When you book a room at Trinserhof, you’re in for a hotel experience like no other. While it may sound like a bit of a contradiction, it’s a little bit traditional (obviously), a little bit rustic, with a hint of modern, and infused with an heirloom and handmade look, created with great attention to detail…
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Ursula and Marek Drasny, the owners of a 500-year-old house in Hall in Tirol have turned a costly burden into a moneymaking business by opening up to overnight guests. What is involved when you convert your historic house into a boutique hotel? Does it take courage or ingenuousness to reach for dreams?
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Wearing a pair of grey Converse sneakers, blue pants and pink shirt, Peter Geiger welcomes us to his company in Schwaz. A quite surprisingly casual look for the CEO of a global fashion company. Developing a new fashion concept, his great-grandmother founded the company in Schwaz in 1906. A company that was to change the…
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Tirol sheep wool is high in demand right now. Read on to find out why and what the Tirol Mountain Rescue has got to do with it… and the reason why I desperately need a new winter jacket.
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A small, family-run business situated in a small village in Tirol’s Außerfern Region, ROLF Spectacles produces hand-made, lightweight wooden and stone eyeglass frames. With loving attention to detail and bold use of innovative techniques, ROLF makes each frame a unique, one-of-a-kind piece of eyewear—and the self-confident company keeps winning awards, such as the highly coveted…
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The positive characteristics of the wood known as “Zirbe”, Austrian stone pine, Arolla pine or just stone pine, have been valued and used in Tirol for centuries. Three Tirol-based companies enable the traditionally rustic high Alpine timber to make the move into today’s modern interiors—in the form of translucent lampshades, wooden ventilation systems and award-winning…
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Made in Tirol: Perfection in craftsmanship and pure natural materials are what make the “Hartl Doggl” Clog so special. The family owned and operated business out of Tirol’s scenic Zillertal Valley has been making wool clogs for about 50 years. A look behind the scenes.
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Rarely available in today’s Tirol, Gregor Mair offers perfection in design and perfection in craftsmanship: In his tiny workshop, he entirely handcrafts bags in sumptuous leather that are timeless and sophisticated.
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With winter around the corner, the snowboard & freeski scene makes the journey into Kaunertal Valley: From October through late May, when the Spring Classics take place, snow heroes leap, carve and stomp landings in some of the most beautiful terrain parks in Tirol, the Kaunertal Snowpark.
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