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Kammerhof Museum
Kammerhof Museum, housed in a beautiful 17th-century building, covers local history and salt production. It also has some portraits of Anna Plöchl, the local postmaster’s daughter who scandalously married a Habsburg prince. All explanations are in German but there’s an English shee
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Starkenberger Biermythos
Housed in a medieval castle, this 200-year-old brewery sits 3km north of Imst in Tarrenz. A visit dashes through the brewing process and includes a beer tasting. If you can’t get enough of the stuff, you can even bathe in it by calling ahead – it does wonders for the complexion, ap
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Stadtpfarrkirche St Matthäus
Situated just below the castle, this restored church has Gothic and baroque elements that work surprisingly well together, especially in the combination of the Gothic crucifixion group (1500) and the baroque high altar (1655). The beautiful frescoes date from the 14th to the 16th c
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Schloss Eggenberg Parkland
Lending Graz Schloss Eggenberg broad splashes of green, these palace gardens are a relaxing place for whiling away the time amid squawking peacocks and deer that roam among Roman stone reliefs. The Planetengarten is based on the same Renaissance theme of planets you find inside the
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Goldeck
In summertime, this peak (2142m) can be reached by cable car, or by the Goldeckstrasse toll road (free with the Kärnten Card). The road stops 260m short of the summit. In winter, Goldeck is popular for skiing. The cable car doesn’t operate from mid-April to mid-June or from mid-Sep
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Wagenburg
The Wagenburg displays carriages ranging from tiny children’s wagons up to sumptuous vehicles of state, but nothing can compete with Emperor Franz I Stephen’s (1708–65) coronation carriage. Weighing in at 4000kg and dripping in ornate gold plating, it has Venetian glass panes and p
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Stadtpfarrkirche St Jakob
The Stadtpfarrkirche St Jakob dominates the old town and has frescoes, a stuccoed ceiling and a vast rococo altar in gold leaf, arrayed with fresh flowers. The walls are studded with the ornate memorial plaques of the region’s noble families. Each summer a pair of falcons nests in
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Burg Museum
museum split into four parts: ancient history, the Celts, historical weapons and antique jewellery. The extensive collection, whose highlights include a delicate gold necklace from the 5th century BC, takes about 1½ hours to see. As with any good castle, there’s a torture chamber i
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Zahnmuseum
If youre terrified of the whine of the dentists drill, this is one museum guaranteed to set your teeth on edge. On display are items spanning 300 years of dentistry, from rudimentary 18th-century appliances and chairs through to cavity preparations (gripping stuff) and X-ray device
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Donauturm
At 252m the Danube Tower in Donaupark is Vienna’s tallest structure. Its revolving restaurant at 170m allows fantastic panoramic views of the city and beyond – the food tends to be tried and trusted Viennese favourites. The adventurous can bungee jump off the side of the tower; see
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Globenmuseum
Part of the Nationalbibliothek collection of museums, this small museum situated inside a former palace (Palais Mollard) is dedicated to cartography. Among the collection of 19th-century globes and maps are some gems dating from the 16th century. Look for the globe made for Emperor
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Weltkulturerbe Museum
This multimedia museum covers the region’s history of Iron Age/Celtic occupation and salt mining. All explanations are in German and English. Celtic and Roman excavations can be seen downstairs in Dachsteinsport Janu , a shop opposite the tourist office, or near the Salzbergwerk, w
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Schloss Bruck
Lienz famous medieval fortress has a museum chronicling the regions history, as well as Roman artefacts, Gothic winged altars and local costumes. The castle tower is used for changing exhibitions; a highlight for art enthusiasts is the Egger-Lienz-Galerie devoted to the emotive wor
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Pharmacy Museum
Housed in a 19th-century pharmacy in a Gothic building just off the main square and under renovation at the time of writing, this collection of curios comprises an assortment of ancient pharmaceutical tools, cures and books. Look for oddities such as the amulet to ward off the evil
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Grassmayr Glockenmuseum
En route to Bergisel, consider stopping at the Grassmayr Glockenmuseum to discover the Grassmayr family’s 400 years of bell-making tradition. Besides exhibits including some formidable Romanesque and Gothic bells, you can watch the casting process and have a go at ringing the bells
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Minimundus
Down near the Wörthersee, Minimundus has around 140 replicas of some of the world’s architectural icons, downsized to a scale of 1:25. By lying on the ground with a camera, you can later impress your friends at parties with great snaps of the Taj Mahal, Eiffel Tower or Arc de Triom
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Wiener Kriminalmuseum
The Vienna Crime Museum is another gruesome chapter in the Viennese obsession with death. It takes a tabloid-style look at crimes and criminals in Austria and dwells on murders in the last 100 years or so with particularly grisly relish; there are skulls of earlier criminals, and e
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Römer Museum
This small expanse of Roman ruins dating from the 1st to the 5th century is thought to be part of the officers’ quarters of the Roman legion camp at Vindobona. You can see crumbled walls, tiled floors and a small exhibition of artefacts here. The ruins are part of the ‘Wien Museum’
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Römerhofgasse
A classic saunter leads along gingerbready Römerhofgasse, a reconstructed medieval lane that looks fresh-minted for a Disney film set with its overhanging arches, lanterns and frescoed facades. Even the crowds and souvenir kitsch – marmot ointment, Dirndls , strapping Lederhosen ,
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Nikolauskirche
The late-Gothic Nikolauskirche is a little gem of a church, tiled with wood shingles and built around a central pillar. Its interior is simple yet beautiful with an uneven flagstone floor, baroque altar and rudimentary frescoes that are fading with age. Look out for the statue of t
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