"Where Anyone Can Live Like an Emperor" Bundesland Oberösterreich by hunterV

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The Land of Lakes - Upper Austria - Bundesland Oberösterreich

Austria - the Water Kingdom

The name of this article - Where Anyone Can Live Like an Emperor - is the tourist slogan I have often heard and seen in different villages and towns we visited in this province.
I had the privilege of spending three weeks in Upper Austria in the summer of 2003. I was an interpreter of a kids group from Luhansk region. Our trip was sponsored by Global-2000.
It was an unforgettable experience. I could see small towns, villages and big cities, mountains and caves, rivers, streams and lakes.
We stayed at Lake Attersee – the biggest inland lake of Austria.
We got suntanned, had a nice relaxation, took part in the folk holidays, learnt about the customs, made several day trips and met a lot of wonderful people.
We did not visit the province’s capital Linz, but paid a visit to several Attersee Cities and could enjoy the countryside, the architecture, the fresh air and the pure water; got to know the local customs and holidays and even took part in Fronleichnam, a Catholic holiday observed on the second Thursday after Whitsunday.
We made sure that the man and the nature could coexist peacefully enriching one another and not destroying the God’s beauty.
This province has long been a source of inspiration for many artists who came to live and to work here: Anton Bruckner, Gustav Klimt and others. The region is rich in cultural life. There are numerous festivals and holidays here such as Regatta Festival, River Gallery festival, musical festivals that are known in German as

“Sommerspiele”, "Opernfestspiele”, "Schlosskonzerte”, “Musiksommer”, “Donaufestwochen”, “”Sommerfestival” and many others. People value the cultural legacy very much and are very active in all the festivals.

Landscapes for Inspiration

The Canyon we saw

Upper Austria is a land of tourists, too. Wherever we went, we saw mountain-bikers, school students’ groups and tourist buses exploring the countryside, towns and cities.
There are a lot of things for tourists: the villages like the one we stayed at are full of guesthouses and inns, many kinds of sports are well developed here.
It was impressive how many opportunities for tourism the young people enjoy. They can travel easily from one part of the country to another enjoying low prices, attractive destinations and wonderful scenery.
You can visit lots of interesting museums and exhibitions practically in every town and city of Upper Austria. Even small villages have their own historical sites that they treasure very much.

Kulturland Oberoesterreich

Nussdorf am Attersee

I was glad to visit Hallstatt - the UNESCO World Culture and Nature Region , a “white gold” area where they used to extract salt in the mountains hundreds years ago.
When I heard some statistic data about Upper Austria, I was very impressed indeed.

The area has about 250 museums, 19 fortresses, 48 castles and 9 monasteries; 8 caves open for public; 12 nostalgia railways.

The inhabitants of Upper Austria make about 4.5 million day tours, which gives about 119 million Euro to the province budget. Besides, an average city and town tourist spends 92 Euro daily whereas an average “Kongressgast” (congress guest) spends about 300 Euro a day. Isn’t that amazing!

So the tourism infrastructure is superb and it’s simply marvelous to be there! You just want to see and to experience more and more.

I do hope I will have another chance of visiting that wonderful piece of this marvelous world!
More information about Upper Austria:
Tourism-Info
Postfach 8000, 4010 Linz
Tel. 43 0732/22 10 22.
Fax: 43 0732/60 02 22-333
E-mail: info@oberoesterreich.at
Travel to Upper Austria!

Pros and Cons

Pros:pure water , fresh air, lots of cultural legacy and activities, sports and hikes
Cons:Little time to visit all the places I would like to
In a nutshell:Nature Realm

Last visit to Bundesland Oberösterreich: Jun 2003
Intro Updated Aug 13, 2011
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Comments (10)

globetrott Apr 21, 2010 at 3:53 AM Report Abuse

an interesting page, thanks for sharing, Victor !
VeronicaG Aug 9, 2009 at 5:24 PM Report Abuse

I would love to attend a Brucknerfest--sounds like quite a lot of fun...
jumpingnorman Aug 5, 2009 at 10:43 PM Report Abuse

Amazing how such great musicians come from small towns like these - glad they have Bruckner Festival to celebrate his genius...Norman :)
sourbugger Jul 1, 2009 at 11:19 AM Report Abuse

nicely done, as always
Kuznetsov_Sergey Mar 5, 2009 at 10:43 AM Report Abuse

Thank you Victor for showing us this wonderful piece of the wonderful country!
deecat Dec 11, 2006 at 9:50 AM Report Abuse

I appreciate your passion, positive attitude, and enthusiasm for travel. What a great opportunity this was for you.
tiger9090a Apr 1, 2005 at 10:31 PM Report Abuse

Wonderful O.Ö. page! Good job!
egonwegh Jan 3, 2005 at 11:18 AM Report Abuse

Thanks Victor - very helpful!
f1unland Oct 24, 2004 at 12:04 PM Report Abuse

A great page again Vic - Oberosterreich certainly seems to have captured your heart :-)
o00o Aug 6, 2004 at 4:15 PM Report Abuse

I like your photos taken here in Ober?sterreich.