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Bregenz
Vorarlberg's capital on the eastern shore of the Bodensee at 427 m, pressed between water and mountain, with the Pfänder and the castle-topped Gebhardsberg above the old town.
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Highlights
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Bregenzer Ach
Nearly 70 km of river before it meets the Bodensee, with quiet wild-swimming spots in the wooded gorges.
Burg Hohenbregenz
The ruined castle of the counts of Bregenz on the Gebhardsberg above the town, blown up by Swedish troops in 1647.
Pipeline Bregenz
A shore strip from the Bregenz harbour to the Strandbad Lochau, with bathing places and grills along it.
Pfänderbahn
A cable car up from Bregenz since 1927, the quickest way onto the Pfänder and its view over the Bodensee.
Ausstellung: Buchschäden
An exhibition in Bregenz on damage and wear in old books, and what those traces say about how they were used.
Ausstellung: Martin Häusle
An exhibition in Bregenz of work by the Vorarlberg painter Martin Häusle.
Ehemaliges Militärschwimmbad "Mili"
A timber pile-built lido, a rare survivor on the Bodensee, with a sun terrace over the water.
Galerie Arthouse, Bregenz
A gallery for contemporary art in central Bregenz, with changing exhibitions by Austrian and international artists.
Galerie Lisi Hämmerle
A Bregenz gallery founded in 1989 for international and Austrian contemporary art.
Magazin 4, Bregenz
A contemporary art space in Bregenz with an established place in the Austrian scene.
Martinsturm Bregenz
A landmark tower in the Oberstadt, standing over the old town.
Pfänderbahn Museum
A small museum at the Bregenz valley station of the Pfänderbahn, on the history of the cable car up the Pfänder.
Seebad Bregenz
An indoor pool a stone's throw from the Bodensee shore, with several basins and lake views from the lanes.
vorarlberg museum
The provincial collection, tracing back to the Landesmuseumsverein founded in 1857.
Burgruine Hohen Bregenz, Gebhardsberg
The ruin of Hohenbregenz on the Gebhardsberg above Bregenz, where a chapel and an inn stand beside the old walls high over Lake Constance.
Hafengebäude "Die Welle"
A harbour building by Wolfgang Ritsch with Nägele Waibel and Bruno Spagolla, built when the boat landings moved towards the centre.
Kunsthaus Bregenz
Peter Zumthor's glass shell over a concrete cube, open since 1997 and lit by the lake.
Boulderhalle Greifbar
A bouldering hall in Bregenz, with indoor climbing walls and training areas for all levels.
Bregenzer Wochenmärkte
Weekly markets, the main one on the Kornmarktplatz with over 35 stalls of seasonal produce.
Franz von Durst
A maker of Gin and Tonic Water in Bregenz, running tastings at its own location.
Historic site
Cable car
Nothing of this kind in Bregenz.
Routes
Abwechslungsreiche Talwanderung: Pfänderbahn – Lohorn – Altreute – Bregenz
From the Pfänderbahn top station down through the hamlets of Lohorn, Riese and Altreute to the valley station, 644 m of descent.
- 4.0 km
- Distance
- 11 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 39 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusAusschau vom Pfänder
The full climb from the Pfänderbahn valley station at 420 m by Hintermoos and the Pfänderdohle to the 1062 m summit.
- 3.7 km
- Distance
- 609 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 20 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusVon Bregenz zum Jannersee in Lauterach
An easy 7 km to the Jannersee with a stop at Dietrichs Kostbarkeiten on the way.
- 6.2 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 34 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusLeiblachtal Route
From the lakeside promenade along the Pipeline and the Leiblach as far as Hohenweiler, 133 m of climbing.
- 13.5 km
- Distance
- 104 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 16 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusSt. Anton - Lech - Bregenzerwald - Bodensee
A long road stage crossing the Arlberg, the Flexenpass and the Losenpass on the way from Tirol down to the shore of Lake Constance.
- 87.4 km
- Distance
- 2 340 m
- Ascent
- 9 h 57 min
- Duration
- 175
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Am Naturjuwel Mehrerauer Seeufer in Bregenz
A level 7 km on the quiet shore between the Bodensee and the Bregenzer Ache, reached from the Bahnhof.
- 5.9 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 23 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusAussichtsreiche Talwanderung: Pfänderbahn – Fluh – Gebhardsberg – Bregenz
A 745 m descent from the Pfänderbahn top station through Fluh and the Buchwaldweg to the Gebhardsberg, then the Stadtwald into the medieval Oberstadt.
- 8.6 km
- Distance
- 89 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 47 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusBodenseeradweg FRW
The Vorarlberg leg of a 216 km lakeside long-distance route through the four-country region.
- 17.9 km
- Distance
- 10 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 36 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusAuf dem Mehrerauer Bodenseeweg – Vom Festspielhaus zur Achmündung
A flat lakeside walk from the Festspielhaus to the mouth of the Ach, with bathing places along the way.
- 6.4 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 30 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusMin Weag 01 | Bregenz – Pfänder/Moosegg
Two and a half hours from the city centre through forest onto the 1,064 m Hausberg, 683 m of climbing.
- 6.4 km
- Distance
- 660 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 54 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusRheindelta Radrundfahrt
A flat circuit of the Rhine delta from Bregenz, with 11 km of it along the Hard lakefront and through the reedbeds.
- 43.0 km
- Distance
- 41 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 51 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg Tourismus GmbHSportliche Talwanderung: Pfänderbahn – Gschliefweg – Bregenz
The short way down from the 1064 m Pfänder by the Gschliefweg, 628 m of descent in about 70 minutes.
- 3.7 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 34 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusMin Weag 31 | Bildstein – Bodensee
A half-day stage down a Waldlehrpfad from Bildstein into the Rheintal, then the lakeshore, 17 km in all.
- 14.1 km
- Distance
- 186 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 60 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusRheindelta Rundtour
A gravel loop through the Mehrerauer Seeufer reserve and the Rohrspitz reedbeds, flat throughout, returning along the Bregenzer Ach.
- 39.5 km
- Distance
- 42 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 33 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg Tourismus GmbHRund um den Pfänder
A circuit of the Pfänder from Bregenz station over Fluh, Hirschberg and Hochberg to Möggers, returning by Hörbranz and Lochau with 891 m of climbing.
- 27.4 km
- Distance
- 757 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 9 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusUrban & Culture Bike Tour
Quiet green space, city and architecture on the ride down to the Bodensee at Bregenz, 100 m of climbing.
- 21.6 km
- Distance
- 103 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 2 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg Tourismus
No routes of this kind in Bregenz yet.
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- Routes and highlights: Bodensee-Vorarlberg Tourismus, Vorarlberg Tourismus, Vorarlberg Tourismus GmbH, Dornbirn, St. Anton am Arlberg
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