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Entdecke Routen, Sehenswürdigkeiten und Reiseführer in Austin.
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6th Street, Live-Musik & Austins Rolle als Musikhauptstadt der Welt
Austin, Texas — die Hauptstadt von Texas, mit etwa 979.000 Einwohnern in der Stadt und 2,3 Millionen in der Metropolregion — die 'Live-Musikhauptstadt der Welt' (der Titel, den die Stadt Austin 1991 offiziell angenommen hat) und Heimat des South by Southwest (SXSW), dem wichtigsten Musikindustrie-Event der Welt.
Silicon Hills — Austins Tech-Boom, Innovation & die neue Wirtschaft
Austin's technology economy ('Silicon Hills' — the nickname for the Austin tech sector, referring to the Hill Country terrain of west Austin where many of the early tech campuses were built): Austin has emerged as the third-largest technology hub in the United States (after Silicon Valley and Seattle), with major corporate campuses (Tesla's Gigafactory Texas, Apple's $1 billion campus, Google, Oracle, Facebook, Amazon, and Samsung), a thriving startup ecosystem (Austin is consistently rated the top US city for startup activity by the Kauffman Foundation), and the South by Southwest Interactive festival (the annual technology conference that has been the primary platform for launching major technology companies (Twitter in 2007, Foursquare in 2009, Highlight in 2012)).
Texas Hill Country — Weingüter, Blaue Lupinen & Wochenendausflüge
The Texas Hill Country (the region of rolling limestone hills, cedar-juniper forests, spring-fed rivers, wildflower meadows, and working ranches immediately west of Austin — the most beloved natural landscape in Texas): the Hill Country within a 1-hour drive of Austin includes Fredericksburg (the German-founded town famous for peach orchards, wineries, and the National Museum of the Pacific War), Wimberley (the art colony on the Blanco River), the Pedernales Falls State Park, the Enchanted Rock State Natural Area, and dozens of Texas Hill Country wineries (the Texas Wine Country — the Texas Hill Country AVA (American Viticultural Area) is the most productive wine region in Texas, producing approximately 60% of Texas wine from approximately 50 wineries).
Lady Bird Lake, Barton Springs & Austins Outdoor-Kultur
Austins Outdoor-Kultur — die Kultur einer Stadt, deren halbtrockenes Klima, der Colorado River und das umliegende Hill Country Outdoor-Freizeitaktivitäten zu einem wesentlichen Teil des täglichen Lebens gemacht haben: Barton Springs Pool, Lady Bird Lake und der Barton Creek Greenbelt bilden das Outdoor-Freizeitzentrum von Austin.
Texas State Capitol, Congress Avenue & Downtown Austin
The Texas State Capitol (1100 Congress Avenue, Austin — the seat of the Texas state government, built 1882-1888 in the Italian Renaissance Revival style from sunset red granite quarried in Marble Falls, Texas — the tallest state capitol building in the United States (308 feet / 94 metres to the top of the Goddess of Liberty statue) and 14 feet taller than the US Capitol in Washington DC) dominates the Congress Avenue corridor, the grand axis of downtown Austin.
South Congress, SoCo Shopping & Austins Unabhängige Einzelhandelskultur
South Congress Avenue ('SoCo') ist das kommerzielle und kulturelle Herz von South Austin — der Streifen aus unabhängigen Shops, Restaurants, Musikclubs und Boutiquehotels, der den 'Keep Austin Weird'-Geist am vollständigsten verkörpert.
Texas BBQ, Franklin Barbecue & Austins Außergewöhnliche Essenskultur
Austins Essenskultur — die kulinarische Szene einer Stadt, die die tief verwurzelte Texas-BBQ-Tradition mit einer lebhaften Taco-Kultur, einer national anerkannten Restaurantszene und der einzigartigen Food-Trailer-Kultur Austins verbindet.
East Austin, unabhängige Kultur & die 'Keep Austin Weird'-Bewegung
East Austin (the neighbourhood east of Interstate 35 in Austin — the historically African-American and Mexican-American neighbourhood that has gentrified rapidly since 2005 but retains a concentration of independent restaurants, bars, galleries, and cultural institutions that embodies the 'Keep Austin Weird' ethos) and the broader 'Keep Austin Weird' movement (the slogan coined by a local radio DJ in 2000 that became the unofficial motto of Austin, expressing the city's commitment to independent culture, local businesses, and eccentricity over chain stores and corporate homogenization) define what makes Austin unique among American cities.
Austins Museen, Skurrile Attraktionen & das Blanton Kunstmuseum
Austins Kulturinstitutionen — die Museen und Attraktionen, die die Tiefe der Stadt jenseits der Live-Musik- und Gastronomie-Szene offenbaren: das Blanton Museum of Art, das Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum und die Cathedral of Junk.