Event: Austria - Innsbruck

Hofkirche

When:	Daily
Where:	Hofkirche
Costs:	€4; concessions €2
Opening Hours:	Mon-Sat 9am-5pm; Sun 12.30pm-5pm (Jul & Aug until 5.30pm)

Look up to spy the onion-shaped domes of the Hofkirche (Court Church), rising like a vision above Innsbruck's rooftops. This late-Gothic edifice raises eyebrows with its striking Renaissance portal, steep terraced buttresses, three-sided choir and slender arched windows.

Take a peek inside to admire the red marble pillars, the Silver Chapel's ribbed vaulting and the cedar wood organ. A highlight is the gilded tomb of Emperor Maximilian I, guarded over by 20 larger-than-life bronze statues.