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THE BUZZ | TRAVEL NEWS<br />
On Top<br />
of the<br />
World<br />
SALZBURG<br />
Standing more than<br />
3,000m above Lake Zell<br />
and Hohe Tauern National<br />
Park is the white-tipped<br />
peak of Kitzsteinhorn,<br />
a mountain and glacier that<br />
off ers deep powder snow<br />
all year round. With 138km<br />
of ski runs and 53 cable<br />
cars and lifts, Kitzsteinhorn<br />
has been a favourite with<br />
skiers since Austria’s fi rst<br />
glacier lift started running<br />
here in 1966. But now a new<br />
development is opening it<br />
up to a fresh audience.<br />
“The Austrian Alps<br />
are a miracle of nature,”<br />
says Dr Norbert Winding,<br />
explaining why he became<br />
involved in PeakWorld<br />
3000, a project that<br />
showcases the area’s<br />
incredible beauty. As the<br />
director of Salzburg's<br />
Natural History Museum,<br />
Winding is accustomed<br />
to bringing nature to the<br />
people, but with this new<br />
project he aims to take<br />
the people to nature.<br />
24 | TRAVELLER | MARCH 11<br />
Perched at the<br />
top of Kitzsteinhorn,<br />
PeakWorld 3000<br />
comprises a cinema,<br />
gallery and restaurant.<br />
But you won’t fi nd<br />
the latest Hollywood<br />
blockbusters showing up<br />
here – like everything else<br />
at PeakWorld 3000, the<br />
cinema is dedicated to<br />
Zell Am See’s landscape.<br />
The inaugural screening is<br />
Kitzsteinhorn: The Nature,<br />
a short fi lm that tells the<br />
story of the mountains in<br />
the surrounding area.<br />
The 360m-long<br />
gallery will open in June,<br />
housing fi ve exhibitions<br />
and including an outdoor<br />
viewing platform that<br />
provides visitors with the<br />
sort of breath-taking vistas<br />
that are usually only seen<br />
by dedicated Alpinists and<br />
expert climbers.<br />
It’s this incredible<br />
beauty (and the year-round<br />
snow) that prompted the<br />
women’s US ski team to<br />
name Zell Am See-Kaprun<br />
their European training<br />
base last season. Olympic<br />
shredders such as Lindsey<br />
Vonn and Julia Mancuso<br />
kicked back at the resort<br />
in between events, and<br />
Vonn declared it her “home<br />
away from home”. Winding<br />
and his colleagues hope<br />
that PeakWorld 3000<br />
can convince many more<br />
visitors to do the same.<br />
PeakWorld 3000’s viewing<br />
platform and gallery will<br />
open this summer<br />
Shelley Jones<br />
CALENDAR<br />
NEXT MONTH<br />
9 APR<br />
Grand National<br />
LIVERPOOL<br />
The world-famous race at Aintree brings<br />
Britain to a standstill every year, and<br />
makes for a thrilling day out. But the<br />
race is only half the fun – afterwards,<br />
the party takes over Liverpool’s city<br />
centre, as winners celebrate and<br />
losers commiserate in the pubs<br />
and bars. aintree.co.uk<br />
25 APR<br />
Festa di San Marco<br />
VENICE<br />
St Mark is Venice’s patron saint, and the<br />
public holiday held in his honour on<br />
25 April features a full programme of<br />
festivities. This is the day when men<br />
present their love with a single red rose,<br />
and in the evening gondolas race in<br />
St Mark’s Basin. veneziasi.it<br />
28 APR–2 MAY<br />
Cathedral Quarter<br />
Arts Festival<br />
BELFAST<br />
Belfast’s beautiful cathedral quarter<br />
plays host to this alternative festival<br />
of comedy, live music, theatre and<br />
art. Visitors are encouraged to<br />
participate in unusual workshops,<br />
ranging from African drumming<br />
to fi lm-making. cqaf.com<br />
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