Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2010
This was the question on my mind on Friday morning when I woke up to discover that this was the day of my first touring ski race (Aufi Owi).
Less than three weeks ago, I was fooling around with my colleagues and faster than we could say Jack Robinson our names showed up on the starters’ [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 4th, 2010
Visitors of Zell am See are rather bewildered when they take a stroll through the pedestrian precinct and see that huge amounts of snow are unloaded here. Elsewhere, municipalities are desperately struggling to get the current snow chaos under control and we flood our pedestrian precinct in snow?
But wait, here comes the answer: tonight the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 27th, 2010
On 23rd January 2010 the 9th Winter Triathlon took place in Zell am See-Kaprun. For the first time the triathlon was a World Cup competition in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) as well as the Austrian country championship and the regional championship of the province of Salzburg.
In radiant sunshine about 100 participants competed against each [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 22nd, 2010
Inga and Ben from Hamburg, the winners of our blogger campaign ‘Train vs. Plane’, have arrived in Pinzgau! On 17th January the two passionate bloggers and some friends of theirs boarded the fully occupied plane heading for Salzburg airport. Upon their arrival they were awaited by Attila from the bus company Vorderegger, a Hungarian ‘who [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 21st, 2010
On 23rd January 2010 Zell am See-Kaprun is hosting the 9th Winter Triathlon. This year as many as three titles will be awarded since the triathlon is a World Cup competition in the International Triathlon Union (ITU) for the first time ever and at the same time the Austrian country championship and the regional championship [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Nov 13th, 2009
The winners of the ‘Train vs. Plane’ prize game have been chosen. With this campaign the region is sending two bloggers on a journey to find out which is the quicker, easier, and more comfortable way to Pinzgau and is asking them to write about their experiences in their blog. In return they get a [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 3rd, 2009
Have you ever heard about a phenomenon called the ‘Gössl Dirndl Flying Day’?
This ’sport’ is becoming more and more popular lately and ambitious athletes are now meeting in Zell am See to compete against each other for the second time. But what makes people want to jump into the water clad in a Dirndl dress? [...]
