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Pop by the Arthotel Blaue Gans on Salzburg’s main walking street Getreidegasse. No strangers to art and contemporary design, ask about the Arthotel’s impressive collection, and book a few nights to see it for yourself.
Tap into your inner Mozart and visit the Austrian city of Salzburg for the summer’s most important classical music & drama festival. There’s no better setting for a festival that celebrates the love and joy of classical music than the birth city of the genres’ most famous icon, Mozart.
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Pablo Picasso famously said that we are all born artists, the only trick is remaining an artist as we grow up. Somewhat along the same lines are those self-helpers who say that we are all born children, the trick is learning to stay in touch with that child as we grow up. Actually, it’s pretty much the same thing, isn’t it?
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When dealing with one of the oldest buildings in Salzburg, it takes the architect’s clever manipulation of architecture and design to create an exciting, inspiring atmosphere that coverts the old and the new to extreme yet complimentary dimensions.
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Bregenz Festival, an operatic culture den on Austria's Lake Constance is one of Austria's biggest art events, home to the world's largest floating opera stage.
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A fabulous Winter Festival in Austria's snowy Salzburg - Salzburg Winter Festival December 2025 celebrates Contemporary Circus with acrobatics, juggling, music and Machine de Cirque - fun from France, Canada & Austria.
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While endless innovative projects continue to pour out of Denmark and Sweden, oftentimes their smaller but no less creative Scandinavian sister, Norway, is overlooked. Introducing Artscape Nordland, a permanent exhibition of 33 spectacular sculptures adorning 32 Norwegian municipalities.
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Browse our unique Vienna Art Guide below for all there is to know about Austria’s art and culture capital. Once the epicentre of the longstanding Habsburg empire, Vienna is awash with galleries, artists, museums and odes to moments of age-defining culture, as well as a new generation of creatives call this city home, once again.
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Bavaria's culture hotspot, the International Mountain Film Festival, is set to open its doors October 14 - 18, 2026 by beautiful Lake Tegernsee.
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Pienza is a Renaissance experiment that never finished – and that’s what makes it perfect. Golden piazzas, sweeping Val d’Orcia views, and pecorino-fuelled indulgence – this is Tuscany’s dreamscape, frozen in time.
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Zaha Hadid's unstoppable design eye and influence is felt here at MAXXI, Rome's premier museum of contemporary art and architecture - worth a peek.
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Travel to Portugal's fairytale den of Sintra, just outside Lisbon, for a world full of rolling hills and castles, once referred to by Byron as "glorious Eden".
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Gorgeously flamboyant, Casa Vicens is a riot of colour and fantastical architectural detailing - bearing the hallmarks of Barcelona hero, Antoni Gaudi.
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Get the insider news and lowdown on what we've been up to, where we've been, and who we've met along the way. Be the first to discover new places and get the scoop on our favourites.