Schwaz became important with the discovery of silver. In the heyday of mining in the 15th and 16 Schwaz century was considered the largest mining city in Europe with 20,000 inhabitants (13,000 today) to Vienna, the second largest town in the Habsburg Empire. Large parts of the town were destroyed in the Napoleonic wars.
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- Pros:Quite interresting old mining town
- Cons:None
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City bus
Transportation
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Bus 1, 3 and 4 from train station to the center, Bus 1 and 2 from the center to the "Schau Silberbergwerk" (silver... more travel advice
Have some Tyrolian cheese
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It´s a shop selling cheese and other milk products, where you also can sit and eat some light snacks. "Grauer Käs" a... more travel advice
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