World Heritage Sites in Austria

Site nameEntered
Historic Centre of the City of Salzburg1996
Palace and Gardens of Schönbrunn1996
Hallstatt-Dachstein Salzkammergut Cultural Landscape1997
Semmering Railway1998
City of Graz - Historic Centre and Schloss Eggenberg1999
Wachau Cultural Landscape2000
Fertö/Neusiedlersee Cultural Landscape2001
Historic Centre of Vienna2001
Prehistoric Pile Dwellings around the Alps2011

Tentative list of Austria
Abbey of Kremsmünster
Bregenzerwald (Bregenz Forest)
Cathedral of Gurk
Cultural Landscape of Innsbruck-Nordkette/Karwendel
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - The Danube Limes in Austria
Hall in Tyrol – The Mint
Heiligenkreuz Abbey
Hochosterwitz Castle
Iron Trail with Erzberg and the old town of Steyr
National Park "Hohe Tauern"

Sites that have been nominated in the past
Old part of Hall in Tirol

Austria at the end of the year (December 2012)

The days between Christmas and New Year's Day I spent in Austria this year. I had hoped for snow, but especially the large cities Graz and Salzburg were totally without it. The best part of the trip was the visit to Halstatt - as touristy as it gets in Austria, but charming nevertheless.

. Salzburg
. Semmering Railway
. Hallstatt-Dachstein
. Graz


Vienna in the snow (February 2004)

There is no bad time to visit a big city. This proved to be true again when my mother and I went to Vienna, at the end of February. The thin layer of snow added even some extra romantic atmosphere to the Austrian capital.
Maybe we didn't see Schönbrunns gardens in full colour, but we had a fine cool walk there ending with a hot coffee. And there is always an escape possible to one of the many fine museums. We did so on the grey Sunday morning: the Natural History museum merits a visit, even if there weren't any exhibitions inside.

. Schönbrunn
. Vienna