What to bring from Austria?

In a small area, but surprisingly interesting in Austria, which is considered the pearl of Old Europe, you will always find something to see. But how do you want to bring a souvenir from your holiday, which will remind you of wonderful days spent in this country! What can you bring from Austria as a gift to yourself or your family?

Interesting ideas

Austria is famous for the whole world with modern ski resorts, cathedrals and palaces erected in the imperial period, famous people who are its natives (Mozart, Mahler, Haydn, Schubert, Grim brothers, Strauss and others). But in memory of this you can take from Austria, except that only photographs and books. Do you want to leave something more important for memory? Then buy a figurine, a figurine of the beast, a coffee or tea set made by hand from Viennese porcelain by talented craftsmen. These wonderful samples are made in the palace of Augarten in Vienna . Of course, the cost of these products is quite high (from 30 euros for a medium-sized vase and up to 1000 euros for a coffee service), but they will serve you more than a dozen years.

If you were lucky enough to visit Innsbruck, then it's not necessary to think long over what to bring from Austria as a souvenir. In this Austrian town the world's largest salon shop of the legendary Swarovski company was opened. The most budgetary option - the purchase of individual pebbles (from 30 euros per unit). Want to buy a ready-made decoration? Will have to pay for it at least 200 euros.

And in one of the largest Austrian cities, Salzburg, you can buy accurate models of locomotives, which are made by experts of the company Roco. They not only outwardly correspond to their large "brothers", but they can imitate the sounds they make, produce smoke from the pipes. The models and sizes of these souvenirs vary. The average model costs about 100 euros.

Typically Austrian souvenirs are knitted socks and vests, Mozart's busts, figurines of the characters of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm, lace, spices and condiments, ceramics, crystal.

Gastronomic souvenirs

The Austrians are very fond of sweets, so in every pastry shop you can see real masterpieces of cooking. Tourists can not resist the beauty of edible candied flowers, delicious chocolate, cakes and pastries. In Austria, they also produce the world's best pumpkin oil , a bottle of which can be presented to a mother or girlfriend. As a souvenir for a man you can buy a bottle of the famous "Schnapps" - moonshine, made on the basis of apricots.