Travel Reference
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Dom St Jakob
CATHEDRAL
(St James' Cathedral; Domplatz; 10.15am-7.30pm Mon-Sat, 12.30-7.15pm Sun)
Innsbruck's 18th-
century cathedral is a feast of over-the-top baroque. The Asam brothers from Munich
completed much of the sumptuous art and stucco work, though the Madonna above the
high altar is by the German painter Lukas Cranach the Elder.
Bergisel
(
www.bergisel.info
;
adult/child €9/4; 9am-6pm)
Rising above Innsbruck like a celestial staircase,
this glass-and-steel ski jump was designed by much-lauded Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid.
From May to July, fans pile in to see athletes train, while preparations step up a gear in
January for the World Cup Four Hills Tournament.
It's 455 steps or a two-minute funicular ride to the 50m-high
viewing platform
. Here, the
panorama of the Nordkette range, Inntal and Innsbruck is breathtaking, though the
cemetery at the bottom has undoubtedly made a few ski-jumping pros quiver in their
boots.
Bus 4143 and line TS run from the Hauptbahnhof to Bergisel.
SKI JUMP
Alpenzoo
(
www.alpenzoo.at
; Weiherburggasse 37; adult/child €9/4.50; 9am-6pm)
Billing itself as a conservation
-oriented zoo, this is where you can get close to alpine wildlife like golden eagles,
chamois and ibex. To get there, walk up the hill from Rennweg or take bus W from the
Marktplatz.
ZOO
Zeughaus
(Zeughausgasse 1; adult/child/family €10/6/20; 9am-5pm Tue-Sun)
Emperor Maximilian's former ar-
senal, the Zeughaus runs chronologically through Tyrol's cultural history. It kicks off
with geological and mineral history, including the silver that made Hall and Schwaz me-
dieval powerhouses, but mostly concentrates on Tyrol's greatest hero, Andreas Hofer.
MUSEUM
Stadtturm
TOWER
(Herzog-Friedrich-Strasse 21; adult/child €3/1.50; 10am-8pm)
Climb this tower's 148 steps for
360-degree views of the city's rooftops, spires and surrounding mountains.
