Looking up towards heaven inside The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria. When The New Cathedral was designed it was to be the largest, tallest and most majestic cathedral in Austria. The bureaucracy had decreed however that in Austria-Hungary no building was allowed to be higher than Saint Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna. Stifled … Read more
My very first memories of this place come from photographs taken by my father when I was too young to remember. Swans on the Danube, misty fog in the autumn and snow in winter. Memories of photographs of feeding swans, of sledding through the streets of Aschach and bright eyes full of wonder. For 25 … Read more
These red bulls in the little village of Fuschl are only statues but if they were real and headed your way they really might give you wings to get away! These Red Bulls are the only clue to their corporate owners tucked away here in the beautiful Salzburg region of Austria. Actually Red Bull was … Read more
This spectacular view is of the Austrian village of Hallstatt on the the western shore of Lake Hallstatt in the Salzkammergut region. As I have described in a previous image how I adore this place and feel it rightfully deseves its reputation as Austria’s most beautiful mountain village. Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Hallstat’, 1/125s f/10 ISO160 … Read more
Grub Castle can be seen across the water from the Austrian village of Hallstat on the eastern shore of Lake Hallstatt. This privately owned residence is immaculate and as such it is hard to imagine this fairy story castle has a 500 year history with humble beginnings as a simple farmhouse. In the intervening years … Read more
The Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Linz, Austria is also known as the New Cathedral. ‘New’ is a timely reminder on just how old Europe is where a building constructed in late 1800’s is described as new! This is just a small part of this Roman Catholic church which can hold up to 20,000 … Read more
At first glance this image of geese strutting up from the shore of the not so blue Danube River seems to be just that, waterbirds with attitude. And then you might think, by locals I mean the geese and the ducks, the gulls and the swans. In the background there is a bridge that was … Read more
This spectacular view is from the Austrian village of Hallstatt on the the western shore of Lake Hallstatt in the Salzkammergut region. I immediately fell in love with this place as have the hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world who have come to experience what is arguably Austria’s most beautiful mountain … Read more
Heading south east on Wolfgangsee Straße from Fuschl we crested a low pass and were greeted with this postcard scene of Sankt Gilgen. Sankt Gilgen overlooks the beautiful lake Wolfgangsee in the Salzkammergut region of Austria. This particular vantage spot is so popular they have created a parking bay fro passing traffic. Just as we … Read more
In the little village of Fuschl am See in the district of Salzburg-Umgebung, is a unusual building constructed on an artificial lake set amidst some of the most beautiful countryside in Austria. There are no signs, no corporate logos, no clues to its corporate ownership other than the heard of bronze bulls stampeding over water. … Read more