Photos of Lower Austria: Places, Views & Landmarks

Lower Austria in pictures: Baroque abbeys above the Danube and a historic mountain railway. Melk Abbey, with its golden-yellow facade and grand library, towers above the river at the start of the Wachau valley. At the other end of the Wachau, Göttweig Abbey sits on a hilltop with wide views. In the south, the Semmering Railway, one of the first mountain railways in Europe, winds through the Alps over stone viaducts and through tunnels. Both the Wachau and the Semmering Railway are UNESCO World Heritage sites. All pictures come from places we have visited and described. Use the filters to browse by topic. Open any place to see it on the map, check the weather and plan how to get there.