Innsbruck From Up High

Ain't No Mountain High Enough

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June 13th 2013
Geo: 47.2627, 11.3947 After purchasing the Innsbruck Card, we caught a tram into the city centre. First stop was to catch the Funicular Cable Car up Seegrube Mountain. We thought this was high up until we then caught the Patscherkofelbahnen Cable Car a further 1,000 metres up the mountain. Hang Gliders were jumping off a steep incline at the lookout almost in a procession. We then caught a f ... read more

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Once the center of power for the large Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria was reduced to a small republic after its defeat in World War I. Following annexation by Nazi Germany in 1938 and subsequent occupation by the victorious Allies in 1945, Austria'... ... read more