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Reading time: 11 minutes
A Glimpse of EternityStaring at the glorious starry sky is Günther Wuchterl's passion –his mission: fighting light pollution.
Reading time: 7 minutes
Fast E-bikes to Slow Food Marcel Gillinger shares his passion for great wine and fine dining on his culinary e-bike tours through Kamp and Krems valleys.
Reading time: 12 minutes
'Petit' can be Amazingly LargeAn hour's journey from Vienna, hotel guests discover a natural wonderland when they stay at Landsitz Oberhof run by the Pasquali family.
Reading time: 10 minutes
Treading softlyWolfgang Menzel leads snowshoeing tours through the pristine winter landscape of the Rax Alps.
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All Trails Lead to GöttweigGöttweig Abbey and Trailwerk Wachau have built a mecca for mountain bikers on the Göttweiger Berg.
The trip of a lifetimeA trip of nanny goats – 140 of them – supply Michael Mandl's farm with delicious organic goat cheese and a lifetime of rewarding work.
Like a phoenix from the ashesIn her fasting courses, Gini Czernin shows you how to cast away your deadweight.
Reading time: 10 minutes
From table to bed-roo’nEver since he was a kid, Michael Kolm knew he had the soul of a chef.
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Love at Second SightSusanne and Max Riegelhofer produce crisp, fruity white wines and Veltliner sparkling wines in Poysdorf.
Natural cosmetics from the vineyardOrganic cosmetics and fine wines combine to create a consummate symbiosis at Nikolaihof. ...
The Journey is the RewardAs a trail maintenance volunteer, Ingrid Pecher makes sure that the Rax region's hiking trails are good to go.
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A Sky Full Of StarsThomas Dorfer, proprietor of Landhaus Bacher in Mautern/Donau, runs the best restaurant in the country.
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From Field to BottleThe world has taken quite a fancy to the brand-new range of spirits handcrafted by Doris and Josef Farthofer in Öhling. 
On the Trail of MindfulnessDoris Greil will take you on a yoga hike along ancient pilgrim routes to sacred healing sites in the Mostviertel region.
Wachau Ahoy!Michi Reichl and Gerald Geith take guests on boats called zillen to show them the Wachau from a side they would never experience as tourists.
Reading time: 10 minutes
Dutch TreatsIn the ZART Pralinen chocolate craftery, Marieke Wijne-Slop produces world-class artisan chocolates in a quaint Weinviertel barn.
Hooked on His JobWaldviertel reservoirs and the creatures who dwell there have fascinated Bernhard Berger ever since he was a boy. He fishes all year round, ...
Editor's Choice
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A Woman. A Hotel. A History.The photographer Yvonne Oswald has memorialized the Südbahnhotel am Semmering. ...
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A Wellspring of InspirationAngelika Hager, author, journalist and cabaret performer writing about her own personal summer holiday spot: the thermal baths in Bad Vöslau.
Mt. Ötscher is his medicineGerald Demolsky has made it his mission to inspire others to get into sports and start living a healthier lifestyle. His outdoor arena is Austria’s Mostviertel region. ...
Mr. Floh: Rocking one hat and three toquesMixing up down-home cooking and nouvelle cuisine: Josef Floh is famous for blazing trails at Gastwirtschaft Floh in Langenlebarn. At the same time, ...
Two Bakers Making Good with Outstanding BreadThe Öfferl steam bakery in Gaubitsch is surrounded by the wine cellar lanes so typical of the Weinviertel region of Lower Austria. Two headstrong men have made a name for themselves there: ...
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Cook the GardenAnyone on the lookout for something special is sure to find it at Peter Pichler’s Molzbachhof. He is the third generation of the family to carry on their life’s work. ...
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Hangin’ loose on the trail: a surfer saddles upAlexander Arpaci is co-founder of the Hohe Wand Wiese Trail Centre and the Wienerwald Trails Association. Though constantly on the move as a surfer slash globetrotter, ...
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A Skilled Trade with an EdgeThe material from which Florian Stockinger crafts his fine blades is nearly as old as the earth itself.