Innsbruck Journals

Innsbruck - A Provincial Town with Heart

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A May 2005 trip to Innsbruck by becks

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Quote: Nestled in the Alps, Innsbruck has a dramatic natural setting backed up by an interesting old town and excellent winter sport facilities.

Innsbruck - A Provincial Town with Heart

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Overview

Goldenes Dachl Photo - Innsbruck, Austria
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Innsbruck has a lovely location surrounded by the Alps in the Inn Valley at the crossing of some of the historically most important trade routes in Europe. It is at the northern end of the Brenner Pass, which presently allows Innsbruckers to zip to Italy in around half an hour if traffic allows but for centuries was a challenging but possible route through the mighty Alps. Trade made Innsbruck rich and the town still oozes prosperity.Innsbruck has a small but interesting old town. From its main drag – Maria-Theresien-Straße – the Alps provide a constant backdrop and I was wondering if the locals ever tire of looking up at the mountains. The buildings in the old town are interesting too with fa...Read More

Cafe Sacher

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Café Sacher Photo - Cafe Sacher, Innsbruck, Austria
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Once I’ve spotted the Innsbruck branch of the famous Viennese coffee shop Café Sacher, there were no doubts or debate on where we were going to have our mid-afternoon caffeine fix never mind that we have spent the previous week in Vienna itself. Located inside the Hofburg (Imperial Palace), Café Sacher has a superb location in the old town with easy access from all the sights in the former imperial district. We were fortunate to claim the last table up a flight of stairs in a back room deep inside the café. Some sections here were already closed for a private reception and I could put the server’s mind to rest that we too would be out of there within less than an hour and way before they reall...Read More

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Cafe Sacher
Rennweg 1
Innsbruck, Austria
+43-0512-565626

Goldener Adler

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Restaurant

Wiener Schnitzel Photo - Goldener Adler, Innsbruck, Austria
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A stroll through the old town revealed much of the beauty of Innsbruck as well as no lack of eateries. The sun was shining but rain was threatening so we wanted somewhere out doors but with suitably sturdy umbrellas. Our guidebook recommended two places close to each other at the end of the pedestrian zone. As both had similar chairs and umbrellas – if differently colored table cloths – we decided to give our custom to Goldener Adler purely based on it superior offerings on the Tagesmenu – the daily recommended items listed on the black boards facing the street.We found a pleasant table in the thick of things from where we could evaluate the presentation of several dished even before Frau Prad...Read More

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Goldener Adler
Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse 6
Innsbruck, Austria
0512-571-111

Goldenes Dachl

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Attraction

Goldenes Dachl Photo - Goldenes Dachl, Innsbruck, Austria
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"Bella gerant alii, tu, felix Austria nubeNam quae Mars aliis, dat tibi regna Venus""Let others war, thou, happy Austria, wed; What some owe Mars, from Venus take instead."One of the best-known sights in Innsbruck is the Goldenes Dachl (Little Golden Roof) at the t-junction of Maria-Theresien-Straße and Herzog-Friedrich-Straße in the heart of the old town. It is, as the name clearly hints, a small golden roof on top of a spectator’s gallery.According to legend, Tyrolean Duke Friedrich the Penniless had this roof covered with golden coins to put paid to rumors that he was bankrupt. Friedrich was indeed poor but the golden roof was only erected six ...Read More

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Goldenes Dachl
Herzog-Friedrich-Straße 15
Innsbruck, Austria 6020

Grabmal Kaiser Maximilians I (Mausoleum)

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Maximilian's Mausoleum Photo - Grabmal Kaiser Maximilians I (Mausoleum), Innsbruck, Austria
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Kaiser Maximilian I loved Innsbruck and selected it for his mausoleum. However, Innsbruck fell out of love with him – as he and especially his entourage left huge, unpaid debts – and when the time came, the town bluntly refused him entry. He thus died in Wels and his earthly remains were buried in Wiener Neustadt near Vienna. His grandiose mausoleum in the Hofkirche remains empty.The original plans called for 40 larger than life statues, 100 smaller ones of saints, and 34 busts of Roman emperors. By the late 16th century, when work was finally halted, only a fraction of these were completed but impressive enough to be considered one of the most important Renaissance artworks in the German-spea...Read More

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Grabmal Kaiser Maximilians I (Mausoleum)
Hofkirche
Innsbruck, Austria

Grassmayr Bell Museum and Foundry

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Attraction | "Glockengießerei Grassmayr"

Bell Museum Photo - Grassmayr Bell Museum and Foundry, Innsbruck, Austria
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"Wer mich berührt, den Krieg verliert, zweimal schon ausprobiert!" (Inscription on a post-World War II bell – "Who touches me loses the war; it has already been tried twice!)I simply love church bells. I have fond memories of hearing bells in numerous cities and, in contrast to many people, have never found them a nuisance even late at night or early in the morning. Church bells have never woken me up but I fondly recall hearing early morning the delightful chime of the bells of I assumed the Westerkerk while staying in Amsterdam as well as late at night those of St Michel in Hamburg. Visiting the Glocken Museum (Bells Museum) was therefore a priority while in Innsbruck....Read More

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Grassmayr Bell Museum and Foundry
Leopoldstrasse 53
Innsbruck, Austria 6020
+43 (512) 59416 37