Landmark
Maria-Theresien-Straße
Straight boulevard framed by baroque facades, aligned to a sweeping alpine ridge to the north.
Location
About this audio guide
This guide to Maria-Theresien-Straße in Innsbruck follows the boulevard's odd relationship with the sky over the Nordkette, the mountain wall it was built to frame. It traces the foehn wind's long journey from the Mediterranean to this exact stretch of pavement, and the strange clouds that warn of it. You'll also hear what the street's early twenty-first-century redesign changed about the way visitors are meant to look north.
This audio guide was created using AI.