Where To Stay

Being a city, trawling through the hotels of Innsbruck is quite different from the brown blankets and beige walls of many an alpine offering. Think slick, sleek, stylish and cool, with spots like the ultra-contemporary NALA Individuellhotel a stone’s throw from the historic Altstadt area, ten-minutes from the railway station, and dead close to the Nordkettenbahn, which’ll take you to the peak of Hafelekar. If you wanna keep it traditionally Tirolian, though, check out Sporthotel Igls, a classy and heritage-heavy option in the meadow-laden village of Igls, up above Innsbruck and just a 15-minute bus from it too. On a budget? Book The Marmota Hostel in Innsbruck immediately. It’s a clean, cool and super convenient little winner.

For more information on the accommodation options in Innsbruck, head here.

Eating and Drinking

If you’re here for the holy Austrian trinity of schnapps, schnitzel and icy-cold suds, then Stiftskeller is where you’ll want to be. It’s smack bang in the heart of the old town, and has a beer garden that’ll keep you knee-deep in wheat beer and stuffed full of crispy gold wiener schnitzel.

On the hunt for pizza? Given you’re 30 minutes from Italy, of course there’s a slew of pizza-spinning outposts to choose from here. The gigantic dough disks of Pizzeria Sapori are a regular hit, as is L’Osteria and the small and often crowded Pizza Crocodiles. For veggies, you won’t go far wrong with Café Moustache, their ever-popular falafel plate, and their cheap booze. Veggies can also get stuck in at the vegetarian restaurant Olive.

Après Action

Like the idea of starting your night with an epic cocktail and chasing it with a baby-sized burrito? Join the cool kids of Innsbruck at Machete, where all good post-shred Friday nights begin. Next, dive into a flight or two of craft beer at Tribaun, and finally jump into Felix Club at the main station, where the music is varied and the doors stay open until 5am, or Jimmy’s, where the beanie-rocking Tirolian hipsters bounce to hip-hop well into the wee hours.

Hit This Run

With all that awesome apres, and the endless urban adventures, it’s easy to forget why you hit Innsbruck in the winter in the first place – the snow.

As we’ve already mentioned, the Tirolian capital is right on the doorstep of a slew of world-class resorts, including the small but got-it-all Nordkette, which is the closest to Innsbruck (just 30mins) and the domain of the hippest shredding elite; the good-for-all-abilities Patscherkofel; Axamer Lizum, where powder hounds head to get their fix of the white stuff; and the family-friendly Mutterer Alm. Of everything, though, the gotta-hit has to be the SnowCross course in Küthai’s KPark. Ridiculously fun, ridiculously addictive.

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