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There’s also lots of forest around Bad Zell. Bad Zell Forest
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The hills weren’t alive with the sound of music so much as with elderly people on healthful walks, armed with…
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Recently I dug out an old pocket camera from about 15 years ago and got a new battery for it.…
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Bad Zell is a spa town in the Mühlviertel, whose claim to fame is that the water is full of…
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Forget Hallstatt, I think Gmunden is the best lake town in Austria. It’s also a real place where people live…
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St Georgen am Walde (St George in the Woods) is an extremely obscure village of 500 people in the Mühlviertel…
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Wels is famous in Austria for being boring. It’s much more attractive than nearby Traun, with a pretty riverside and…
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I’ve made clear how much I loathe Hallstatt in my other post. It starts at the ferry. To access the…
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You may be surprised to find out that Hallstatt is one of my most hated places in Austria. This probably…
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Linz itself is not a particularly touristy place. I often call it the Brum of Austria. Aside from the small…
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Here is the less glamourous side of working in Austria. Not everywhere is picturesque. Traun on the outskirts of Linz…
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All the books I read in 2024
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A pretty market town on the Czech border.
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See the other thrills available in Reichenthal.
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In which I venture through the infernal woods, protected by a tiny horse shoe.
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A Baroque monastery in Upper Austria.
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High up in the Kalkalpen National Park.
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In search of Heidi.
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An idyllic time in the Austrian Alps.


















