Or at least no space. At least not one that warms the hearts of the entire nation. In the popular ORF show “9 Places – 9 Treasures” Salzburg won for the first time on Saturday evening with its candidate, the Gadauner Gorge in Bad Hofgastein. After eleven editions of the show, only Vienna, Lower Austria and Burgenland are left without a title.
At least Lower Austria was able to secure a place on the podium. So the Salzburg rocky gorge, which has been a nature reserve since 1978 and for which country sponsor Bartl Gensbichler had thrown himself into the breach as Saalbach’s World Ski Championships sports director, was followed by Maria Taferl in second place. The Giglachseen in Styria, meanwhile, completed the leading trio with third place.
For the first time in 2014
For the first time in 2014, the ORF announced the competition for geographical gems with “9 Places – 9 Treasures”. Since then, Vorarlberg has won four times, while Styria has left the ring victorious three times. Tyrol, Upper Austria, Carinthia and now also Salzburg can each boast at least one treasure in their ranks.
The moderators of the final broadcast have established themselves as two treasures for the ORF: Armin Assinger and Barbara Karlich once again led the evening, with the triumph of the West being watched by an average of 823,000 people this year, which corresponded to a market share of 35 percent second highest since the format was launched in 2014.
And if you still can’t part with the treasure hunt, you can watch “Austria is so beautiful” on ORF 2 Assinger on Sunday afternoon from 3:40 p.m. The moderator presents all 27 places and places in the National Library that were put into the running by the federal states. And as always, Kral-Verlag has published a book about the highly valued places.
Source: Nachrichten
