Tourist attraction
Marktplatz Innsbruck
Open-air market square by the Inn river, trading in fresh produce since the sixteen seventies.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Marktplatz in Innsbruck centers on Bäckerschupfen, the centuries-old punishment reserved for bakers caught cheating customers on bread weight. It follows the market's bread inspectors, the pillory that once stood on this square, and the basket lowered again and again into the Inn from the nearby bridge. Along the way it touches a fifteen forty-five city council scandal and a grain-shortage crackdown in the sixteen twenties.
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