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Fahrradverleih Bregenz
MAP
GOOGLE MAP
(Seepromenade; per day city bike €15-18, e-bike €25;
9am-7pm Apr-Oct)
rents quality bikes and has free Bodensee cycling maps.
BUS
A daily bus service runs to Dornbirn (€2.60, 30 minutes) at least four times an hour.
TRAIN
Four direct trains daily head for Munich (€46.40, three hours) via Lindau (€2.20, 11
minutes), while trains for Konstanz (€19.40, two hours) go via the Swiss shore of the
lake and may be frequent, but require up to four changes. There are frequent departures
for Zürich (€34.20, two hours), all of which call in at St Gallen (€14.20, 56 minutes).
There are roughly hourly trains to Innsbruck (€34.40, 2½ hours), calling en route at
Dornbirn (€3.80, eight minutes), Feldkirch (€7.80, 30 minutes) and Bludenz (€12, 45
minutes).
VORARLBERG: AN ARCHITECTURAL TRAILBLAZER
Rural though it may seem, Vorarlberg is among the most progressive places on the planet when it comes to ar-
chitecture. It all started back in the mid-1980s when a group of forward-thinking architects began calling them-
selves Baukünstler (building artists). Today, almost everywhere you look - private homes, hotels, office blocks,
supermarkets - you'll find cutting-edge buildings of glass, wood and steel. Some, like Inatura in Dornbirn and
the Kunsthaus (
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) in Bregenz, make urban design statements; others, like the alpine Silvrettahaus
(
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)
, integrate seamlessly into the natural environment.
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Dornbirn & Around
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Ragged, thickly wooded limestone pinnacles are the dramatic backdrop to Dornbirn, Vor-
arlberg's largest city. While nowhere near as appealing as Bregenz, it's worth a visit for
its refreshing lack of tourists and remarkable museums.
Hohenems, 6km south of Dornbirn, sheltered a large Jewish community in the 17th
century. Their numbers dwindled in the 1860s, when Jews were eligible to live anywhere
under Habsburg rule.
Sights & Activities
