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This article is the Collaboration of the week for the period 20 November to 26 November 2007. Find out how it can be improved, and plunge forward to make this an article we can be proud of! Photo over the old town of Salzburg Salzburg [2] is a city in Austria, with a population of some 148,000 in 2005. If you've seen the movie The Sound of Music, you may think you know all there is to see in Salzburg. Admittedly, it's tough not to burst into song when you're walking along the Salzach River, or climbing up to the Hohensalzburg fortress which looms over the city. But there's a lot more to this compact, courtly city than Julie Andrews and Mozart's birthplace... The city will be one of the eight host cities in the 2008 European Football Championships.
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- Schloss Hellbrunn, Fürstenweg 37, ? +43 (662) 820372-0 (info@hellbrunn.at, fax: +43 (662) 820372-4931), [5]. In 2007, open from 1st April until 1st November. April, October: 9am - 4.30pm, May, June, September: 9am - 5.30pm, July, August: 9am - 10pm (only trick fountains from 6pm). Once an archbishop's summer palace with lots of clever fountains and pretty gardens. When you take the tour stand next to the guide otherwise you'll get wet. Hellbrunn is surrounded by vast gardens, including a good children's playground with swings and flying fox, and a cold wading pool, and is a perfect place for a picnic or a long walk through the green. In the Steintheater (Stone Theatre), the first opera in Middle Europe was conducted. If you're travelling with children this is the place to visit because children and adults alike are amused. Adults: € 8.50, Students (19 - 26 years old): € 6.00, Children (4 - 18 years): € 3.80, Family ticket (2 adults, 2 children): € 21.50.
- Getreidegasse - a long yet narrow street running parallel to the river in the centre of town, with lots of shops, famous for the old (or old-style) signs of profession outside each store
- Hohensalzburg Fortress (Festung), Mönchsberg 34, ? +43 (662) 84 24 30-11 (festung@salzburg.gv.at, fax: +43 (662) 842430-20), [6]. Located on top of a mountain, the Festung offers breath taking views of Salzburg and the Alps. One area of the fortress offers visitors the chance to look down on a field below to find only one house - the executioner's residence. It was believed to live anywhere near the executioner was bad luck. Inside the fortress is a museum of medieval weapons, life on the fortess, and torture instruments. Adults: € 9.80, Children and youths (6-19 years, groups only): € 5.10, Children, individual (6-14 years): € 5.60, Family ticket: € 22.60.
- Mozarts Geburtshaus (Mozart's birth house), Getreidegasse 9,
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- Salt Mines - There are a few different salt mine tours available in Salzburg's immediate surroundings. A good one is Salzwelten Salzburg in Bad Dürrnberg. Getting there is easy with the Salz Erlebnis Ticket, available at the train station; it covers the local train and a bus transfer (round-trip), admission, and the (required) Salzwelten tour. The tour is great for families, although children under 4 are not allowed on the tour. Put on white coveralls, ride a trolley into the mine, and use wooden slides to descend into the lower levels. A café and picnic benches are available on-site, as well as a small reconstructed Celtic village that includes a playground. Allow about 2 1/2 hours for the tour and the Celtic Village. Open April-October 9:00-5:00; November-December 10:00-3:00. Adults €16,50; Students/Juniors €9,90; Children €8,30. Family and Group tickets available. Salz Erlebnis Ticket: Adults €22,00; Children €12,70; Families with the ÖBB VORTEILScard €48,80.
- Casino Salzburg, 5071 Wals-Siezenheim, ? +43 (662) 85 44 55, [12]. Open daily except for December 24. Slot machines: 12:00 - 03:00, Live games: 15:00 - 03:00.
- Chess Giant chess board painted onto the ground, past the cathedral(traveling away from the river). You'll have to wait your turn, but its worth it.
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Some things on the menu you might not find in the dictionary - better ask before you order, or expect to eat sausage made of blood, or the kidney and lungs of the cattle. - K+K Restaurant: Excellent Austrian fare in a romantic intimate setting. Just steps away from the Salzburg Cathedral on Mozart Plaza. A 3 course meal for people with a bottle of wine was about €90.
- Heisse Kiste: Great street food (in German Heisse Kiste translates to "hot box"). Open nights open...LATE! Located on the Salzach river at the base of the Linzergasse.
- Raschhofer: traditional, yet somewhat updated, Austrian fare. They serve excellent "Kaiserschmnarrn" a "breakfast" (yet really a desert). It's located on Alpenstrasse.
- Wilder Mann: traditional Austrian fare in the Getreidegasse.
- Zipfer Bräuhaus - Philharmonikergasse. A fair choice of traditional food.
- Augustiner Bräustübl - Bus stop Landeskrankenhaus. Beer garden with self-brewed beer, and market-like shops to buy food. You can bring your own food (not drinks!) if you want.
- Stiegl Keller - below the Fortress. A cellar up on a mountain, serving traditional food and the famous Stiegl beer right from the barrel.
- Zirkel Wirt - Papagenoplatz, Old Town - Delicious traditional and some not-so-traditional food, vegetarian-friendly, great beer, good atmosphere.
Salzburg is the region with the most Gault Millau toques per capita. Some of the best restaurants of the world can be found here: - Hubertushof in Filzmoos, 4 toques for Johanna Maier (the only woman in the world with four toques!).
- Obauer in Werfen, 4 toques for Rudi Obauer.
- Saran Essbar Great schnitzel, as well as the dumpling. Run by a very nice guy.
If you seek a special environment for your dinner, take a look at Hangar 7, a top-cuisine restaurant and a great bar close to the airport. |
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