Dornbirn

Go for a hike, best visit the Scouts Place on "Zanzenberg". Even more interesting is to take the "Stadtbus" or "Landbus" to Rappenloch, walk straight into the Rappenloch 30mins, pass the Lake, continue to "Alploch" and then up to the "Kirchle", a great natural halfcave, impressive to look at. You can even continue and watch the strange geologic formations on side of the "Ebniter Strasse"Two cheap Restaurants or at least Reststations are on that track.

On those warm summer nights it's great to go to the central square of the town. Especially Thrusdays and Fridays can be recommended. During Advent a large Advent market is held in the market place and surrounding streets and squares. In the evenings the Gluehwein stands stay open and the atmosphere gets quite merry and fun. Another great time of year is Fasching, the run up to Lent, when there are often parades and bands in the market place.

Fans of alternative Music watch out for several locations: Visit the "Grüne Pavillion" close to the Central Square and on Weekend you can also use the free Shuttlebus taking you to then #1 Nightclub, the "Conrad Sohm", twice an hour, round midnight. Also got to the "Innauer" for great drum'n'base and dance. To hang out you can visit the "Tivoli" Whinebar or eat great italian Pizza at "Paolo and Andreas", charging only €5 when taking away and located close to the center as well.

For cultural events art-house films, music, dance the Spielboden in the district of Rohrbach is worth a visit. There are a number of museums to visit; Inatura is the interactive museum about the natural world which will appeal especially but not exclusively to children. Near Inatura in the Stadtgarten is Kunstraum Dornbirn, where you can see contemporary art around the theme of "art and nature". The world's largest Rolls-royce museum is out of town to the west - take the number 5 bus as it's a bit of a trek.

The Stadtbad indoor swimming pool is worth a visit for the modern architecture alone. The facilities are brand new - there are 3 pools, 2 diving boards and a water flume as well as a sauna. Closed on Mondays.