West Austria and the Tyrol Culture and Sights

A dramatic ski-jumping facility offering a dizzying view. At the site where in 1927 the world's first ski jump took place on the natural slope, you will today find the jump facility built by Zaha Hadid...

Around 2,000 animals from approx. 150 species live in the highest zoo in Europe in the Tyrolean mountains. There are a lot of Alpine natives living here. The zoo also has an aquarium.

Almost as good as Schönbrunn as a place for the Empress Maria to stay. Built, starting in 1453, by Arch-Duke Sigmund and Maximilian I. Dürer immortalized the original construction with two aquarelles (...

A Renaissance castle with magical art chambers. The interior of this Medieval castle is very varied. The Spanish Hall (1570-72) is worth a visit, as are the armory and the Habsburgs' portrait gallery.

address:Herzog-Friedrich-Straße, Innsbruck 6020

One of the most delightful portrait galleries in Austria. After the Joanneum in Graz, this is the oldest Provincial Museum in Austria. Founded in 1823, it houses many collections from earliest history ...

opening hours:Daily from 9:00 am to 6:30 pm; 24.12. until 2:00 pm, 31.12. until 4:00 pm Closed on 9. to 20.11.2009 and from 8. to 16. November 2010!, address:Kristallwelt 1, Wattens 6112

"Bruck Castle was built in the 13th century with a mighty donjon was built in the 16th century and expanded. Today is the home Osttiroler Museum, which displays works by local artists as well as ethno...

A grandiose but empty monument to Emperor Maximilian I. Burial place of Maximilian I., built 1553-63 by Ferdinand I. Traditional Tyrolean architecture, the interior was changed to Baroque in 1700. Furt...