Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 27th, 2009
‘Mountain Festival’ on Schmittenhöhe on 6th September 2009
On Sunday, 6th September, Schmittenhöhe is inviting its guests to enjoy the traditional ‘Mountain Festival’ and the ‘Ranggler Alpencup’ wrestling tournament with high-class participants. The ‘Mountain Festival’ is kicking off with a mountain mass at Elisabeth Chapel at 10 am.
The following morning get-together includes a presentation of the [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
Colourful city cruisers, a great atmosphere, and delicious food at the opening event of the smart times 2009 – and two girls from the tourist information, Andrea and Steffi, were right there at the heart of action!
In general, we are no dyed-in-the-wool automobile fans but at this spectacular event, we were absolutely smitten with amazement…
This [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 26th, 2009
Early on Sunday morning, at 8:15 am to be precise, we packed our rucksacks, laced up our walking boots and took one of the very first gondolas of the ‘Gletscherbahn Kaprun’ cable-car facilities to an altitude of 3,029 metres. From there, we set out to conquer the last 200 metres of altitude to the cross [...]
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Posted in A hot tip on Aug 25th, 2009
It is an open secret that Lake Zell is one of the region’s most beautiful places in the summer months. My colleagues have already raved about the lake in this blog and actually I cannot help but agree: Lake Zell with its cool water and lapping waves is my most favourite spot in summery Zell [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 18th, 2009
‘Trapped at the Chair Lift’ was the title of the play performed by the ‘Theatre without a Stage’ on Schmittenhöhe last Saturday: a ‘tragic’ comedy which did not fail to stimulate the risible muscles of 150 enthusiastic guests.
The gorgeous weather contributed its share and allowed for the last two Hochkultur events to take place as [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 15th, 2009
The weather forecast has announced fog and clouds and in the afternoon we are even supposed to see some rain. However, for us these are perfect conditions to make an excursion into another world. When we set out from Mitternberghof inn, the sky is covered in clouds. Following trail no. 82/83 we reach a crossroad [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 13th, 2009
Dr. Eduard Strauss graced Zell am See with his presence last weekend and offered the visitors of the kick-off event of Hochkultur an insight into 150 years of musical family history. He enthralled his audience with his lively story-telling which was complemented by many audio samples and pictures.
Subsequently, the quartet Neue Wiener Concert Schrammeln displayed [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 10th, 2009
You would like to go for a walk and have three to four hours at your free disposal? Then lace up your walking shoes like we did and set out for Schützingalm which is one of the nominees for the summer Alpine hut of 2009. This morning the weather was absolutely perfect and in addition [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized on Aug 6th, 2009
Two weeks of fine arts on Schmittenhöhe: for the team behind the curtains this involves a lot of hard work until Dr. Eduard Strauss and the quartet Neue Wiener Concert Schrammeln will ceremoniously open this year’s Hochkultur.
The stage setup on Schmittenhöhe turned out to be a true challenge but the men of the builder’s yard [...]
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