Hohe Tauern National Park Centre

The National Park Worlds inspire visitors to discover the fascinating natural landscape of the Hohe Tauern for themselves. But it also allows visitors to travel with all their senses to places, eras, and areas that would otherwise remain closed to them. The new “Gallery of Life,” for example, takes visitors into the Untersulzbachtal wilderness area and provides magnificent insights into this untouched corner of the earth, where there is no cultivation: wonderful images stimulate the imagination, river gravel and a rock slab with a mosaic of centuries-old lichens have made the journey from the wilderness to the exhibition. In the “Glacier World,” a 6,000-year-old Swiss stone pine disc refers to the nature of the Pasterze Glacier in the Neolithic Age, and a replica of a marine reptile in the “Peaks from the Sea Floor” world shows that 150 million years ago, there was a tropical sea in the Hohe Tauern region. The “Glacier Friendship Book” introduces leading glacier experts and their research. The “Water Kingdom” refers to the region's abundance of water with its 500 mountain lakes, 800 moors, and streams an impressive, oversized spatial installation takes visitors on a journey of a water drop through the Hohe Tauern National Park.

The Hohe Tauern National Park Worlds in Mittersill are open 365 days a year. Tickets and time slots can be purchased or booked in advance in the online shop and are recommended in all weather conditions. The National Park Worlds are an inclusive partner of the National Park Summer Card. Guided tours of the exhibition with national park rangers are available on request and by advance reservation. The tour of the National Park Worlds ends in the “National Park Shop,” where visitors can choose from a range of the finest regional products, gift ideas, and souvenirs. The National Park Worlds also houses the “Almaa” restaurant, where guests are treated to regional dishes.