Sunday, January 14, 2007





There aren't that many must see tourist attractions in Innsbruck, it's more just the feel of the place, a busy, pleasant Alpine city with very typical architecture surrounded by the Alps. At left is the city's most famous landmark, the Golden Roof. It's invariably a disappointment, like the Mannekin Pis in Brussels. It's attractive enough, but you'd walk by it several times before you really noticed it, but for the crowds looking at it trying to figure out if that's really the landmark. Anyway, it was built in the 1500's for the Austrian emperor when he was visiting Innsbruck. At right, the various pastel buildings throughout the old town, many with baroque flourishes, are a more interesting sight.

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