Innsbruck is the fifth largest city in
Austria, located some 20 km to the west from
Hall, 130 km south-west of Germany border. The capital city
Vienna is in 510 km to the north-east. The population of Innsbruck is 132,500 people (as of 2016). Thousands of tourists visit Innsbruck every year to see its imperial residences and castles.
Airport Innsbruck (IATA: INN) is 10 km away from it and is the closest airport to it.
Tourist attractions in Innsbruck
The Hofburg (English. Imperial Palace) is a former Habsburg palace in Innsbruck, Austria, and considered one of the three most significant cultural buildings in the country, along with the Hofburg Palace and Schönbrunn Palace in Vienna. The Hofburg is the main building of a large residential complex once used by the Habsburgs that still includes the Noblewomen's Collegiate Foundation, the Silver Chapel, the Hofkirche containing Emperor Maximilian's cenotaph and the Schwarzen Mandern, the Theolog…
Ambras Castle (Deutsch. Schloss Ambras) is a schloss in Innsbruck, Austria. Situated in the hills above Innsbruck, the Castle of Ambras is one of the most important sights of the city. Its cultural and historical importance is closely connected with Archduke Ferdinand II and was a residence of his from 1563 to 1595.
The Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof) is a landmark structure located in the Old Town (Altstadt) section of Innsbruck, Austria. It is considered the city's most famous symbol. Completed in 1500, the roof was decorated with 2, 738 fire-gilded copper tiles for Emperor Maximilian I to mark his wedding to Bianca Maria Sforza. The Emperor and his wife used the balcony to observe festivals, tournaments, and other events that took place in the square below.
Alpenzoo Innsbruck is a tourist attraction, one of the Zoos in Innsbruck, Austria. It is located: 289 km from Munich, 710 km from Stuttgart, 800 km from Milan.
Triumphpforte is a tourist attraction, one of the Triumphal arches in Innsbruck, Austria. It is located: 295 km from Munich, 710 km from Stuttgart, 790 km from Milan.
Innsbruck City Tower (Deutsch: Stadtturm (Innsbruck)) is a tourist attraction, one of the Towers in Innsbruck, Austria. It is located: 293 km from Munich, 710 km from Stuttgart, 790 km from Milan.
Tiroler Landestheater Innsbruck (English. Tyrolean State Theatre) is the state theatre in Innsbruck, Austria, located near the historic Altstadt (Old Town) section of the city. The theatre is surrounded by Imperial Hofburg, the Hofgarten, and SOWI Faculty of the University of Innsbruck. The main theatre has about 800 seats and the studio theatre in the basement has around 250. Plays, operas, operettas, musicals and dance theatre are performed at the theatre.
Innsbruck Cathedral, also known as the Cathedral of St. James (Deutsch. Dom zu St. Jakob), is an eighteenth-century Baroque cathedral of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Innsbruck in the city of Innsbruck, Austria, dedicated to the apostle Saint James, son of Zebedee. Based on designs by the architect Johann Jakob Herkomer, the cathedral was built between 1717 and 1724 on the site of a twelfth-century Romanesque church. The interior is enclosed by three domed vaults spanning the nave, and a dome wi…
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