Lower Austria

Best travel reports from Lower Austria

12 to Wiener Neustadt

Route: 111 kilometers, cumulative: 1,053 kilometers | Elevation gain: 870 m, cumulative elevation gain: 4,129 m, distance from home: 619 kilometers (as the crow flies) I must...

14 to Krems

Route: 87 kilometers, cumulative: 1,198 kilometers | Elevation gain: 260 m, cumulative elevation gain: 4,569 m, distance from home: 579 kilometers (as the crow flies) Today I...

Roman City Carnuntum #2 Spa & Heidentor

We are now strolling through the Roman city of Carnuntum to the North Complex, where three Roman buildings have been powerfully and elaborately reconstructed. First, we enter the...

Roman City Carnuntum #1 Südstraße

Between Vienna and Bratislava, along the Danube in Austria, lies the Roman city of Carnuntum. This consisted of two settlement areas, a military settlement as a legion camp and a...

4 Mountain March

4 Mountain March on June 22, 2025

2025 - July - Semmering

Please give me a cliché: mountain panorama with blue sky, green grass, and of course cows in the foreground. Sure, just take a trip to Semmering. And that's exactly what we did....

Off to Vienna

I leave Graz and cycle up the Mur. But the day doesn't start well. There is a bike path on both sides of the Mur, mine on the left side along a busy main road, which is...

Stopover in the Wachau

Arrival in the Wachau, city stroll and visit to Stift Melk

Über den Neusiedler See in die Wachau

Wir verlassen die Slowakei und fahren über den Neusiedlersee in die Wachau.

About Grein and Ybbs to Melk

On the morning of June 28, 2017 (Wednesday), I crawl out of my tent and my first look is at the inflatable boat. Great, it's still there, only the air has deflated overnight. So...

About Altenwörth to Tulln

Before I saddle up our rubber boat again on Monday (03.07.2017), I take a detour to Mautern with Rango. Actually, just to get some groceries, but at the city limits, a sign...

Krems an der Donau

The night to Saturday (01.07.2017) was rather mixed and so is the morning a very tough matter. Around noon we are finally ready to start and leave in Melk. After about one and a...

Melk - the gateway to the Wachau

On Friday (30.06.2017) morning, our camping neighbors greet me with something like, 'We've heard of you.' As it turns out, they are two people from Chemnitz who spoke with...

Along the Danube

Of the 230km Danube cycle path between Vienna and Linz, I found the middle part in the narrow Danube Valley of the Wachau region to be the most beautiful. Here there is wine and...

Sky Lounge

After a somewhat bumpy start at the airport*, we were lucky to get through a trial security with a short line, where we didn't have to unpack any electronic devices or batteries...

Melk Abbey and Wachau

fully cultural/culinary experience

Day 28 - Our tour of Thailand is over

We are flying back to Vienna via Dubai. This vacation has left us with so many beautiful moments and incredible impressions. Dear Kori, a heartfelt "koorb kuun ka" to you for...

Is our trip going down the drain?

On 4.7., Tina and Robert drove by car from Hungary/Zalakaros to Zagreb Airport, so Tina could fly from there to Barcelona for a 2-day team event of her company. She gladly...

Hi Austria! Hello World!

07/10 And here is the day we've been waiting for! Our backpacks are packed, family and friends are bid farewell, our home is cleaned and handed over to good hands - nothing...

Parking space

The pitch is of a high standard, with spacious areas, well-maintained sanitary facilities, lovely green areas, a pond with water lilies, a rooster, a hen with chicks and a pair...

Gaijin is back!

...and is looking for trouble! OK! It probably won't be as wild as the trip around Europe, because the most unworthy of all travelers only has !five! measly weeks at their...

Welcome home!

Hello dear ones! We arrived safely back home on Saturday. The last 7 weeks have been a wonderful time for us and we enjoyed all the islands very much. Each island is special in...

ICE Hockey

We are meeting the Canadian national youth team for Ice Hockey. But of course... we are heading to Toronto 😄🏒⛸️

The Wachau

the first trip to the Wachau

Back to reality! - St. Pölten

We did it: We have circumnavigated the world once! With a slight delay, our plane from Lisbon landed at Vienna Schwechat airport at 8:30 p.m. on Monday evening. At that...

Addendum

On the way - Anna, Karin & I struggle to keep up while our Duracell "hares" verify the route: Lisl searches for yellow/red/blue/green markings, while Germana projects ahead...

Stage 7: From Linz to Rossatz

I wanted to split the section between Linz and Vienna into two stages. The first stage was about 125 km long and I stayed overnight at the campsite in Rossatz. There, for the...

First entry! Before the journey...

Hello! If someone has stumbled here who doesn't know me: My name is Matthias, I'm a peculiar bird and right now I feel like a bear in a cage! In other words: I just want to get...