser Krawinahaus... 

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Sound of Music Tour   Salzburg

Sound of Music Tour, Salzburg

 34 Reviews  My wife had a singular goal in Austria - to take the Sound of Music Tour (SOM as it is affectionately know to its fans). Panorama was the tour operator. It was billed as a 4 hour bus tour to see the... 

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Goldenes Dachl   Innsbruck

Goldenes Dachl, Innsbruck

 61 Reviews  from the 21 November till 6 january you will find the Christmas market on the square in front of the Golden Roof . As well as on Maria-Theresien street and Marktplatz. It's magnificent just to walk... 

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Churches   Graz

Churches, Graz

 17 Reviews  Barmherzigekirche, situated in a district Lend which is across the River Mur, is closly connected with the Roman Catholic Brothers known as The Hospitaller Order of St. John of God. The Hospitaller... 

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Belvedere   Vienna

Belvedere, Vienna

 190 Reviews  The Belvedere is a baroque palace complex built by Prince Eugene of Savoy in the 3rd district of Vienna, south-east of the city center. The Schloss Belvedere began as a suburban entertainment villa:... 

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Dome and Cathedral   Salzburg

Dome and Cathedral, Salzburg

 98 Reviews  The Salzburg Cathedral (Dom zu Salzburg) is a 17th century baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese dedicated to Saint Rupert of Salzburg. The finished church is 466 feet long and 109 feet... 

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Stadtturm (City Tower)   Innsbruck

Stadtturm (City Tower), Innsbruck

 31 Reviews  This tower was built between 1442 and 1450. Once it was a prison. When you're on the top of this tower you'll enjoy a wonderful landscape over the city center. You'll also see the houses on the river... 

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Landhaus   Graz

Landhaus, Graz

 17 Reviews  Another look of the famous landhaus building with the clock tower on the top. Unfortunately, when I have visited the town, inner courtyard of the building was closed and it is definetelly the most... 

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Stephansdom   Vienna

Stephansdom, Vienna

 259 Reviews  Stephansdom is the Cathedral of Vienna and the seat of Archbishop. It has major importance in the history of Austria. The first parish church in Romanesque style was built here in 1137 on a site of... 

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Schloss Hellbrunn   Salzburg

Schloss Hellbrunn, Salzburg

 61 Reviews   Schloss Hellbrunn was built early in the 17th century by Santino Solari as the prince-archbishops pleasure palace. The castle has some really fascinating rooms, including an octagonal music room... 

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Schloss Ambras   Innsbruck

Schloss Ambras, Innsbruck

 31 Reviews  The archduke Ferdinand II when he was made the provincial sovereign of TYROL, ordered to turn the existing medieval fortress into a renaissance castle. This castle was used as the official residence... 

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Sporgasse   Graz

Sporgasse, Graz

 10 Reviews  The old core of Graz, with its architecture, look alike more to the northern Italian cities rather then central European city. I have found here alots of simmilarities with Bolzano or Belluno even... 

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1.Bezirk / 1st district   Vienna

1.Bezirk / 1st district, Vienna

 150 Reviews  The history of magnificent Palace Ferstel goes back to 1651 when Duke Ernst von Abensperg und Traun gave the order to extend the excisting building. For a long time after the new built building was... 

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Europe's Bridge, near Innsbruck

by hopang

Europabrücke or Europe's Bridge in English is located just south of the city of Innsbruck. It was officially opened to traffic in 1963. Construction of the one of the most famous bridges in Europe began in 1959. The bridge is approximately 780 meters long and 192 meters high from the bottom of the valley. It was at one time the highest bridge in Europe! The six lane A13 Brenner autobahn passes over this bridge between Austria and Italy. A13 Brenner autobahn is a very busy traffic highway with heavy traffic around the clock. Below the bridge is the Sill River meandering across the Wipp Valley. The snow-covered Alps can be seen from the bridge. Occasionally there are bungy jumping from the top of the bridge arranged by the organisors. Europabrücke is among the five highest bungy jumping locations in the world as described in the website below.

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Hallstatt: decorated headbones & more

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Hallstatt is a MUST for every tourist in Austria and although it is a village of just 2000 inhabitants, it gave the name to the so-called "HALLSTATT-CULTURE" - it was a time in the stone-age and refers to the kind of settlement in Hallstatt. In Hallstatt the catholic cemetery is so very small, that the dead bodies remain under the earth only for a a few years, so they will be un-buried after a few years, cleaned and decorated and placed in the carnel. The Carnel is open during the day and in the high season you can only enter it after having payed a small fee of 1 Euro to the lady at the entrance.You also get a small leavlet with some infos and pics togeather with your entrance-ticket.You may walk into the carnel on your own all the rest of the year or you may just take a look through an iron fence into the carnel and take your pics from there like I did for that picture.The head-bones...

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Werfen : a great castle & falconry

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The castle of Werfen can be visited easily on your own, you may walk uphill or take the newly built funicular. Already at the ticket-box at the large parking you have the possibility to fix certain times for the tours on your ticket ! Audioguides are available in vqarious languages. The belfry of Burg Hohenwerfen dates back to the year 1535 and inside of its basment you may get inside and find the souvenir-shop there, the upper part of the tower is part of the guided tour and you may see the large clockwork and the bells that were ring in case of fire or enemies approaching. On the very top of the belfry you will have a great panorama-view, but there is just a quite steep stair to climb up.Dont miss the falconry-show :Normally I never cared very much about such performances, BUT this time I had payed for it in my ticket already and it started exactely when the guided castle-tour was...

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Hellbrunn is a Must in Summertime !

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Hellbrunn is a baroque castle in the south of Salzburg and every summer you will be able to enjoy there quite an unique park with waterplays and more :1)Fuerstentisch (table of the prince-bishop) and the Roemisches Theatre (roman theatre) is the first attraction of Wasserspiele Hellbrunn that you will see during the guided tour. This table has some fountains built into each and every chair, except the one for the princebishop of course and back in the old times, while everbody was dining the fountains would start to flow all of a sudden. It certainly was a lot of fun in the old times and it also is still today, when the tour-guide will ask for voluteers...2) Muschel-Grotte / Grotto of the sea-shells is another attraction of the guided tour through Wasserspiele Hellbrunn. That Grotto was built in the basement of the Schloss Hellbrunn, and when leaving that bGrotto again, you better watch...

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Salzburg : the brithplace of Mozart

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Salzburg is the birthplace of Mozart and you will be able to enjoy all important sights there within 1-2 days :1) The fortress of Hohensalzburg thats the castle high above the city orf Salzburg. Get up by a funicular or take the steep path uphill. The fortress is like a small town with a church, various buildings and parks and an interesting museum. From the terrace you will have an excellent panorama-view of the alps ! At Christmas-time, they also have a christmas-market there.2)Schloss Mirabell has an interesting history : It was built in 1606 by Salzburg's Prince-Archibishop Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau for his mistress Salome Alt.HE was a catholic archibishop and SHE was the daughter of a jewish merchant.They had 10 children and even had something like an official wedding-ceremony in Salzburg ( and at the same time he told the pope in Rome, its all not true, and only bad propaganda by...

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Graz : The Landhaus & a lot more

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These are some other attractions of Graz :1) The Grazer Landhaus with these great arcades reminds me a lot of the great italian architecture of the Renaissance. You can enter this innercourt during the day freely and without restrictions - no admission charge - and in wintertime they will have a giant crib made of ice there !2) Sporgasse Nr.3 is something special for all fans of great Jugendstil / Art-Nouveau-facades.Sporgasse is a small street going up the hill from Rathausplatz - this house is on the left just a few steps from Rathausplatz - and as the street is rather narrow there, you might easily miss it.3) The Dom, the cathedral of Graz looks rather like the church of a small village from outside, BUT it is really worth to go inside and you will be surprised by the many unique works of art there. The most precious works of art inside the Dom are certainly the 2 shrines on both...

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Graz : the 2nd largest city in Austria

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Graz, the 2nd largest city of Austria, is worth a visit as well ! My favorite attrations there are :1) The Grazer Uhrturm (belfry) is certainly the most famous sight of Graz and you will see it from many places all over the city. At first the Uhrturm was part of the fortification and got it's characteristic clock and the wooden balconies not before the year 1712.2) Landeszeughaus : it is one of the biggest collections of medieval arms and iron-armories in the whole world ! And the most interesting fact about this museum is , that the Zeughaus still looks the same as hundreds of years ago and it has a total of 30.000 rifles, helebards, swords, guns, etc.You could equip a medieval army of several hundred men with these weapons and even the stairs are made in a way, that the troops are able to march into the different floors, take their weapons and get into war !3) The Burg of Graz dates...

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What to do when you have only 2-3 hours in Vienna

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In the forum we often have the question : What can I do in Vienna, when I have just 2-3 hours to spare ? This is what I can recommend to you as a good first impression of a city that might deserve in fact at least 3-4 days to see the most important places :It is the best, when you start at Karlsplatz or Oper - both of them are in the centre of town and it is really easy to get there by tram and U-bahn U1, U2 and U4.On Karlsplatz you will see first the Art-Nouveau-stations built by Otto Wagner , they are used as a cafe today. Karlskirche is great to see from a distance already, but to enter it, you have to pay an entrance-fee.Go back to Ringstrasse and Oper :take first tram #1 (the right place to enter the tram is in front of the Bristol-hotel!)and go till Schwedenplatz, there you change to tram #2 and will get back to the opera. A dayticket will allow you to hop on and off these trams...

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Oberösterreich ( Upper Austria )

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Upper Austria means stunning mountains, the crystal clear lakes and vast forests. In the north there are granite and gneiss hills, which are separated in the middle of the province from the Alpine foothills by the Danube valley, and to the south lie the limestone Alps and the Upper Austrian part of the Salzkammergut region. The capital of this federal state is LINZ. I have been once to this state, visiting Linz and the area around. Have a look on my Linz page for more photos and info about.

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W I E N ( Vienna )

by Leipzig

The federal state of Vienna is the smallest of Austria. It is situated on the eastern foot of the Alps. Vienna is Austria's capital and with it's 1.6 Million inhabitants it houses approx. one fifth of the country's population. It is a very diverse city, with many ethnic groups residing there.I've been to Vienna in 2002. Have a look at my Vienna page for more details.

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