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Dornbirn
Vorarlberg's largest city, spread across the Rheintal floor at the foot of the Bregenzerwald mountains, with the Karren above it and the Rappenloch gorge leading up to Ebnit.
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Highlights
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Rappenlochstadl am Wasserfall
A hut serving refreshments by the waterfall at the Rappenloch gorge above Dornbirn.
Dornbirner Ach
The largest river in Dornbirn, with made paths, playgrounds and shallow stretches for wild swimming.
Karrenseilbahn
The cable car from Dornbirn up the Karren at 976 m, where the Karren Kante platform projects out over the Rhine valley.
Ausstellung "POWER"
A temporary exhibition titled POWER, shown in a museum in Dornbirn in the Rhine valley.
Christbaumschmuck Museum, Dornbirn
A museum of Christmas tree ornaments in Dornbirn, with historic glass decorations on show.
Galerie c.art, Dornbirn
A gallery in the middle of the town centre of Dornbirn.
HIGHMATRAUSCH
A trampoline and action park in Dornbirn, with jumping areas and obstacle courses under one roof.
Kulturhauspark / Culture Center Park EN
The park at the Kulturhaus in Dornbirn, a green space in the middle of the town.
Kulturhauspark, Dornbirn
The Kulturhauspark in central Dornbirn, a small town park beside the culture centre.
Museum Mohrenbräu Biererlebniswelt
The history of brewing at Mohren, told interactively across the Biererlebniswelt.
QuadrART Dornbirn
A gallery founded in 2009 for contemporary art, talks and discussion.
Rolls-Royce Museum, Dornbirn
A private collection of Rolls-Royce cars in a former spinning mill at Gütle above Dornbirn.
Secret Room
A real-life escape game in Dornbirn, one mysterious room and a time limit.
Stadtmuseum Dornbirn
Objects and artworks drawn from the main threads of the town history of Dornbirn.
Waldbad Enz
A shaded forest lido on the cold mountain water of the Dornbirner Ach.
das stadtbad
A villa-like indoor pool in parkland, with sport, non-swimmer and parent-child basins.
inatura
Dornbirn's hands-on natural history museum, in a converted factory building by the Stadtgarten, covering the region's geology and wildlife.
LifeCycle Tower (cree GmbH)
Hermann Kaufmann's eight-storey timber building, the first of its height in Austria.
Stadtbibliothek Dornbirn
A public library by Dietrich | Untertrifaller with Christian Schmoelz.
K1 Kletterhalle
Around 2,000 m² of hall with 3,000 m² of climbing wall, at every grade.
Nothing of this kind in Dornbirn.
Routes
Alpwandern: Dornbirn Vorderschaneralpe – Sattelalpe
Along the Gunzenach from the Vorderschaneralpe up to the Sattelalpe, 279 m on a cart track.
- 6.5 km
- Distance
- 208 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 2 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusDornbirn ein historischer Spaziergang
A 10 km walk through the historic quarters of the Rhine-valley town, with little climbing and plenty of old civic and industrial buildings.
- 10.4 km
- Distance
- 73 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 36 min
- Duration
Alpwanderung: Hohenems Schuttannen – Hinterbergalpe – Schönermannalpe – Fluhereck – Gsohl
From Schuttannen over the Hinterbergalpe and Schönermannalpe to the Fluhereck, 943 m of climbing.
- 16.6 km
- Distance
- 890 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 22 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusBödele - Guntenspitze
From Bödele at 1,101 m, 858 m of ascent over 8.5 km to Guntenspitze.
- 8.4 km
- Distance
- 0 m
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 2 h 3 min
- Duration
Open route PeakVisor tTRL (OpenStreetMap piste_type=skitour)Radrunde Gütle-Kobelalpe
A short climb from Gütle in Dornbirn, past the Staufensee and up the forest road to the Kobelalp at 972 m.
- 12.9 km
- Distance
- 680 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 51 min
- Duration
- 3
- Check-ins
St. 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
- Check-ins
Alpwandern: Dornbirn Watzenegg – Alpe Schwende
Forty minutes from Watzenegg by the Schwendebühel to the Alpe Schwende, 263 m up.
- 1.7 km
- Distance
- 247 m
- Ascent
- 58 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusAlpine Bergtour: Dornbirn Karren – Staufenspitze
An alpine circuit from the Karren top station to the Staufenspitze, 718 m of climbing over about three hours.
- 6.0 km
- Distance
- 561 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 30 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusDamüls | Zum Hohen Freschen
A long round by the Matonajöchle to the Freschenhaus and the Hohe Freschen, returning over the Sünsalpe.
- 19.3 km
- Distance
- 1 028 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 21 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusDornbirner Höhenweg
A moderate 446 m along the hillside terraces above the town, topping out around 706 m.
- 13.3 km
- Distance
- 381 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 33 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusRadtour Gütle-Sattelalpe
A climb on gravel forest roads from Gütle above Dornbirn, past the Staufensee to the Sattelalpe at 1,162 m.
- 18.7 km
- Distance
- 820 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 26 min
- Duration
- 2
- Check-ins
Bergtour: Dornbirn Karren – Karrenrunde
A short round from the Karren top station over the Kühberg and the Staufenalpe, 214 m of climbing.
- 3.3 km
- Distance
- 215 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 28 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusAlpwandern: Dornbirn-Ebnit – Hohe Kugel
A circuit from Ebnit over the Hohe Kugel at 1,642 m, past working alps with 914 m of climbing.
- 12.0 km
- Distance
- 702 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 54 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusHoher Freschen
The high circuit under the Hoher Freschen, 1,388 m of climbing for a full sweep of the Alps and the Bodensee.
- 15.9 km
- Distance
- 1 067 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 11 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg Tourismus40 Jahre Bodensee-Radweg: Schlösser, Ried und Reben-Tour
A long, level run through the Rhine valley on both sides of the border, past its castles and vineyards.
- 86.8 km
- Distance
- 323 m
- Ascent
- 7 h 60 min
- Duration
- 1
- Check-ins
Tourismus & Stadtmarketing 431 m
Lehmlöcher 410 m- ÖBB Reisezentrum 457 m
- Bürgerservice 442 m
Menschenspuren – Migrationsgeschichtlicher Spaziergang durch Dornbirn
A flat town walk on the traces migration left in Dornbirn, 6 km at 19 m of climbing.
- 5.6 km
- Distance
- 22 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 22 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusAlpwandern: über Dornbirn Romberg zur Alpe Schwende
An easy climb by Romberg and Watzenegg to the Alpe Schwende, 502 m up with the town below.
- 7.2 km
- Distance
- 438 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 1 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusReuthe | Weißenfluh Alpe
From Reuthe up the steep Kehnerweg to the sunny Schnellvorsäß, then the Rohralpe, 879 m of climbing.
- 15.1 km
- Distance
- 787 m
- Ascent
- 5 h 40 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusAlberschwende | Achtalweg bis Andelsbuch – Bödele – Alberschwende
A long e-bike round by Egg, Andelsbuch and Schwarzenberg up to the Bödele, returning through Dornbirn.
- 39.2 km
- Distance
- 966 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 23 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusSchluchtenwanderung: Dornbirn Gütle – Rappenlochschlucht – Staufensee – Alplochschlucht
A gorge walk from Gütle at 505 m, reaching the mouth of the Rappenlochschlucht about ten minutes in.
- 2.2 km
- Distance
- 289 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 15 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusAussichtsreiche Rundwanderung: Dornbirn Haselstauden – Ammenegg – Oberfallenberg
A panoramic round from Haselstauden by Ammenegg to the Oberfallenberg, 610 m of climbing in about 3½ hours.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 576 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 50 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusEmser Runde
Steep and much-ridden above Hohenems, 1,219 m of climbing but no route-finding to speak of.
- 20.7 km
- Distance
- 1 129 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 3 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusBocksberg Rundweg
A round on the Bocksberg with a via ferrata option on the ascent and the Bocksbergalpe on the way down.
- 6.8 km
- Distance
- 638 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 58 min
- Duration
Open route Bodensee-Vorarlberg TourismusRadtour von Gaißau am Alten Rhein über Lustenau nach Dornbirn
Route 5 leaves the Swiss border crossing at Gaißau and follows the Alte Rhein by Höchst and Lustenau.
- 18.4 km
- Distance
- 55 m
- Ascent
- 1 h 40 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusDamüls Faschina | Sonnenauf- und Sonnenuntergangswanderung auf die Sünserspitze
A sunrise or sunset walk to the Sünserspitze above the Mellental, starting at the Furkastraße pass.
- 9.1 km
- Distance
- 494 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 30 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusRennradrunde Wolfurt – Buch – Achrain
A road-bike round tying the Rheintal to the higher ground of Buch and Alberschwende, 428 m of climbing.
- 25.3 km
- Distance
- 412 m
- Ascent
- 2 h 38 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusDamüls | Sünserspitze mit Sünsersee
The Wanderbus to the Alpe Portla, then the Sünser See and the summit, returning by the Sünser Joch.
- 8.2 km
- Distance
- 518 m
- Ascent
- 3 h 31 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusSchwarzenberg-Bödele | Kehlegg-Weißenfluhalpe
A lap of the Hochälpele, Schwarzenberg's own mountain, with views over the Bregenzerwald and out to the Rheintal.
- 32.9 km
- Distance
- 1 398 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 14 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg TourismusSünserspitze ab Alpenstern Damüls
A loop from Damüls to the Sünserspitze, the ridge summit that stands above the Sünsersee on the Walserkamm.
- 11.7 km
- Distance
- 721 m
- Ascent
- 4 h 57 min
- Duration
Open route 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 TourismusVielfältige Rundwanderung: Dornbirn Haselstauden – Bödele – Fohramoos – Oberfallenberg
A climb out of Dornbirn to the Bödele, the pass into the Bregenzerwald, returning by the Fohramoos bog.
- 14.4 km
- Distance
- 892 m
- Ascent
- 6 h 7 min
- Duration
Open route Vorarlberg Tourismus
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The region's own picks
Featured route
Alpwandern: Dornbirn Vorderschaneralpe – Sattelalpe
Along the Gunzenach from the Vorderschaneralpe up to the Sattelalpe, 279 m on a cart track.
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- Official website: dornbirn.info ↗
- Routes and highlights: Bodensee-Vorarlberg Tourismus, Vorarlberg Tourismus, Dornbirn, PeakVisor tTRL (OpenStreetMap piste_type=skitour), St. Anton am Arlberg
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