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15 signs that you have a longing for Tyrol

It doesn't matter whether you're Tyrolean and don't live in your home country. Or have recently spent a wonderful holiday here. This burning longing for this small country in the mountains can affect anyone! Sometimes it comes very gradually and gets worse and worse. Or it's always been there and you just didn't realise it. Don't think so? Then test yourself! Here are 15 signs that the longing for Tyrol has definitely got you.

1. you are desperately looking for the Golden Roof in every city.

2. you don't sing in the shower - you yodel!

3. you wear your traditional costume on Sundays, no matter what you're up to.

  • Tirolean Tracht

    If you want to buy a smart dirndl, traditional lederhosen, a dashing loden jacket or another piece of traditional costume from Tyrol, you've come to the right place. The following specialist shops and craft businesses know what is important when it comes to traditional costume and country house fashion. They focus on top quality, natural materials such as linen, leather and loden and combine traditional craftsmanship with contemporary designs. Our recommendation: go there, get expert and friendly advice and go home happy with a high-quality Tyrolean traditional costume or matching accessory.

4. the walls in your flat are covered with Tyrol posters.

5. you buy a car with four-wheel drive, even though you live in the lowlands.

6 You always take the stairs and imagine you're climbing a Tyrolean mountain.

7. if you do take the lift, you imagine it's a cable car.

Die Nordkettenbahn über Innsbruck im Sommer

10. you're always travelling in the wrong direction because without mountains you simply have no orientation (anymore).

11. you know all the Tyrolean recipes by heart.

  • Recipes from Tyrol

    Savoury, sweet, elaborate or simple - with these recipes you can bring Tyrol to your plate.

12. you generally write news in Tyrolean dialect.

13. you ask in the pet shop if they sell a marmot.

  • Zoos & animal parks

    No kangaroos in Austria?!? Anyone who has this slogan printed on their shirt is not quite right, as some of the marsupials also live in Tyrol - in a flat-sharing community with animals that you would expect to find in the Alps: deer, stags, ibexes and stray domestic and farm animal breeds. And because it works so well, they are also joined by llamas, alpacas, yaks and even some monkeys. Of course, you can also visit the Big5 of the Alps in zoos in this country: ibexes, chamois, marmots, golden eagles and bearded vultures are at home in Innsbruck's Alpine Zoo, for example.

14 In the city, you greet all passers-by and are on a first-name basis with everyone you talk to.

15. your dog doesn't have a collar, but a cowbell around its neck.

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