Today we are on the move in a city that, beside its beauty and versatility, has plenty of treasures to offer. In Brunico we visited one of the oldest food shops, taking us back in history. Only a five-minutes’ walk from the Messner Mountain Museum Ripa, we discovered a soldiers’ cemetery, and we were able to glimpse into the holy costume stock of a delightful theatre.
The fifth and last museum of the project by Reinhold Messner is the MMM Ripa in Brunico, focusing mountain peoples from Asia, Africa, South America and Europe.
Hill tribes in the RIPA mountain museum, arts in the City Museum, a tour across the history of this area in the Archeology Museum Mansio Sebatum or a discovery tour in the Museum of Ethnography in Teodone, culture in Brunico is multi-faceted.
The so-called “Puschtra Tirtlan” are a highly popular dish in the Val Pusteria valley, but also Mediterranean delicacies are offered in the city of Brunico, a gastronomic melting pot.
The folklore museum in Teodone is one of the most beautiful open air museums all over Europe. Here you can discover many kinds of farmsteads from the different valleys of South Tyrol and you will find an original representation of the life in a farmstead.
The Christmas market in Brunico is a real particular one. It manages to be an oasis of quiet in the busy Christmas period. Probably the motto of the Christmas market is the reason therefore: tradition and modernity. Come with us and immerse into homely Christmas ambiance.
Brunico is a lively small town, where modern age and history harmonically exist next to each other. The best examples therefore are the old town of Brunico with its beautiful historic buildings and the City Museum, where ancient and modern art have their place.
The Ahr river floodplains are situated between Brunico and Campo Tures in the Val Pusteria Valley. The floodplain forests and the river itself are a biotope, which bespeak the former European virgin forests. This area is an important habitat for plants and animals, especially for the birds. The theme trail “Ahrauen Erlebnisweg” (Ahr river floodplains adventure path) highlights the peculiarities of this nature site.
Not only from a geographic point of view, Brunico is considered the centre of the Val Pusteria. This town is also interesting from a cultural viewpoint and the first-choice meeting place in the valley. San Giorgio, Stegona, S. Caterina, Lunes, Ameta, Teodone and Riscone, together with the town itself, form the municipality that stretches from 812 m to the summit of the Plan de Corones at 2,277 m. Both in summer and winter, this mountain attracts visitors from all over, a good destination for those who love an active vacation. In winter the variety of slopes is huge, while in summer it offers several hiking trails, a free-ride trail for cyclists and a great view.
The folklore museum of Teodone, the MMM Ripa at Castel Brunico as well as the city museum are the cultural highlights of the municipality, also theatre or cinema evenings make part of the offer.
Long Friday evening shopping, concerts on Piazza del Municipio, Stegona Market in October and the Christmas Market in Christmas time, the municipality of Brunico is able to satisfy all your needs.
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