8 Local Spots in Salzburg Tourists Don't Know About
8 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Alter Markt
Alter Markt, 5020 Salzburg
Salzburg's oldest marketplace has been the commercial heart of the city for over seven hundred years, and its compact, irregular shape tells the story of a square that evolved organically from medieval trade rather than being imposed by Baroque architects.
Augustiner Bräustübl
7 Lindhofstraße, Mülln, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Augustinian monks founded this brewery in 1621 at the foot of the Mönchsberg in Salzburg's Mülln neighbourhood, and the beer has been flowing from the same location ever since.
Café Tomaselli
9 Alter Markt, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
Austria's oldest coffee house has been serving caffeinated beverages on Salzburg's Alter Markt since a Frenchman named Johann Fontaine received a trade licence on March 31, 1700 to sell chocolate, tea, and coffee.
Café-Konditorei Fürst
Brodgasse 13, 5020 Salzburg
Around 1890, Salzburg confectioner Paul Fürst invented a bonbon that would become one of the most counterfeited sweets in the world.
Getreidegasse
Getreidegasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
This narrow lane has been one of the most important routes through Salzburg since the Roman Age, and its name has nothing to do with grain.
Linzergasse
Linzer Gasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria
If Getreidegasse is Salzburg's tourist shopping street, Linzergasse is its local equivalent — a long, narrow lane on the right bank of the Salzach that runs parallel to the river and leads from the Staatsbrücke bridge toward the Kapuzinerberg.
Steingasse
Steingasse, 5020 Salzburg
While tourists crowd Getreidegasse across the river, Steingasse sits in comparative quiet — which is ironic, because for most of Salzburg's history, this narrow lane on the east bank of the Salzach was the far more important street.
Stieglkeller
Festungsgasse 10, 5020 Salzburg
The Stiegl Brewery was first documented on June 16, 1492 — the same year Columbus sailed for America — making it one of the oldest private breweries in Austria.
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