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Salt Mine and Skywalk
The oldest salt mine in the world, reached by funicular, with miners' slides inside and a viewing platform hanging over the village.
- Open
- Spring to autumn
- Price
- Paid
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Salzbergstrasse 21, 4830 HallstattDirections
- Getting There
- The funicular from the Lahn end of the village.
Why Go
People have mined salt in this valley for about 7,000 years. Tours lead through the tunnels on a mine train and down two long wooden slides, past an underground salt lake and the story of the 'Man in Salt', a prehistoric miner's body found here in 1734.
At the top of the funicular, the Skywalk juts out 350 meters above the rooftops.
Nearby in Hallstatt
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