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A red passenger train crosses a long, multi-arched stone viaduct built into a steep, forested mountainside under a blue sky.
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Semmering Railway (Semmeringbahn)

Semmering

UNESCO World Heritage mountain railway

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Granite boulders and pine forests near Weikertschlag in the Waldviertel, Lower Austria
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Museums & Art

Waldviertel

Lower Austria

Fossil World museum and research park

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A stone gatehouse with a large green double door and a coat of arms above the archway, leading to a courtyard with a larger building featuring a tower and red roof in the background.
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Schloss Retz (Retz Castle)

Retz

16th-century Renaissance castle in Retz, Austria

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A close-up architectural detail of an ornate, Baroque-style window pediment featuring colorful stucco decorations, including floral motifs, scrolls, and a central cherub face, set against a cream-colored wall.
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Stift Zwettl

Zwettl

Preserved medieval monastery complex with library and gar...

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Wooden footbridge over emerald pools of the Ötscherbach in the Ötschergräben gorge
Natural Wonders

Ötschergräben

Lower Austria

Deep gorges and 90m waterfalls in Lower Austria

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Valley station of the Rax cable car in Reichenau an der Rax with a gondola on the line above
Cable Cars

Rax Cable Car

Lower Austria

Austria's oldest cable car, operating since 1926

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Bottle of Grüner Veltliner from Langenlois in the Kamptal wine region, Lower Austria
Food & Gastronomy

Kamptal Wine Region

Lower Austria

Lower Austria's K2, famed for Grüner Veltliner and Riesling

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A snowy roadside scene on a mountain pass featuring a wet asphalt road, parked cars, a yellow van, a white house with a snow-covered roof, and a snow-dusted forested hillside in the background; a signpost with a phone number and a blue parking symbol

Semmering Pass (Semmeringpass)

Semmering

14-km railway with 14 tunnels through the Alps

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A scenic view of a town along a wide river featuring a prominent white church tower with a blue dome, terraced vineyards on the hillside, and a ruined castle on a rocky peak above.

Dornstein (Durnstein)

Lower Austria

Medieval town on a Danube bend

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Schallaburg Renaissance castle with its patterned tower rising above wooded slopes in Lower Austria
History & Heritage

Schallaburg

Lower Austria

Renaissance castle with changing exhibitions

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AI-generated illustration of the Carnuntum wine country with a traditional cellar lane
Food & Gastronomy

Carnuntum Wine Region

Lower Austria

Pannonian-climate Zweigelt in Lower Austria

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Göttweig Abbey, a Baroque Benedictine monastery on a hilltop above the Wachau valley, Lower Austria
Local History

Göttweig Abbey

Lower Austria

Baroque abbey with Austria's oldest regional museum

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