{"id":8327,"date":"2017-09-10T15:30:04","date_gmt":"2017-09-10T20:30:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/?p=8327"},"modified":"2020-02-24T19:19:12","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T01:19:12","slug":"salzwelten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/outsidesuburbia.com\/travel\/europe\/austria\/salzwelten\/","title":{"rendered":"Salzwelten: Visiting the Oldest Salt mine in the World near Hallstatt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Did you know that the names of the city of Salzburg and the region of Salzkammergut come from Salt – which is one of the most important raw materials in Austria? Dubbed as the “white-gold”, it plays such an important part in the history of the region and Salzwelten in the oldest salt mine in the world. Hallstatt is more than a pretty lakeshore village although it has become a favorite destination for people(especially Photographers and Instagrammers) from all over because of its extremely striking position right on lake Hallstatter. Home to less than 1000 people, Hallstatt has been inhabited for thousands of years because it has bountiful deposits of natural salt that people living there always mined. A region in China has even built a full-scale replica of it but you will be better off to visit the real town for some unique adventures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n