19 Winter Landscapes Around the World: Peyto Lake to Shirakawa-go
Snow turns familiar places into new ones. These nineteen winter landscapes run from a snowy street in Liverpool and frosted riverbanks in B...
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Austria: Alpine Landscapes & Winter Stories
Discover Austria through alpine scenery, mountain photography and stories shaped by winter. Browse the country archive, then follow related collections on the Alps, skiing and snow-covered destinations across Europe.
Ten Winter City Breaks: Chicago, Québec, Prague, Bern, Tromsø and More
Some cities are at their best when the temperature drops: skating rinks appear in the squares, markets glow in the early dark and old stree...
Innsbruck, Austria: Golden Roof, Nordkette Cable Cars and Olympic History
Few cities sit as close to big mountains as Innsbruck. The capital of Tyrol lies on the River Inn at 574 m, and the mountain wall of the No...
Lago di Braies (Pragser Wildsee): Dolomites Lake Guide and Photos
Lago di Braies, or Pragser Wildsee in German, is the lake that made the Prags Dolomites famous. It lies at 1,494 metres in a side valley of...
A Taste of Austria: FilmSpektakel’s Two-Year Time-Lapse Film of the Alps
How do you fit a whole country into less than three minutes? For the Vienna filmmakers of FilmSpektakel, the answer was two years on the ro...
Karol Nienartowicz’s Tent Photography: Six Years of Mountain Camps
A small tent glowing beneath snowy peaks under a dark sky: for six years, Polish mountain photographer Karol Nienartowicz carried his tent t...
Arlberg Ski Resorts, Austria: St. Anton, Lech, Zürs and Ski History
The Arlberg, on the border of Tyrol and Vorarlberg, is where modern Alpine skiing grew up. Today its villages, from St. Anton to Lech and Zü...
20 Little Houses in Winter Scenery: Tromsø, Lapland, Iceland and the Alps
A single red cabin under snow-covered peaks near Tromsø, a yellow house among frosted trees, a hunting lodge buried to its roof in the Dolo...
10 Ski Villages for a Winter Holiday: Chamonix, Zermatt, Hakuba and More
The best ski holidays combine a great mountain with a town worth coming back to after the last lift. These ten ski villages, from Chamonix ...
10 Ice Caves of the World: Glacier Caves, Rock Ice Caves and Ice Grottos
Ice caves come in three kinds. Glacier caves are tunnels melted through moving glacier ice by meltwater or volcanic heat. True ice caves ar...
Hallstatt, Austria: Salt Mine History, Things to Do and When to Visit
Hallstatt squeezes its pastel houses, church spires and boathouses onto a narrow strip of land between the Hallstätter See and the steep wal...
Schlegeis Reservoir, Tyrol: Alpine Road, Dam Tours and Hut Hikes
At 1,782 metres above sea level, at the head of a valley in Austria’s Zillertal Alps, a curved concrete wall 131 metres high holds back the...
The Barn, Going am Wilden Kaiser: Mostlikely's Timber House in Tyrol
From the road it reads like one of the old farm barns that dot the Tyrolean meadows. Step inside and The Barn in Going am Wilden Kaiser is ...
Frozen Fountains: Ten Ice-Covered Fountains From Paris to New York
When a deep freeze settles over a city, its fountains turn into ice sculptures. Spray and splashes freeze layer by layer, icicles grow from...
Best Snow Parks in the World: 10 Terrain Parks from Laax to Breckenridge
A great snow park is more than one big jump. The best terrain parks in the world offer separate lines for beginners and pros, a well-cut hal...
Cheap Places to Go Snowboarding: 19 Budget Ski Areas in Europe and Beyond
Snowboarding does not have to mean the priciest names in the Alps. This list of 19 budget-friendly places to ride, first drawn up in 2013 f...
Best Family Ski Resorts: 25 Kid-Friendly Destinations Worldwide
The best family ski resorts make the small things easy: a short walk from the hotel to ski school, gentle nursery slopes, a good kids' c...
25 Great Ski Towns of the World: From Chamonix and Zermatt to Niseko
The best ski holidays combine a great mountain with a town worth coming back to at the end of the day. These 25 ski towns and resorts span ...
Eisriesenwelt Ice Cave, Werfen: History, Tour Route and Visitor Tips
Eisriesenwelt, the "World of the Ice Giants", is the largest ice cave on Earth. It runs for more than 42 kilometres inside the Ho...