Photography journeys to Austria and Romania 2025
In 2025, you can once again accompany me on photo tours to primary forests and photogenic landscapes Austria and Romania. In cooperation with Bärentrail I will offer photo walks into the charming natural and cultural landscape of the Waldviertel region in northern Austria (May 10, 2025, 8am – 4pm and Juli 5, 2025, 8am 4pm, ) In partnership with ARR Reisen I will accompany tours to some of the last primary forests of Europe –... Read More
Wild Forests of Romania / Austria: Phototrips 2025
In 2025, you can once again accompany me on photo tours to primary forests and photogenic landscapes Austria and Romania. In cooperation with Bärentrail I will offer photo walks into the charming natural and cultural landscape of the Waldviertel region in northern Austria (May 10, 2025, 8am – 4pm and Juli 5, 2025, 8am 4pm, ) In partnership with ARR Reisen I will accompany tours to some of the last primary forests of Europe –... Read More
Unexpeced Wilderness Next Door
Do you remember those fantasy films where people step into a forest and suddenly find themselves in another world? Such places really do exist. Not a joke. Not far from our homes there are hidden places that are unexpectedly wild and unspoiled. These places were obviously overlooked. They have been difficult to access for exploitation. Or less interesting from an economic point of view because of poor resource provision. So they somehow „avoided“... Read More
Wild Forests of Romanian Fagaras Mountains
There are only a few places left in Europe where wilderness in its original form still can be found: Mountains and valleys without roads, even no trails – and primary forests. One of those places is the rugged Făgăraș Mountain range in the Romanian Carpathians, just southeast of Sibiu. In the past years I was there several times – together with Slovak researcher Martin Mikolas and Romanian forest experts. We walked into the fascinating... Read More
Austria’s Great Wilderness
Austria’s only Wilderness Area (according to international standards by IUCN) at Mount Duerrenstein in southern Lower Austria could be enlarged by another 5600 ha in the neighbouring province Styria. The application process has been started in 2015. The area is owned by the state and managed by Austria’s State Forestry „Österreichische Bundesforste“. The 3500 ha Wilderness Reserve Duerrenstein hosts the remarkable Rothwald... Read More