Summer Bucket List for the Salzkammergut

This year, the Salzkammergut is the European Capital of Culture Bad Ischl Salzkammergut 2024 with 23 municipalities and numerous events:

• Sudhaus exhibition - art with salt & water
• Room with a view project
• The Journey of Images - Three art exhibitions focus on art trade, art theft & art history in Bad Aussee, Lauffen and Linz
• Salzkammergut Master Summer - PerlMUT in the Hand.Werks.Haus Bad Goisern
• Museum of Memory in Unterach am Attersee

True cooling on hot summer days: splashing in the mountain stream at the waterfall. The waterfalls can often be reached by an easy walk. Pack a snack in your backpack and off you go, enjoy nature and the jump into the cold water.

• Nixenfall
• Tauplitz waterfall
• Plötz Waterfall
• Kreutzstein waterfall

Take advantage of the freshness of summer to buy regional and seasonal products. Throw yourself into the hustle and bustle of the weekly market. Stroll through market stalls and let yourself be fascinated by local products. From farmer's doughnuts, "Pofesen", regional cheese, bread, honey, bacon and sausage specialities, vegetables, eggs, herbs as well as flowers. Delight in the diversity of the region.

Do you want to bring more relaxation and balance to your holiday? How about yoga? Discover a yoga course in the Salzkammergut that suits you. Whether you want to relax on the shore of a lake, on a summit with a panoramic view, at sunrise, followed by brunch, or SUP yoga. The offers are wide-ranging.

The Salzkammergut offers many special events in summer. For example, a sunrise trip up the Krippenstein, enjoying a glass of wine on the Katrin, the summer night with culinary delights and music in St. Wolfgang.

Or other summer festivals such as the Mondsee Lake Festival, Seebeben in Weyregg am Attersee, the Aussee Summer Night and the summer concert at Hintersee.

A sundowner at the beach bar feels almost like a holiday on the Adriatic. Whether it's a local beer, an invigorating mixed drink or a harmonious wine: a beach bar invites you to unwind. Enjoy the evening atmosphere and round off your eventful day on the shores of the lake with delicious drinks.

• Sunset beach bar
• Beach Boys Lounge
• Riviera beach bar
• The Strandung - beach bar on Lake Traunsee
• Beach bar at the Landhaus zu Appesbach

A new trend sport is conquering the lakes of the Salzkammergut: wingsurfing. This water sport combines the best of windsurfing, kitesurfing and surfing.

Visit the wildlife parks in the Salzkammergut. Observe native as well as other animal species at close range. Walk through the natural landscape of the game parks and experience the animals up close, from ibexes, deer, wild boars, wild cats, lynx, brown bears, goats, sheep or reindeer.

• Cumberland Game Park
• Kleefeld Game Park
• Schwanenstadt Reindeer Park

What would summer be without ice cream? Not a real summer. Whether ice cream on a stick, banana split, fruit sundae, iced coffee or a black forest sundae. In the Salzkammergut you can really enjoy the summer, because there are plenty of ice cream parlours. Treat yourself to sweet scoops of ice cream. A super refreshment for tired hikers or bikers.

Are you ready for even more adventure, for the ultimate adrenaline kick in the mountains? Dressed in a neoprene suit and helmet, you will hike through gorges and dare to jump into the mountain water. Abseiling from dizzy heights and natural rock slides are also part of the experience. A natural playground for the brave.

• Canyoning Team Strubklamm
• Canyoning in Faistenau
• Canyoning, canoeing, rafting sports school
• Outdoor Leadership
• Outdoor Adventure Salzkammergut