Brunico

The backdrop of the town of Brunico with the castle hill is the Plan de Corones, the famous local mountain and popular skiing area

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View on the municipality of Brunico (Bruneck) from Mt. Plan de Corones, the local mountain, which rises above Riscone up to 2,275 m a.s.l.
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The cable car takes you safely to the summit: It offers hiking trails and a downhill trail in summer and a skiing area in winter.
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Brunico Castle, on the castle hill that rises above the town, dates back to its foundation under Bishop Bruno in the 13th century.
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The picturesque old town is worth a visit: Here you will find cafés, shops and the colourful houses between Oberragen and the Ursuline Monastery.
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Blooming potato fields near Lunes above Teodone: The area around Brunico is South Tyrol’s most important potato-growing region.
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Teodone is known for its South Tyrolean Folklore Museum, which shows beautiful courtyards in the open-air area - with a view on Brunico.
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The Rienza then crosses the town, here the view on the charming St. Katherine’s Church at the foot of the castle hill, a popular place for weddings.
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In winter, Mt. Plan de Corones, accessible from several sides by the lifts, is transformed into a highlight for skiers and snowboarders.
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The town itself is also snow-covered and offers sledge runs and ice-skating opportunities in the surrounding area.
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A walk takes you from the parish church past the small St. Catherine’s Church up to Brunico Castle, which is also open in winter.
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Villa Santa Caterina at the entrance to the Valle di Tures, part of the municipality, is only a walk away from another part of the village: San Giorgio.
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In Advent you can experience the pre-Christmas atmosphere in Brunico when the famous Christmas Market opens its doors.
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It stretches idyllically with its wooden stalls between the Town Hall Square, the Bastioni area and Oberragen at the end of the old town.
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In the heart of the Val Pusteria lies its main town, Brunico, with the surrounding districts, which stretch from the golf course at the foot of Mt. Plan de Corones to the Aurino Floodplains in Stegona and on to San Giorgio and the fields of Villa Santa Caterina and Teodone. This is where the Lower Val Pusteria ends, and where the upper part begins with the famous lakes and the Three Peaks of Lavaredo. From a cultural and sporting point of view, the municipality is a destination for every season.

The most popular season is winter, when the skiing area on Mt. Plan de Corones opens its gates and can now be reached from several sides. The local mountain has also become a cultural attraction in recent years with the opening of two museums on the 2,275 m high peak: the Museum of Mountain Photography and the MMM Corones, which complement each other. The cultural offer continues in the valley, where the Brunico Municipal Museum and the South Tyrolean Folklore Museum in Teodone have interesting stories to tell. Brunico Castle, which seems to watch over the town from its castle hill called Schlossberg, houses another one of Reinhold Messner's museums: MMM Ripa, dedicated to the mountain peoples of the earth.

Long Friday evening shopping, concerts with international names, the Old Town Festival and the Christmas Market in the Advent period also make Brunico the social meeting place of the Val Pusteria. For an aperitif, people meet in the old town between Brunico Castle and the Tschurtschenthaler Park at the other end, or around the newly designed Town Hall Square. In addition, there is the Stegona Market in October, the annual market with a funfair: If you buy something warm to wear here, you'll get through the winter in good shape, as the old saying goes.

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