Places to visit in Styria, Austria
12 places to visit in Styria, Austria, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Altaussee Salt Mine, Eggenberg Palace, Graz Old Town and Schloss Eggenberg and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Styria volume.
5 UNESCO World Heritage sites · 7 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Styria (5)
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Altaussee Salt Mine
A working salt mine in the Styrian Salzkammergut that is open to visitors, who ride in on a miners' train and slide down wooden chutes. In the last months of the Second World War it hid thousands of artworks taken by the Nazis, later recovered by Allied troops.
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Eggenberg Palace
The most significant Baroque palace complex in Styria, on the western side of Graz. It has preserved state rooms, extensive landscaped gardens and several collections of the Universalmuseum Joanneum, and it is part of the Graz UNESCO World Heritage listing.
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Graz Old Town and Schloss Eggenberg
The historic centre of Styria's capital, listed by UNESCO together with Schloss Eggenberg on the western edge of the city. The old town mixes Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque buildings around the Hauptplatz, and the palace dates from the early 17th century.
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Semmering Railway
A mountain railway running from Gloggnitz to Mürzzuschlag over the Semmering pass, and the first in Europe built with standard gauge track. Opened in 1854, it crosses viaducts and tunnels through steep forested country and became a UNESCO site in 1998.
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Styrian Armoury
The Landeszeughaus in Graz, the world's largest historic armoury. It holds about 32,000 pieces of weaponry, tools and armour for both battle and parades, kept in the building where they were stored for the defence of Styria.
Hidden gems in Styria (7)
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Admont Abbey
A Benedictine monastery on the Enns river in Styria, and the oldest surviving monastery in the province. Its library, finished in 1776, is counted as the largest monastery library in the world, with a hall of pale Baroque frescoes.
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Gesäuse National Park
A national park in Upper Styria, covering large parts of the Gesäuse range in the Ennstal Alps. The Enns river cuts a steep water gap through it between Admont and Hieflau, and it is popular for climbing and rafting.
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Hoher Dachstein
A karst massif of 2,995 metres on the border of Upper Austria and Styria, the highest peak in Upper Austria. Dachstein glaciers lie on its north face, and a cable car and a suspension bridge allow visitors to reach the high plateau.
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Kunsthaus Graz
A contemporary art museum built for Graz's year as European Capital of Culture in 2003. Its blue acrylic glass body, nicknamed the Friendly Alien, has become an architectural landmark on the bank of the Mur.
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Lake Toplitz
A deep lake in a forested valley in the Styrian Salzkammergut, surrounded by steep cliffs and reached on foot or by a small electric boat. Legend says the Nazis sank treasure and forged banknotes in its waters in 1945, and divers have recovered crates from it.
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Murinsel
An artificial floating island in the middle of the river Mur in Graz, linking both banks. Designed by the New York artist Vito Acconci, it holds a cafe and a small amphitheatre, and lights up in blue at night.
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Schlossberg
A wooded hill of 473 metres in the middle of Graz, once crowned by a fortress. Only the clock tower remains, which is the city's symbol, and a lift and steps lead up from the old town.
Collecting in Styria
What are the best places to visit in Styria?
LOQAH lists 12 places in Styria. The best known include Altaussee Salt Mine, Eggenberg Palace, Graz Old Town and Schloss Eggenberg, Semmering Railway and Styrian Armoury. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Styria?
12, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Styria?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Styria before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Styria and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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