The luxury hotel Sendlhof in Gastein, Austria, will host a week of ski orientated gourmet and spa indulgence in March. From 17 to 24 March guests will be able to enjoy an array of après ski culinary events including tastings, presentations and of course a series regional menus. For seven days the hotel will open […]
The annual “Swatch Snow Mobile” skidoo race has once again been saved by a snow depot in Saalbach-Hinterglemm, Austria. The mountain which is built of 15,000 cubic metres of tightly packed snow and currently sits in a car park in Hinterglemm, was revealed yesterday (Mon) in anticipation of the race which begins on 8 December. […]
A paraglider sustained fractures and internal injuries when he fell out of a tree. The Czech tourist pulled the emergency chute after experiencing difficulties with the regular glide shortly after taking off at an altitude of 2,100 metres on the Krippenstein Mountain in Upper Austria’s Gmunden district yesterday (Weds). He landed safely in the treetops […]
A demolition worker is fighting for his life after plunging 10 metres to the ground yesterday morning (Weds), it was reported today. The 56-year-old man was part of a group of workers assigned to tear down a building in Vienna’s Simmering district. He was airlifted to a clinic. Officials gave no information considering his state […]
Police have started investigating the death of an experienced climber.The 32-year-old man guided a four-member group in an Alpine adventure park in the Styrian district of Liezen when he plunged 100 metres to the ground yesterday (Tues). He most likely died on the spot, according to officials who are now trying to find out whether […]
A 37-year-old man was hospitalised with undisclosed injuries after falling into a silo in Pöttelsdorf, Burgenland.The worker was ordered to close a ventilation shaft on the silos roof on Monday. He slipped and fell around 10 metres after refusing to follow company rules and use a safety belt. His landing was softened by a few […]
A Tyrolean worker was buried under several cubic metres of rubble after a chimney collapsed.The man was engaged in demolition work at a derelict building in Kufstein, Tyrol, yesterday (Tues). He reportedly failed to bring the brick chimney down using a digger. It collapsed when he tried to break up its foundation with a pickaxe.The […]
A Hungarian was dragged along for more than 100 metres by a car during a robbery at the weekend.The businessman was loading the trunk of his Mazda in Vienna-Donaustadt when a masked criminal approached him from behind on Saturday morning. The attacker got behind the wheel after the Hungarian ignored his appeals to hand over […]
An aerial bomb weighing around 250 kilograms was defused and removed in less than 30 minutes in a town in Upper Austria yesterday (Tues).Explosives experts decided to evacuate the surrounding area within 400 metres after the World War Two (WWII) era bomb was discovered in the Enns River in Steyr.A road and a railway line […]
A teenager who suffered serious head injuries trying to balance on an escalator handrail is no longer in danger of his life, it has emerged.Rafael F. was rushed to the Wilhelminen Clinic after falling from eight metres to the ground in a stunt at Viennas Spittelau underground train station on Saturday night.He is recovering after […]