How An Austrian Park Every Year Becomes A Lake

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Spectacular images that show how a park becomes a lake each spring complete with underwater trees have been captured by two divers. The snaps were taken at the Gruener See, or Green Lake as it is called in English, located in the southern Austrian province of Styria. During the winter months the lake, located near […]

Austrian Designers to watch for Spring/Summer 2014

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Lifestyle

Austrians designers have been flourishing within the last couple of years. Some of the young and aspiring designers who are still up and coming have released their Spring/Summer collections for 2014 and they shouldn’t be missed. Young duo Mark and Julia are two very creative designers from upper Austria who teamed up together while attending […]

Gourmet ski week at Sendlhof

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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 […]

Record pollen summer may lie ahead

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Doctors have warned of a year with a strong pollen pollution.Experts said at a conference in Vienna yesterday (Thurs) that the amount of pollen in the air could be twice as high in some areas in Austria this spring and summer than in 2009.The panel of doctors warned many people would underestimate allergies. They explained […]

New housing complex lacks access road

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Incompetent real estate planners are in trouble after having built a new housing estate without a decent access road.The only street leading to the new 50-flat complex in Ebreichsdorf, Lower Austria, is a bumpy rural road, according to infuriated future tenants.Shocked tenants discovered that the planning company had failed to get permission to build a […]

More Austrian Airlines flights – starting in winter

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Austrian Airlines will add 300 flights per week from Vienna to their schedule starting in November.Austrian Airlines said on Monday that the number of connecting flights would increase which would especially facilitate travelling from Western to Eastern Europe.The number of flights will increase from 20,000 to 20,300 per week and connecting flights will be coordinated.The […]