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Offbeat places in Vienna?

Apart from sightseeing the usual palaces and historic building - are there any offbeat places to see or things to do here?

Vienna, Austria, 29 days ago by Ian C
- Ovidiu Ursachi: Define offbeat for your case.
  29 days ago
- Ian C: Hey Ovidiu - by 'offbeat' I mean something not not on the well worn tourist trail. Something unique, not mentioned by the guide books, and something that would make my visit different to others...
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Beginner skier and medium snowboarder - where is a fun, comfy, reasonably (for snow) chalet or hotel?

My wife and I have 3 nights in Austria to go skiing. She's a first timer and I've been snowboarding for years. Any suggestions?

Innsbruck, Austria, 4 months ago by Mick Liubinskas
- Justin S: Most places in the Tirol region are best for the both Beginners and Intermediates, there are a lot of places to stay, St Anton is great, but for beginners not so great. I think Kitzbhuel would be a better mountain to start on. Does that help?
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- Nicholas Roberts: If you head south into South Tyrol/SÃ¼dtirol (Italy) you can find cheaper accomodation and still close to big ski fields.
  
  You can find places near Bressanone/Brixen and Brunico for good prices.
  
  I know http://www.hotelgisser.it/ - it is very nice
  4 months ago - 1 person liked this answer
- Mick Liubinskas: Thank you - very useful!
  4 months ago
- Reinhard Lanner: try this: www.dachstein.at
  Kind regards Reinhard
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What can you tell me about skiing in Austria? Thank you.

Austria, 8 months ago by radu i.
- Nicholas Roberts: What do you want to know about it?
  
  There are mountains and snow...
  The views are absolutely spectacular.
  Best months to go are Dec, Jan and Feb.
  Innsbruck is a popular centre to base yourself in.
  There are plenty of hotels in the mountains that might be better if you rent a car.
  8 months ago
- Catharina Stam: I found the Zillertal region was fabulous. You could buy one lift ticket & virtually ski a different mountain every day. Each mountain has several hundred kilometers of piste. From this region (I stayed in Hippach) you travel up and down the valley by train and/or bus (all available if you have the whizz bang all inclusive ski pass) to access the different mountains.
  With this pass, you can also ski a glacier.
  When I went to this region I was traveling by public transport, and everything was easily accessible.
  
  Also around the region of Innsbruck is pretty good. A little out of Innsbruck is Seefeld (still within the region of Tirol), I also found that there were several mountains within a short drive from where I was staying, and again, I skied a different mountain almost every day of the week.
  We were about half an hour form the border of Germany, so were able to spend some days skiing in Austria and other days in Germany, within an hour drive we had access to Germany's highest slope, Zugspitze, which was absolutely AMAZING!!
  Though a little frightening, from the cafe I observed 3 helicopter rescues!!
  This region I had a car, and am not able to comment on how easy it is to get around with public transport, but again you can buy a ski pass that covers several different mountains.
  
  Absolutely FANTASTIC skiing!!!!
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I am in Vienna in July for two days and I want to shop for boots, what is the best shop / area to go to?

Vienna, Austria, 10 months ago by Danielle Burnie
- Sebastian: Best area for shopping is Mariahilfer Strasse. One cool shop for boots is "shu!" on Neubaugasse, a cross-street of Mariahilfer Strasse.
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