In 2024, the Salzkammergut will join Bodo in Norway and Tartu in Estonia as the European Capital of Culture 2024. The Salzkammergut is known for its spectacular mountain and lake scenery as well as its great historical and cultural significance.
The region has produced and attracted many famous cultural figures. Examples include Franz Lehar and Gustav Klimt, as well as many others who lived in the Salzkammergut around the region's most famous town, Bad Ischl.
The entire Salzkammergut has put together a magnificent and varied program with the participation of a total of 20 municipalities in the 2024 region. Our Gosau is also involved with various events.
The cultural year will start with the traditional "Gosau Balloon Week". The official opening program will take place on Saturday, 20 January 2024 at 5.00 pm in Bad Ischl under the direction of Hubert von Goisern, currently the most famous cultural figure in the Salzkammergut. The entire program is linked here: Events - Salzkammergut 2024 (salzkammergut-2024.at)
Gosau, with its beautiful Gosau lakes and the impressive panorama of the Dachstein and the Gosaukamm, lies in the southernmost part of the Salzkammergut. The Salzkammergut with its 76 lakes and impressive mountain landscapes is one of the oldest cultural landscapes in Europe. Places such as Bad Ischl, St. Wolfgang and Hallstatt are world-famous "places of longing" for tourists from all over the world.
Those who choose our village "Gosau" for their holidays primarily want to enjoy the landscape with its many "places of power" or "conquer" the mountains on skis in winter or by hiking and cycling in summer to one of the many huts or even up to the Dachstein to the Adamek Hut.
In winter, the "Dachstein-West" ski area, in conjunction with the "Krippenstein" ski and freeride area, invites beginners and experts to ski. Most of the ski huts are rather "rustic". If you need "chic chic", you are probably in the wrong place here.
In summer, our mountains invite you to go hiking and climbing. And then of course the many lakes....... . Romantic mountain lakes such as our Gosau lakes or larger lakes such as Lake Hallstatt, Lake Attersee or Lake Wolfgangsee are not only suitable for swimming, but also for all water sports activities. And then of course the Altauseer See..........., impressively beautiful!
Make a long story short.....: if you like sports in winter and summer and appreciate good Austrian cuisine, you'll love our region.
In our Blog area we intend to collect little reports and comments, various pieces of advice and useful tips.We will recommend excursions and suggestions about hiking and climbing, outings or special restaurants and Alpine huts. We would like to point out that these suggestions are strictly personal and most subjective, just things we would love to share with you. By and by we will add little reports and entries , so please be curious and check it out now and then.
For those of you who want more demanding hikes and climbs than just the usual walks to the Alpine huts and across the pastures we recommend a climb of one of the terrific summits of the Gosaukamm. Maybe the large Donnerkogel is the destination of your choice. Once you have reached the summit, you will enjoy a most spectacular view over to the Dachstein summit, the Tennen Mountains …..An unforgettabe experience! But not necessarily the right thing for newcomers. And you should have a certain physical fitness, the right kind of shoes, and maybe an experienced guide for your first trip …
