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Trip to Feldkirch in Austria

by HORSCHECK

Feldkirch in Austria is a beautiful medieval town in the western Austrian county Vorarlberg. The old town with its cobbled streets is dominated by the Gothic style Cathedral of St. Nikolaus. Many other buildings from medieval times are well worth seeing.The cities main landmark is the 13th century castle Schattenburg, which is located on a little hill in the new town.Directions:Feldkirch is located in Austria just behind the border to Liechtenstein. It can be reached by bus from Vaduz with a change of buses in Schaan in about 30 minutes.Website: http://www.feldkirch.at/

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Trip to Schaan

by HORSCHECK

With a population of more than 5.500 people, Schaan is Liechtenstein's biggest town and its industrial centre. The main sights of the town include: The Chapel of St. Mary of Consolation on Dux which was built in the 18th century and has a largely original baroque interior.The town centre is dominated by the St. Laurentius New Parish Church which was consecrated on the 05. October1893. It is is a natural stone building in neo-Gothic style.Schaan is located just north of Vaduz, adjacent to the town border. You can take a bus to get there (10 mins) but you can even walk along themain street or some side streets to Schaan (30 mins).Website: http://www.schaan.li/

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Planken village

by budapest8

Planken, one of the favorites, it is a village of 300 inhabitants in the north-central section of the country. Like Triesenberg, it is a Walser village located on a plateau, this one overlooking farmlands in the Rhine Valley plain.Saint Nicolas visits the kids early here......extract from the village websiteSorry only in German..Donnerstag, 3. Nov 2005 Besuch des St. Nikolaus Die PfadfinderInnen Schaan/Planken organisieren wie jedes Jahr den Besuch des St. Nikolaus in Schaan und Planken.Wenn die Tage k?rzer und die N?chte k?lter werden, wenn die frische Luft nach Mandarinen, N?ssen und feinem Geb?ck zu duften beginnt, dann ist es bald wieder soweit, der St. Nikolaus kommt nach Schaan und Planken.Die PfadfinderInnen w?rden sich freuen, auch dieses Jahr wieder am 4.,5. und 6. Dezember in Schaan oder in Planken als St. Nikolaus bei Ihnen in die gute Stube einkehren zu k?nnen.Auf Ihre...

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Triesenberg customs....

by budapest8

CbThe following account is by an American woman who spent some time travelling around the area.One evening we noticed candles and flowers and pictures of saints appearing on doors and window sills of Triesenberg's houses. Throughout the village, outdoor altars were set up and large banners were hung.The next day - June 10 - turned out to be Corpus Christi Day, a major religious feast day in this predominantly Roman Catholic country. It also was a national public holiday and most businesses were closed.Our hotel proprietress encouraged us to participate in the day's events, which began with a Mass in the parish church. Folk groups arrived in costume, and children who recently had celebrated their first communion came specially dressed.Following the Mass, a long procession of communicants wound through the village, with four members of the parish carrying a canopy under which priests...

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Triesenberg

by budapest8

At 2,600 feet and nestled on a west-facing plateau, Triesenberg was settled in the 13th century by emigrants known as Walsers from what is now the Swiss canton of Valais. The local German dialect reflects this history, as do particular village customs.Triesenberg is justly proud of its local museum that displays, among other items, artifacts of Walser farming history. The museum offers an impressive 20-minute sound/slide show in a choice of languages, including English.Although we had not known about the village's Walser history, we were especially interested because of having spent time in the small Swiss Walser village of Riederalp (ITN, "Day-hiking from Three Swiss Villages," Jan. |93, pg. 5). Similarities between the two villages were immediately obvious.

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by cynthi

We decided to skip the Art Museum, since I had just been to the Kunsthaus in Zurich, and instead took the 30 minute bus ride to Malbun, which is the end of the road... fun to say that you've been to the end of the road. Malbun is a ski area with options for snowboarding, ice skating outside (but there were kids playing hockey), and all sorts of other winter stuff that I don't know about because I am from Louisiana. The bus ride was amazing. I also learned why ski pants are important winter wear.

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Visiting Wine Yards

by Pakistaniguy

Vaduz is famous for its wine yards as well. If youa re driving on the main road from Austria to Liechtenstein then the wine yards would come on the left hand side. Its somehting really beautiful as well and something must see ;-)

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Wine in Lichtenstein?

by LeatherBikerGene

a visit to the royal vinyard

I had to take this picture. It...

by phildeni

I had to take this picture. It is too funny. The fence, around a very expensive home above the town, had about ten little statues like the one shown, and they each had a different hat on them. Great!

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Q:  hello Everybody, i um just planning for my trip in the Christmas , so i wanna go from vaduz to Airport of Friedrichshafen , what... 

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A: Ive usually done it by car which is easy and quick with good roads and freeways around that way - the bit into Germany around Lindau can be a little slow - but if you are... 

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