The famous Gmundner Keramik is the largest ceramics factory in mid-Europe and produces over 10,000 pieces a day. It was founded by Franz and Emilie...

The European Motorcycle Trial Museum in Ohlsdorf, Gmunden, in the Salzkammergut shows a unique international exhibition of the history of trial motorcycle sport. There is...

The Schloss Traunsee, also known as the Villa Maria Theresia, was built between 1872 and 1875 by Herzog Philipp von Württemberg for his wife Maria...

The picturesque Seeschloss Orth lies on a small rocky island at the northern end of the Traunsee. It is connected to the lakeside by a...

The 52 metre long historic steamship “Gisela”, designed and built by the English engineer Joseph John Ruston, came into service in 1872 to provide much...

The unique Museum für Historische Sanitärobjekte has more than 300 items of sanitary wear on display. It is housed in a 16th century building, the...

Schloss Weyer dates originally from the 15th century and passed through the hands of many owners over the centuries until it was revitalised as a...

The Zweirad Museum is the first Austrian museum to be dedicated to the history of the bicycle and motorcycle, from 1817 to the present day....

Schörfling’s Pfarrkirche, dedicated to Saint Gallus, is a late Gothic hall church with three central pillars built by Stefan Wultinger around 1190. The church stands...

The Heimathaus Schörfling, consisting of five rooms of exhibits, is housed in a 500 year old building, the Gassaurisches Stiftungshaus, and is dedicated to the...

The Wildpark Hochkreut, a former hunting reserve, lies in an impressive location on a mountain top between Traun and Attersee at 961 metres. The special...

The Panorama Museum, in its stunning mountain top location, opened in 1995. The building in which it is housed was once a hunting lodge and...

Schloss Kammer lies on a peninsula at the northern end of the Attersee, Austria’s largest lake. There is evidence of human occupation here as early...

The picturesque Villa Paulick, an outstandingly well preserved example of a summer resort mansion, is located on the promenade of Lake Attersee. It was built...

Seewalchen’s Pfarrkirche, dedicated to Sankt Jakobus der Ältere, is a typical late Gothic building with later modifications and additions. The original building was begun in...

Museum of Modern History and Concentration Camp Memorial commemorates the Ebensee concentration camp which was established as a labour camp subordinate to the infamous Mauthausen...

The ruins of Schloss Wildeneck, lying in the Schoberwald, can be reached by foot from the west bank of the Irrsee. The path leads past...

The Gerlhamer Moor, or “Gföhret”, nature reserve is based round the three hundred year old Gerhlam forge which closed commercially in 1997. The nature reserve,...

The Austrian Kriminalmuseum in twenty rooms of Schloss Scharnstein documents the history of all aspects of criminal justice in Austria, from the Middle Ages to...

The Evangelische Kirche was Attersee’s parish church in the 9th century and was originally dedicated to St. Martin. Later it became a cemetery church until...