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Exploring the Frozen Gail Valley by Rail: Mini-adventures Mit Zug
Having a kid has reduced my roaming. But it’s led me on local adventures I never would have experienced
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A sturm is brewing: Austria’s cloudy-wine season
Fruity, juicy and fizzy, this continually-fermenting, hazy grape grog is the antidote to wine snobbery
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Powder and Piste in Kärnten: ski resorts of Carinthia
Impressions of Austria’s Deep South snow country, from an English snowboarder
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The Last Miller of Mühlbach: valley of lost waterwheels
100 years ago, mills lined the river in Reka. Now, just one survives. How one man brought the sound of saws back to Mühlbach.
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Austria’s Impressive Trains: how ÖBB does railway the right way
Punctual, modern and very affordable, Austrian trains are on point. The world would do well to follow in their tracks.
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Almdudler: Austria’s Coke-killing cult drink
Sold in shapely glass bottles adorned with enduring artwork, Austria’s ‘national herbal lemonade’ is a carbonated classic.
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Death of Dreiländereck: ode to a fallen ski area
After almost 50 years, Carinthia’s ‘tri-border’ ski resort closes. What is the future of Austria’s low-lying, local ski areas?
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Laugenecken: is Austria’s triangular croissant even better than France’s?
Austria isn’t famed for its food. But laugenecken – delectable triangular-prism-shaped croissants – deserve to be.
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Krampus Chaos: When Austria’s demonic tradition goes wrong
Young men dressed as hell-demons, fuelled on alcohol, armed with anonymity, whips and a licence to rampage. What could possibly go wrong?
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My Austrian wife thinks German sandals are acceptable slippers: she’s wrong
The greatest culture shock to hit me when I first came to Austria? My wife’s so-called slippers.
An Englishman adrift in rural Austria: livin’ the vida schnitzel
About the Author
Sam Baldwin is the author of two books and hundreds of published articles.
Deep South Austria explores the Austrian culture, characters & quirk he uncovers during his quest to build a new life in Carinthia: Austria’s, rural Deep South.
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