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Domkirche St Nikolaus
Identified by a slender spire, Feldkirch’s cathedral has a large, forbidding interior complemented by late-Gothic features and dazzling stained glass. The painting on the side altar is by local lad Wolf Huber (1480–1539), a leading member of the Danube school.
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Museum Kitzbühel
This museum traces Kitzbühel’s heritage from its Bronze Age mining beginnings to the present day. The big emphasis is on winter sports, and the permanent collection pays tribute to homegrown legends like ski racing champ Toni Sailer and winter landscape painter Alfons Walde.
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Silberbergwerk Schwaz
You almost feel like breaking out into a rendition of ‘Heigh-Ho’ at Silberbergwerk Schwaz, as you board a mini train and venture deep into the bowels of the silver mine for a 90-minute trundle through Schwaz’ illustrious past. The mine is about 1.5km east of the centre.
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Inatura
Dornbirn’s biggest draw is this hands-on museum. It’s a wonderland for kids who can pet (stuffed) foxes and handle (real) spiders, whip up tornadoes, conduct light experiments and generally interact with science, nature and technology. There’s also a climbing wall and 3D cinema.
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Alpine Flower Garden
Arnica, edelweiss and purple bellflowers are among the 400 alpine blooms flourishing at this quiet garden atop Kitzbüheler Horn. It’s a four-hour (14km) hike one way, or a speedy cable-car ride. A road also twists up to the mountain (toll per car/motorcycle €6/3, plus €3 per person
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Goldenes Dachl & Museum
Innsbrucks golden wonder is this Gothic oriel, built for Emperor Maximilian I and glittering with 2657 fire-gilt copper tiles. An audioguide whizzes you through the history in the museum; look for the grotesque tournament helmets designed to resemble the Turks of the rival Ottoman
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Schloss Schattenburg
This 13th-century hilltop castle is storybook stuff with its red turrets and creeping vines. It’s a steep climb up to the ramparts, which command far-reaching views over Feldkirch’s rooftops. Once the seat of the counts of Montfort, the castle now houses a small museum displaying r
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Volkskunst Museum
Next door to the Hofkirche, Volkskunst Museum presents a fascinating romp through Tyrolean folk art from hand-carved sleighs and Christmas cribs to carnival masks and cow bells. On the 1st floor is a beautifully restored Gothic Stube (parlour) complete with low-ceiling, wood panell
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Schlossberg
Rising to 473m, Schlossberg is the site of the original fortress where Graz was founded and is topped by the citys most visible icon – the Uhrturm. Its wooded slopes can be reached by a number of bucolic and strenuous paths, but also by lift or Schlossbergbahn funicular. Take tram
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Eboard Museum
With the largest collection of keyboard instruments in Europe (more than 1300), this quirky museum is literally a ‘fingers-on’ museum: you are able play most of the organs, including rare items such as a Model A Hammond from 1934 and many more. Live bands perform on Friday (except
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Seeschloss Ort
Flanking the lake on the eastern side, a pretty nature reserve known as Toscana Park forms a backdrop to Seeschloss Ort. This lakeside castle is believed to have been built on the ruins of a Roman fortress. It dates from 909 or earlier (rebuilt in the 17th century after a fire) and
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Kunsthaus Graz
Designed by British architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier, this world-class contemporary-art space is a bold creation that looks something like a space-age sea slug. Exhibitions change every three to four months. Tours (in English 2pm Sunday, and in German 3.30pm weekends) cover
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Hauptplatz
Dating from the 13th century, this long, rectangular square has an attractive Pestsäule (Plague Column; 1717). Many of the elegant facades lining the square were created in the 17th century, including the baroque Hacklhaus from 1660. Leoben’s connection with the iron industry is se
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Pfänder Cable Car
A cable car whizzes to the 1064m peak of the Pfänder, a wooded mountain rearing above Bregenz and affording a breathtaking panorama of the Bodensee and the snowcapped summits of the not-so-distant Alps. At the top, a 30-minute circular trail brings you close to deer, wild boar, ibe
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Ars Electronica Center
The technology, science and digital media of the future are in the spotlight at Linz biggest crowd-puller, the Ars Electronica Center. In the labs you can interact with robots, animate digital objects, convert your name to DNA and (virtually) travel to outer space. Opened in 2009,
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Kunsthaus
Designed by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, this giant glass and steel cube is said to resemble a lamp, reflecting the changing light of the sky and lake. The stark, open-plan interior is perfect for rotating exhibitions of contemporary art – the work of New York graffitti artist Ke
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Lentos
Overlooking the Danube, the rectangular glass-and-steel Lentos is strikingly illuminated by night. The gallery guards one of Austrias finest modern-art collections, including works by Warhol, Schiele, Klimt, Kokoschka and Lovis Corinth, which sometimes feature in the large-scale ex
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Mozarts Geburtshaus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Salzburg’s most famous son, was born in this bright yellow townhouse in 1756 and spent the first 17 years of his life here. Today’s museum harbours a collection of instruments, documents and portraits. Highlights include the mini-violin he played as a toddl
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Gasteiner Wasserfall
Bad Gastein’s star attraction is this 341m waterfall, which rages over rugged cliff faces and through thick forest to tumble into three turquoise pools. The waterfall’s wispy, ethereal beauty captured the imagination of Klimt, Max Liebermann, Schubert and Empress Elisabeth. The sto
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Mariendom
Also known as the Neuer Dom, this neo-Gothic giant of a cathedral lifts your gaze to its riot of pinnacles, flying buttresses and filigree traceried windows. Designed in the mid-19th century by Vinzenz Statz of Cologne Dom fame, the cathedral sports a tower whose height was restric
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