Austria’s sole caricature museum occupies a suitably tongue-in-cheek chunk of purpose-built architecture, its spiky facade tearing the blue Austrian sky. Changing exhibitions and a large permanent collection of caricatures of prominent Austrian and international figures make for a fun diversion if the other art in the Kunstmeile gets too heavy.
Karikaturmuseum
Krems an der Donau
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Of the many abbeys in Austria, Stift Melk is the most famous. Possibly Lower Austria's finest, the monastery church dominates the complex with its twin…
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