Culture and nature
![Werkraum im Bregenzerwald](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/wrhcpeterloewy1920x1280.jpg?h=086c79e1&itok=RUf91lqf)
![Personen bei einem Vortrag im Werkraumhaus](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/faq_bregenzerwald_werkraumhaus_andelsbuch_c_johannes_fink_-_friendship.is_.jpg?h=e4f440a4&itok=YG3y8ey6)
Bregenzerwald workshop in Andelsbuch
Designed by the Swiss architect Zumthor, the workshop building functions as a showroom for local craftsmen and features a selection of constantly changing exhibitions which never fail to impress.
The workshop is open daily from 10.00- 18.00, except Sun. Mon. and public holidays.
![Bregenzer Festspiele](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/featuresseebuehne180124_c_bregenzer_festspiele_-_ambiente_2018.jpg?h=98981962&itok=XpVFxtiA)
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Bregenz Festival
The performances on the “floating” lakeside stage are a very special cultural highlight. The sunsets over Lake Constance guarantee an impressive backdrop to a unique experience.
The festival bus ensures a stress-free journey from Au to Bregenz and back.
![Kapelle Salgenreute in Krumbach](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/kapelle_salgenreute_in_krumbach_c_michael_meusburger_-_bregenzerwald_tourismus_ergebnis.jpg?h=56d0ca2e&itok=Fb909e7a)
![Naturwunderweg in Au Schoppernau](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/naturwunderweg_in_au-schoppernau_c_monika_albrecht_-_au-schoppernau_tourismus_3.jpg?h=4521fff0&itok=_Urp1RXp)
Special places
The Bregenzerwald hides many secret jewels of outstanding beauty.
- The Salgenreute chapel in Krumbach
- Armen-Seelen (poor souls’) chapel in Schoppernau
- Argenbach valley
![Kammerkonzert bei der Schubertiade Schwarzenberg](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/kammerkonzert_bei_der_schubertiade_schwarzenberg_c_joachim_schmid_-_schubertiade_gmbh.jpg?h=16bec34d&itok=-J7PUcxf)
![Schubertiade in Schwarzenberg](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/angelika-kauffmann-saal_in_schwarzenberg_c_gerd_nachbauer_-_schubertiade_gmbh.jpg?h=fce899a3&itok=o3yuj-4r)
Schubertiade
A special kind of festival
With over 80 performances and 35,000 visitors, the Schubertiade is the now world’s greatest Schubert festival. Nowhere else can boast such a high number of Lieder evenings set within such a compact time-frame, all interpreted by leading world-class musicians.
![Waelderbaehnle](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/waelderbaehnle_c_ian_ehm_-_friendship.is_3_ergebnis.jpg?h=7425e3af&itok=8GO6SoSk)
![Waelderbaehnle](/sites/default/files/styles/4_3_1200x900/public/2022-10/waelderbaehnle_c_ian_ehm_-_friendship.is_1_ergebnis.jpg?h=6059b02a&itok=SRcO2cj6)
The little Wälder railway
From 1902 to 1980 the Bregenzerwald was linked to Lake Constance and the Vorarlberg capital city of Bregenz by one of Austria’s typical 760-mm gauge railways.