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Smart Places of the Alps

The Alps are just great! We show you the officially most beautiful places, but also our insider tips and favourite places. Come with us to an impressive large region of Europe. Tips for your next excursion, the greatest museums, beautiful cycle or hiking paths. We show you the most beautiful places in the Alps around the theme of forest and wood. Smart Places of your country in the Alps region. Get an overview on the (growing) map of Smart Places in the European greater Alpine region.

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The Alps are just great! Come with us to an impressive large region of Europe (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER buy. fotolia)

My Smart Place

Whether high mountains or foothills of the Alps, our regions are so diverse and beautiful, although we often don't even know the most beautiful places. Whether it is your most beautiful view, your favourite museum, your most secluded clearing or your most beautiful hike, together we show you how beautiful our regions are.

Since we have a certain qualitative demand on the places that are to be uploaded here, we are looking for Smart Places Scouts who want to build up the Smart Places network of the most beautiful places in the Alps together with us. Please register as Smart Places Scout.

You can find out more about your local contact points here: contacts

Click here for the contact form Smart Places Scouts in your national language.

The diversity of our regions and favourite places is always worth a visit (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)

Stories & fairy tales

Stories & Fairytales from the Alpine region

Everyone knows the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm. But do you also know the ancient tales, legends and myths about trees, forests and wood from the Alps? Let yourself be enchanted by a world of excitement for young and old. Discover your favourite story from Germany, Austria, Italy, France and Slovenia:

stories & fairy tales from Germany

stories & fairy tales from Austria

stories & fairy tales from Italy

stories & fairy tales from France

stories & fairy tales from Slovenia

Fairies, millers, foresters, princes, villains and even lost trolls, the Alps are rich in fairy tales, myths and legends to discover (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER buy. photocase)

Klimascout

"Hello kids, we're looking for Climate.Scouts

What's that supposed to mean? The Climate Scouts are something like ambassadors for climate protection in their communities, municipalities and districts. Here the Climate Scouts are supposed to find out where you can still implement climate protection in your school and your community or town. You can rightly say: "The future belongs to us! Help us to protect the climate, because failure is not an option!

more information under: climate scout info

It's good that you're getting up. No one needs to kiss you awake anymore. It is your future! We look forward to you! (Foto: HOLZ VON HIER)