{"chapterKey":"austria/innsbruck","title":"Innsbruck","regionSlug":"austria","status":"published","photos":[{"sha":"06fdef1c50fd7208bee41fa469ebf78e2cda3443f04a2f8baf2207f2877c6161","caption":"Best place to start: the City Tower, built in 1358 though in its present form from 1560. Stairs are good for you.","width":1224,"height":1632,"aspect":0.75,"orientation":"portrait","layoutHint":"narrow","srcThumb":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/6598f04ba45d8fd8c8f039ae17f272f7","srcSmall":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/02f6225d2210d11e95a95a66acb050e4","srcMedium":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/b07b726c0ac6f4b3fd0e2fbdc2f270be","srcLarge":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/06fdef1c50fd7208bee41fa469ebf78e","srcOriginal":"https://wtbl.nyc3.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/06fdef1c50fd7208bee41fa469ebf78e","altText":"Best place to start: the City Tower, built in 1358 though in its present form from 1560. 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It's also at the point on the Inn where traffic heads south to the Brenner Pass and Italy.","visitedDate":"2003","publishedDate":"2003-09-11T04:00:00.000Z","originalUrl":"https://www.greatmirror.com/index.cfm?countryid=651&chapterid=657&picturesize=medium","heroSha":"4bc3ad3e37e0709d2283a35a7496525f6ad25720afff1a38aa54845bcea0e066","authorLabel":"Bryan Wallach","_meta":{"sameAs":[]}}