Innsbruck - Nordkette - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

Alpenzoo Innsbruck is a zoo located in the town Insbruck, in the Austrian state of Tyrol. It is one of the highest elevation zoos in Europe. It is located in impressive position at the foot of the Nordkette mountain range fringing Innsbruck and provides an insight into the alpine animal world. Besides it offers a great view on the fascinating mountains as well as the city.

Büchsenhausen Castle is a residence in Innsbruck 's Hötting district on the way from St. Nikolaus to Weiherburg . The core of the facility, originally owned by the Löffler foundry family , dates back to the 16th century and is now a listed building. The complex consists of two main buildings and several outbuildings.

An international fair for contemporary art held annually in Innsbruck. It features about 70 exhibitors from 8 to 10 nations presenting fine art of the 20th and 21st centuries. It is organized by the Development Association of Fine Arts and is the second largest art fair in Austria, second only to ART Vienna.

The Innsbrucker Hofgarten is a listed park in Innsbruck on the edge of the old town, adjacent to the Hofburg , the Congress House and the Tyrolean State Theater . The Hofgarten is a recreational area in the middle of the city center with an interesting and diverse tree population, a pond, a modern children's playground, a palm house and a popular garden restaurant. In the palm house there is a collection of around 1700 species of plants, which can be viewed on weekdays.

The Nordkette Cable Car in the Austrian state of Tyrol is a gondola lift from Innsbruck to the Nordkette, the southernmost mountain chain of the Karwendel. It runs in two sections from the Innsbruck quarter of Hungerburg via Seegrube Station to the top station, Hafelekar. The cableway is the heart of the Innsbrucker Nordkettenbahnen ski area.The view from the summit offers stunning panoramic views of Innsbruck, on the one hand and the natural Park Karwendel on the other.

Built by Emperor Maximilian as a late medieval arsenal of weapons, the arsenal now houses a museum of Tyrol's cultural history. The tour through the historical epochs begins with prehistoric finds and continues through economic heydays as well as religious and political conflicts to the present day.