In Innsbruck, the mountains are our constant companions, even when we are standing at the heart of the city. 

Innsbruck is the capital of Tyrol and fifth-largest city in Austria. On the River Inn, at its junction with the Wipp Valley, which provides access to the Brenner Pass 30 km (18.6 mi) to the south, it had a population of 132,493 in 2018.

HIGHLIGHTS

The Innsbruck region is much more than its city alone. It also includes 40 towns and villages that fulfil your every want and need. You can stay in the alpine countryside, in an idyllic village, in the city centre or at 2,000 metres above sea level. 

In the broad valley between high mountains, the so-called North Chain in the Karwendel Alps (Hafelekarspitze, 2,334 metres or 7,657 feet) to the north and Patscherkofel (2,246 m or 7,369 ft) and Serles (2,718 m or 8,917 ft) to the south, Innsbruck is an internationally renowned winter sports centre; it hosted the 1964 and 1976 Winter Olympics as well as the 1984 and 1988 Winter Paralympics. It also hosted the first Winter Youth Olympics in 2012. The name means „bridge over the Inn“.

Walk in the footsteps of the Habsburgs and admire the Golden Roof, the Imperial Palace, the medieval old town and the famous Court Church with its „Schwarzen Mandern“ life-size bronze figures.

Mountains

• Nordkette
• Patscherkofel

Buildings and monuments

Imperial Hofburg (Kaiserliche Hofburg)Goldenes Dachl (Golden Roof)

• Old Inn Bridge (Alte Innbrücke)
• Ambras Castle
• Andreas Hofer’s tomb
• St. Anne’s Column (Annasäule)
• Bergisel Ski Jump
• Büchsenhausen Castle
• Canisianum
• Casino
• City Hall (Stadtsaal)
• Golden Roof (Goldenes Dachl)
• Helbling House (Helblinghaus)
• Imperial Palace (Hofburg)
• Hungerburgbahn
• Leopold Fountain (Leopoldsbrunnen)
• Maria-Theresien-Straße
• Maximilian’s Cenotaph and the Black Men (Schwarzen Männer)
• Old Federal State Parliament (Altes Landhaus)
• Old Town (Altstadt)
• Silver Chapel (Silberne Kapelle)
• City Tower (Stadtturm)
• Triumphal Arch (Triumphpforte)
• Tyrolean State Theatre

Museums

Tyrolean Folk Art Museum next to the Hofkirche in Innsbruck

• Alpine Club Museum
• Ambras Castle
• Armoury
• City Archives
• Grassmayr Bell Foundry and Museum
• Innsbruck Stubaital station
• Kaiserjäger Museum
• Tyrol Panorama Museum (Das Tirol Panorama)
• Tyrolean Folk Art Museum (Tiroler Volkunstmuseum)
• Tyrolean State Museum (Tiroler Landesmuseum or Ferdinandeum)
• Tyrolean Museum Railways (Tiroler Museumsbahnen)

Churches

Innsbruck Cathedral (Dom zu St. Jakob)

• Court Church (Hofkirche)
• Innsbruck Cathedral (Dom zu St. Jakob)
• Old Ursuline Church
• Jesuit Church
• Church of Our Lady
• Church of Our Lady of Perpectual Succour
• Servite Church
• Hospital Church
• Ursuline Church
• Wilten Abbey (Stift Wilten)
• Wilten Basilica (Wiltener Basilika)
• Holy Trinity Church
• St. John’s Church
• St. Theresa’s Church (Hungerburg)
• Pradler Parish Church
• St. Paul’s State Memorial Church in the Reichenau
• Evangelical Church of Christ
• Evangelical Church of the Resurrection
• Old Höttingen Parish Church
• Höttingen Parish Church
• Parish Church of St. Nicholas
• Parish Church of Neu-Arzl
• Parish Church of St. Norbert
• Parish Church of Maria am Gestade
• Parish Church of the Good Shepherd
• Parish Church of St. George
• Parish Church of St. Paul
• Parish Church of St. Pirminius
• Church of the Guardian Angel

Parks and gardens

• Alpine Zoo (Alpenzoo)
• Baggersee Innsbruck
• Innsbruck University Botanic Garden
• Hofgarten (Court Garden)
• Rapoldi-Weiher Park
• Ambras Castle Park (Schlosspark Ambras)

Culture

Cultural events

Innsbruck is a very popular tourist destination, organizing the following events every year:

• Innsbrucker Tanzsommer
• Bergsilvester (New Year’s Eve)
• Innsbrucker Festwochen der Alten Musik (Innsbruck Festival of Early Music)
• Christkindlmarkt (Christmas fair)

In 1971 Author Douglas Adams was inspired to write the internationally successful The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy series while lying intoxicated in a field in Innsbruck.

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