Salzburg has managed to preserve an extraordinarily rich urban fabric, developed over the period from the Middle Ages to the 19th century when it was a city-state ruled by a prince-archbishop. Its ...
In the heart of the Austrian Alps next to Salzburg, the Hallein Salt Mine conceals a world that was fashioned for 2,000 years by the "white gold" that is salt. Kitted out with a coverall ...
The programme – Culture is the New Salt – explores how salt and water have profoundly shaped the area's history. Salt mining in the ... hour to St Wolfgang where Austria's steepest steam ...