Location Alpincenter
About the location
Obertauern is a popular countryside holiday location situated 1,600 meters above sea level in the south-east of the Austrian state of Salzburg.
The Obertauern young learners' course is offered in partnership with Young Austria.
Travel information
Please inform us of your child's travel plans up to eight weeks before the start of the course.Leisure programme
With our varied and action-packed leisure programme, boredom doesn’t stand a chance. Every day after classes our team of counselors offers a wide range of sports as well as creative, musical or cultural activities, for example: arts workshop, badminton, barbecues, basketball, cinema, city walking tours, cycling, disco nights, dramatic arts, flea markets, foosball, gymnasium, handball, jogging, museum visits, playing fields, rowing, soccer, swimming, table tennis, tennis, volleyball, Internet.*
We are also happy to accommodate special requests from our young guests whenever possible, provided that sufficient numbers of participants are interested.
Our team organizes two day excursions.
*Activities representing an increased risk to individuals or groups (e.g. visits of amusement parks, toboggan runs, bouldering, rafting, climbing etc.) or exposure of liability for the Goethe-Institut and the participants of the event are not offered.
Arrival by plane
Supervised transfer from Munich airport
A transfer service between Munich airport (MUC) and the course location in Stein will be offered from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the official arrival and departure days (waiting times may be involved).
One of our employees will be waiting at the transit area exit in the arrivals hall to greet the children when they arrive. He/she will be carrying a Goethe-Institut sign and will have identification. For organisational reasons, we cannot tell you the name of the employee until three days before the start of the course, at the earliest.
On the departure day, we will accompany your child as far as the airport check-in.
In the event of the flight being delayed, please note that a transfer outside the official transfer times will not be possible.
Arrival by car
Alpincenter
Schaidbergweg 3
65562 Obertauern
Austria
Coming from the north: by motorway A10, take exit Altenmarkt/Radstadt, continuing along B99 to Obertauern.
Coming from the south: by motorway A10, take exit St. Michael, continuing along B99 towards Mauterndorf and Tweng to Obertauern.
Arrival and departure outside of the scheduled dates
If you are not able to arrive or depart on the scheduled dates, please plan to arrive on the day after the course starts and leave on the day before the end of the course. Our staff cannot offer transfers or guarantee that you will be looked after before or after the course. There is also no catering available in the boarding school during this time.
Contact
Contact before the course starts:
Goethe-Institute in Germany
jugend@goethe.de
Contact during the course:
Course office Obertauern
Phone and E-mail will be communicated on Friday before the course starts.
The telephone will not be manned round the clock. It may be possible to leave a message (also per e-mail) asking for your son/daughter to ring you back or to wait for your call at a specified time in the office.
Please help make the process of getting acquainted with new surroundings easier for your child by abstaining from daily phone-calls or visits. Please do not arrange to take your child out for trips during the course either. Naturally, you can phone the office and enquire after your child or else leave a message (e-mail is available too).
Accomodation
Alpincenter
Schaidbergweg 3
65562 Obertauern
Austria
Our course participants are accommodated in the Alpincenter, a youth hotel with excellent facilities. The hotel's beautiful location ensures that summertime visitors will experience all of the natural splendor of the Austrian Alps.
The students are accommodated in shared rooms (three and four beds) with shower and toilet. Boys and girls are accommodated separately. Bedclothes and towels are provided by the Goethe-Institut and are changed during the course. When assigning rooms we try whenever possible to assign roommates who speak different native languages.
At every course location we expect up to 110 young people from about 20 different countries.