Austrian and Italian Alps

[@tracyjamieson362]

Watching this just melted a bunch of stress away. Thank you, Rick Steves.

[@kylehill3643]

It's the sunny side of the street.

[@RegulareoldNorseBoy]

Wholesome entertainment Steve is such a good presenter

[@KristinaTravelina]

I like to have a cup of coffee and watch the videos of Rick Steves🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@jeppestrand2168]

I lived in Austria for 5 years... one of the finest places in the world ...

[@joemoschetta1541]

@Veronica Pascucci italy wins

[@peace4myheart]

I visited Austria when I drove through Europe for 3 weeks and I have to say it is the most beautiful country of all the countries I visited and I have visited many. They include Sweden, Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, England, France, Italy, Germany, Czech Republic, and Switzerland.

[@juliecramer7768]

Do you still think so?

[@lokeshkasireddy2048]

One of the best episode ❤

[@randomvintagefilm273]

This is the only show I would allow my parents to watch over the last 20 years!

[@therealzilch]

I left California in '82 to live in Austria. There are many reasons I'm happy to be here, and the Alps are a big one. Nicely done. Cheers from cool Vienna, Scott

[@michaelvalentine1693]

As an American that moved to Innsbruck, I'm impressed with Rick's coverage, and that he found the Wald Alm, which isn't well known: Great Job! Also I have to say the historical research is spot on, which further adds to the credibility. Tirol is an amazing place!

[@Whippy99]

You lucky, lucky person. 😊

[@wanderingsoul1189]

One should be luckiest hundred times to experience that Alpine beauty where nature and culture intertwine. Sigh!!!!

[@NoreasterMike]

My favorite part of Europe. Travelin' in 2022...hopefully. Danke!

[@bluesisyphe]

I'm from Rome and I go to Südtirol to sky in the winter and hike in the summer. It's the most beautiful place on Earth, I love it so much

[@weston.weston]

You're an American treasure, Rick Steves. You've been sharing the world with us for decades. And, you inspire our travel abroad with lots of enthusiasm and insight. Thank you, Rick!

[@chegeny]

23:47 That meadow is like something out of everyone's dreams. Glad you shared that moment with us, Steve.

[@ahmadmecyoke6379]

No ads , no promotional clips 👌👌👌

[@bryanb7697]

Love me a new season of Rick Steves! I've been waiting forever

[@loraross3598]

When I was 17, I was lucky enough to go to Austria for a month in summer 1972 through the American Institute for Foreign Study. We stayed at a school in Lienz in the Tirol. The place is absolutely gorgeous, so go there if you can. We took side trips to Venice, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Vienna, Munich, Zurich and others. I remember the Golden Roof. We were dressed as miners and toured a salt mine sliding down the slides. We saw several folk dancer groups. We saw the Sound of Music house/grounds. We trained from Innsbruck to Paris and then home. It was the dream trip of a lifetime that I'll always remember!!! Thanks for the memories Rick! I LOVE your show!!!

[@muhrad8690]

I spent my summer holidays in Austrian alps when I was little , I hate covid I can’t enjoy this beauty

[@ejohnson3131]

Rick Steve’s in HD? Life doesn’t get much better than this!

[@mrjack4808]

I was in Europe twice in 1988 and 1998. You have a wonderful show and I think the best episodes are when you went to Germany Austria Switzerland and England and Scotland.

[@LowIiet]

12:19 "YEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH HIIII HOHOHOHO" I didn't expect that level of enthusiasm

[@maxinef6654]

Well, you know Americans are loud anyway.

[@nandep2149]

* That's their tradition for certain performances. * A loud "Chee-Hooo" is ALSO a common, traditional yell in Samoa, Tonga and several other countries. * Most Americans (not all) are only loud when the situation, culture or performance calls for it. * Many nationalities are known for being loud; but as with anything, one cannot/should not generalize. * MaxineF. - try a "chee-hooo!" You'll feel better. Haha! 😉

[@alphacause]

Thank you Rick and crew for another amazing look at the picturesque country side of Europe. I have always enjoyed your program, but it becomes even more significant when we are prohibited from traveling as a result of this pandemic. As always, you represent the very best in what public television has to offer.

[@prof.tarekeldomiaty5069]

My dear Rick.. thank you for your high morale saying " thanks for joining us"... indeed, we should thank you for offering us these great opportunities to join you..

[@AbdulMalik-pk1bj]

Classically and historically rich places ❤️ And what a natural beauty! God's art at it's best.

[@TruthProvider]

One of my favorite parts of the world. Thanks Rick.

[@emilymcfadden4360]

Best youve ever done.mountains mountains mountains! And goregeous villages!

[@MarianoHornai]

Thank you Mr. Rick and crew, I liked this episode and all the documentaries video you made. Europe is the highest organized region and country's in the world. I from Timor-Leste located in southeast Asia.

[@lucybirdy9435]

Waw! This is so blessing and quietly! Just dreamy! Thank you Rick for charing! 😍👍🏞

[@TelanganaVaibhavam]

for the kind attention of Rick steves ... Thank you so much for this videos.. enjoyed a lot.. millions of thanks to you dear friend.. I am from India.

[@Jamilah-b1z]

We had a wonderful holiday in Austria & Italy. We were lucky we could visit in 2008 & 2012. The snowcapped mountains was really beautiful. All your videos brought back lovely memories.

[@claudiainsignia7894]

nature, friendly people, music, dance and cultural heritage are great taste of utopian life.

[@joebloggs619]

Beautiful Italian Dolomite mountains....Very nice. Thanks.

[@ahmadtlaib8342]

Rick Steve, you are the best KZbinr ever. I wish you success in everything you do. Greetings to you from Chicago, United States of America

[@mynoxx01]

Austrian here, the austrian autobahn is not toll free, the only difference is in austria you have to buy a sticker instead of paying at those toll houses on the roads in italy. You buy the sticker for 10 days, a month or a year and then you can use the motorways as much as you want, some specific parts, tunnels and so on have again a small toll to be paid.

[@nakedworldentertainment9645]

I LOVE ITALY... THAT'S BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY. THX 4 YOUR VIDEO. SO AMAZING.

[@omaralaouimdaghri6128]

Im so glad you back with news episodes . Love your show. I always feel like im there with you enjoying the moment. You the best Thanks for this Mr Rick

[@explorer.samrat]

Nature is the ultimate magician. 🥰🥰

[@Drebin169]

The Alps were my favorite place in both trips to Europe, and my favorite place so far that I've visited.

[@OZZIEMV]

Thanks Rick and crew, I've been watching your videos for a few years now and love how you show the real people and places of Europe. G'day from Australia

[@2Hearts3]

Rick has a good time. Thanks for sharing such beautiful travels with us.👋🏞️🏔️

[@안옥순-s1m]

전원주택 정겨워! 일프스의 산풍경 아름다워 사람들도 평화로와 공기도 맑고 맛있는 음식과 여럿이 어울리는 모습 행복해요.

[@thesecretsquirrel5935]

If you find yourself on the Zugspitze in winter take the afternoon side of lunch up there on a nice clear day, about 4 or 5 pm take the elevator down into the mountain to the little train and head to the Ski Bar ! Theres always a massive Apres Ski party on Friday and Saturday evenings. Great Fun !

[@RoryMoulton]

Well, well. Look who got themselves a drone. And finally made a Dolomites episode!

[@Pp57561]

Mr. Steves your videos are like therapy in lockdown.. Love from India🇮🇳

[@karimmanaouil9354]

This is truly wonderful and amazing! The scenery, the villages, the people, the culture, the buildings, everything is fascinating! Thank you very much Steve for (virtually) taking us with you in this very lovely journey.

[@anndeakin1508]

Austria great trips walks music cablecars mountains and views from cable cars love the history and views not to be missed.Wood carving great to view.Castles a must and music. To savour a concert.

[@pragyasati4964]

Loved this video, Europe is certainly the cleanest and prettiest continent. I want to reside in Alps, clean and cozy. 🌻⛰🥂

[@jamesjonathan5290]

I love Italy

[@kumbashishashikanthupadhya5921]

Super orator, great vocabulary, wonderful photography, enjoying without travel, seeing Europe from home

[@Nyck461]

Great video. These places seems like not existing in the earth. Watching Steve's videos take me to beautiful places in Europe.

[@Cactus521]

Your "Europe thru the Backdoor" was my guide that helped me on three Eurail Trips, in '87. '89 and '91. My favorite back door hotel was the Montag in St. Goar and also the Stachus in Munich, budget priced but with nice clean rooms and steps from the station and pedestrian zone. Also I recommend the Weisses Kreuz in Innsbruck. My room there overlooked the pedestrian zone and Golden Roof. From Innsbruck I took a day train trip to Sterzing, just over the Brenner Pass in Italy, with German street signs. Sterzing is a great back door, Tyrolean Gem.

[@andreipopa9812]

I love your documentaries. Nice to find you again on KZbin. Its clear you have a love for Europe

[@maribethalbarracin]

I'm binge watching these documentaries. It's like I'm traveling too. ❤️

[@hotdog31227]

Cool castle and cool mountains, Austria is very unique

[@d.dominik1995]

Yes, you're right. Europe is full of things to discover. And Italy even more 🇮🇹

[@Sippy309]

My family are from a place in the north east Italian alps that was once a part of Austria. We visited the Dolomite’s. The Austrian and Swiss culture is still there in the alps.

[@Ellie-yx8ni]

What a wonderful part of the world. Thank you Rick and team!

[@lizlee4941]

I'm so excited to find your show again!! One of my greatest regrets in giving up TV meant no more Rick Steves backpacking across Europe.

[@LHWQ-yi1sk]

Earth is in fact a very special gift and unique in its stunning beauty. Thank you so much my lord for sharing this wonderful landscape.

[@q-doctor6564]

Thank you for beautiful video & good information for culture about alps.

[@dr.bimalchandrakirtaniya1804]

I am from India and love to travel to Europe. Thank you Rick steves.

[@maecyantenero2099]

I reall like all your videos. It beautifully different from others. Its peaceful yet very educational. Love from Philipillines🇵🇭

[@WelzermanAleixo]

Its really incredible how Italy and Austria either be the same and different, in terms of culture. All those cities on valleys, surrounded by mountains are breathtaking places to visit.

[@Oberkommando]

Well Südtirol's culture was never really Italian. In 1910 for example not even 3% of South Tyroleans spoke Italian. After it was forced from Austria after WW2, yearly, on annexation day, churches would ring their bells and mourning marches would be held in the villages. The first time italian culture came there was when Mussolini rose to power and settled massive amounts of italians in the region and tried to erase the german culture by renaming cities, tearing down statues, forcing the Italian language on people. The germans were subsequently lured by programmes like "Heim ins Reich" to move out of the region. Even though Mussolini tried his best to erase german culture and force italian culture into the region he never really succeeded all that well. It's just nearly impossible to erase one of the most germanic regions especially when it's culture is so vastly different to the italian one.

[@Marco.-]

@@Oberkommando mussolini italianized the land like the hasburgs germanized it. it was always an italian region of the italic peninsula since romans and the government protect minorities (like using bilingual signal) so dont act like you austrians are the good guys.

[@Ipoksel]

@@Oberkommando The Alps have represented for millions of years the insormountable geological barrier betwenn central and northern Europe and the Mediterrranean world. In fact, only since the 7th century a.C. the area after Brenner pass has become germanized with populations of bavarian origin. (germanization of the preexisting Latin and Retic culture). Although it cannot be said that this land is entirly and only germanic: in fact the istorical courses and appeals are to prove just this. Like in all borderlands, and here maybe, most of all. It would have be nice if you had specified that the (infamous) program "Heim ins Reich" was intended precisely by germans, under the leadership of their notorius old leader.

[@ITALICVS]

@@Oberkommando South Tyrol is part of the Italian geographical region. It is located below the Alps, a natural historical border. In Roman times, South Tyrol was part of Roman Italy in the Venetia et Histria region, and not of Rezia. Latin was spoken in South Tyrol, and the most ancient and indigenous language of the place is Ladino, a Romance language still spoken today. The Germanic peoples are simply medieval invaders who came from the north of the Alps, they are not originally from South Tyrol, they do not belong to that land.

[@anowarhossain1229]

outstanding beauty of Europe

[@olgalovl]

Thank you, Rick and the team, for colorful, educational, amazing videos 👍🍀🌞

[@thangzikpuii5955]

wow..the greatest and most picturesque of the Alps..great video..thanks from Aizawl, Mizoram, India

[@msmohini2242]

The last spectacular soothing flower view😍😍😍 I just wanna click a picture sitting here🥰🥰🥰

[@officialdropnation]

I love all of the Rick Steves' Specials because they make me feel special.

[@exploder9127]

Hi random verified person

[@wastrel09]

He has injected his leftist politics too much into his travel content. It's preachy and a big turn off. He's got TDS pretty badly, LOL

[@shaikazmathali5978]

I love all the Rick Steve Special feel very special.

[@estherkisob9919]

Rick Steve is one of the oldest "Travels in Europe tours". His style is very unique and special. Thanks for these new discoveries. This video is so fascinating and educational. I'm a history buff and there is so much here that I'm speechless.

[@rosarialoforte364]

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[@lucas.hahn2027]

I can’t wait when I’m an adult to venture the world and explore its wild mysteries like Rick Steves!

[@eskezeiayihunie6221]

Thank you, enjoyed with lovely nature from Ethiopia !!

[@jackietucker8942]

Your shows make it possible for me to see things, and "travel" places I could never afford. Thank you for doing these great travel videos.

[@agile-j4d]

A few corrections: 1) The Autobahn in Austria is very much not free. It's several hundred Euros a year. You guys might have forgotten to pay. 2) Hall doesn't mean salt in German, that would be Salz. 3) You said you're traveling from the Germanic world into the Mediterranean world. Actually the part of Italy you showed is entirely Austrian in culture as it used to be Austria until Italy annexed it in WW1. They speak German and belong to Tyrol in Austria. The only thing that makes South Tyrol (the area you went to in Italy) Italian is the fact that Italy claims it as Italian territory. The culture is entirely Austrian. Tradition, history, architecture, castles etc. are all the very same as in the north (Austria) because they are Austrian. Otherwise great info :)

[@jelizabethwarak4293]

Beautiful countries in Europe. Wish to take a tour one day after the pandemic.

[@adriansunburn]

Every frame is a treat for my eyes. Beautiful place and beautiful people.

[@andreawallenberger2668]

The Dolomites always make me feel emotional! 🏞🏔🚠⛰️🏔⛰️💐

[@Whippy99]

I’m fortunate enough to have visited the Alps in each of these beautiful countries. However, my heart belongs to the Austrian Tyrol. I’ve been there over ten times! Four of the visits have been in the Ziller Valley, namely Mayrhofen. I’m British with no connections to Austria! It stole my heart in my very first visit in 1988. ❤

[@johnhagebeuk8]

I really love the Dolomites and the way you showed it to us is amazing thank you

[@pinayladyoz8044]

I'm reminiscing my trip in Austria, Germany, Italy and France 2008. How I wish I can travel again back to Europe.

[@giosuetacconiartist-thepro4960]

Amazing people and amazing country.

[@ayaziqbal4217]

It is always a wonderful journey with you Steve... Thnx for such a beautiful series...

[@LouBloom21655]

Went there last week. Beautiful

[@Dashingdiva73]

OMG FRAU STEINER HASN'T AGED SINCE YOU LAST VISITED! This is a bucket list trip for me!

[@luath5579]

It's great to see some new films, especially in such a beautiful part of Europe (all part of Bavaria at one time, before the Austrians gained the Inn valley area of the Tyrol and the Sudtirol. I'm saving the Swiss Alps until tomorrow (one of my favourite train journeys is from St Moritz, via the Bernina Pass and down the mountain to Tirano).

[@cosicave5179]

I always enjoy your videos, Rick. You're so corny, you always make me smile; but this is so authentically 'you', it only goes toward enhancing your excellent and informative presentation. As always. Thankyou.

[@poor_impulsive]

Innsbruck is a magical place

[@senior1110]

Rick has the best job in the world!!!

[@jtedlssterling3169]

Thank you for some of the most pleasant most happy moments on KZbin !

[@paramsethi5977]

I really enjoy your videos.The research work is too good and I get inspired to travel.Will do so after I retire.Thanks a lot Rick for the information and picturesque locations of the world.Much love from India.

[@anuradhainamdar8967]

Beautiful soothing music, and Austrian Alps & Itlalian Alps regional dancers, Brenner pass through which the Roman's pass,Tyrol the birthplace of" Alexander von Humboldt ", 1000 years old castle ! Ultimately the dolomites great vignettes of European Alps.

[@mazennehme7907]

That's so beautiful. Thank you Rick for sharing.

[@bibhutibhusanbiswal7687]

You are doing great and fantastic job, Rick. Really fantastic!!!

[@akashpuri5432]

when right people choose right professions and do right things like doing justice to what they like. Just amazing and beyond

[@srikiwik5676]

Just found your channel recently. What a great relaxing mind to see around the world during this pandemic. Stay safe!Greetings from Indonesia

[@MrZmk1984]

Greatest travel programmer, that’s who Rick is 🫅🏻🙌🏼

[@rajibpatra1963]

Thank you sir for taking me round the Europe.

[@conradodandan6849]

I've been in tirol,austria.it's a good experience.

[@phillipnoetzel8846]

Countries of my birth and my ancestors....may they never loose their unique culture and beauty.

[@barborawurfelova3545]

Still my only way to look abroad. Thank you Rick for another amazing video!

[@jeybi675]

As always, this channel is the best tourism channel.

[@mellowfellow6816]

I was so engrossed in this program I was taken by surprise when Rick began his concluding statements.

[@mridulabehl3307]

Thanks for the super trip enjoyed every minute looked as if I was there thanks very much

[@utenteutente9531]

Don't forget that the Dolomites aren't only in Südtirol but also in Trentino (the province of Trento) and Veneto (the region of Venice), a great opportunity to visit three beautiful lands at once!

[@CocoB22]

So true. You can’t leave out Trentino. As a Trentina myself it’s very important.

[@utenteutente9531]

@@CocoB22 same for me as a Veneto :) and to be fair a little portion is also in Friuli Venezia Giulia, another beautiful region

[@Whippy99]

The Dolomites are so beautiful they look like they are from a fairy tale!

[@lukas.k2702]

that was really heartwarming for me. As an austrian i miss playing music and just having fun in a bar or a local event :I