Postcard from Brixen

The cloister and the Cathedral 

The old episcopal city of Bressanone / Brixen, in the middle of the Isarco Valley, is a little treasure with a long and complex history to discover.
My top sights are:
- the Cathedral, the next cloister and the Parish Church
- the Palace of Bishops with the Nativity and Diocesan Museum
- the Museum of Pharmacy
- the large and small arcades of the Middle Ages
- the Abbey of Novacella, a few km north of Brixen


To taste:
- Brixner Schuttelbrot (local bread). Taste it with cheese and a glass of wine.
- Milk and cheese (I love grey cheese, a strongly flavoured cow-milk cheese). Visit the local dairy co-operative Brimi (quite near to the centre).
- Canederli / Knodel, bread dumplings with cheese or spinach.
- Apples (apple juice and strudel - recipe)
- Wines: Lagrein, Vernatsch (Schiava), Gewürztraminer, Sylvaner, Kerner, Veltliner. Have a tour around the vineyard (Novacella and privates)
- Hugo aperitif - recipe.
- Herbs. Collecting herbs is a South Tyrolean tradition and nowadays you can still find original herbal remedies for your wellbeing.

Adler bridge and the Palace of the Bishop

Museum of Pharmacy

Vineyard of Novacella

Church of Novacella

Encaustic inside Novacella