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Innsbruck





Austria facts and history in brief



Innsbruck is the capital of the Austrian province of Tyrol in the Inn Valley, between the northern Alps and the Tuxer mountains at 605 metres above sea level.

A summer and winter resort and industrial city, on the historic route between Germany and Italy and between Vienna and Switzerland.

It was founded in 1180 as a market town and was the home of many Habsburg Tyrolese rulers from the 1300's to the late 1600's.

Innsbruck hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympic games.

Innsbruck has a magnificent 15th C. castle and several ancient churches. Emperor Maximillian has erected a golden roof in the Old City.

Today's Innsbruck is a busy rail and marketing centre.

Innsbruck has many attractions, a university, technical schools, several museums and a botanical garden specialising in Alpine plants.

Innsbruck's industries include metal products, leather, stained glass, textiles, and processed food and printing.

Population of about 120,000.


Hui Chin and I enjoyed our stay in Innsbruck.
Spent some time sightseeing the city by conducted buses.
We've visited the famous Golden Roof, the City Tower in the Old City centre and the Triumphal Arch nearby.

The Imperial Palace dating from 1397 with its Giants' Hall and the Imperial Church nearby with its Habsburg sarcophagus and statues were other interesting sights.

The Schloss Ambras on one of the nearby hills was also interesting, so were the Swarovsky Kritallwelten (A series of caverns holding the famous Swarovsky crystals.

After exploring the the city and its surroundings, we went to see and snowboard at the fabulous Stubal Glacier (Open all year around), by the white Stubaltalbahn bus.
The giant Olympic ski-jump is another beautiful sight.

Hui Chin and I were very impressed with the magnificent mountains closely surrounding the town. Corker.

After exploring Innsbruck we returned for a few days to Vienna before we took another Intercity train to Bratislava, the Capital of Slovakia.


During our trip in 2005, we returned to Innsbruck again for short while, still a very nice and pleasant place.




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of the Churches
Innsbruck scene



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Innsbruck trains

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