Reinhold Messner is definitely one of the most famous people from South Tyrol. He gained his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert crosser and has repeatedly broken taboos. For four decades he gathered experience at the extreme edges of the earth, which today enables him to create a museum chain on […]
Stockfischgröstl – The traditional South Tyrolean meal for Ash Wednesday
The Stockfischgröstl dates back to the time when there were no closed cold chains. Fish was preserved by removing water from it and drying it. On Ash Wednesday, for example, it was watered and made into a delicious Stockfischgröstl. For four portions of stockfish gröstl you need the following ingredients: 600 g stockfish (dried cod) […]
The Egetmann parade in Termeno
One of the oldest but also strangest carnival customs in South Tyrol is the Egetmann procession in Termeno, which takes place every Shrove Tuesday in odd-numbered years. Thousands of spectators from near and far come to Tramin to experience this spectacle. The main figure of this great procession is the Egetmann, who gives his name […]
The Spring Valley in South Tyrol – A sea of flowers in winter
In many places, the ski slopes still have great snow conditions and offer pure fun on the descent. But there is one place in South Tyrol where spring has already arrived. There, the first snowdrops and liverworts are already sticking their heads out of the ground and offering a great play of colours in the […]
Traditional Masked Ball
Der Maschgertanz ist ein althergebrachter Faschingsbrauch in Prad am Stilfserjoch, doch niemand kennt seinThe masked ball is a time-honoured carnival custom in Prad am Stilfserjoch, but no one knows its exact origins or its deeper meaning. Perhaps it is a kind of wedding procession or a dance of death. In any case, it is one […]
Vegetarian Bolognese Sauce
It doesn’t always have to be meat. But it has to taste good! Our recipe today combines exactly these two things. Namely, a vegetarian version of a classic Bolognese sauce. We replace the minced meat with delicious and particularly healthy buckwheat. Buckwheat is a pseudo-cereal and contains many high-quality nutrients and vital substances: it is […]
Zussl Race in Prato allo Stelvio
The colourful winter hustle and bustle on Shrove Thursday An old custom for expelling winter that only takes place in Prad is the colourful Zussl race. It is not only a carnival procession, but also a precisely choreographed noise ritual. On Shrove Thursday, young boys dress up in white robes decorated with colourful paper flowers. They […]
South Tyrolean carnival doughnuts – the recipe to make yourself
Faschingskrapfen (carnival doughnuts) are yet another treat that takes you back to your childhood. Even though the round and deliciously filled yeast balls can be bought almost all year round, they taste best at Fasnacht or Fasching. And they taste even better homemade, especially as it may take a little longer – yeast dough, after […]
Carnival, and “Fasnacht” – South Tyrolean Customs
Opinions differ widely as to where the customs of Fasnacht come from. Does carnival derive from the Latin term carne vale – meat farewell and refers to the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday? Is carnival a merry hustle and bustle and a folk show of the villagers, as some historians assume? Is Fasnacht derived […]
MMM – The Messner Mountain Museum Ortles
Reinhold Messner is definitely one of the most famous people from South Tyrol. He gained his fame as a rock climber, expedition mountaineer, polar and desert crosser and has repeatedly broken taboos. For four decades he gathered experience at the extreme edges of the earth, which today enables him to create a museum chain on […]