The unique region of ​​Zell am See - Kaprun in the Austrian state of Salzburg is a combination of three fascinating natural attractions - mountains, lakes and glaciers. A massive glacier covered the Kaprun Valley 14,000 years ago. It was slowly moving down into the...

Zell am See - one of the most beautiful corners of Austria. A small town on the shores of a lake surrounded by majestic mountains. One of them is Schmittenhöhe with a height of 1,965 m above sea level, the locals consider it their home...

When you visit Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna, you will notice a ceiling fresco by the Italian painter Gregorio Guglielmi in the Great Gallery, entitled The Welfare of the Monarchy. In its center, there is the imperial couple - Maria Theresa and Francis I - and...

The Zell am See-Kaprun region is visited mainly for skiing in winter and for hiking in summer. However, there are also other activities on offer to diversify your stay in this beautiful corner of Austria. One of them is a bread baking workshop. It is...

Kitzsteinhorn, an alpine mountain in the Hohe Tauern (state of Salzburg), is known mainly to skiers. Its characteristic silhouette has also become part of the logo of this region. However, it is not only skiers who visit the area. Now, during summer, tourists come here...

Bad Mühllacken is located near Feldkirchen an der Donau in Upper Austria (only 21 km from Linz). I came here between two waves of the pandemic. Due to anti-pandemic measures, we did not have the opportunity to move for a long time, we sat more...

His name is Rathausmann - City Hall Man. Well, how else should he be called standing on the tallest tower of Vienna City Hall? He looks small from the ground, but Viennese sometimes let foreign tourists guess what size its pointed shoes are? Try to...

I have been tempted to taste some nettle dish for a long time. Perhaps that is why I was very interested in this recipe in the book Cooking through the Power of Nature by Christine Saahs, which I have already mentioned in the article with...

Nikolaihof is located near the historic town of Mautern in Lower Austria. I must admit that the reason for my visit to this family winery was not wine, but a cookbook. Though not any book! Did you know that cookbooks also receive the "Oscars"? The...

People go to Kyrgyzstan mainly because of the amazing nature. We had been on the road for a few days now, but apart from the capital Bishkek, we had not been to any other major city. Our journey continued along Lake Issyk-Kul. Karakol is located...

Anyone who visits Kyrgyzstan should definitely try a horseback riding trip. After all, the horse - "at" in Kyrgyz - is a part of the family for the locals. The little boys control the reins even before they learn to read and write, most of...

Looking at the title image, some of you may have thought that I may have made a mistake and used a photo from Iran or Uzbekistan. But it is not so. The photo truly comes from Vienna and shows an old historic factory. And now...