Vorarlberg

Vorarlberg is the smallest of the nine provinces in Austria. It is only 1,004.30 square miles big and has about 371,000 citizens. The dialect of the citizens there are quite similar to the Switzerland German and probably pretty hard to understand when you are studying German. Not just the language, also the culture is closer to Switzerland or South Germany than Central Austria. 

The capital of Vorarlberg is Bregenz. It is located at the Bodensee, the third-largest freshwater lake in Central Europe.

Bregenz

Me in Bregenz at the Bodensee

Every year there is a big Festival "Bregenzer Festspiele" where they have incredible stages located at the Bodensee and play different operas every year like "Aida" or this year "The Magic Flute" of Mozart. 

Stage Design Festspiele

Another stage design

The stage of "Tosca"even was place for shooting the James Bond Movie "Quantum of Solace".

Doesn't matter if summer or winter, Vorarlberg is located in the alps so it is amazing to go either hiking or skiing over there!

 

Summertime in the Mountains

Wintertime in Vorarlberg 

It might just look like a small province but it is definatly worth ur visit!