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Winter is a collective term for all types of sports that are on ice or snow. So skiing, snowboarding, cross-country skiing, biathlon, skating, bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey ga and so on. Skiing is ride on snow or a kunstskibaan using one or more "planks", skis, which at the feet (shoes) are confirmed *. That sounds more complicated than it is. Actually it's just the two battens down a mountainside. Snowboarding is a sport where you stand on a board with vastgemaakte shoes descends on a snowy mountainside or piste. The snowboarding was invented by a surfer, who thought you with a different kind of board like a wave of the mountain had to be. Actually there is only since the 70s. And you should see it now: it is hugely popular. Cross-country skiing is a sort of glide and anticipate slats. Or put it another way, skating on cross country skis. These are longer and thinner than skis used in skiing. In addition to the skis do you need sticks to you to continue. There are two different ways to cross-country skiing. You have the classic style, where you essentially marketing with the skis, supported by the poles. You 'runs' than with the skis. The "free style" similar to the schaatstechniek; you get sideways with, or sometimes without, poles. Cross-country skiing you can do on a trail, which is called a track. In the classical technique that two tracks. For the free style ga you have made a smooth trail. Biatlon is actually a kind of cross, which you must geweerschieten on a goal. At certain points on the trail the athlete must stop and shoot a goal. Do you target, that means you lose time, because usually there is an additional circle walked / geskate again for your mag.

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Austria is a very popular holiday. In particular mountain sports are very popular, such as winter sports. Especially because the apres ski Austria is very famous. Austria is situated in Europe and is part of the Alps. It is situated between Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Germany, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Italy and Slovenia. The majority of Austrians speak German and it was 78% of the inhabitants of Roman Catholic Austria. The country is especially known for the Alps, the Grossglockner with 3,797 meters at the highest point of Austria. In the valleys of the Alps are fields, meadows and deciduous forests. On Higher find pine forests and mountain meadows. When you top the 2800 meters, dotted with snow, ice and bare rocks. The capital of Austria Vienna. In the Vienna Town is the hofburg surrounding the Spanish Riding School and the famous Stephansdom. In Vienna is also the Uhrenmuseum. This museum has more than 3,000 slingerklokken, clocks and zakhorloges. Salzburg has sights as the Duomo, and Dommuseum Domplatz, the Mozart house and the Toy. Innsbruck is also popular with tourists. It is the cultural capital of Tyrol and contains the Spitalkirche from 1320. In Niederösterreich find the monastery Milk, one of the finest barokabdijen of Europe. Also you have the Neusiedler See, the largest steppemeer of Europe. In Styria, you need to have many abbeys and castles. For active holidaymakers are many pedestrian and bicycle paths. In the capital Graz are numerous annual festivals and cultural events. Most tourists come to Austria for the winter sports. The après-skisfeer in Austria uitbundiger and noisier than in other European countries. This applies especially to places in the provinces of Tyrol and Salzburg. Also in the Vorarlberg region in Lech are good entertainment and après-ski possibilities.