ORF-E
English
1 x 45 min
Worldwide

A landscape formed by the ice age, surrounded by mighty mountain ranges, a country of lakes… Ausseerland. This is the story of a winter in the geographical centre of Austria, one which captivates the world and invokes a quieter time. So that it can stay just as it is: authentic and indescribably self assured. Winter is harsh, rough, quiet and at the same time full of colour, life and poetry. This is winter in Ausseerland. The wintry images so characteristic of the Alpine republic are fashioned here at the centre of Austria. Mountain landscapes deep in snow, frozen lakes. Winter sports enthusiasts whizz about in the sunshine. You might think it was all something of a cliché, but it is precisely in the winter months when the people of Ausseerland observe some highly idiosyncratic traditions. Traditions that you only find here; nowhere else.