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Bregenz
05574 / POP 28,000 / ELEV 427M
What a view! Ah yes, the locals proudly agree, Bregenz does indeed have the loveliest of
views: before you the Bodensee, Europe's third-largest lake, spreads out like a liquid mir-
ror; behind you the Pfänder (1064m) climbs to the Alps; to the right you see Germany, to
the left the faint outline of Switzerland. Just wow.
Whether contemplating avant-garde art and architecture by the new harbour, saunter-
ing along the promenade on a summer's evening or watching opera under the stars at the
much-lauded
Festspiele
(festival), you can't help but think - clichéd though it sounds -
that Vorarlberg's pocket-sized capital has got at least a taste of it all.
