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Excursion destinations Burgenland
Excursion destinations Burgenland for slow travelers and connoisseurs
In these articles, we present which excursion destinations Burgenland has for slow travelers and connoisseurs. This begins in the capital city of Eisenstadt, where the castle dominates the center of the city. Enjoy the castle park. In the city's restaurants you can try the regional products. The locations on Lake Neusiedl invite you to relax. Taste the wines that grow in these regions. Or the cherries from the area's orchards. Culture and art await you in the castles. There is a lot to discover in Burgenland.
Heuriger or Buschenschank? Not so easy to be familiar with the terminology of Austrian gastronomy. We have experienced this on our Austria trips to the wine regions of Lower Austria, Burgenland and Styria in recent years. Well, we were familiar with the term "Heuriger". I associated the idea that ... Continue reading …
Arts and crafts in Burgenland: beautiful things made of precious serpentine Admittedly, we hadn't heard of precious serpentine until our visit to the rock museum in Bernstein in Burgenland. And we didn't even know that it is a semi-precious stone and what beautiful things you can make from it. During our trip to... Continue reading …
Easter tradition in Burgenland We got to know an Easter tradition in Burgenland - scratching Easter eggs. Ostrich eggs of all colors twirl through the air on the wheel. Forsythia eggs dangle in the wind. Easter bunnies peer out from between the flower borders in the Stipsits family's front yard. It's Easter time in Stinatz. The perfect time... Continue reading …
A few more weeks until Easter. Reason enough to think about how you want to spend the time around the Easter holidays. Why not experience the Easter traditions around the world? We looked into it and found that even in Germany there are customs that apply to regions ... Continue reading …
Creative craft in Burgenland I can still remember well. My grandmother liked to wear blue-print aprons when she was working in her kitchen. For me, these blue fabrics and the scent of fresh pastries are among my earliest childhood memories. The aprons were made of durable cotton. They grew older ... Continue reading …
Hardly anything is as typical as the Christmas goose on the holidays. A Christmas goose brings back memories of childhood. Christmas parties with parents and grandparents. Eating goose was a tradition with us. Even today it is part of Christmas with us. You can prepare it yourself. Or enjoy in the restaurant. But first ... Continue reading …
What are snacks? Snacks whet your appetite, right? If you go on holiday to Austria's wine-growing regions, these are an essential part of it. My mouth is watering every time I see the wooden boards, slates or porcelain plates and platters on which are meat, ham and sausages, tomato and cucumber slices, pickles, ... Continue reading …
Autumn in Burgenland You can experience wine intensively in autumn. We like wine and wine regions. Petar grew up in a wine region. He knows that. But for me, our stay at Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland is something special. We are here in autumn and the vine leaves change color from day to day ... Continue reading …
Esterhazy Palace guided tour in Eisenstadt You can hear many stories on a guided tour of Esterhazy Palace in Eisenstadt, the capital of Burgenland. From Joseph Haydn, who worked here for many years. Or from the immeasurably wealthy Esterházy family, who were even richer - but also more generous - than the Austrian emperors. Too generous as ... Continue reading …
Are you interested in events and festivals in Burgenland?Summer is festival time in Burgenland. We were able to experience this for ourselves in August on our cultural tour through Burgenland, which also brought us closer to the country's borders. Events and festivals in Burgenland at Tabor Castle Our journey began in Neuhaus ... Continue reading …