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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These articles take a monthly look at things to do in Austria’s cities and regions.
Austria’s National Day
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 …
Continue readingInnsbruck’s Christmas Markets
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 …
Continue readingAn Advent Like It Used To Be
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 …
Continue readingWinter Walking Nights in the Stubai Valley
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 …
Continue readingExperience the Stillness of a Monastery
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 …
Continue readingVisit Gmünd in Carinthia
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 …
Continue readingAutumn Markets in the Tiroler Oberland
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 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 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 …
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