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James Bond filming locations in Austria
4 James Bond locations you can visit in Austria: Gaislachkogl & Ice Q, Bregenz Floating Stage, Altaussee, Vienna. Where to stand, how to get there and the story behind each.
Gaislachkogl & Ice Q, Sölden, Austria
A glass cube at 3,048 m in the Ötztal Alps, the range where the 5,300-year-old Iceman Ötzi was found in 1991.
In Spectre: The glass restaurant plays the mountaintop clinic.
Where to stand: Inside the glass restaurant at the summit station. The 007 Elements gallery is cut into the rock beside it.
2 filming spots: Ice Q, Gaislachkogl summit; The glacier road.
Best time: Clear mornings in winter or high summer.
Bregenz Floating Stage, Lake Constance, Austria
An opera stage built out into Lake Constance, with 7,000 seats on the shore. Each production's set is a giant sculpture that stays on the water for two summers.
In Quantum of Solace: Quantum's secret meeting during Tosca, under the stage's giant eye.
Where to stand: On the lakeside promenade beside the Festspielhaus, facing the stage across the water.
Best time: A summer evening performance, July to August.
Altaussee, Styrian Salzkammergut, Austria
A still mountain lake below the Trisselwand cliffs. In 1945 the salt mine above the village hid thousands of looted artworks, including the Ghent Altarpiece.
In Spectre: Mr White's hideaway: Bond crosses the frozen lake to the lonely log cabin.
Where to stand: Walk the lakeside path east towards the far end of the lake, where the Seewiese hunting lodge stood in for the cabin.
Best time: Winter, when the lake freezes and the path is snowy, or a still autumn morning.
Vienna, Vienna, Austria
The old imperial capital, where the 1897 Giant Ferris Wheel in the Prater was made famous by The Third Man.
In The Living Daylights: Bond and Kara ride the Riesenrad, and arrive at Schönbrunn by carriage.
Where to stand: At the foot of the Riesenrad in the Prater, then take a cabin up for the view over the city.
3 filming spots: The Riesenrad, Prater; Volksoper; Schönbrunn Palace.
Best time: December for the Christmas markets, or May for the gardens.
Quick answers
Where were James Bond films shot in Austria?
Places you can visit in Austria include Gaislachkogl & Ice Q (Spectre); Bregenz Floating Stage (Quantum of Solace); Altaussee (Spectre); Vienna (The Living Daylights).
Which Bond films have locations in Austria?
Spectre, Quantum of Solace, The Living Daylights.