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Austria landmarks quiz: guess where 23 photos were taken

Every Austria location in the game, 23 in all, with its photo, its fact and its place on the map. The round at the top plays five.

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Quick round · 5 photos

Five of the 23 places, one at a time. Put a pin where you think the photo is.

Where they are

23 on the map
Hover or tap a dot to name the place.

All 23 places

by id
Hallstatt, Austria
Hallstattmedium

A lakeside alpine village wedged between mountains and water.

Photo: David Kernan / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Salzburg, Austria
Salzburgmedium

A baroque old town under a clifftop fortress on the Salzach.

Photo: Jiuguang Wang / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Historic Centre, Vienna, Austria
Historic Centre, Viennaeasy

The Gothic spire of St. Stephen's over the imperial capital.

Photo: acediscovery / CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Schönbrunn Palace, Vienna, Austria
Schönbrunn Palace, Viennaeasy

A yellow Baroque imperial palace with formal gardens.

Photo: Martin Falbisoner / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Eisenstadt, Austria
Eisenstadthard

The Burgenland capital where Haydn worked for the Esterházy princes.

Photo: Aciarium / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Innsbruck, Austria
Innsbruckmedium

The Tyrolean capital, with the Golden Roof and Alps rising straight from the streets.

Photo: Michael aus Halle / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lake Zell, Austria
Lake Zellhard

An Alpine lake with the town of Zell am See on its shore, below the Schmittenhöhe.

Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Wachau, Austria
Wachaueasy

A stretch of the Danube lined with vineyards, apricot orchards and abbeys.

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Eggenberg Castle, Graz, Austria
Eggenberg Castle, Grazhard

A baroque palace built as a model of the universe, with 365 windows.

Photo: Kevinsmithnyc / CC BY-SA 3.0 at, via Wikimedia Commons
Millstätter See, Austria
Millstätter Seehard

Carinthia's second largest lake, warm enough to swim in all summer.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Traunsee, Austria
Traunseehard

Austria's deepest lake, beneath the 1,691-metre Traunstein.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Bregenz Forest, Austria
Bregenz Forestmedium

A region of Alpine meadows and timber-built villages in Austria's far west.

Photo: böhringer friedrich / CC BY-SA 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Semmering railway, Austria
Semmering railwaymedium

The first mountain railway in Europe, from 1854, with 16 viaducts through the Alps.

Photo: Haeferl / CC BY-SA 3.0 at, via Wikimedia Commons
Zugspitze, Austria
Zugspitzeeasy

Germany's highest peak at 2,962 metres, on the Austrian border.

Photo: Tuxyso / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Grossglockner, Austria
Grossglocknereasy

Austria's highest peak at 3,798 metres, above the Pasterze glacier.

Photo: Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Wörthersee, Austria
Wörtherseehard

Austria's warmest Alpine lake, ringed by villas and the resort of Velden.

Photo: Carsten Steger / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Achensee, Austria
Achenseehard

Tyrol's largest lake, a fjord-like stretch of water between the Karwendel and Rofan ranges.

Photo: Holger Uwe Schmitt / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Melk Abbey, Austria
Melk Abbeymedium

A yellow baroque abbey towering over the Danube, setting of The Name of the Rose.

Photo: Thomas Ledl / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Wildspitze, Austria
Wildspitzehard

Tyrol's highest peak at 3,768 metres, above the Ötztal glaciers.

Photo: Pirmin Olde Weghuis / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Hoher Dachstein, Austria
Hoher Dachsteinmedium

A 2,995-metre peak with a glass 'Skywalk' over a 250-metre drop.

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Großvenediger, Austria
Großvenedigerhard

A 3,657-metre glacier-covered peak, the 'world-old majesty' of the Hohe Tauern.

Photo: Jörg Braukmann / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Attersee, Austria
Atterseehard

The largest lake entirely within Austria, painted many times by Gustav Klimt.

Photo: C.Stadler/Bwag / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
St. Pölten, Austria
St. Pöltenhard

Lower Austria's capital, a baroque city on the Traisen River.

Photo: Isiwal / CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

How to place them

Vienna is the Historic Centre and Schönbrunn, with Eisenstadt 40 km south and St Pölten 55 km west; Melk Abbey and the Wachau are the Danube just beyond St Pölten. That is the whole east. The Semmering railway is on the way south from Vienna to Graz, where Eggenberg Castle is.

The Salzkammergut is the lake block east of Salzburg: Hallstatt, the Attersee, the Traunsee and the Dachstein are within 40 km of each other. Salzburg itself is the north-western edge of that group, with Lake Zell and the Grossglockner south of it in the Hohe Tauern.

Tyrol is the west: Innsbruck, the Achensee north of it, the Zugspitze on the German border, the Wildspitze in the Ötztal to the south-west. Bregenz Forest is the far western tip beyond the Arlberg. Carinthia is the south: the Wörthersee and the Millstätter See, the two warm lakes, 50 km apart. Eleven of the 23 are rated hard and six of those are lakes. The Tyrolean ones have bare rock above them; the Salzkammergut and Carinthian ones have wooded slopes and villas.

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Questions & answers

How many Austria photos does the game have?

23. The northernmost is Wachau, the southernmost Wörthersee; each round on this page picks five.

What is the hardest Austria round?

The hard ones are Eisenstadt, Lake Zell and Eggenberg Castle, Graz and eight others; at that level half the points go for every 451 km of miss.

Where is full marks easiest in Austria?

Lake Zell, with a 60 km radius. Land anywhere inside it and the round pays 5,000.

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