Salzburg
Salzburg/Viewpoint

7 Best Views in Salzburg

7 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Festungsbahn
~1 min

Festungsbahn

4 Festungsgasse, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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The Festungsbahn is one of the oldest funicular railways in Austria, first carrying passengers to Hohensalzburg Fortress in 1892.

Franziskischlössl
~2 min

Franziskischlössl

9 Kapuzinerberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Perched on the summit of Kapuzinerberg, this small fortress was built during the Thirty Years' War as part of Archbishop Paris Lodron's ambitious project to make Salzburg impregnable.

Hohensalzburg Fortress
~4 min

Hohensalzburg Fortress

34 Mönchsberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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This fortress has loomed over Salzburg for nearly a thousand years, and in all that time, nobody has ever managed to take it by force.

Kapuzinerberg
~3 min

Kapuzinerberg

Altstadt, Salzburg, Austria

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Rising 640 metres on the eastern bank of the Salzach, Kapuzinerberg is the quieter, wilder counterpart to the fortress-crowned Festungsberg across the river.

Museum der Moderne
~2 min

Museum der Moderne

32 Mönchsberg, Altstadt, Salzburg, 5020, Austria

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Perched sixty metres above the old town on the sheer cliff of the Mönchsberg, the Museum der Moderne sits where the legendary Café Winkler once dominated the Salzburg skyline for decades.

Stieglkeller
~2 min

Stieglkeller

Festungsgasse 10, 5020 Salzburg

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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.

Untersberg
~4 min

Untersberg

Dr.-Friedrich-Oedl-Weg 2, 5083 Gartenau

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According to legend, Emperor Charlemagne sits sleeping inside the Untersberg, waiting for his resurrection.

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