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Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum (Museum of Tyrolean Folk Art), Innsbruck, Austria

For a crash course on Tyrol life, visit the Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum. Part of it is like a life-sized dollhouse where visitors can pop into typical sparse but functional farmhouse kitchen/dining/living areas, view an array of furniture and tools and stand next to figures wearing traditional celebratory costumes. There is also an entire gallery of intricate […]

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Early Morning View of Innstrasse

View of Innstrasse, Innsbruck, Austria

Picturesque Innsbruck nestles at the bottom of the Nordkette mountain ridge and is Austria’s only city with the Alps close enough to touch. While most of the nightlife, museums and cathedrals are in the Gothic/Baroque Alstadt, the staggering mountains keep skiers, mountain bikers and hikers busy. Innsbruck is in the Tyrol region. Duke Leopold III […]

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